The third edition of Pakistan Premier League will start tonight at 11 pm (BST) with the match between the reigning champions – Peshawar Zalmi and the newly added franchise, Multan Sultan.

Six franchises will play a total of 30 matches in the league-round of this season which will be followed by three playoffs and the final.

The T20 league will end with the final match, scheduled to take place on March 25. All the group matches will be held in UAE whereas the last three matches, including the final, will take place in Pakistan.

Full Schedule:

Date	Matches	Time (BST)[GMT+6]	Venue
Thursday, February 22	Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans	11:00 pm	Dubai
Friday, February 23	Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators	5:30 pm	Dubai
	Multan Sultans vs Lahore Qalandars	10:00 pm
Saturday, February 24	Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi	5:30 pm	Dubai
	Quetta Gladiators vs Lahore Qalandars	10:00 pm
Sunday, February 25	Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United	5:30 pm	Dubai
	Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi	10:00 pm
Monday, February 26	Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars	10:00 pm	Dubai
Wednesday, February 28	Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators	10:00 pm	Sharjah
Thursday, March 1	Quetta Gladiators vs Peshawar Zalmi	10:00 pm	Sharjah
Friday, March 2	Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings	5:30 pm	Sharjah
	Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United	10:00 pm
Saturday, March 3	Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators	5:30 pm	Sharjah
	Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars	10:00 pm
Sunday, March 4	Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings	10:00 pm	Sharjah
Tuesday, March 6	Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans	10:00 pm	Dubai
Wednesday, March 7	Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators	10:00 pm	Dubai
Thursday, March 8	Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars	5:30 pm	Dubai
	Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators	10:00 pm
Friday, March 9	Multan Sultans vs Lahore Qalandars	5:30 pm	Dubai
	Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United	10:00 pm
Saturday, March 10	Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings	5:30 pm	Dubai
	Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators	10:00 pm
Sunday, March 11	Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars	10:00 pm	Dubai
Tuesday, March 13	Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United	10:00 pm	Sharjah
Wednesday, March 14	Quetta Gladiators vs Lahore Qalandars	10:00 pm	Sharjah
Thursday, March 15	Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings	5:30 pm	Sharjah
	Quetta Gladiators vs Islamabad United	10:00 pm
Friday, March 16	Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars	5:30 pm	Sharjah
	Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings	10:00 pm
Play-Offs
Sunday, March 18	Qualifier – Team 1 vs Team 2	10:00 pm	Dubai
Tuesday, March 20	Eliminator 1 – Team 3 vs Team 4	8:00 pm	Lahore
Wednesday, March 21	Eliminator 2 – Eliminator 1 Winner vs Qualifier Loser	8:00 pm	Lahore
Sunday, March 25	PSL Final	8:00 pm	Karachi

 

Karachi Kings: Imad Wasim (c), Shahid Afridi, Usman Khan, Usama Mir, Khurram Manzoor, Ravi Bopara, Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Colin Ingram, Mitchell Johnson, Luke Wright, David Wiese, Tabish Khan, Mohammad Irfan Jnr., Hasan Mohsin.

Supplementary players: Colin Munro, Eoin Morgan, Saifullah Bangash.

Lahore Qalandars: Brendon McCullum (c), Umar Akmal, Sunil Narine, Fakhar Zaman, Yasir Shah, Cameron Delport, Aamer Yamin, Bilawal Bhatti, Sohail Khan, Chris Lynn, Mustafizur Rahman, Bilal Asif, Raza Hasan, Sohail Akhtar, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Ghulam Mudassar.

Supplementary players: Angelo Mathews, Mitchell McClenaghan, Gulraiz Sadaf.

Islamabad United: Misbah ul Haq (c), Rumman Raees, Mohammad Sami, Andre Russell, Shadab Khan, Samuel Badree, Iftikhar Ahmed, Amad Butt, Asif Ali, JP Duminy, Luke Ronchi, Faheem Ashraf, Sam Billings, Zafar Gohar, Sahibzada Farhan, Hussain Talat.

Supplementary players: Alex Hales, David Willey, Mohammad Hasan, Mohammad Hasnain.

Quetta Gladiators: Sarfaraz Ahmed (c), Kevin Pietersen, Rilee Rossouw, Mohammad Nawaz, Anwar Ali, Mahmudullah, Umar Amin, Mir Hamza, Asad Shafiq, Shane Watson, Carlos Brathwaite, Rahat Ali, Rameez Raja jnr, Saad Ali, Saud Shakeel, Hassan Khan.

Supplementary players: Jason Roy, Rashid Khan, Azam Khan, Faraz Ahmed Khan.

Multan Sultans: Shoaib Malik (c), Kieron Pollard, Kumar Sangakkara, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Irfan Khan, Kashif Bhatti, Imran Tahir, Darren Bravo, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Abbas, Nic Pooran, Abdullah Shafiq, Saif Badar.

Supplementary players: Hardus Viljoen, Umar Gul, Umar Siddiq, Ross Whiteley.

Peshawar Zalmi: Darren Sammy (c), Mohammad Hafeez, Wahab Riaz, Shakib al Hasan, Kamran Akmal, Hasan Ali, Haris Sohail, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Asghar, Dwayne Bravo, Tamim Iqbal, Hammad Azam, Saad Nasim, Taimoor Sultan, Sameen Gul, Ibtisam Sheikh.

Supplementary players: Andre Fletcher, Evin Lewis, Khalid Usman, Mohammad Arif.