New DelhiThe new team Hyderabad Kingsmen will play the reigning champions Lahore Qalandars in the opening match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2026 on March 26. The Qalandars, led by Shaheen Afridi, have been among the most reliable teams in the competition and are once again in the running for the championship. Marnus Labuschagne, who is no longer included in the Australia T20I team, has been named captain of Hyderabad.
The team is a formidable foe because it includes players like Riley Meredith, Maheesh Theekshana, and Saim Ayub, among others. Notably, the competition's first game will take place at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium. There will be 44 games played in the group stage before the playoffs.
In the meantime, a major reorganization has also been made to the next edition. Due to Pakistan's fuel crisis, matches will only be held at Gaddafi Stadium and National Bank Stadium in Karachi. The opening ceremony has been canceled, and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has already declared that the competition will take place behind closed doors.
Teams in the Pakistan Super League 2026Rawalpindiz:Mohammad Rizwan (c), Sam Billings, Jalat Khan, Yasir Khan, Naseem Shah, Rishad Hossain, Daryl Mitchell, Abdullah Fazal, Amad Butt, Dian Forrestor, Laurie Evans, Asif Afridi, Kamran Ghulam, Fawad Ali, Mohammad Amir Khan, Shahzaib Khan, Cole McConchie, and Saad Masood.
Sultans of Multan:(c) Shehzad Gul, Faisal Akram, Imran Randhawa, Arafat Minhas, Sahibzada Farhan, Peter Siddle, Lachlan Shaw, Delano Potgieter, Josh Philippe, Shan Masood, Momin Qamar, Muhammad Awais Zafar, Muhammad Shahzad, Arshad Iqbal, Muhammad Wasim Jr., Muhammad Ismail, and Atizaz Habib Khan.
Kings of Karachi:David Warner (c), Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Khushdil Shah, Saad Baig, Haroon Arshad, Salman Ali Agha, Shahid Aziz, Mir Hamza, Aqib Ilyas, Khuzaima Bin Tanveer, Reeza Hendricks, Muhammad Waseem, Ihsanullah, and Rizwanullah.
Qalandars of Lahore:Abdullah Shafique, Sikandar Raza, Mohammad Naeem, Asif Ali, Haris Rauf, Usama Mir, Ubaid Shah, Haseebullah, Mohammad Farooq, Daniel Sams, Parvez Hussain Emon, Hussain Talat, Tayyab Tahir, Dunith Wellalage, Rubin Hermann, Maaz Khan, Shahab Khan, Gudakesh Motie, and Shaheen Shah Afridi (c).
Zalmi, Peshawar:(c), Iftikhar Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Mirza Tahir Baig, Kashif Ali, Shahnawaz Dahani, Farhan Yousuf, Shoriful Islam, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Brian Bennett, Sufyan Moqim, Abdul Samad, Ali Raza, Aaron Hardie, Aamir Jamal, Khurram Shahzad, Khalid Usman, Mohammad Haris, Abdul Subhan, James Vince, Michael Bracewell.
Kingsmen of Hyderabad:Usman Khan, Akif Javed, Maaz Sadaqat, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Ali, Saad Ali, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Hassan Khan, Shayan Jahangir, Glenn Maxwell, Hammad Azam, Riley Meredith, Sharjeel Khan, Asif Mehmood, Hunain Shah, Rizwan Mehmood, Tayyab Arif, Ahmed Hussain, and Maheesh Theekshana.
Islamabad UnitedSalman Irshad, Andries Gous, Devon Conway, Mehran Mumtaz, Max Bryant, Mark Chapman, Nisar Ahmed, Mir Hamza Sajjad, Sameen Gul, Sameer Minhas, Imad Wasim, Richard Gleeson, Haider Ali, Mohammad Hasnain, Dipendra Singh Airee, Mohammad Faiq, and Mohammad Salman Mirza.
The Quetta Gladiators:Saud Shakeel (c), Usman Tariq, Hasan Nawaz, Shamyl Hussain, Alzarri Joseph, Rilee Rossouw, Ahmed Daniyal, Abrar Ahmed, Jahanzaib Sultan, Jahandad Khan, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay, Wasim Akram Jnr, Khan Zeb, Bismillah Khan, Saqib Khan, Ahsan Ali, Brett Hampton, Sam Harper, Bevon Jacobs, Ben McDermott, Tom Curran, and Khalil Ahmed.
Details about PSL 2026 broadcastingIndia won't be able to watch the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2026 live on TV. Indian viewers won't even be able to stream it online this year.
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