Pakistan Super League - wikipedia Pakistan Super League Pakistan Super League Official logo of PSL Countries Pakistan Administrator PCB Format Twenty20 First tournament 2016 Last tournament 2018 Next tournament 2019 Tournament format Double round robin and playoffs Number of teams 6 Current champion Islamabad United ( 2nd title ) Most successful Islamabad United ( 2 titles ) Most runs Kamran Akmal ( 929 ) Most wickets Wahab Riaz ( 46 ) TV List of Broadcasters Website psl-t20.com Pakistan Super League ( Urdu : پاکستان سپر لیگ ‬ ‎ ; PSL ) is a Twenty20 cricket league, founded in Lahore on 9 September 2015 with five teams and now comprises six teams. Instead of operating as an association of independently owned teams, the league is a single entity in which each franchise is owned and controlled by investors. The commercial rights to the initial franchises were sold for US $93 million for a span of 10 years in December 2015. The market value of PSL in 2017 was up to US $300 million, according to Arif Habib. The PSL season runs between the months of February and March, with each team playing matches in double round robin format ; the top four teams with the best record qualify for the playoffs and culminates in the championship game, the PSL Cup Final. The league is directed out of the Pakistan Cricket Board head office in Lahore. Due to security reasons, the first season was played entirely in the United Arab Emirates. The inaugural champions were Islamabad United. Peshawar Zalmi were the 2017 PSL Champions, having defeated Quetta Gladiators in Lahore on 5 March 2017. The current champions are Islamabad United, who won the title on 25 March 2018 in Karachi. Contents 1 History 1.1 Establishment 1.2 Expansion 2 Profits 3 Format 4 Teams 5 Results 5.1 Season results 5.2 Team results 5.3 Overview 6 Individual awards 7 Sponsorship 8 Broadcast 9 Footnotes 10 See also 11 References 12 External links History Establishment In September 2015, the PCB officially announced the launch of the PSL. Former Pakistani national team captains Wasim Akram and Rameez Raja signed up to promote the PSL and become brand ambassadors of the league for three years. After several years of planning and two previous failed attempts, the league officially began on 4 February 2016 in the United Arab Emirates where Bakhtawar Bhutto - Zardari, alongside Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, inaugurated the opening ceremony. The first two seasons included five teams nominally based in Pakistani cities. In its first season the PSL had a higher percentage of international players. The league uses a draft system for player recruitment similar to that used in many North American professional sports leagues and as opposed to the auction system used in some other T20 leagues. The PSL 's official logo was launched on 20 September 2015 in a ceremony in Lahore, and was revealed by 3Di. The ceremony was attended by current and retired cricketers, as well as Pakistani celebrities. Expansion The possibility of adding a sixth team to the league in 2017, possibly in Azad Kashmir, was also under discussion, but was rejected by the middle of May 2016. Sethi announced that there would be the sixth team in next season of PSL, few days after 2017 PSL held. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra announced that the PSL administration will be approached for the participation of team FATA as the sixth team in PSL 2018. He said PSL administration will be approached for the participation of FATA team. Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman, chief minister of Gilgit - Baltistan, also said to have the sixth team from Gilgit - Baltistan. PCB short - listed five names for sixth team ; Faisalabad, FATA, Hyderabad, Dera Murad Jamali and Multan. The final name of the sixth team for PSL 2018 season was announced on 1 June 2017 ; Multan Sultans ; owned by Schön Properties at $5.2 million annually. Profits In May 2016, the PCB officially announced that the inaugural season of the PSL yielded profits of US $2.6 million. Format PSL Playoffs The PSL is played in a double round - robin format. Every team plays each other twice and the top four advance to the Playoffs. The league follows the rules and regulations dictated by the International