2020 Pakistan Super League

2020 Pakistan Super League
2020 Pakistan Super League (also known as PSL 5 or for sponsorship reasons HBL PSL 2020) will be the fifth season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league which was established by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2015. The league will be held entirely in Pakistan for the first time.[1] The tournament is scheduled to take place between 20 February 2020 and 22 March 2020.




Background:

In February 2019, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, announced that the fifth season of the tournament will be held entirely in Pakistan.[3][4][5][6] In March 2019, Ehsan Mani, Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board also expressed the desire to host all the matches of this season in Pakistan.[7] On 1 January 2020, PCB announced fixtures for the tournament confirming that the entire tournament will take place in Pakistan.




Teams and squads:
Main article: 2020 Pakistan Super League players draft
The players draft took place on 6 December,[10] with the first round taking place on 3 November 2019.[11] Ahead of the draft, each team was allowed to retain up to eight players from their previous squad.[12] On 1 December 2019, PCB announced the retention players list with all six teams retaining a total of 45 players from the previous season.

IUPSLcolors.png Islamabad United Kkpslcolors.png Karachi Kings Lahorecolours.png Lahore Qalandars MultanSultans c.png Multan Sultans Peshawar zalmi colours.png Peshawar Zalmi Quetta Gladiators kit colours.png Quetta Gladiators
Shadab Khan (c)
Luke Ronchi (wk)
Amad Butt
Faheem Ashraf
Asif Ali
Hussain Talat
Muhammad Musa
Rizwan Hussain
Dale Steyn
Colin Ingram
Colin Munro
Rumman Raees
Zafar Gohar
Phil Salt
Akif Javed
Dawid Malan
Rassie van der Dussen
Saif Badar
Ahmed Safi Abdullah
Imad Wasim (c)
Babar Azam
Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
Iftikhar Ahmed
Mohammad Amir
Aamer Yamin
Usama Mir
Umer Khan
Alex Hales
Chris Jordan
Sharjeel Khan
Cameron Delport
Ali Khan
Chadwick Walton
Dan Lawrence
Umaid Asif
Mitchell McClenaghan
Liam Plunkett
Awais Zia
Arshad Iqbal
Sohail Akhtar (c)
Mohammad Hafeez
Shaheen Afridi
Ben Dunk (wk)
David Wiese
Haris Rauf
Salman Butt
Usman Shinwari[13]
Fakhar Zaman
Chris Lynn
Samit Patel
Seekkuge Prasanna
Jaahid Ali
Raja Farzan
Faizan Khan (wk)
Dane Vilas (wk)
Lendl Simmons (wk)
Dilbar Hussain
Shan Masood (c)
Shahid Afridi
Rohail Nazir (wk)
Ali Shafiq
Mohammad Irfan
Mohammad Ilyas
James Vince
Junaid Khan
Moeen Ali
Rilee Rossouw
Zeeshan Ashraf
Ravi Bopara
Sohail Tanvir
Wayne Madsen
Khushdil Shah
Fabian Allen
Usman Qadir
Imran Tahir
Bilawal Bhatti
Darren Sammy (c)
Kamran Akmal (wk)
Shoaib Malik
Hasan Ali
Umar Amin
Imam-ul-Haq
Kieron Pollard
Wahab Riaz
Tom Banton (wk)
Liam Dawson
Lewis Gregory
Carlos Brathwaite
Mohammad Mohsin
Rahat Ali
Adil Amin
Dwaine Pretorius
Liam Livingstone
Haider Ali
Mohammad Amir Khan
Aamir Ali
Sarfaraz Ahmed (c) (wk)
Umar Akmal
Ahmed Shehzad
Ahsan Ali
Ben Cutting
Mohammad Hasnain
Mohammad Nawaz
Naseem Shah
Shane Watson
Jason Roy
Fawad Ahmed
Tymal Mills
Abdul Nasir
Sohail Khan
Khurram Manzoor
Keemo Paul
Aarish Ali Khan
Azam Khan (wk)
Zahid Mahmood


Venues:
The tournament will be held entirely in Pakistan.[14] Total 34 matches will be played in four venues Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi and Multan.[15][16] The opening ceremony is scheduled to take place in Karachi, while the playoffs, including the final, are scheduled to take place in Lahore.[17]

Lahore Karachi Rawalpindi Multan
Gaddafi Stadium National Stadium Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Multan Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 34,228 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 35,000
Matches: 14 Matches: 9 Matches: 8 Matches: 3



Match officials:
Umpires
Pakistan Faisal Afridi
Pakistan Aslam Bareach
Pakistan Aleem Dar
England Michael Gough
Pakistan Majid Hussain
Pakistan Nasir Hussain
England Richard Illingworth
Pakistan Imtiaz Iqbal
Pakistan Saqib Khan
Sri Lanka Ranmore Martinesz
Pakistan Tariq Rasheed
Pakistan Ahsan Raza
Pakistan Shozab Raza
Pakistan Rashid Riaz
Pakistan Asif Yaqoob
[18]

Referees
Pakistan Mohammad Anees
Sri Lanka Roshan Mahanama
Pakistan Javed Malik
Pakistan Aziz-ur-Rehman




Promotion in media:
The league has been promoted on social media by the hashtag #HBLPSLV and anthem titled #TayyarHain.[19]

Trophy
The trophy for the league will be revealed on 19 February by Jahangir Khan, who will handover it to the defending captain Sarfaraz Ahmed.[20][21]

Ceremonies
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony is scheduled to be held on 20 February at National Stadium, Karachi, prior to the first match of the season.[8] 350 artists are scheduled to perform their talents, including fame artists like Abrar-ul-Haq, Aima Baig, Abu Mohammad, Fareed Ayaz, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Sajjad Ali, Sanam Marvi and Soch the band. Ali Azmat, Arif Lohar, Haroon Rashid and Asim Azhar will perform the anthem, followed by fireworks.[22][23]

Commentators
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South Africa H. D. Ackerman
England Mark Butcher
England Dominic Cork
Pakistan Bazid Khan
New Zealand Danny Morrison
Pakistan Urooj Mumtaz
South Africa Kass Naidoo
Australia Dirk Nannes
Pakistan Rameez Raja
South Africa Jonty Rhodes
Australia Michael Slater
Wales Alan Wilkins
Pakistan Waqar Younis
Presenters
Pakistan Zainab Abbas
Pakistan Fakhar-e-Alam
Australia Erin Holland




Cancer awareness:
The childhood cancer awareness day and the breast cancer awareness day will be marked on 22 February and 7 March respectively, with the stadiums to be themed as gold and pink respectively.