A big and shocking news related to Pakistan Super League (PSL) has come to light. PSL is going to become even bigger from the year 2026, because two new teams have entered the league. Now a total of 8 teams will be seen playing in PSL. These two new franchises were added in the auction held on January 8, 2026, but their price has surprised cricket fans.

Two new teams added to PSL

Hyderabad team was bought by FKS Group in the auction, whose price was 1.75 billion Pakistani rupees. The Sialkot team went to OZ Group, which spent 1.85 billion Pakistani rupees for it. That means the total price including both the teams was around 3.6 billion Pakistani rupees. This amount sounds huge, but when it is compared with IPL, the picture looks completely different.

Why is there discussion in comparison with IPL?

Actually, if Pakistani rupees are converted into Indian rupees, the total value of these two PSL teams comes to around Rs 115 crores. This is where the real debate begins. The one season salary of some star players in IPL is so high that the earnings of only 5 players becomes equal to the price of these two new PSL teams.

Salary of 5 IPL players surprised

In IPL, Lucknow Super Giants gives around Rs 27 crore to Rishabh Pant for one season. Shreyas Iyer’s salary is Rs 26.75 crore. Cameron Green has been bought by KKR for Rs 25.20 crore. Virat Kohli gets Rs 21 crore for a season, while Rohit Sharma is paid Rs 16.30 crore by Mumbai Indians. If the total salary of these five players is added, then this amount becomes more than Rs 116 crore, which is more than the price of both the new teams of PSL.

The difference between IPL and PSL is clear

It becomes clear from this comparison how big a difference there is at the economic level between IPL and PSL. While in IPL crores of rupees are spent on one player, in PSL the entire franchise can be bought for the same amount.

What does expansion mean for PSL?

The addition of two new teams in PSL is being considered a good sign for Pakistani cricket. This will lead to more matches, more players will emerge and new cities will get recognition. With cities like Hyderabad and Sialkot getting their own teams, local cricket will also get a boost. Even though PSL is lagging behind IPL financially, the expansion of the league is being considered an important step towards strengthening its future.

PSL Two New Teams Name With Price: Pakistan Super League has got 2 new teams. These two teams will be named Hyderabad and Sialkot. On January 8, the Pakistan Cricket Board had conducted an auction for two new franchises at the Jinnah Convention Center in Islamabad. A total of 360 crore Pakistani rupees have been spent on both the teams.

FKS, a US-based aviation and health sector company, has purchased the Hyderabad franchise by spending 175 crore Pakistani rupees (6.2 million US dollars). A real estate firm, OZ Developers, bought the Sialkot franchise by bidding Rs 185 crore (Pakistan Rupees 6.55 million).

The auction started with a base price of Pakistani rupees 110 crore. This is the amount that each franchise has to pay to the PCB annually. 9 groups had bid in this auction. Before the auction, Ali Tareen, who was the owner of Multan Sultan, had told through social media that he was withdrawing his name from the auction.

OZ developers faced tough competition from I2C. Finally, Hamza Majeed, CEO of OZ Developers, bought the Sialkot franchise by bidding Rs 185 crore. With this, Sialkot has become the most expensive franchise in Pakistan Super League history.

The 2 most successful bidders had to choose the name of their franchise from Rawalpindi, Hyderabad, Faisalabad, Gilgit, Sialkot and Muzaffarabad.

Mohsin Naqvi’s big announcement

Before the start of the auction process, PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi had made a big announcement. He had announced a prize money of PKR 9 crore for the Pakistan team that won the Rising Stars Asia Cup tournament. Apart from this, he also announced a prize money of Rs 1.8 crore for the Pakistan team which won the Hong Kong Six Tournament.

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Today’s cricket, especially T20 cricket, has become a multi-million dollar industry. Franchise leagues are being played in different countries across the world, where players earn crores of rupees by playing just 2–3 months. However, not every league is as rich as the IPL, there are some leagues where players play for very little money, sometimes even less than domestic cricket. Although many T20 leagues are played. Players now have many options, but not every option is beneficial. Some leagues give more money but less time, some leagues are longer but salaries are less, at some places foreign players have more benefits and at some places local players struggle. For this reason, it has become important to know which league is beneficial for the players. In such a situation, let us know which cricket league gives the least amount of money to the players.

Lowest paying cricket leagues

1. Abu Dhabi T10 League – Abu Dhabi T10 League is considered to be the smallest and least profitable professional cricket league in the world. In this, the average player’s salary is around $25,000, the minimum salary is only $5,000 and the maximum salary is $50,000 to $1,00,000. This league takes place in November-December and about 100 players play in it. Although the names are big, this league is far behind in terms of money.

2. Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) – BPL was once very attractive for foreign players, but in the last few years, non-payment and franchise disputes have weakened it. In this, the minimum salary of a local player is around Rs 4-5 lakh, that of a foreign player is around $20,000 and the maximum salary is $80,000. Today BPL is being run by the board itself because the franchise model has failed.

3. Caribbean Premier League (CPL) – CPL is the biggest league of West Indies, but in terms of salary it comes in the mid-level. In this, the average salary is 50,000 dollars, the minimum is only 3,000 dollars and the maximum is 1.6 lakh dollars.

