KARACHI: PSL franchises have rejected proposals for direct contracts with star players, citing an unimpressive list of available cricketers, as the draft will be held in the last week of December or early January.
According to the details, the Pakistan Super League will not be held on the traditional dates in 2025 due to the Triangular Series and then the Champions Trophy scheduled outside of FTP, PCB has given a window from April 10 to May 25. Out of which the dates will be finalised.
Due to clash with IPL, issues such as unavailability of key players may come to light in terms of revenue. Therefore, the board was considering giving the franchises the option of direct contracts with the big players, with 1 to 2 marquee players in each team, but the franchises rejected the proposal.
The board had sent a list of non-participating and potentially available other cricketers to the owners in the previous IPL, but it was not approved as it was not impressive. Informed PCB, Indian cricket board is considering IPL auction in Saudi Arabia next month, after that the situation will be clear and PSL draft will be held in the last week of December or early January. It will happen.
In the meeting, the strict policy of the English Board on NOC and its impact on the Pakistan League was also raised, on which the COO of the Board, Salman Naseer, said that we will not discuss any media reports, Test matches. Chairman ECB will come to Pakistan to see, then discussions will be held with him. The meeting also discussed the PSL 11 window, with India and Sri Lanka to host the ICCT Twenty20 World Cup in February, March 2026.
For this reason, the dates of PSL will have to be changed again, it will be possible to hold it in April or September, October. During the initial process of increasing teams in the league, there was also a brief discussion, on the issue of a separate company, it was said that only the Chairman PCB will be able to tell something in this regard.
