IPL 2025 and PSL will compete directly; is PCB making a big mistake?
IPL vs PSL: It is already decided that the next season of IPL will be played in March, but now PCB has decided that the next season of PSL will also be played from April to May. This will make both the tournaments face to face.
Ankush Pandey
IPL vs PSL: The next season of IPL i.e. Indian Premier League, will be played in March. This is almost certain. Although the dates and schedule have not been announced by the BCCI yet, it is believed that IPL 2025 can start around March 15. Meanwhile, the Pakistan Cricket Board has also announced its domestic season. The special thing in this is that this will be the first time when IPL and PSL will be face to face. Both tournaments will be played at the same time. Now questions have started arising about this whether PCB is making a mistake. Anyway, Pakistan Super League has no broad value, but it will be crushed even more badly in front of IPL.
Legends from all over the world play IPL
The official announcement of when the IPL 2025 season will be played will be made by the end of January or early February. IPL is the only tournament in the world in which players from all over the world want to play, but only a few players get the opportunity. When IPL is going on in India, there are very few international matches around the world. A separate window has been given by the ICC for this. But now the Pakistan Cricket Board is doing an act like shooting itself in the foot.
Next season of PSL from April to May
The domestic season schedule released by PCB states that the next season of Pakistan Super League will be held in April-May. This is the time when the IPL season is in full swing. Teams struggle to secure their place in the top 4 by overtaking each other. The tenth season of PSL will be played at the same time. Although star players from all over the world play in IPL and only those players go to PSL who are rejected from IPL, still some players remain the same, it will be difficult for them to decide which tournament they should play.
PSL Squads 2025
Soon after the organisers finish the PSL draft, which is set for January 11, the final PSL squads for the 2025 season will be announced. The squads for the 2025 edition have been updated to reflect the changes made after the retention list was revealed.
Lahore Qalandars: Shaheen Shah Afridi and Fakhar Zaman (both Platinum), Haris Rauf (Brand Ambassador) and Sikandar Raza (both Diamond), Abdullah Shafique, Jahandad Khan and Zaman Khan (all Gold), David Wiese (Silver).
Islamabad United: Shadab Khan and Naseem Shah (both Platinum), Imad Wasim (mentor) and Azam Khan (Diamond), Salman Ali Agha (Brand Ambassador) and Haider Ali (Both Gold, Colin Munro and Rumman Raees (both Silver).
Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan and Usama Mir (both Platinum), David Willey (mentor), Iftikhar Ahmed (Brand Ambassador) and Usman Khan (all Diamond), Chris Jordan (Gold), Faisal Akram (Silver).
Karachi Kings: Hasan Ali and James Vince (both Diamond), Muhammad Irfan Khan and Shan Masood (both Gold), Arafat Minhas (Brand Ambassador), Tim Seifert and Zahid Mehmood (all Silver).
Quetta Gladiators: Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Amir (mentor) and Rilee Rossouw (all Diamond), Akeal Hosein, Saud Shakeel (Brand Ambassador) and Mohammad Wasim Jnr (all Gold), Khawaja Muhammad Nafay and Usman Tariq (Silver).
Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam, Saim Ayub (both Platinum), Mohammad Haris (Diamond), Arif Yaqoob, Mehran Mumtaz and Sufyan Moqim (Brand Ambassador) (all silver), Ali Raza (Emerging).
Pakistan Super League PSL 2025 Live Broadcast
| Country | PSL 2025 Broadcasting Channels List |
| Worldwide | PSL is to be streamed live on Geo Super, Tapmad TV. The live coverage for all matches worldwide. |
| Pakistan | Geo Super TV Channel |
| India | Sony Sports Ten 5 / SonyLiv app |
| Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh | Sony Sports Network |
| UAE | eLife TV (Channel No. 775) |
| UK / Ireland / New Zealand | Sky Sports |
| USA, Canada | Willow TV |
| West Indies / Caribbean | Flow TV |
| South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe | Supersport |
| North Africa | Yupp TV |
| Australia | Fox Sports / Kayo Sports |
| Afghanistan | Moby |
| Malaysia, Maldives | Astro SuperSport, Sony Sports Network |
| Qatar | Vodafone Sports |
| Brunei | Astro SuperSport |
Program changed due to Champions Trophy
For your information, let us tell you that the Pakistan Super League season used to be played from February to March. But this time the Champions Trophy is being organized in Pakistan in February-March, so PSL will also have to be postponed. That is, PCB is so stuck at this time that it is unable to understand anything. It has to be seen how much loss PSL has to bear this time and which players refuse to go there.
