Tournament format(s)Double round robin and playoffs
HostsUnited Arab Emirates, Pakistan
ChampionsQuetta Gladiators (1st title)
Runners-upPeshawar Zalmi
Participants6
Matches34
Attendance495,817 (14,583 per match)
Player of the seriesShane Watson (QG) (430 runs)
Most runsShane Watson (QG) (430)
Most wicketsHasan Ali (PZ) (25)
Official websitepsl-t20.com
The 2019 Pakistan Super League, also known as PSL 4 and branded as HBL PSL 2019, was the fourth edition of the Pakistan Super League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league which was established by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The tournament took place from 14 February to 17 March 2019.
2019 Pakistan Super League is located in United Arab Emirates2019 Pakistan Super League is located in Pakistan
Background
On 10 November 2018, PCB terminated franchise agreements with the owner of Multan Sultans, Schön Properties. Ali Khan Tareen later became the new owner of the team. On 14 November, PCB announced that HBL has renewed its partnership with PSL for 3 more years until 2021. 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.
Broadcasting partners
The 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.
In case of India the broadcasting rights were given to DSports which partnered with Daily Fantasy Site, MyTeam11, to co-present PSL in India.
Teams and squads
Each franchise retained up to 10 players during the trade and retention window that started on 29 September. A squad of 16 players, with 4 supplementary players, was then completed in players draft held at Islamabad on 20 November. On 16 December 2018, PSL announced that each team will have additional budget to select 21-member squad. The replacement draft was held on 24 January in Lahore.
Venues
On 12 June 2018, the franchises and PCB officials in a meeting decided against the idea of having a full PSL fourth edition in Pakistan. 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.
For the first time, four PSL matches were played in Abu Dhabi.
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. Mani said that PCB had made a critical decision and the "headquarters of Pakistan cricket will be unable to host" 2019 PSL matches.
The league was promoted on social media by the hashtag #HBLPSL due to its title sponsor, and by its official anthem #KhelDeewanoKa.
Ceremonies
The opening ceremony was held on 14 February at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, prior to the first match of the season. 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.
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, however, later he withdrew due to a technical fault in his plane's engine.
The 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. One minute silence was observed in respect of the martyrs of Christchurch mosque shootings.
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". 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". Last performance was by Junoon, who sang "Zamaane Ke Andaaz", "Khudi Ko Kar Buland", "Sayonee" and "Dil Dil Pakistan".
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. Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa and Governor Sindh Imran Ismail also attended the final match.
Cancer awareness
International Child Hood Cancer Awareness Day was observed on 15 February with golden ribbon as a theme, while Breast Cancer Awareness Day was observed on 10 March with pink ribbon as a theme. The stadiums were also themed respectively.
Format
The 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
The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs , Advanced to Qualifier , Advanced to Eliminator 1
C = Champions; , R = Runner-up; , (x) = Position at the end of the tournament;
Pos
Teamv, t, e
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
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.
Visitor team →
IU
KK
LQ
MS
PZ
QG
Home team ↓
Islamabad United
Islamabad7 wickets
Islamabad5 wickets
Multan5 wickets
Islamabad12 runs
Quetta7 wickets
Karachi Kings
Islamabad5 wickets
Lahore22 runs
Karachi7 runs
Peshawar61 runs
Karachi1 run
Lahore Qalandars
Islamabad49 runs
Karachi5 wickets
Multan7 wickets
Peshawar7 wickets
Lahore8 wickets
Multan Sultans
Multan6 wickets
Karachi5 wickets
Lahore6 wickets
Peshawar5 wickets
Quetta6 wickets
Peshawar Zalmi
Peshawar4 wickets
Peshawar44 runs
Peshawar4 wickets
Peshawar7 wickets
Quetta6 wickets
Quetta Gladiators
Quetta43 runs
Karachi6 wickets
Quetta3 wickets
Quetta8 wickets
Quetta8 wickets
Home team won
Visitor team won
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.
