The lady period of the Pakistan Super League ended up being a major hit among the fans, as they now sit tight enthusiastically for the second season. What's more, given how the PSL draft for the 2017 season went, things can just get all the more fascinating come the following season.
Pakistan Super League 2017 Schedule
The second version of the Pakistan Super League will start from February 9 in Dubai. Matches will be played in Sharjah and Abu Dhabi separated from Dubai with the PSL 2017 last to be played in Lahore subject to trusted status. With enormous group anticipated that would come back to see the stars in real life in both Dubai and Sharjah, the surge and interest for PSL tickets is set to be colossal.
The Darren Sammy-drove Peshawar Zalmi will go up against guarding champions Islamabad United in the primary round of the competition on February 9 which will take after the PSL opening service that night. This will be trailed by a twofold header on Friday, February 10 which will see the Lahore Qalandars play the Quetta Gladiators before the Zalmis will be in real life once more as they go up against the Karachi Kings.
On Saturday, February 11, Islamabad will be in real life once more as they play Lahore while the second amusement will see the Gladiators thought on the Kings.
Each of the five sides will be included in a twofold leg round-robin association in this way playing eight recreations each. The main four groups will then fit the bill for the playoffs wherein the initially positioned group toward the end of the alliance stage will go up against the second-put side in the primary playoff. The second playoff will see the third and the fourth positioned side go up against each other before the losing group from the main playoff confronts the triumphant group from the second playoff. The last will be played between the victor of the primary playoff and the third playoff.
The first and second playoffs will be played in Sharjah while the third playoff will be facilitated by Dubai. On the off chance that the competition gets its trusted status the last will be hung on March 7 in Lahore.
| Date | Match | Venue |
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| February 9, 2017 | Opening Ceremony | Dubai |
| February 9, 2017 | Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United | Dubai |
| February 10, 2017 | Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators | Dubai |
| February 10, 2017 | Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi | Dubai |
| February 11, 2017 | Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars | Dubai |
| February 11, 2017 | Quetta Gladiators vs Karachi Kings | Dubai |
| February 12, 2017 | Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars | Dubai |
| February 15, 2017 | Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators | Sharjah |
| February 16, 2017 | Lahore Qalandars vs Karachi Kings | Sharjah |
| February 17, 2017 | Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators | Sharjah |
| February 17, 2017 | Karachi Kings vs Islamabad United | Sharjah |
| February 18, 2017 | Quetta Gladiators vs Lahore Qalandars | Sharjah |
| February 18, 2017 | Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi | Sharjah |
| February 19, 2017 | Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings | Sharjah |
| February 20, 2017 | Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United | Sharjah |
| February 23, 2017 | Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators | Dubai |
| February 24, 2017 | Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars | Dubai |
| February 24, 2017 | Quetta Gladiators vs Islamabad United | Dubai |
| February 25, 2017 | Lahore Qalandars vs Karachi Kings | Dubai |
| February 25, 2017 | Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators | Dubai |
| February 26, 2017 | Karachi Kings vs Islamabad United | Dubai |
| February 28, 2017 | Playoff 1: Team 1 vs Team 2 | Sharjah |
| March 1, 2017 | Playoff 2: Team 3 vs Team 4 | Sharjah |
| March 3, 2017 | Playoff 3: Winner Playoff 2 vs Runner Up Playoff 1 | Dubai |
| March 7, 2017 | PSL 2017 Final | Lahore |
All matches will be played at two grounds – Dubai International Cricket Stadium and Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium as declared by the PCB.
The competition as of now brags of huge global names, for example, Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Shane Watson, Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum and some more. Some of these players were held by their separate groups, others were gotten amid the bartering while there were a couple who participated in anew.
The PSL draft for the 2017 season occurred on October 19 this year, and like the most recent year, players were classified in five gatherings – Diamond, Silver, Platinum, Gold and Emerging. The last classification is especially fascinating, since the players in this gathering must be under 23 years old as on January first, 2017. There was likewise a 9% expansion in the pay tops of the players.
New Zealand legend Brendon McCullum and English T20 captain Eoin Morgan were added to the Draft as well as chose by groups amid the Draft by individual groups. More than twelve quality signings were likewise made for the draft and further chose by the five groups.
The Lahore Qalandars were given the primary opportunity to get players in every class in the Draft and Islamabad United, by virtue of having won the title last season, were given the last possibility.
The time table of PSL 2017 will keeps running through the span of 21 days with a sum of 24 matches to be played. The T20 competition will see five groups with every group speaking to a city partaking in it. Arrangements are as of now set up for the PSL to end up distinctly a 10 group association inside five years. Watch this space for more overhauls.
