Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 5 to be held entirely in Pakistan
The HinduThe fifth season of the Pakistan Super League will be played entirely in the country. Javed Afridi, who owns the Peshawar Zalmi franchise, said the owners agreed during a meeting on Monday that the fifth edition of the PSL should be held entirely in Pakistan -- in Karachi, Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi. “Last edition's earnings from one match in Karachi was around 170 million rupees and if the entire PSL is held in Pakistan, there is no doubt it will improve revenues of the PCB and for franchises,” Afridi said on the GSports show on GNews channel. He said the they also discussed appointing independent analysts and having security briefings to convince all the overseas players that they can play the entire PSL in Pakistan without any concerns. “The franchise owners made a suggestion that since the US dollar rate compared to the Pakistani currency had gone up drastically they should be allowed to pay their local players in local currency instead of dollars,” a source told PTI.