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2023 Pakistan Super League

Official logo
Dates	13 February – 18 March 2023
Administrator(s)	Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Double round robin and playoffs
Host(s)	Pakistan
Champions	Lahore Qalandars (2nd title)
Runners-up	Multan Sultans
Participants	6
Matches	34
Player of the series	Ihsanullah (MS) (22 wickets)
Most runs	Mohammad Rizwan (MS) (550)
Most wickets	Abbas Afridi (MS) (23)
Official website	psl-t20.com
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2023 Pakistan Super League (referred to as HBL PSL 8 for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league which was established by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2015. Then PCB chairman Ramiz Raja had hinted at an auction based system to replace the draft for the 2023 season but a draft was retained. The draft for the tournament was held on 15 December in Karachi. A total of 36 foreign players were picked alongside local players. Lahore Qalandars were the defending champions.

The tournament was to be played between 13 February to 19 March 2023, However, on 16 March 2023, PCB moved forward the final by a day to 18 March 2023 due to bad weather forecast predicted in Lahore, with 19 and 20 March set as reserve days respectively.

In the final, Lahore Qalandars defeated Multan Sultans by a minor margin of 1 run to become the first team in the PSL to defend their title.

Squads

In November 2022, the retained player's list was announced. Squads for the tournament were finalized on 15 December with the final draft.

1. ^ Player suffered an injury which ruled them out of the tournament.
2. ^ Player withdrew from the tournament due to international duty.
3. ^ Player was unable to participate due to NOC issues.

Venues

The Pakistan Cricket Board announced plans to hold matches in Multan, Peshawar, Lahore and Karachi during the 2023 season. Lahore and Karachi were only the venues in 2022. The Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar was declared unfit to hold any matches in the tournament. Quetta's Bugti Stadium was later added to the list of PSL venues but was removed shortly after due to logistical reasons. The PCB considered moving the matches in Lahore and Rawalpindi to Karachi after a dispute with the Punjab government over the cost of security arrangements but did not do so after the dispute was resolved.

Multan	Karachi	Lahore	Rawalpindi
Multan Cricket Stadium	National Bank Cricket Arena	Gaddafi Stadium	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 34,000	Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 15,000
Matches: 5	Matches: 9	Matches: 9	Matches: 11
KarachiLahoreRawalpindiMultan

Match officials

On 7 February, PCB announced the list of officials for league stage matches which included 3 Elite Panel of ICC Umpires out of 14.

Umpires

• Ahsan Raza
• Aleem Dar
• Alex Wharf
• Asif Yaqoob
• Faisal Afridi
• Martin Saggers
• Michael Gough
• Mohammad Asif
• Nasir Hussain
• Rashid Riaz
• Richard Illingworth
• Ruchira Palliyaguruge
• Shozab Raza
• Tariq Rasheed

Referees

• Ali Naqvi
• Iftikhar Ahmed
• Muhammad Javed
• Mohammad Anees
• Roshan Mahanama

Marketing

The season's logo variant was unveiled on 26 January with the hashtags #HBLPSL8 and #SabSitarayHamaray being used for promotion on social media; latter being the official anthem. Previously, the slogan for this season had been 'Soch Hai Apki' but was later changed.

Trophy

The trophy for this season, named Supernova, was unveiled on 9 February 2023. It was entirely made in Pakistan by Lahore-based Mahfooz Jewellers.

League stage

Format

Each team played every other team twice in the league stage of the tournament in a double round robin. Following the group stage, the top four teams qualified for the playoff stage of the tournament.

Points table

• The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs.
•   Advances to Qualifier.
•   Advances to Eliminator 1.

Notes:

• C = Champions;
• R = Runner-up;
• (x) = Position at the end of the tournament

Summary

• Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
• Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.

League progression

• Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
• Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

Fixtures

The PCB announced the fixtures on 20 January 2023. An exhibition match was played between Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators before the start of league at the Bugti Stadium and was won by the Gladiators by 3 runs.

Karachi and Multan

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
• Mirza Tahir Baig (Lahore Qalandars) made his T20 debut.

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• Sufiyan Muqeem and Khurram Shahzad (Peshawar Zalmi) both made their T20 debuts.

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

• Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to bat.
• Aimal Khan (Quetta Gladiators) made his T20 debut.

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.

Lahore and Rawalpindi

• Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to bat.
• Saad Masood (Peshawar Zalmi) made his T20 debut.

• Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to bat.

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

• Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to bat.
• As a result of this match, Lahore Qalandars qualified for the playoffs.

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
• As a result of this match, Islamabad United qualified for the playoffs.

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.
• Shawaiz Irfan (Lahore Qalandars) made his T20 debut.

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.
• This was the second highest run-chase in PSL history.

• Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to bat.
• This was the largest victory in PSL history in terms of runs.

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.
• This was the highest run-chase in PSL history.
• As a result of this match, Multan Sultans qualified for the playoffs.

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
• Usman Khan (Multan Sultans) scored the fastest century in terms of balls (36) in PSL history.
• This was the highest total scored by a team in PSL history.
• Abbas Afridi (Multan Sultans) took a hat-trick.
• As a result of this match, Peshawar Zalmi qualified for the playoffs.

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

Playoffs

Qualifier

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.

Eliminators

Eliminator 1

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

Eliminator 2

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ahsan Hafeez (Lahore Qalandars) made his T20 debut.

Final

• Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to bat.
• By winning in the final, Lahore Qalandars became the first team in PSL history to defend their title.

Awards and statistics

Abbas Afridi, the leading wicket taker of the tournament, was awarded with the Fazal Mahmood Cap, and Mohammad Rizwan, the leading runs scorer, was awarded with the Hanif Mohammad Cap.

Most runs

• Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

• Source: ESPNcricinfo

End of season awards

• Source: Geo Super, CricTracker

Team of the tournament

• Source: PCB, GeoSuperTV

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External links

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