Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2018: Full schedule, teams, players, online live streaming and where to watch in India

The third season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will begin on Thursday in Dubai with Multan Sultans and defending champions Peshawar Zalmi in action. 

Multan Sultans are making their debut in the league. PSL 2018 will see 6 teams vying for the title. While the rest of the tournament will be played in Dubai, the final three fixtures of the season – Eliminator 1, Eliminator 2 and the Final - will be played in Pakistan.

Full Schedule of the Pakistan Super League Season (PSL) 2018:

Thursday, February 22, Dubai
Match 1: Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans 10:00 PM

Friday, February 23, Dubai 
Match 2: Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators 4:30 PM 
Match 3: Multan Sultans vs Lahore Qalandars 9:00 PM

Saturday, February 24, Dubai 
Match 4: Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi 4:30 PM 
Match 5: Quetta Gladiators vs Lahore Qalandars 9:00 PM 

Sunday, February 25, Dubai 
Match 6: Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United 4:30 PM 
Match 7: Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi 9:00 PM 

Monday, February 26, Dubai 
Match 8: Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars 9:00 PM 

Wednesday, February 28, Sharjah 
Match 9: Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators 9:00 PM 

Thursday, March 1, Sharjah 
Match 10: Quetta Gladiators vs Peshawar Zalmi 9:00 PM 

Friday, March 2, Sharjah 
Match 11: Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings 4:30 PM 
Match 12: Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United 9:00 PM 

Saturday, March 3, Sharjah 
Match 13: Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators 4:30 PM 
Match 14: Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars 9:00 PM 

Sunday, March 4, Sharjah 
Match 15: Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings 9:00 PM 

Tuesday, March 6, Dubai 
Match 16: Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans 9:00 PM 

Wednesday, March 7, Dubai 
Match 17: Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators 9:00 PM 

Thursday, March 8, Dubai 
Match 18: Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars 4:30 PM 
Match 19: Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators 9:00 PM 

Friday, March 9, Dubai 
Match 20: Multan Sultans vs Lahore Qalandars 4:30 PM 
Match 21: Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United 9:00 PM 

Saturday, March 10, Dubai 
Match 22: Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings 4:30 PM 
Match 23: Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators 9:00 PM 

Sunday, March 11, Dubai 
Match 24: Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars 4:30 PM 

Tuesday, March 13, Sharjah 
Match 25: Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United 4:30 PM 

Wednesday, March 14, Sharjah 
Match 26: Quetta Gladiators vs Lahore Qalandars 4:30 PM 

Thursday, March 15, Sharjah 
Match 27: Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings 4:30 PM 
Match 28: Quetta Gladiators vs Islamabad United 9:00 PM 

Friday, March 16, Sharjah
Match 29: Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars 4:30 PM 
Match 30: Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings 9:00 PM

Sunday, March 18, Dubai 
Match 31: Qualifier: Team 1 vs Team 2 

Tuesday, March 20, Lahore 
Match 32: Eliminator 1: Team 3 vs Team 4 

Wednesday, March 21, Lahore 
Match 33: Eliminator 2: Eliminator 1 Winner vs Qualifier Loser 

Sunday, March 25, Karachi 
Match 34: FINAL: Qualifier Winner vs Eliminator 2 Winner 

Here are the teams for Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2018: 

The Players draft were completed three months ago in a glittering ceremony in Lahore on November 12, 2017.

Teams were allowed to retain nine players going into the PSL Draft but with a sixth team added to the mix. Foreign PSL players will be paid USD 10,000 per match to play in Pakistan next season. After having retained nine players before the PSL Draft, the six teams were expected to pick up to 11 more cricketers for the third edition of the tournament using the Draft.

These players were picked in the Platinum Round, Diamond Round, Gold Round, Silver Round (two), Emerging Players Round (two) and the Supplementary Player Round (four). 

