Last Update on: September 14th, 2023 at 01:38 pm
The new Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) management committee and the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Governing Council will have their first meeting on September 25.
According to a report in Cricket Pakistan, the meeting is likely to be done through a video conferencing platform as a number of PSL franchise owners are outside Pakistan. The main agenda for the meeting is to finalise the dates for the next edition of the PSL. As of now, there is little clarity over when will the next edition of Pakistan’s premier T20 competition take place.
The last edition of the tournament was played from February 13 to March 18. It would be interesting to see the schedule for the next PSL as the tournament will face a stiff challenge from various other T20 competitions that are scheduled to take place at the start of the next year.
UAE’s International League T20 is set to take place from January 13 – February 12. On the other hand, South Africa’s SA20 will be played from January 10 to February 10. The PSL is likely to start once both the competitions end in order to have players available.
PSL to take place in UAE?
The PCB and the PSL officials along with the franchise owners will also discuss the possibility of organising the tournament in the UAE due to the general elections in Pakistan early next year. Finalising the dates for the tournament in UAE, however, won’t be an easy task. With the ILT20 to finish on February 12, the availability of venues might be a big issue.
The report further added that the upcoming meeting will be PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf’s first official interaction with the franchise owners. The Ashraf-led PCB management committee has also decided against expanding the league until the league’s tenth edition. The previous PCB regime had shown interest in adding four more teams to the competition.
