List of Pakistan Super League venues

Pakistan Super League (Urdu: پاکستان سپر لیگ‎) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league, founded by Pakistan Cricket Board on 9 September 2015. It comprises a total of six teams. The league is held during February and March.

In the beginning, the matches were played in United Arab Emirates's stadiums. In the second season, the league's final was held in Lahore. In the third season, the league's playoffs and final match were held in Pakistani cities Karachi and Lahore. The last 8 matches of the fourth season were played in Pakistan. The whole PSL was held in Pakistan for the first time in 2020. However, the semi-finals and final as well as closing ceremony were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Venues

United Arab Emirates
 United Arab Emirates stadiums
Stadium Dubai International Cricket Stadium Sharjah Cricket Stadium Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium
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Pakistan
  • Lahore: Gaddafi Stadium is first Pakistani stadium to host PSL matches. 2017 PSL closing ceremony and final was held here. 17 matches and a closing ceremony has been held in this stadium. It has capacity of 27K crowd.[6][7][8][9]
  • Karachi: National Stadium, Karachi has a capacity of 34K spectators. 17 PSL matches and 3 ceremonies has been held in this stadium including PSL 5 opening ceremony.[10]
  • Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium has hosted 3 matches in PSL 5. It has a capacity of 15K people. No ceremony is held yet.[11]
  • Multan: Multan Cricket Stadium holds the capacity of stadiums of 35K. 3 matches has been held here but no ceremony.[12][13]
 Pakistan stadiums
Stadium Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore National Stadium, Karachi Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Multan Cricket Stadium
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Lists

General list
No. Venue City Country Capacity Matches played Ceremonies held Ref
1 Dubai International Cricket Stadium Dubai  United Arab Emirates 25K 60 5 [14][15][16]
2 Sharjah Cricket Stadium Sharjah 17K 40 0 [17][18]
3 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium Abu Dhabi 20K 4 0 [19][20][21]
4 Gaddafi Stadium Lahore  Pakistan 27K 13 1 [22][23][24]
5 National Stadium Karachi 34K 21 3 [25][26][27][28][29]
6 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Rawalpindi 15K 7 0 [30][31][32][33]
7 Multan Cricket Stadium Multan 35K 3 0 [34][35][36][37][38]

By matches played
Year Venues Total (in PSL) Ref(s)
 United Arab Emirates  Pakistan
Dubai International Cricket Stadium Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium Gaddafi Stadium National Stadium Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Multan Cricket Stadium
2016 15 9 0 0 0 0 0 24 [39][40][41]
2017 13 10 0 1 0 0 0 24 [42][43]
2018 18 13 0 2 1 0 0 34 [44][45]
2019 14 8 4 0 8 0 0 34 [46][47][48]
2020 0 0 0 10 12 7 3 32 [49][50][51]
Total (in stadium) 60 40 4 13 21 7 3 148

By ceremonies held
O.C. denotes opening ceremony
C.C denotes closing ceremony
Year Venues Note(s)
 United Arab Emirates  Pakistan
Dubai International Cricket Stadium Gaddafi Stadium National Stadium
2016 O.C., C.C. [52][53][54]
2017 O.C. C.C. [55][56][57]
2018 O.C. C.C. [58][59]
2019 O.C. C.C. [60][61]
2020 O.C. Closing ceremony was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[62][63]
Total (in stadium) 4=O.C. 1=C.C. 0=O.C. 1=C.C. 0=O.C. 3=C.C.

See also

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