Cricket Council, although it introduced DRS system in T20s which was later emulated by International Cricket Council as well. In the group stage, two points are awarded for a win, one for a no - result and none for a loss. In the event of tied scores after both teams have faced their quota of overs, a super over is used to determine the match winner. In the group stage teams are ranked on the following criteria : Higher number of points If equal, better run rate If equal, highest number of wins If equal, least number of losses If still equal, the results of head to head meeting In any play - off match in which there is no result, a super over is used to determine the winner. If the super over is not possible or the result of the over is a tie, the team which finished in the highest league position at the end of the regular season is deemed the winner of the match. Teams According to a PCB press release, around 20 parties showed an interest in buying franchises for the league before the first season. On 18 October 2015 the Pakistan Cricket Board began accepting tenders for franchises with a deadline for bids of 15 November. According to a statement by the PCB, bid winners would be granted the rights to a franchise for a term of ten years. Interested parties included the ARY Group, Omar Associates, Arif Habib Group, Haier, Mobilink as well as international groups including Leonine Global Sports and the Qatar Lubricants Company ( QALCO ). All five franchises for the first season of the league were sold on 3 December 2015, for a total price of US $93 million, after seven bidders presented formal proposals. PSL players drafted from foreign countries In April 2017, PCB invited bids for the sixth team and the deadline set for the submission of both the financial and technical proposals was 30 May and as many as 40 national and international parties expressed an interest in buying the sixth franchise. On 1 June 2017, from five regions short - listed by PCB Multan was bought by Schön Properties for a price of US $5.2 million per year becoming the most expensive team of the PSL. Team City / Province Owner Founded Home ground Captain Coach Islamabad United Islamabad, Capital Territory Leonine Global Sports ( Ali Naqvi & Amna Naqvi ) 2015 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Misbah ul Haq Dean Jones Karachi Kings Karachi, Sindh ARY Group ( Salman Iqbal, CEO ) 2015 National Stadium Imad Wasim Mickey Arthur Lahore Qalandars Lahore, Punjab Qatar Lubricants Company ( Fawad Rana, MD ) 2015 Gaddafi Stadium Brendon McCullum Aqib Javed Multan Sultans Multan, Punjab Schön Properties ( Nasir Schon & sons ) 2017 Multan Cricket Stadium Shoaib Malik Tom Moody Peshawar Zalmi Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Haier Pakistan ( Javed Afridi, CEO ) 2015 Arbab Niaz Stadium Darren Sammy Mohammad Akram Quetta Gladiators Quetta, Balochistan Omar Associates ( Nadeem Omar, Director ) 2015 Bugti Stadium Sarfraz Ahmed Moin Khan Results Season results Season No. of teams Final Venue Player of the series Winner Winning margin Runner - up 2016 Details 5 Islamabad United 175 / 4 ( 18.4 overs ) 6 wickets ( scorecard ) Quetta Gladiators 174 / 7 ( 20 overs ) Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Ravi Bopara ( Karachi Kings ) 2017 Details 5 Peshawar Zalmi 148 / 6 ( 20 overs ) 58 runs ( scorecard ) Quetta Gladiators 90 ( 16.3 overs ) Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Kamran Akmal ( Peshawar Zalmi ) 2018 Details 6 Islamabad United 154 / 7 ( 16.5 overs ) 3 wickets ( scorecard ) Peshawar Zalmi 148 / 9 ( 20 overs ) National Stadium, Karachi Luke Ronchi ( Islamabad United ) Islamabad United take a victory lap around the Dubai International Cricket Stadium after winning the first PSL final in 2016. Team results Teams 2016 2017 2018 Islamabad United 4th Karachi Kings 4th 3rd 3rd Lahore Qalandars 5th 5th 6th Multan Sultans DNP 5th Peshawar Zalmi 3rd Quetta Gladiators 4th Overview Main article : List of Pakistan Super League records and statistics The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams. Teams are sorted by best performance, then by total number of wins, total number of games, and alphabetical order respectively. Appearances Statistics Team Total First Latest Best result Mat. Won Lost