Islamabad United

Mohammad Sami, Andre Russell, Rumman Raees, Shadab Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Samuel Badree, Iftikhar Ahmed, Amad Butt, Asif Ali (retained players), JP Duminy, Luke Ronchi, Faheem Ashraf, Sam Billings, Zafar Gohar, Sahibzada Farhan, Hussain Talat (players picked in the draft), Alex Hales, Steven Finn (replaced David Willey), Mohammad Hasan, Mohammad Hasnain (injured) (supplementary players) Rohail Nazir (emerging players), Samit Patel (as cover for Asela Gunaratne who was a cover for JP Duminy), Chadwick Walton (cover for Sam Billings) 

Karachi Kings

Imad Wasim, Usman Khan, Usama Mir, Khurram Manzoor, Ravi Bopara, Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Shahid Afridi (retained players), Colin Ingram, Joe Denly (replaced Luke Wright), David Wiese, Tabish Khan, Mohammad Irfan Jr, Hasan Mohsin, Tymal Mills (replaced Mitchell Johnson) (players picked in the draft), Lendl Simmons (replaced Colin Munro), Eoin Morgan, Saifullah Bangash (supplementary players), Mohammad Taha, Mushtaq Ahmed Kalhoro (emerging players)

Peshawar Zalmi

Mohammad Hafeez, Wahab Riaz, Shakib al Hasan, Kamran Akmal, Darren Sammy, Hasan Ali, Haris Sohail, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Asghar (retained players), Dwayne Bravo, Tamim Iqbal, Hammad Azam, Saad Nasim, Taimoor Sultan, Sameen Gul, Ibtisam Sheikh (players picked in the draft), Andre Fletcher, Rikki Wessels (replaced Evin Lewis), Khalid Usman, Muhammad Arif (supplementary players), Khushdil Shah (emerging players), Liam Dawson (cover for Shakib al Hasan), Umaid Asif (cover for Hasan Ali)

Quetta Gladiators

Sarfraz Ahmed, Kevin Pietersen, Rilee Rossouw, Mohammad Nawaz, Anwar Ali, Mahmudullah, Umar Amin, Mir Hamza, Asad Shafiq (retained players), Shane Watson, Jofra Archer (replaced Carlos Brathwaite), Rahat Ali, Rameez Raja Jr, Saad Ali, Saud Shakeel, Hassan Khan (players picked in the draft), Jason Roy, Rashid Khan, Moin Khan (jr.), Faraz Ahmed (supplementary players), Mohammad Junaid (emerging players), John Hastings (replaced Albie Morkel who was a cover for Jason Roy), Chris Green (cover for Rashid Khan), Ben Laughlin (cover for Jofra Archer)

Lahore Qalandars

Umar Akmal, Sunil Narine, Brendon McCullum, Fakhar Zaman, Yasir Shah, Cameron Delport, Aamer Yamin, Bilawal Bhatti, Sohail Khan (retained players), Players picked in the draft: Chris Lynn (ruled out because of injury), Mustafizur Rehman, Bilal Asif, Raza Hasan, Sohail Akhtar, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Ghulam Mudassar (players picked in the draft), Anton Devcich (replaced Angelo Mathews), Mitchell McClenaghan, Gulraiz Sadaf (supplementary players), Imran Khan Jr.  Salman Irshad (emerging players), Dinesh Ramdin (cover for Mustafizur Rahman)

Multan Sultans

Shoaib Malik, Kieron Pollard, Kumar Sangakkara, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Irfan Khan, Kashif Bhatti (pre-draft players), Imran Tahir, Darren Bravo, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Abbas, Nicholas Pooran, Abdullah Shafique, Saif Badar (players picked in the draft), Hardus Viljoen, Umar Gul, Umar Siddiq, Ross Whiteley (supplementary players), Shan Masood (emerging players), Player Covers: Thisara Perera (cover for Imran Tahir)

Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2018- Where to watch on TV and online live streaming in India:

DSport will broadcast the third edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) in India.

DSports is available on TATA SKY at Channel No. 495, VIDEOCON at Channel No. 410, DISH TV at Channel No. 630, BIG TV at Channel No. 514, DEN Network at Channel No. 412, SITI at Channel No. 83, ASIANET at Channel No. 312, ARASU at Channel No. 212, E INFRA at Channel No. 462, KABLE FIRST at Channel No. 907, MANTHAN at Channel No. 611

Indian viewers can watch online live streaming of Pakistan Super League (PSL) on cricketgateway.com through an user account.