The season five of the league will begin with a glittering opening ceremony at the national stadium followed by a match between the defending champions Quetta Gladiators and Islamabad United on February 20.
As many as 36 foreign players will be taking part in the league in likes of Dale Steyn, Shane Watson, Alex Hales, Jason Roy, Carlos Brathwaite, Darren Sammy, David Malan and more. Let’s take a look at squads of all six franchise to find out where your favourite player lies.
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Quetta Gladiators
Team owner: Nadeem Umar
Captain: Sarfaraz Ahmed
Foreign Players: Ben Cutting, Fawad Ahmed, Jason Roy, Keemo Paul, Shane Watson and Tymal Mills.
Rest of the squad: Umar Akmal, Ahsan Ali, , Mohammad Hasnain, Arish Ali Khan, Azam Khan, Sohail Khan, Khurram Manzoor, Zahid Mehmood , Abdul Nasir, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah and Ahmed Shehzad.
Islamabad United
Team owner: Amna Naqvi and Ali Naqvi.
Captain: Shadab Khan.
Foreign Players: Colin Ingram, Dawid Malan, Colin Munro, Luke Ronchi, Phil Salt and Dale Steyn.
Rest of the squad: Faheem Ashraf, Asif Ali, Saif Badar, Amad Butt, Zafar Gohar, Rizwan Hussain, , Akif Javed, Musa Khan, Rumman Raees, , Ahmed Safi Abdullah and Hussain Talat.
Peshawar Zalmi
Team owner: Javed Afridi.
Captain: Darren Sammy.
Foreign Players: Darren Sammy, Tom Banton, Carlos Brathwaite, Liam Dawson, Lewis Gregory, Liam Livingstone and Kieron Pollard.
Rest of the squad: Kamran Akmal (wk), Aamir Ali, Hasan Ali, Rahat Ali, Haider Ali Khan, Adil Amin, Umar Amin, Imam-ul-Haq, Amir Khan, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Mohsin and Wahab Riaz.
Karachi Kings
Team owner: Salman Iqbal.
Captain: Imad Wasim.
Foreign players: Cameron Delport, Alex Hales, Mitch McClenaghan, Chadwick Walton and Chris Jordan.
Rest of the squad: Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Amir, Umaid Asif, Babar Azam, Arshad Iqbal, Sharjeel Khan, Ali Khan, Umer Khan, Usama Mir, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Aamir Yamin and Awais Zia.
Lahore Qalandars
Team owner: Rana Fawad.
Captain: Sohail Akhtar.
Foreign Players: Ben Dunk, Chris Lynn, Samit Patel, Seekkuge Prasanna, Dane Vilas and David Wiese.
Shaheen Afridi, Jaahid Ali, Salman Butt, Mohammad Faizan, Mohammad Hafeez, Dilbar Hussain, Farzan Raja, Haris Rauf, Usman Shinwari, and Fakhar Zaman.
Multan Sultans
Team owners: Ali Khan Tareen and Taimoor Malik
Captain: Shan Masood
Foreign Players: Moeen Ali (ENG), Fabian Allen, Ravi Bopara, Wayne Madsen, Rilee Rossouw, Imran Tahir and James Vince.
Shahid Afridi, Zeeshan Ashraf, Bilawal Bhatti, Mohammad Ilyas, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, , Rohail Nazir (wk), Usman Qadir, Ali Shafiq, Khushdil Shah, and Sohail Tanvir.