Tied Tie&W Tie&L NR Win % * Islamabad United 2016 2018 Champions ( 2016, 2018 ) 32 20 12 0 0 0 0 62.50 Peshawar Zalmi 2016 2018 Champions ( 2017 ) 34 19 14 0 0 0 57.57 Quetta Gladiators 2016 2018 Runners - up ( 2016, 2017 ) 31 17 13 0 0 0 56.66 Karachi Kings 2016 2018 Third Place ( 2017, 2018 ) 31 12 17 0 0 41.66 Multan Sultans 2018 2018 Group Stage ( 2018 ) 10 5 0 0 0 44.44 Lahore Qalandars 2016 2018 Group Stage ( 2016, 2017, 2018 ) 26 7 17 0 0 30.76 Last Updated : 25 March 2018 Source : Note : Tie&W and Tie&L indicates matches tied and then won or lost by `` Super Over '' The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties ( irrespective of a tiebreaker ) as full win. Individual awards The Hanif Mohammad award and a green cap are awarded to the leading run - scorer. It is an ongoing competition with the leading run - scorer wearing the cap throughout the tournament until the final game, with the eventual winner keeping the cap and receiving the award for the season. The Fazal Mahmood award and a maroon cap are awarded to the leading wicket - taker in the same way whilst the Imtiaz Ahmed award is awarded to the best wicket - keeper. All three awards were introduced in the second PSL season. Sponsorship The PSL 's initial title sponsorship was awarded to HBL Pakistan for three years in December 2015. Sponsorship deals associated with the league including the title sponsorship, are estimated to be worth more than $6 million. Title sponsor Period Sponsorship amount ( per year ) HBL 2016 - 2018 Rs 11 crore ( US $1.0 million ) Broadcast PSL Live Broadcast For the first three seasons of the league, Sunset + Vine were awarded production rights as official broadcasters, and PTV Sports, Ten Sports and Geo Super were awarded broadcast rights in Pakistan. The value of the broadcasting deal was US $15 million, with the PCB selling the global television rights to Tech Front, a UAE group. In 2017, DSport ( India ) bought the broadcasting rights of PSL, becoming the first channel in India to do so. Matches streamed live in Pakistan on YouTube, and on PSL official site and app through cricketgateway.pk ; while streamed globally on cricketgateway.com. Territory Years Channels Pakistan 2016 -- present PTV Sports Ten Sports Geo Super Afghanistan 2017 -- present Moby Australia 2017 -- present Channel 44 Bangladesh 2016 -- present Gazi TV Canada 2017 -- present Sportsnet Willow TV Caribbean 2016 -- present Flow TV India 2018 -- present DSport Kenya 2017 -- present Star Times Middle East & North Africa 2016 -- present OSN Sports New Zealand 2017 -- present Sky Sport South Africa 2017 -- present Star Times SuperSport Sri Lanka 2016 -- present Ten Sports CSN Dialog TV United Kingdom 2016 -- present Prime TV : Sky 792 Hum Masala USA 2017 -- present A-Plus TV Willow TV Yupp TV Zimbabwe 2017 -- present SuperSport Advertising rights for the first three years of the league 's operation were awarded to Pakistani company Blitz Advertising. Footnotes ^ Jump up to : The team was founded in 2015 and made its PSL debut in the 2016 season. Jump up ^ The team was founded in 2017 and made its PSL debut in the 2018 season. See also Pakistan Super League portal Cricket portal Pakistan Cricket Board List of Pakistan Super League records and statistics List of Pakistan Super League cricketers List of Pakistan Super League centuries https://www.geo.tv/psl/latest/185867-pcb-plans-psl-t10-league-in-september-sources References Jump up ^ `` Most runs in PSL ''. ESPNcricinfo. Jump up ^ `` Most wickets in PSL ''. ESPNcricinfo. Jump up ^ Faseeh Mangi, Chris Kay ( 14 March 2017 ). `` Back From Exile, Pakistan 's Cricket Push Lures Advertisers ''. Bloomberg. Retrieved 26 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` Wasim Akram, Ramiz Raja become official ambassadors for PSL ''. The Express Tribune. 8 September 2015. Jump up ^ Pakistan Super League set to be moved to UAE Gulf Times, 21 September 2015. Retrieved 2016 - 04 - 11. Jump up ^ Rishad Mahmoud ( 2016 ) Pakistan Super League : Morale booster or gimmick ? Al Jazeera, 4 February 2016. Retrieved 2016 - 04 - 11. Jump up ^ `` PSL kicks off with colourful ceremony in Dubai ''. ARY Media. ARY News. ARY Network. