Pakistan Super League (PSL) has been hit with a change in its schedule, three days out from the start of the league. The tournament will now be played across only two venues, having been reduced from the previous six. The rest of the schedule, though, remains the same.
Why did the PCB scrap all but two venues?
Out of the initially selected venues, including Multan, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Peshawar, Lahore, and Karachi, only the latter two remain. The move comes in the wake of the US-Iran-Israel conflict that has forced the closure of several airspaces as well as the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s largest oil transit pathway.
With the oil chokepoint now closed, countries are shifting to conserve fuel by reducing unnecessary movement.
"We can't ask people to restrict their movements and then have 30,000 people in stadiums every day," PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi had said earlier on Sunday afternoon.
"We decided that as long as this crisis is ongoing, we will not have crowds at matches. This was a difficult decision, but it needed to be made. The opening ceremony will also be cancelled."
Updated PSL 2026 Schedule
Date | Teams | Venue | Time |
Mar 26 | Lahore Qalandars vs Hyderabad Kingsmen | Lahore | 7:00 PM |
Mar 27 | Quetta Gladiators vs Karachi Kings | Lahore | 7:00 PM |
Mar 28 | Peshawar Zalmi vs Rawalpindiz | Lahore | 2:30 PM |
Mar 28 | Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United | Lahore | 7:00 PM |
Mar 29 | Quetta Gladiators vs Hyderabad Kingsmen | Lahore | 2:30 PM |
Mar 29 | Lahore Qalandars vs Karachi Kings | Lahore | 7:00 PM |
Mar 31 | Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi | Lahore | 7:00 PM |
Apr 1 | Multan Sultans vs Hyderabad Kingsmen | Lahore | 7:00 PM |
Apr 2 | Quetta Gladiators vs Islamabad United | Lahore | 2:30 PM |
Apr 2 | Rawalpindiz vs Karachi Kings | Lahore | 7:00 PM |
Apr 3 | Lahore Qalandars vs Multan Sultans | Lahore | 7:00 PM |
Apr 4 | Rawalpindiz vs Islamabad United | Lahore | 7:00 PM |
Apr 5 | Quetta Gladiators vs Multan Sultans | Lahore | 7:00 PM |
Apr 6 | Multan Sultans vs Rawalpindiz | Lahore | 7:00 PM |
Apr 8 | Hyderabad Kingsmen vs Peshawar Zalmi | Karachi | 7:00 PM |
Apr 9 | Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United | Karachi | 2:30 PM |
Apr 9 | Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi | Karachi | 7:00 PM |
Apr 10 | Quetta Gladiators vs Rawalpindiz | Karachi | 7:00 PM |
Apr 11 | Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars | Karachi | 2:30 PM |
Apr 11 | Karachi Kings vs Hyderabad Kingsmen | Karachi | 7:00 PM |
Apr 12 | Hyderabad Kingsmen vs Islamabad United | Karachi | 7:00 PM |
Apr 13 | Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans | Karachi | 7:00 PM |
Apr 15 | Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators | Karachi | 7:00 PM |
Apr 16 | Hyderabad Kingsmen vs Rawalpindiz | Karachi | 2:30 PM |
Apr 16 | Karachi Kings vs Islamabad United | Karachi | 7:00 PM |
Apr 17 | Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators | Karachi | 7:00 PM |
Apr 18 | Lahore Qalandars vs Rawalpindiz | Karachi | 7:00 PM |
Apr 19 | Karachi Kings vs Multan Sultans | Karachi | 2:30 PM |
Apr 19 | Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators | Karachi | 7:00 PM |
Apr 21 | Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators | Lahore | 2:30 PM |
Apr 21 | Rawalpindiz vs Multan Sultans | Karachi | 7:00 PM |
Apr 22 | Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi | Lahore | 2:30 PM |
Apr 22 | Hyderabad Kingsmen vs Multan Sultans | Karachi | 7:00 PM |
Apr 23 | Rawalpindiz vs Islamabad United | Karachi | 2:30 PM |
Apr 23 | Lahore Qalandars vs Karachi Kings | Lahore | 7:00 PM |
Apr 24 | Hyderabad Kingsmen vs Islamabad United | Karachi | 7:00 PM |
Apr 25 | Quetta Gladiators vs Karachi Kings | Lahore | 2:30 PM |
Apr 25 | Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi | Lahore | 7:00 PM |
Apr 26 | Hyderabad Kingsmen vs Rawalpindiz | Karachi | 2:30 PM |
Apr 26 | Islamabad United vs Multan Sultans | Karachi | 7:00 PM |
Apr 28 | Qualifier | Karachi | 7:00 PM |
Apr 29 | Eliminator 1 | Lahore | 7:00 PM |
May 1 | Eliminator 2 | Lahore | 7:00 PM |
May 3 | Final | Lahore | 7:00 PM |
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