2019 Pakistan Super League (also known as PSL 4 or for sponsorship reasons HBL PSL 2019) was the fourth season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league which was established by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2015. The tournament took place from 14 February to 17 March 2019.[1][2]
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| Dates | 14 February – 17 March 2019 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Pakistan Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) | United Arab Emirates Pakistan |
| Champions | Quetta Gladiators (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Peshawar Zalmi |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 34 |
| Attendance | 495,817 (14,583 per match) |
| Player of the series | Shane Watson (QG) (430 runs) |
| Most runs | Shane Watson (QG) (430) |
| Most wickets | Hasan Ali (PZ) (25) |
| Official website | psl-t20.com |
In the championship game, Quetta Gladiators defeated Peshawar Zalmi by eight wickets in Karachi to win the title for the first time. Mohammad Hasnain of Quetta was named the Man of the Match of the Final. Shane Watson, also of Quetta, was awarded the Player of the Tournament award and the leading run scorer award with a total of 435 runs in the tournament. Hasan Ali of Peshawar was awarded the leading wicket taker award with a total of 25 wickets.
Background
editOn 10 November 2018, PCB terminated franchise agreements with the owner of Multan Sultans, Schön Properties.[3] Ali Khan Tareen later became the new owner of the team.[4][5] On 14 November, PCB announced that HBL has renewed its partnership with PSL for 3 more years until 2021.[6] On 21 December, Blitz Advertising won the broadcasting rights for 3 years on a bid of US$36 million, which is 358% greater amount than before.[7][8][9]
Broadcasting partners
editThe broadcasting rights of the 4th season of PSL were given to various Sports channels for covering the event in different countries. The broadcasting rights of the season in Pakistan were given to leading sports channels, PTV Sports & Geo Super, whereas in United States and Canada the rights were given to Willow TV. Hum TV was given the rights to broadcast the series in UK & Europe. The OTT rights for Middle-Eastern and North Africa Countries were given to Cricketgateway.[10][11]
In case of India the broadcasting rights were given to DSports which partnered with Daily Fantasy Site, MyTeam11, to co-present PSL in India.[12][13]
Teams and squads
editEach franchise retained up to 10 players[14] during the trade and retention window that started on 29 September.[15] A squad of 16 players, with 4 supplementary players,[16][17] was then completed in players draft held at Islamabad on 20 November.[18] On 16 December 2018, PSL announced that each team will have additional budget to select 21-member squad.[19] The replacement draft was held on 24 January in Lahore.[20]
Venues
editOn 12 June 2018, the franchises and PCB officials in a meeting decided against the idea of having a full PSL fourth edition in Pakistan.[21] The new PCB chairman Ehsan Mani announced on 15 September that tournament was to start from 14 February 2019 in UAE, and the last eight games were to be held in Pakistan along with the final that will be played on 17 March in Karachi.[2]
For the first time, four PSL matches were played in Abu Dhabi.[22]
Originally, three matches were scheduled to be played in Lahore but due to logistical and operational challenges posed by the delayed opening of Lahore airspace for commercial flights following military tensions between Pakistan and India, the matches were shifted to Karachi.[23] Mani said that PCB had made a critical decision and the "headquarters of Pakistan cricket will be unable to host" 2019 PSL matches.[24]
| United Arab Emirates | Pakistan | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai | Sharjah | Abu Dhabi | Karachi | |
| Dubai International Cricket Stadium | Sharjah Cricket Stadium | Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium | National Stadium | |
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 17,000[25] | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 32,000[26] | |
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Match officials
editUmpires
editReferees
edit- Mohammad Anees
- Muhammad Javed
- Roshan Mahanama
Promotion in media
editThe league was promoted on social media by the hashtag #HBLPSL due to its title sponsor, and by its official anthem #KhelDeewanoKa.