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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
Fixtures
The complete fixture schedule was released on 13 December 2018. On 3 March 2019, the updated schedule for Pakistan round was released.
Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat. , Umer Khan (Karachi Kings) and Mohammad Ilyas (Multan Sultans) both made their T20 debuts.
Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Quetta Gladiators 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.
Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
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.
Quetta Gladiators 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. , 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.
Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field. , Mohammad Hasnain (Quetta Gladiators) made his T20 debut.
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.
Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field. , Quetta Gladiators qualified for the playoffs.
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field. , Multan Sultans were knocked-out of the playoffs.
Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field. , Peshawar Zalmi qualified for the playoffs.
Peshawar Zalmi's score of 20 at the end of the powerplay equalled the record low total
Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field. , Azam Khan (Quetta Gladiators) made his T20 debut.
Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field. , Islamabad United qualified for the playoffs. , Cameron Delport (Islamabad United) scored the fastest century in PSL history at that time. , Islamabad United made the highest team score in PSL's history. , Shaheen Afridi (Lahore Qalandars) bowled the most expensive bowling spell (62 runs) in the tournament's history.
Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field. , Karachi Kings qualified for the playoffs, while Lahore Qalandars were knocked-out of the playoffs.
Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field. , Multan Sultans score of 78 in the powerplay equalled the PSL record at that time
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
14 February 2019 22:45 (D/N) Scorecard
Lahore Qalandars171/8 (20 overs)
v
Islamabad United177/5 (19.2 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 65 (44) Faheem Ashraf 2/24 (4 overs)
Hussain Talat 37 (30) Rahat Ali 4/29 (4 overs)
Islamabad won by 5 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Faheem Ashraf (Islamabad United)
15 February 2019 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard
Karachi Kings183/6 (20 overs)
v
Multan Sultans176/9 (20 overs)
Liam Livingstone 82 (43) Chris Green 3/32 (4 overs)
Shoaib Malik 52 (28) Mohammad Amir 4/25 (4 overs)
Karachi won by 7 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Liam Livingstone (Karachi Kings)
15 February 2019 21:00 (D/N) Scorecard
Peshawar Zalmi155/4 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators161/4 (19.4 overs)
Misbah-ul-Haq 49* (32) Mohammad Nawaz 2/25 (4 overs)
Umar Akmal 75* (50) Wahab Riaz 2/18 (4 overs)
Quetta won by 6 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Umar Akmal (Quetta Gladiators)
16 February 2019 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard
Islamabad United125/7 (20 overs)
v
Multan Sultans126/5 (18.4 overs)
Luke Ronchi 51 (33) Ali Shafiq 2/11 (4 overs)
Shoaib Malik 31* (29) Shadab Khan 2/20 (4 overs)
Multan won by 5 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Ali Shafiq (Multan Sultans)
16 February 2019 21:00 (D/N) Scorecard
Lahore Qalandars138/6 (20 overs)
v
Karachi Kings116 (19.5 overs)
Sohail Akhtar 39 (25) Umer Khan 2/25 (4 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 34 (33) Haris Rauf 4/23 (4 overs)
Lahore won by 22 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Haris Rauf (Lahore Qalandars)
17 February 2019 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard
Islamabad United157/8 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators161/3 (18.2 overs)
Wayne Parnell 41 (20) Sohail Tanvir 4/21 (4 overs)
Shane Watson 81* (55) Samit Patel 1/15 (3 overs)
Quetta won by 7 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Shane Watson (Quetta Gladiators)
Qualifier
Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field. , Quetta Gladiators advanced to the final. , Fawad Ahmed was injured during the match, and went through surgery. , Shane Watson bowled for the first time since 2018 Indian Premier League.
Eliminators
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat. , Karachi Kings were eliminated from the tournament.
Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field. , Peshawar Zalmi advanced to the final while Islamabad United were eliminated from the tournament.
Final
Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
Most runs
Shane Watson of Quetta Gladiators received the Green Cap.
Most wickets
Hasan Ali of Peshawar Zalmi received the Maroon Cap.