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2018. Jump up ^ Qasim Nauman ( 2016 ) Pakistan Super League : Twenty20 Underdogs Quetta Gladiators Emerge as Favorites in Final, The Wall Street Journal, 23 February 2016. Retrieved 2016 - 04 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Dubai, Sharjah venues for Pakistan Super League ''. Cricinfo. Jump up ^ `` Pakistan Super League : Draft pick order decided, logo launched ''. The Express Tribune. 15 December 2015. Jump up ^ Umer Toor. `` Projection Mapping Event Goes Live on Tv Channels in Pakistan on Pakistan Super League Launch ''. Projection Mapping -- Pakistan since 2010. Jump up ^ PSL to include a sixth team for the second edition, ARY Sports 20 April 2016. Retrieved 2016 - 04 - 21. Jump up ^ Bilal khan dreams about including Kashmir in PSL ARY Sports 23 April 2016. Retrieved 2016 - 04 - 23. Jump up ^ PSL 's second edition to remain five - team event, PKKH /, 18 May 2016. Retrieved 2016 - 05 - 18. Jump up ^ PSLs second edition to remain five team event, `` The Express Tribune '', 18 May 2016. Retrieved 2016 - 05 - 23. Jump up ^ `` FATA to participate as sixth team in PSL 3 ''. Samaa TV. Retrieved 8 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` FATA name coming up as sixth team in PSL 2018 ''. The Express tribune. Retrieved 8 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` PCB shortlists five possible region as 6th team in PSL 3 ''. GEO News. Jump up ^ `` Pakistan Super League gets sixth team ''. ARY News. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017. Jump up ^ `` PCB announces Multan as sixth PSL franchise ''. Samaa TV. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017. Jump up ^ AFP ( 3 May 2016 ). `` PCB reaps $2.6 m profit from Pakistan Super League ''. The Express Tribune. Retrieved 21 February 2017. Jump up ^ `` PSL promises IPL style Cricket ''. NDTV Sports. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015. Jump up ^ `` PCB invites bids for Pakistan Super League franchises ''. Daily Pakistan. Ali Zain. Retrieved 1 November 2015. Jump up ^ `` PCB initiates bids for Pakistan Super League franchises ''. Cricbuzz. Retrieved 1 November 2015. Jump up ^ `` Pakistan Super League : Seven companies fight it out to buy franchises ''. The Express Tribune. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015. Jump up ^ Nabeel Hashmi. `` Pakistan Super League : Seven companies fight it out to buy franchises ''. The Express Tribune. Retrieved 3 December 2015. Jump up ^ Umar Farooq ( 3 December 2015 ). `` PCB sells five PSL teams for $93 m ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2017. Jump up ^ `` PCB invites bids for sixth PSL team ''. Pakistan Observer. Retrieved 29 April 2017. Jump up ^ `` Multan becomes PSL 's sixth franchise as Schon Group buys franchise ''. The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2 June 2017. Jump up ^ `` Pakistan Super League / Records / Result summary -- ESPN Cricinfo ''. Cricinfo. Jump up ^ `` Leading run scorer will get Green Cap '' ( Dawn News ). Retrieved 19 February 2017. Jump up ^ `` Leading wicket - taker will win the Maroon Cap '' ( Dawn News ). Retrieved 19 February 2017. Jump up ^ `` Pakistan Super League trophy unveiled '' ( Dunya News ). Retrieved 19 February 2017. Jump up ^ Pakistan Super League PSL Teams, Sponsors, Broadcasting Rights Sold, Total Sported, 16 February 2016. Retrieved 2016 - 02 - 17. Jump up ^ `` Pakistan Super League ropes in HBL bank as title sponsors ''. gulfnews.com ( Gulf News ). Retrieved 15 December 2015. Jump up ^ `` Karachi attracts highest bid as PSL teams sold for $93 million ''. Associated Press of Pakistan and Dawn Sport. DAWN. 4 December 2015. p. 1. Retrieved 4 December 2015. Jump up ^ `` PSL : Live on Android Mobile App ''. Tvile. Retrieved 24 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` PSL : Live on internet ''. ARY News. Retrieved 3 February 2016. Jump up ^ PSL 2017 on CricketGateway.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017. Jump up ^ `` DSport to broadcast HBL 2018 Pakistan Super League ''. DSport India. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017. Jump up ^ PSL. `` PCB has awarded the Media Advertising Rights for the first three seasons of HBL PSL ''. 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Question: how many teams are there in the psl
Answer: six