Ceremonies
editOpening ceremony
editThe opening ceremony was held on 14 February at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, prior to the first match of the season.[30][31] It was started by the national anthems of UAE "Ishy Bilady", and of Pakistan "Qaumi Taranah" as usual. It then featured a marching band, which performed Europe's "The Final Countdown". Then, British singer Marcia Barrett, from German band Boney M., performed her band's song "Daddy Cool". Aima Baig and Shuja Haider performed on their rendition of Nazia Hassan and Zohaib Hassan's "Disco Deewane". Then members of Junoon band performed on their "Yaar Bina", "Heerey" and "Jazba-e-Junoon". The last performance included title anthem of the league's fourth season by Fawad Khan featuring Young Desi. Then, melody of Ali Zafar's previous anthems for PSL was played, followed by fireworks.[32][33][34][35]
A list of artists to perform at the ceremony was officially released on 18 January, according to which American rapper Pitbull was also confirmed to perform,[36] however, later he withdrew due to a technical fault in his plane's engine.[37]
Closing ceremony
editThe closing ceremony of the league, hosted by Fakhar-e-Alam, was held at National Stadium, Karachi, on 17 March prior to the league's final match.[38][39][40] One minute silence was observed in respect of the martyrs of Christchurch mosque shootings.[26]
Then Abrar-ul-Haq performed his song "Nach Majajan". Aima Baig and Shuja Haider once again paid tribute to Nazia Hassan by performing "Dosti" and "Disco Deewane".[41][42] Fawad Khan featuring Young Desi performed the title anthem of the league's fourth season. Sahir Ali Bagga then performed a patriotic song "Har Dil Ki Awaz".[26][43] Last performance was by Junoon, who sang "Zamaane Ke Andaaz", "Khudi Ko Kar Buland", "Sayonee" and "Dil Dil Pakistan".[44]
The Chief Minister of Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah, Spanish World Cup winning footballer Carles Puyol and the cast of the upcoming Pakistani film The Legend of Maula Jatt also appeared at the ceremony.[45] Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa and Governor Sindh Imran Ismail also attended the final match.[44]
Cancer awareness
editInternational Child Hood Cancer Awareness Day was observed on 15 February with golden ribbon as a theme,[46] while Breast Cancer Awareness Day was observed on 10 March with pink ribbon as a theme.[47] The stadiums were also themed respectively.[48]
League stage
editFormat
editThe six teams all played 10 matches each and got 2 points for every win, none for a loss and 1 point for a no result. The top four teams in the group stage qualified for the play-offs.
Points table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peshawar Zalmi (R) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.828 |
| 2 | Quetta Gladiators (C) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.376 |
| 3 | Islamabad United (3rd) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.127 |
| 4 | Karachi Kings (4th) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | −0.673 |
| 5 | Multan Sultans | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.173 |
| 6 | Lahore Qalandars | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.837 |
- The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
- Advanced to Qualifier
- Advanced to Eliminator 1
Notes:
- C = Champions;
- R = Runner-up;
- (x) = Position at the end of the tournament;
Summary
edit| Visitor team → | IU | KK | LQ | MS | PZ | QG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home team ↓ | ||||||
| Islamabad United | Islamabad 7 wickets | Islamabad 5 wickets | Multan 5 wickets | Islamabad 12 runs | Quetta 7 wickets | |
| Karachi Kings | Islamabad 5 wickets | Lahore 22 runs | Karachi 7 runs | Peshawar 61 runs | Karachi 1 run | |
| Lahore Qalandars | Islamabad 49 runs | Karachi 5 wickets | Multan 7 wickets | Peshawar 7 wickets | Lahore 8 wickets | |
| Multan Sultans | Multan 6 wickets | Karachi 5 wickets | Lahore 6 wickets | Peshawar 5 wickets | Quetta 6 wickets | |
| Peshawar Zalmi | Peshawar 4 wickets | Peshawar 44 runs | Peshawar 4 wickets | Peshawar 7 wickets | Quetta 6 wickets | |
| Quetta Gladiators | Quetta 43 runs | Karachi 6 wickets | Quetta 3 wickets | Quetta 8 wickets | Quetta 8 wickets |
| Home team won | Visitor team won |
- 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
editThis section possibly contains original research. (February 2023) |
| Team | Group matches | Playoffs | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | E1/Q | E2 | F | |
| Islamabad United | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | W | L | |
| Karachi Kings | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | L | ||
| Lahore Qalandars | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Multan Sultans | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Peshawar Zalmi | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | L | W | L |
| Quetta Gladiators | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | W | W | |
| Win | Loss | No result |
- 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
editThe complete fixture schedule was released on 13 December 2018.[49][a] On 3 March 2019, the updated schedule for Pakistan round was released.[50][24]
Lahore Qalandars
171/8 (20 overs) |
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Islamabad United
177/5 (19.2 overs) |
- Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
Karachi Kings
183/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Multan Sultans
176/9 (20 overs) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
- Umer Khan (Karachi Kings) and Mohammad Ilyas (Multan Sultans) both made their T20 debuts.
