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PSL to be without DRS for remainder of season as technicians not expected return to Pakistan: Report
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PSL to be without DRS for remainder of season as technicians not expected return to Pakistan: Report

The 2025 season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) could be without a fully functioning Decision Review System (DRS) for the remainder of the season, including the final. According to PTI, the technicians who handle the Hawkeye and other DRS systems are not expected to return to Pakistan following the country’s recent conflict with India. The PSL was suspended as tensions escalated and is now scheduled to end on May 25, with two more playoffs yet to be played. DRS hasn’t featured in the league since its resumption on May 17. This includes the first qualifier in which Quetta Gladiators beat Islamabad United by 30 runs to go through to the final. Karachi Kings now play Lahore Qalandars in the Eliminator on May 22 after which the second qualifier will be played on Friday. According to PTI, th...
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Guyana Global Super League looks to take Champions League T20 vacuum as five teams confirm participation
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Guyana Global Super League looks to take Champions League T20 vacuum as five teams confirm participation

More than 10 years after the Champions League T20 — a tournament that brought domestic T20 franchises together — a similar tournament that was successfully held in 2024 returns to the calendar once again in Guyana. Guyana Global Super League (GSL) has announced the tournament which includes five T20 teams from around the world will take place from July 10 to 18 at the Guyana National Stadium in Providence. The tournament will see Dubai Capitals (ILT20), Hobart Hurricanes (Big Bash), Central Stags (Super Smash), Rangpur Riders (BPL) and Guyana Amazon Warriors (CPL, finalists) facing each-other. Rangpur Riders were in the champions of the inaugural edition held last year which included Lahore Qalandars (PSL) and Hampshire Hawks (T20 Cup). In the final, Rangpur defeated Cricket Victoria to wi...
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Martin Guptill returns to Pakistan for PSL days after ex-NZ teammate’s reported declaration of ‘never’ returning again
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Martin Guptill returns to Pakistan for PSL days after ex-NZ teammate’s reported declaration of ‘never’ returning again

Martin Guptill said on Sunday that he is back in Pakistan for the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The league had been suspended due to rising cross-border tensions between India and Pakistan, with the match between Karachi Kings and Peshawar Zalmi in Rawalpindi on Friday being the first game this season since May 7. Guptill, who retired from international cricket in January this year, is part of the commentary team for the league. Guptill’s return comes after reports emerged of his former New Zealand teammate Daryl Mitchell stating that he will “never return to Pakistan again”. Bangladesh leg spinner Rishad Hossain had told Cricbuzz that the foreign players he knew were all “frightened” and “relieved” to have reached Dubai. “Foreign players like Sam Billings, Daryl Mitchell, Kushal Perera, Da...
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PCB names Mike Hesson as Pakistan’s white ball head coach
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PCB names Mike Hesson as Pakistan’s white ball head coach

Former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson was appointed as the head coach of the Pakistan men’s cricket team in white-ball cricket, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Tuesday. Hesson will take over from Aqib Javed, who was appointed on an interim basis in November, a month after Gary Kirsten resigned, barely six months after taking the job. Hesson’s appointment will be effective from the 26th of May, 2025. Hesson led New Zealand in the finals of the 2015 ODI World Cup final during his six-year spell as head coach for the national team. Later, he also served as the head coach of the Kenya national team and the Indian Premier League franchise Punjab Kings XI. Apart from that, he was the director of cricket operations for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL from 2020 to 2023.  Th...
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‘Daryl Mitchell said he will never return Pakistan again, Tom Curran was crying’: Rishad Hossain ‘Relieved’ after reaching Dubai amid PSL postponement
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‘Daryl Mitchell said he will never return Pakistan again, Tom Curran was crying’: Rishad Hossain ‘Relieved’ after reaching Dubai amid PSL postponement

Bangladesh leg-spinner Rishad Hossain said on Saturday that he and the other overseas players were relieved to reach Dubai after the Pakistan Super League (PSL) was put on hold amid the ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the postponement of PSL on Friday after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) suspended the ongoing Indian Premier League 2025 after the heightened tensions between the nations. Rishad also said New Zealand batting all-rounder Darly Mitchell told him he would never ‘return to Pakistan’, especially in these situations, as the overseas players were all horrified. “Foreign players like Sam Billings, Daryl Mitchell, Kushal Perera, David Wiese, Tom Curran… all of them were so frightened… Landing in Dubai, Mitchell ...
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Pakistan Cricket Board decides to postpone PSL
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Pakistan Cricket Board decides to postpone PSL

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday decided to postpone the ongoing Pakistan Super League with eight matches remaining because of the ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan. Earlier in the day BCCI too has suspended the ongoing Indian Premier League 2025 after the heightened tensions between the nations. “The decision to postpone has been taken pursuant to advice received from the Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif who has kept in view the reckless aggression from India that has escalated to a point where national attention and sentiments are rightly focused on the courageous efforts of the Armed Forces of Pakistan who are vociferously upholding the sovereignty of our beloved Pakistan,” PCB said in a statement said. “The last 24 hours have seen a worsening of the situa...
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WATCH: Colin Munro accuses Iftikhar Ahmed of chucking; Multan Sultans players react angrily
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WATCH: Colin Munro accuses Iftikhar Ahmed of chucking; Multan Sultans players react angrily

There was high drama in Pakistan Super League match between Multan Sultans and Islamabad United when New Zealand cricketer Colin Munro accused right-arm off break bowler Iftikhar Ahmed of chucking the ball. The incident happened in the 10th over of the Islamabad United innings when they were chasing the target of 169 set by the Multan Sultans. Iftikhar Ahmed tried to aim a fast ball for Munro’s toes, which the New Zealand batter managed to keep out by bringing his bat down in time. But after the delivery, Munro repeatedly gestured at the bowler that he was chucking. Munro bent his elbow while mimicking the action of delivering a ball. This riled up Iftikhar Ahmed, who waked straight to one of the umpires to have a word with them. The umpires seemed to be trying to placate him. Meanwhile ...
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