List of Pakistan Super League venues

The Pakistan Super League (Urdu: پاکستان سپر لیگ) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league, founded by the Pakistan Cricket Board on 9 September 2015. The league comprises six teams, with matches being held in February and March.

In the first season, matches were played in stadiums across the United Arab Emirates. In the second season, the league's final was held in Lahore, Pakistan. The following season, the league's playoffs and final were held in the Pakistani cities of Karachi and Lahore. In 2019, the last eight matches of the fourth season were played in Pakistan.

The entire league was held in Pakistan for the first time in 2020, however it was struck by COVID-19 pandemic and had to be postponed.

Venues[]

United Arab Emirates[]

• Dubai: The Dubai International Cricket Stadium was the first stadium to host PSL matches, holding a capacity of 25,000.^[1] The stadium has held 60 league matches and five ceremonies.^[2]
• Sharjah: The Sharjah Cricket Stadium, also known as the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, was the second stadium to host PSL matches. The stadium has held 40 PSL matches, but no ceremonies have been held in the stadium. Its capacity was increased in 2019, from 14,000 to 17,000, to better accommodate PSL matches.^[3]
• Abu Dhabi: The Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium is in Abu Dhabi, with a capacity of 20,000. The PSL has only held four matches in this stadium during the fourth season in 2019, but has not held any ceremonies.^[4][5]

 United Arab Emirates stadiums

Stadium	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium
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Map	Dubai Sharjah Abu Dhabi

Pakistan[]

• Lahore: The Gaddafi Stadium was the first Pakistani stadium to host PSL matches, and it holds a capacity of 27,000. It has hosted 17 PSL matches. Both the 2017 final and the closing ceremony were held at this stadium.^[6][7][8][9]
• Karachi: The National Stadium holds a capacity of 34,000. It has hosted 17 PSL matches and three ceremonies.^[10]
• Rawalpindi: The Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium holds a capacity of 15,000. It has hosted three PSL matches, all coming in the 2020 season, but has not held any ceremonies.^[11]
• Multan: The Multan Cricket Stadium holds a capacity of 35,000. It has hosted three PSL matches, but has not held any ceremonies.^[12][13]

 Pakistan stadiums

Stadium	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	National Stadium, Karachi	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	Multan Cricket Stadium
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Map	Lahore Karachi Multan Rawalpindi

Lists[]

General list[]

No.	Venue	City	Country	Capacity	Matches played	Ceremonies held	Ref(s)
1	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	25K	60	5	[14][15][16]
2	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	Sharjah		17K	40	0	[17][18]
3	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium	Abu Dhabi		20K	4	0	[19][20][21]
4	Gaddafi Stadium	Lahore	Pakistan	27K	13	1	[22][23][24]
5	National Stadium	Karachi		34K	21	3	[25][26][27][28][29]
6	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	Rawalpindi		15K	7	0	[30][31][32][33]
7	Multan Cricket Stadium	Multan		35K	3	0	[34][35][36][37][38]

By matches played[]

Year	Venues							Total (in PSL)	Ref(s)
	United Arab Emirates			Pakistan
	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium	Gaddafi Stadium	National Stadium	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	Multan Cricket Stadium
2016	15	9	0	0	0	0	0	24	[39][40][41]
2017	13	10	0	1	0	0	0	24	[42][43]
2018	18	13	0	2	1	0	0	34	[44][45]
2019	14	8	4	0	8	0	0	34	[46][47][48]
2020	0	0	0	10	12	7	3	32	[49][50][51]
Total (in stadium)	60	40	4	13	21	7	3	148

By ceremonies held[]

O.C. denotes opening ceremony
C.C denotes closing ceremony

Year	Venues			Note(s)
	United Arab Emirates	Pakistan
	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Gaddafi Stadium	National Stadium
2016	O.C., C.C.			[52][53][54]
2017	O.C.	C.C.		[55][56][57]
2018	O.C.		C.C.	[58][59]
2019	O.C.		C.C.	[60][61]
2020			O.C.	Closing ceremony was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[62][63]
Total (in stadium)	4=O.C. 1=C.C.	0=O.C. 1=C.C.	0=O.C. 3=C.C.

See also[]

• List of Pakistan Super League anthems
• Pakistan Super League opening and closing ceremonies
• List of Pakistan Super League records and statistics

References[]