HBL Pakistan Super League 2016

The first edition of Pakistan Super League was hosted in United Arab Emirates in February 2016 which was also known as Habib Bank Limited (HBL) Pakistan Super League 2016 due to sponsorship reasons. PSL 2016 was played from 4 to 23 February in Sharjah and Dubai. Islamabad United won the inaugural edition of Pakistan Super League by defeating Quetta Gladiators in the final.

Venues

Ground	City	Capacity
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Dubai	25,000
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	Sharjah	27,000

Teams

5 teams took participation in the first ever edition of competition. These teams were franchise based club teams in which local and foreign players were included. The proposed franchises are named after the cities in Pakistan.

1. Islamabad United

2. Karachi Kings

3. Lahore Qalandars

4. Peshawar Zalmi

5. Quetta Galdiators

Each team had 16 players excluding the coaching department.

Fixtures

Opening match of Pakistan Super League 2016 was played on 4 February between Islamabad and Quetta. The first PSL final match was played on 23 February in which Islamabad beat Quetta to win title. A total of 24 matches were played in the whole competition

Date	Match	Fixture	Venue	Result
4 February 2016	Match 1	Islamabad vs Quetta	Dubai	Quetta won by 8 wickets
5 February 2016	Match 2	Karachi vs Lahore	Dubai	Karachi won by 7 wickets
	Match 3	Peshawar vs Islamabad	Dubai	Peshawar won by 24 runs
6 February 2016	Match 4	Quetta vs Karachi	Dubai	Quetta won by 8 wickets
	Match 5	Lahore vs Peshawar	Dubai	Peshawar won by 9 wickets
7 February 2016	Match 6	Islamabad vs Karachi	Dubai	Islamabad won by 2 runs
	Match 7	Quetta vs Peshawar	Dubai	Quetta won by 3 wickets
8 February 2016	Match 8	Lahore vs Quetta	Dubai	Lahore won by 63 runs
10 February 2016	Match 9	Islamabad vs Lahore	Sharjah	Islamabad won by 8 wickets
11 February 2016	Match 10	Karachi vs Peshawar	Sharjah	Peshawar won by 3 runs
	Match 11	Islamabad vs Quetta	Sharjah	Quetta won by 7 wickets
12 February 2016	Match 12	Karachi vs Lahore	Sharjah	Karachi won by 27 runs
	Match 13	Peshawar vs Islamabad	Sharjah	Peshawar won by 7 wickets
13 February 2016	Match 14	Quetta vs Karachi	Sharjah	Quetta won by 5 wickets
	Match 15	Lahore vs Peshawar	Sharjah	Lahore won by 4 runs
14 February 2016	Match 16	Islamabad vs Karachi	Sharjah	Islamabad won by 5 wickets
	Match 17	Quetta vs Peshawar	Sharjah	Peshawar won by 8 wickets
16 February 2016	Match 18	Lahore vs Quetta	Dubai	Quetta won by 2 wickets
17 February 2016	Match 19	Karachi vs Peshawar	Dubai	Peshawar won by 5 wickets
	Match 20	Islamabad vs Lahore	Dubai	Islamabad won by 5 wickets
Play-Offs
19 February 2016	Match 21	Qualifier-1: Quetta vs Peshawar	Dubai	Quetta won by 1 run
20 February 2016	Match 22	Eliminator: Karachi vs Islamabad	Dubai	Islamabad won by 9 wickets
21 February 2016	Match 23	Qualifier-2: Islamabad vs Peshawar	Dubai	Islamabad won by 50 runs
23 February 2016	Match 24	Final: Quetta vs Islamabad	Dubai	Islamabad won by 6 wickets

Broadcasters

Pakistan Cricket Board announced PTV Sports and TEN Sports as the official broadcasters for Pakistan. Global broadcasting rights were given to Sunset+Vine. Check the full list of broadcasters here.