The 2025 Pakistan Super League (branded as HBL PSL X) was the tenth edition of the Pakistan Super League, a professional franchise Twenty20 cricket league organized by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The tournament was played between six teams in a double round robin and page playoff system.
Originally scheduled to take place across four cities in Pakistan from 11 April to 18 May 2025, the league was delayed to 25 May amid the 2025 India–Pakistan conflict.
In the final, Lahore Qalandars defeated Quetta Gladiators by 6 wickets, becoming the second team to win the PSL title for the third time.
Background In May 2024, the PCB planned the league's tenth edition to take place from April to May to host the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy during February and March. This meant that the tournament's schedule coincided for the first time with that of 2025 Indian Premier League. The season was the last under the ten-year agreement for a six-team structure, HBL Pakistan's title sponsorship, and then ongoing broadcast rights deals. The PCB planned to expand the league to eight teams from 2026.
Squads
The squads were finalized with the draft in Lahore on 13 January 2025, after the franchises announced their retained players. The new squad was finalized on 16 May.
Islamabad United Karachi Kings Lahore Qalandars Multan Sultans Peshawar Zalmi Quetta Gladiators Shadab Khan (c) Salman Ali Agha (vc) Azam Khan (wk) Haider Ali Imad Wasim Colin Munro Jason Holder Ben Dwarshuis Salman Irshad Mohammad Nawaz Andries Gous (wk) Saad Masood Hunain Shah Riley Meredith Sahibzada Farhan Naseem Shah Kyle Mayers Alex Hales Rassie van der Dussen James Neesham Tymal Mills David Warner (c) Hasan Ali (vc) Liton Das (wk) James Vince Arafat Minhas Irfan Khan Niazi Zahid Mahmood Tim Seifert (wk) Shan Masood Abbas Afridi Khushdil Shah Aamir Jamal Mir Hamza Riazullah Mohammad Nabi Omair Yousuf Mirza Mamoon Shahnawaz Dahani Saad Baig Ben McDermott George Munsey Kane Williamson Fawad Ali Shaheen Afridi (c) Fakhar Zaman (vc) Haris Rauf Abdullah Shafique Zaman Khan Jahandad Khan Sikandar Raza David Wiese Daryl Mitchell Kusal Perera (wk) Asif Afridi Asif Ali Rishad Hossain Muhammad Akhlaq (wk) Momin Qamar Mohammad Azab Tom Curran Sam Billings (wk) Salman Mirza Muhammad Naeem Shakib Al Hasan Bhanuka Rajapaksa Mehidy Hasan Miraz Mohammad Rizwan (c, wk) David Willey (vc) Usman Khan Iftikhar Ahmed Usama Mir Faisal Akram Chris Jordan Michael Bracewell Mohammad Hasnain Kamran Ghulam Akif Javed Tayyab Tahir Shahid Aziz Ubaid Shah Ashton Turner Shai Hope (wk) Yasir Khan Muhammad Amir Barki Curtis Campher Aamer Azmat Dilshan Madushanka Peter Hatzoglou Babar Azam (c) Saim Ayub (vc) Mohammad Haris (wk) Arif Yaqoob Mehran Mumtaz Sufiyan Muqeem Ali Raza Tom Kohler-Cadmore (wk) Mohammad Ali Abdul Samad Hussain Talat Nahid Rana Max Bryant Najibullah Zadran Maaz Sadaqat Alzarri Joseph Ahmed Daniyal George Linde Luke Wood Daniel Sams Saud Shakeel (c) Rilee Rossouw (vc) Mohammad Amir Mohammad Wasim Jr. Abrar Ahmed Khawaja Nafay Akeal Hosein Usman Tariq Faheem Ashraf Finn Allen Khurram Shahzad Haseebullah Khan (wk) Kyle Jamieson Hassan Nawaz Mohammad Zeeshan Kusal Mendis (wk) Sean Abbott Shoaib Malik Danish Aziz Avishka Fernando Dinesh Chandimal Gulbadin Naib
Venues The tournament took place across four cities; Karachi, Lahore, Multan, and Rawalpindi. While Rawalpindi Stadium remained the home ground for Peshawar Zalmi, Gaddafi Stadium was the home ground for Quetta Gladiators. The Karachi and Lahore stadiums were briefly renovated, and they were re-inaugurated in February 2025. Tickets went on sale on 3 April 2025. Initially, the Pakistan Cricket Board had planned to stage two matches at the Imran Khan Cricket Stadium in Peshawar, following the completion of renovation work at the venue. However, the proposed fixtures were later dropped due to the stadium not being fully ready to host Pakistan Super League matches, including pending infrastructure and operational requirements. As a result, no matches were held in Peshawar.
Later, one home match in Multan was shifted to Lahore due to extreme weather conditions and logistics issues. The playoff stage was completely shifted to Lahore as well, and another league stage match was shifted from Multan to Rawalpindi.
City Lahore Multan Karachi Rawalpindi StadiumGaddafi StadiumMultan Cricket StadiumNational StadiumRawalpindi Cricket Stadium Matches153511 Home teamsLahore Qalandars Quetta GladiatorsMultan SultansKarachi KingsIslamabad United Peshawar Zalmi Image Capacity34,00030,00028,00015,000
Match officials On 7 April 2025, the PCB announced the list of thirteen umpires and seven referees for the league stage. They include four members of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, four of the PCB's International Panel of ICC Umpires, and four of the Elite Panel of PCB Umpires. They further include one member of Elite Panel of ICC Referees and two of PCB's International Panel of ICC Referees. The Match Official's Technology, powered by Hawk-Eye Innovations, will include live umpire communications through handheld tablets for auto no-ball detection, instant Decision Review System, innings timers, match logging, and real-time multi-angle replays.