Peshawar Zalmi
155/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Quetta Gladiators
161/4 (19.4 overs) |
- Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
Islamabad United
125/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Multan Sultans
126/5 (18.4 overs) |
- Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
Lahore Qalandars
138/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Karachi Kings
116 (19.5 overs) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Islamabad United
157/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Quetta Gladiators
161/3 (18.2 overs) |
- Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
Lahore Qalandars
78 (15.1 overs) |
v
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Peshawar Zalmi
81/3 (10.1 overs) |
- Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
Multan Sultans
160/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Quetta Gladiators
161/2 (18.2 overs) |
- Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
Peshawar Zalmi
153/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Karachi Kings
109/9 (20 overs) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Multan Sultans
200/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Lahore Qalandars
204/4 (20 overs) |
- Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
Islamabad United
158/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Peshawar Zalmi
146 (19.4 overs) |
- Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
- Muhammad Musa (Islamabad United) made his T20 debut.
- Mohammad Sami (Islamabad United) became the first player in the team, and fourth overall in PSL history to take a hat-trick.[51][52]
Lahore Qalandars
143/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Quetta Gladiators
148/7 (20 overs) |
- Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
Karachi Kings
143/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Islamabad United
147/3 (16.1 over) |
- Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
Multan Sultans
145 (20 overs) |
v
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Peshawar Zalmi
146/5 (19.4 overs) |
- Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
Quetta Gladiators
186/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Karachi Kings
188/4 (18.4 overs) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Colin Ingram (Karachi Kings) became the first player in the team and the first overseas player to score a century, and the highest individual scorer in the PSL history at that time.[53]
Islamabad United
121 (17.4 overs) |
v
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Multan Sultans
122/4 (18.1 overs) |
- Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
Quetta Gladiators
106 (19.1 overs) |
v
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Lahore Qalandars
107/2 (16.3 overs) |
- Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohammad Hasnain (Quetta Gladiators) made his T20 debut.
Karachi Kings
168/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Islamabad United
169/5 (19.2 overs) |
- Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
Multan Sultans
172/5 (20 overs) |
v
|
Peshawar Zalmi
176/3 (19.2 overs) |
- Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
Lahore Qalandars
133/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Karachi Kings
134/5 (19.1 overs) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Islamabad United
176 (20 overs) |
v
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Peshawar Zalmi
177/6 (20 overs) |
- Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
Multan Sultans
121 (20 overs) |
v
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Quetta Gladiators
122/4 (19 overs) |
- Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
Peshawar Zalmi
165/4 (20 overs) |
v
|
Quetta Gladiators
166/2 (17.4 overs) |
- Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
- Quetta Gladiators qualified for the playoffs.[54]
Multan Sultans
118/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Karachi Kings
120/5 (19.2 overs) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Multan Sultans were knocked-out of the playoffs.[55]
Lahore Qalandars
124/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Peshawar Zalmi
125/6 (19.5 overs) |
- Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
- Peshawar Zalmi qualified for the playoffs.[56]
- Peshawar Zalmi's score of 20 at the end of the powerplay equalled the record low total [57]
Quetta Gladiators
180/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Islamabad United
137/9 (20 overs) |
- Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
- Azam Khan (Quetta Gladiators) made his T20 debut.
