The PCB has released the official schedule for HBL-PSL 2026. Read about the two new teams, the six host venues including Faisalabad and Peshawar, and the full playoff details for Season 11.
Pakistan Super League 2026 Schedule Announced. Photo: X
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the long-awaited schedule of the 11th edition of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) on Tuesday, March 10. Season 11 has been scheduled for March 26 to May 3 and will feature an increased number of matches with eight teams playing in 44 matches registering a cricketing extravaganza of 39 days.
Never before in PSL's history have as many as eight franchises participated. Two new additions that are Hyderabad Kingsmen and Rawalpindi Pindiz have been taken from the market for PKR 175 crore and PKR 245 crore, respectively. They will play with Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Lahore Qalandars, Multan Sultans, Peshawar Zalmi, and Quetta Gladiators in what is expected to be the most challenging season so far.
This edition also sees a rise in the number of cities staging the league matches to six venues. Although Karachi, Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi are mainstays, now Faisalabad and Peshawar will be hosting the HBL-PSL matches for the very first time. Peshawar's Imran Khan Cricket Stadium, quite famously, will see the first of its kind top-level match after a gap of many years on March 28 when Peshawar Zalmi plays Rawalpindi Pindiz.
Every team will have 10 matches in the group, stage. The first game will take place at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on March 26 and it will be an exciting opener as defending champions, Lahore Qalandars will take on the debutants Hyderabad Kingsmen.
Both Islamabad United and Rawalpindi Pindiz will share Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium as their home ground and the two local rivals will meet each other on April 4 and April 23.
The group stage will finish by the end of April and after that the playoffs in high-stakes will take place. The first four teams will qualify for the knockout stages, which will open on April 28 with Qualifier held at Rawalpindi. Then the focus will go back to the PCB headquarters, Lahore for the Eliminators on April 29 and May 1. The final is scheduled for Sunday, May 3 at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.
| Date | Match # | Fixture | Venue | Time |
| Mar 26 | Match 1 | Lahore Qalandars vs Hyderabad Kingsmen | Lahore | Night |
| Mar 27 | Match 2 | Quetta Gladiators vs Karachi Kings | Lahore | Night |
| Mar 28 | Match 3 | Peshawar Zalmi vs Rawalpindi Pindiz | Peshawar | Day |
| Mar 28 | Match 4 | Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United | Lahore | Night |
| Mar 29 | Match 5 | Quetta Gladiators vs Hyderabad Kingsmen | Lahore | Day |
| Mar 29 | Match 6 | Lahore Qalandars vs Karachi Kings | Lahore | Night |
| Mar 31 | Match 7 | Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi | Rawalpindi | Night |
| Apr 1 | Match 8 | Multan Sultans vs Hyderabad Kingsmen | Multan | Night |
| Apr 2 | Match 9 | Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators | Rawalpindi | Day |
| Apr 2 | Match 10 | Rawalpindi Pindiz vs Karachi Kings | Rawalpindi | Night |
| Apr 3 | Match 11 | Multan Sultans vs Lahore Qalandars | Multan | Night |
| Apr 4 | Match 12 | Rawalpindi Pindiz vs Islamabad United | Rawalpindi | Night |
| Apr 5 | Match 13 | Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators | Multan | Night |
| Apr 6 | Match 14 | Multan Sultans vs Rawalpindi Pindiz | Multan | Night |
| Apr 8 | Match 15 | Hyderabad Kingsmen vs Peshawar Zalmi | Karachi | Night |
| Apr 9 | Match 16 | Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United | Faisalabad | Day |
| Apr 9 | Match 17 | Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi | Karachi | Night |
| Apr 10 | Match 18 | Quetta Gladiators vs Rawalpindi Pindiz | Karachi | Night |
| Apr 11 | Match 19 | Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars | Faisalabad | Day |
| Apr 11 | Match 20 | Karachi Kings vs Hyderabad Kingsmen | Karachi | Night |
| Apr 12 | Match 21 | Hyderabad Kingsmen vs Islamabad United | Karachi | Night |
| Apr 13 | Match 22 | Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans | Faisalabad | Night |
| Apr 15 | Match 23 | Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators | Faisalabad | Night |
| Apr 16 | Match 24 | Hyderabad Kingsmen vs Rawalpindi Pindiz | Faisalabad | Day |
| Apr 16 | Match 25 | Karachi Kings vs Islamabad United | Karachi | Night |
| Apr 17 | Match 26 | Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators | Faisalabad | Night |
| Apr 18 | Match 27 | Lahore Qalandars vs Rawalpindi Pindiz | Faisalabad | Night |
| Apr 19 | Match 28 | Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings | Lahore | Day |
| Apr 19 | Match 29 | Quetta Gladiators vs Hyderabad Kingsmen | Lahore | Night |
| Apr 21 | Match 30 | Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators | Lahore | Day |
| Apr 21 | Match 31 | Rawalpindi Pindiz vs Multan Sultans | Rawalpindi | Night |
| Apr 22 | Match 32 | Karachi Kings vs Hyderabad Kingsmen | Lahore | Day |
| Apr 22 | Match 33 | Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans | Rawalpindi | Night |
| Apr 23 | Match 34 | Rawalpindi Pindiz vs Islamabad United | Rawalpindi | Day |
| Apr 23 | Match 35 | Lahore Qalandars vs Karachi Kings | Lahore | Night |
| Apr 24 | Match 36 | Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi | Rawalpindi | Night |
| Apr 25 | Match 37 | Quetta Gladiators vs Karachi Kings | Lahore | Day |
| Apr 25 | Match 38 | Lahore Qalandars vs Hyderabad Kingsmen | Lahore | Night |
| Apr 26 | Match 39 | Rawalpindi Pindiz vs Peshawar Zalmi | Rawalpindi | Day |
| Apr 26 | Match 40 | Islamabad United vs Multan Sultans | Rawalpindi | Night |
| Apr 28 | Match 41 | Qualifier | Rawalpindi | Night |
| Apr 29 | Match 42 | Eliminator 1 | Lahore | Night |
| May 1 | Match 43 | Eliminator 2 | Lahore | Night |
| May 3 | Match 44 | Final | Lahore | Night |