Umpires
Kumar Dharmasena Paul Reiffel Chris Brown Alex Wharf Ahsan Raza Asif Yaqoob Faisal Afridi Rashid Riaz Nasir Hussain Abdul Moqeet Zulfiqar Jan
Referees
Roshan Mahanama Ranjan Madugalle Ali Naqvi Muhammad Javed Nadeem Arshad Iftikhar Ahmed Iqbal Sheikh
Marketing
Title anthem
The season's logo variant was revealed on 4 February 2025, with nomenclature as HBL PSL X. The official anthem "X Dekho" was released on 2 April, and opening ceremony was held at Rawalpindi stadium on 11 April.
Broadcast and media In 2025, the league introduced simultaneous commentary in English and Urdu; PTV Sports returned with A Sports to share the broadcast feeds, while Walee Technologies sub-licensed various platforms for live streaming. Along with eight international commentators, the PCB listed thirteen national commentators. Zainab Abbas and Erin Holland presented the season.
Cancer awareness The childhood cancer awareness day and the breast cancer awareness day were observed on 3 and 19 May respectively, with the stadiums themed with the golden ribbon and pink ribbon respectively.
Tribute to the Armed Forces Pakistan Armed Forces were paid tribute on 17 and 18 May, with Sahir Ali Bagga, Asrar, and Shuja Haider taking stage to perform patriotic songs.
Boycott calls and postponing
Pro-Palestinian campaigns Like previous year, the league yet again faced boycott campaigns from Pro-Palestinian groups in view of Gaza war, mainly because of sponsorships by KFC and Pepsi, claiming their parent companies' affiliation with pro-Israeli stances. Empty stadiums were noted particularly in Karachi, and poor traffic conditions, unprofessional security arrangement, and many other issues were heavily criticised.
Although, large gathering was reported in Karachi for Gaza Solidarity March on 13 April 2025.
Conflict
In aftermath of 2025 Pahalgam attack, Sony Sports Network and FanCode stopped broadcasting the tournament in India after the first thirteen matches, while Indian media personnel left Pakistan, with the PCB finding substitutes.
On 8 May, the match between Karachi Kings and Peshawar Zalmi at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium was postponed after Indian loitering munitions killed a civilian near the stadium. Later that night, the PCB announced to shift the remaining fixtures and playoff stage to UAE to ensure safety and security, however, scrapped the plan the next day and postponed the league upon instructions by then Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
As ceasefire happened over the conflict on 10 May, the PCB announced to resume the league in Pakistan, and contacted the foreign players to re-join after they were off-boarded to Dubai. The Hawk-Eye team that supplies the DRS technology did not travel back to Pakistan after the resumption of the league.https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/psl-2025-no-drs-for-remainder-of-pakistan-super-league-games-1486958
League stage
Format Each team plays every other team twice in a double round robin format; one home match and one away match, with the top four teams in the points table advancing to the playoffs.
Points table
Match summary
Fixtures On 28 February 2025, the PCB had scheduled the fixtures during 11 April to 18 May. However, on 13 May, the PCB rescheduled the last 4 matches and the playoff stage during 17 May to 25 May.
Playoffs
Qualifier
Eliminator 1
Eliminator 2
Final
Awards and statistics
Trophy The 'Luminara Trophy' was unveiled on 13 March 2025. Weighing 10 kg, it has 22,850 high-lustre zircon stones on it. The trophy had a first-ever nation-wide tour prior to the tournament.ARY Digital via YouTube:
Retrieved 2 April 2025. The winning team was awarded with , while the runner-up team received as a prize money.
Most runs Player Team Runs Sahibzada FarhanIslamabad United1244910637.41Fakhar ZamanLahore Qalandars134397633.76Hassan NawazQuetta Gladiators10399100*57.00Abdullah ShafiqueLahore Qalandars133906632.50James VinceKarachi Kings1137810137.80 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets Player Team Shaheen AfridiLahore Qalandars12193/316.42Abrar AhmedQuetta Gladiators12174/4219.23Hasan AliKarachi Kings104/2820.47Faheem AshrafQuetta Gladiators125/3320.52Abbas AfridiKarachi Kings114/2723.52 Source: ESPNcricinfo
End of season awards Name Team Award Hassan Nawaz Quetta Gladiators Player of the Tournament Hassan Nawaz Quetta Gladiators Batsman of the tournament Shaheen Afridi Lahore Qalandars Bowler of the tournament Sikandar Raza Lahore Qalandars All-rounder of the tournament Mohammad Haris Peshawar Zalmi Wicket-keeper of the tournament Abdul Samad Peshawar Zalmi Fielder of the tournamentMuhammad Naeem Lahore Qalandars Emerging player of the tournament Asif Yaqoob Umpire of the tournament Peshawar Zalmi Spirit of cricket
Team of the tournament Name TeamRole Fakhar Zaman Lahore QalandarsBatter Sahibzada Farhan Islamabad UnitedWicket-keeper David Warner Karachi KingsBatter James Vince Karachi KingsBatter Hassan Nawaz Quetta GladiatorsBatter Sikandar Raza Lahore QalandarsAll-rounderFaheem Ashraf Quetta GladiatorsAll-rounder Shaheen AfridiLahore QalandarsBowler(Captain)Hassan AliKarachi KingsBowlerAli RazaPeshawar ZalmiBowler Abrar AhmedQuetta GladiatorsBowlerKhushdil ShahKarachi Kings12th Man Source: PCB
Notes
References
External links Series home at ESPNcricinfo