Pakistan Super League: Season 2 

By: Hajra Kabir

The time slack for the season of cricket is over as Pakistan has a ton of fun and cricket life between the fans of cricket. Pakistan is facilitating itself to the world and making its name in different positions by simply letting best players of cricket however they have played not at the state level. Prepare to see more accomplishment of Pakistani groups when they battle with each other and with different groups of the world to send a note everywhere throughout the world that Pakistan is advancing with new energy now in the playing field of cricket. Pakistan cricket board’s initiative of Pakistan Super league got overwhelming response from the millions of the cricket fans in country. Although they did not get any new talent emerging in the field and did not come up with the raising stars but still managed to get a massive following by cricket lovers. Pakistan Super League is a T20 league which was inaugurated in United Arab Emirates in 2016. Pakistan Super League is famous among the audience by the name of PSL. It is a franchise based league based on five teams which attract players from 11 different countries. With the huge success in first season, PSL is now all set for the second season of the tournament. The same five teams will be facing each other again in the upcoming year.

Islamabad United: 

This group is in the grip of Misbah ul Haq. Islamabad United battled with genuine desire and won the first season of PSL. Each group has the soul to win, however this group demonstrated it’s every power and their work. This group showed their batting abilities by winning the last season.

Peshawar Zalmi: 

Under the captaincy of Boom Boom Shahid Afridi, this group got massive love and response from the cricket fans in the previous season. Their preparations were frightful and criteria of the determination made everybody stressed in the last season. In this season the knot of Peshawar Zalmi will be in the hands of Darren Sammy.

Karachi Kings: 

This group had been a danger for every team because of its best players in the previous season. It comprises of world class players of cricket like Imad Hassan, Hassan Ali, and Ravi Bopara who made Karachi King look sufficiently solid.

Quetta Gladiators: 

Quetta Gladiators are working under the control of Pakistan's Wicket-Keeper and batsman Sarfraz Ahmad. This group was the most dangerous group of the league because of its best batsman and bowler group. They reached the finals in the previous season but did not manage to win the league but they are all set once again to show their class.

Lahore Qalandars: 

Lahore Qalandars was the weakest team in the previous tournament and was the first team to be out from the league but this time they are having a lot of practice sessions and they are all set to show their competitors that they are no less than them. This season Brendon McCullum has taken the charge of Lahore Qalandars and all set to entertain the fans with their magnificent batting and bowling. 

The PSL draft for 2017 has been declared on 19^th October 2016. Pakistan cricket board has reported that Bredon of New Zealand and Eoin of England have effectively dedicated to play in the competition. So simply prepare for new undertakings and happenings in PSL group in the coming year. PSL is seen as a turning point not just for country cash-strapped cricket board but also to the young players who missed the opportunities in the past to play and learn from highly qualified international players. If PSL keeps on coming in the regular intervals it might not be wrong to say that it will become the third largest league.