Islamabad United
238/3 (20 overs) |
v
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Lahore Qalandars
189/9 (20 overs) |
- Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
- Islamabad United qualified for the playoffs.[58]
- Cameron Delport (Islamabad United) scored the fastest century in PSL history at that time.[59]
- Islamabad United made the highest team score in PSL's history.[58]
- Shaheen Afridi (Lahore Qalandars) bowled the most expensive bowling spell (62 runs) in the tournament's history.[59]
v
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Quetta Gladiators
189/7 (20 overs) | |
- Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
- Karachi Kings qualified for the playoffs, while Lahore Qalandars were knocked-out of the playoffs.[60]
Lahore Qalandars
140/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Multan Sultans
141/3 (12.3 overs) |
- Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
- Multan Sultans score of 78 in the powerplay equalled the PSL record at that time [61]
Playoffs
edit| Semifinals | Preliminary final | Final | |||||||||||
| 13 March — Karachi | 17 March — Karachi | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Peshawar Zalmi | 176/7 (20 overs) | 2 | Quetta Gladiators | 139/2 (17.5 overs) | ||||||||
| 2 | Quetta Gladiators | 186/6 (20 overs) | 15 March — Karachi | 1 | Peshawar Zalmi | 138/8 (20 overs) | |||||||
| 1 | Peshawar Zalmi | 214/5 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
| 14 March — Karachi | 3 | Islamabad United | 166/9 (20 overs) | ||||||||||
| 3 | Islamabad United | 164/6 (19.3 overs) | |||||||||||
| 4 | Karachi Kings | 161/9 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
Qualifier
editQuetta Gladiators
186/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Peshawar Zalmi
176/7 (20 overs) |
- Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
- Quetta Gladiators advanced to the final.[62]
- Fawad Ahmed was injured during the match,[63] and went through surgery.[64]
- Shane Watson bowled for the first time since 2018 Indian Premier League.[65]
Eliminators
editEliminator 1
editKarachi Kings
161/9 (20 overs) |
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Islamabad United
164/6 (19.3 overs) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
- Karachi Kings were eliminated from the tournament.[66]
Eliminator 2
editPeshawar Zalmi
214/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Islamabad United
166/9 (20 overs) |
- Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
- Peshawar Zalmi advanced to the final while Islamabad United were eliminated from the tournament.[67]
Final
editPeshawar Zalmi
138/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Quetta Gladiators
139/2 (17.5 overs) |
- Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
Awards and statistics
editMost runs
edit| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Watson | Quetta Gladiators | 12 | 12 | 430 | 91* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kamran Akmal | Peshawar Zalmi | 13 | 13 | 357 | 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cameron Delport | Islamabad United | 12 | 12 | 355 | 117* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Colin Ingram | Karachi Kings | 11 | 11 | 344 | 127* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Imam-ul-Haq | Peshawar Zalmi | 12 | 12 | 341 | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, Last updated: 17 March 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Shane Watson of Quetta Gladiators received the Green Cap.
Most wickets
edit| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | BBI | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hasan Ali | Peshawar Zalmi | 13 | 13 | 25 | 4/15 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Faheem Ashraf | Islamabad United | 12 | 12 | 21 | 6/19 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wahab Riaz | Peshawar Zalmi | 13 | 13 | 17 | 4/10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Umer Khan | Karachi Kings | 11 | 10 | 15 | 3/22 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sohail Tanvir | Quetta Gladiators | 12 | 12 | 15 | 4/21 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, Last updated: 17 March 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Hasan Ali of Peshawar Zalmi received the Maroon Cap.
See also
editNotes
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