4. Major League Cricket (USA) – America’s Major League Cricket is still in its initial stages. Average player salary in this: $60,000, minimum is $2,500. Some foreign players also get more money.

5. Pakistan Super League (PSL) – The PSL is a well-established league, but is still limited financially. The average salary in this is around Rs 44–45 lakh and the maximum is around 1.7 lakh dollars. Whereas PSL lags behind due to market size and sponsorship.

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Mustafizur Rahman has decided to play in the Pakistan Super League after being released by Kolkata Knight Riders. KKR had bought him for Rs 9.20 crore in the auction held for IPL 2026, but after growing protests in India, on the instructions of BCCI, the franchise released the Bangladesh fast bowler. Let us tell you that even if Mustafizur gets the highest amount of PSL, it will not be even half of the amount decided by KKR.

There was a tough competition in the IPL 2026 auction to buy Mustafizur Rahman, when his price crossed Rs 9 crore. Apart from KKR, Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals were also showing interest in buying him. Recently, there were demonstrations in India against the killing of Hindu youth in Bangladesh. KKR and team owner Shahrukh Khan started being criticized because they had bought the Bangladeshi player for a huge amount of Rs 9.20 crore.

After increasing protests, BCCI directed KKR to release Mustafizur. After this Bangladesh banned IPL telecast in its country. Mustafizur got his name registered for Pakistan Super League 2026.

What will be Mustafizur Rahman’s PSL 2026 salary?

Unlike IPL, there is no auction in PSL, rather a draft system is used there. Mustafizur Rahman can be sold in the platinum category in PSL, which is the highest category in this league. Mustafizur is a world class bowler, who recently completed his 400 T20 wickets. If he also gets Platinum, the highest category of PSL, then his salary will be Rs 2.57 crore (Indian currency). KKR had bought him for more than 3 times its price. Let us tell you that franchises can choose maximum 3 platinum players.

PSL 2026 draft categories and their prices

• platinum- Rs 2.42 crore to Rs 2.70 crore
• Diamond- About Rs 1.21 crore
• Gold- around 90 lakh rupees
• Silver- around 45 lakh rupees
• Emerging- around 18 lakh rupees
• Supplementary- around 9 lakh rupees

Mustafizur Rahman was recently released by Kolkata Knight Riders from IPL 2026, the franchise did this on the instructions of BCCI. After this, Bangladesh Cricket Board has decided not to send its team to India for T20 World Cup 2026, a meeting of ICC and BCB is also to be held regarding this. Amidst all this, Mustafizur has registered his name in Pakistan Super League.

Mustafizur Rahman was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 9.20 crore in the auction held for IPL 2026, his price was so high because other teams (CSK, DC) were also ready to pay a big amount for him. Recently, the impact of the protest against the killing of Hindu youth in Bangladesh reached cricket. KKR and team owner Shahrukh Khan started being criticized for buying the Bangladeshi player, after which KKR released him on the instructions of BCCI. Now he will be seen playing in Pakistan Super League.

Return to PSL after 8 years

Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur will now play in Pakistan Super League. It was informed by the league that he has registered his name for PSL 11. The Bangladeshi bowler played his last PSL in 2017/18.

Talking about IPL, Mustafizur has been playing since 2016. He made his debut for Sunrisers Hyderabad. In 2018 he played for Mumbai and in 2021 for Rajasthan Royals. After this, played for Delhi Capitals in 2022 and 2023 and Chennai Super Kings in 2024. Last year, he became a part of Delhi Capitals as a replacement.

Ban on IPL telecast in Bangladesh

After the release of Mustafizur by KKR, the Bangladesh government has decided to ban the telecast of Indian Premier League matches. BCB also called an emergency meeting after this, in which it was decided that it will not send its team to India for the T20 World Cup 2026.

Let us tell you that Bangladesh has to play 3 out of 4 matches of its group stage in Kolkata and 1 match in Mumbai. BCB wants their team’s matches to be shifted to Sri Lanka. However, it is very difficult to change the schedule one month before the start of the tournament.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided that the Multan Sultan franchise will be operated by the board itself. PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi told in a press conference that for the next season, the board will run the Multan Sultan franchise and the responsibility of running the team will be handed over to the former cricketer. After the conclusion of PSL 2026, the Multan Sultan franchise will be put in the market for sale.

Mohsin Naqvi said, “At present, a team head will be appointed within the next 8-10 days to run the team. This person will be a former cricketer, who will run the Multan Sultans franchise this season.”

Let us tell you that Multan Sultan became the champion of PSL 6 season. Apart from this, this team has reached the finals on three other occasions.

How did Multan Sultan team become orphan?

Multan Sultan franchise will play in PSL 11 without an owner. After all, how did this situation happen? Actually, the old owner of the team, Ali Tareen has left the Multan Sultan team, whose owner he had been since 2018. Tareen decided to leave the team citing financial problems.

After this decision of Ali Tareen, PCB sent him a legal notice, in which he was accused of not complying with the agreement and was also asked to apologize. Responding to this, Tareen released a video, in which he taunted the senior officials of the board and apologized and also tore the legal notice sent by the PCB in the video.

2 new teams will join PSL

Meanwhile, 2 new teams are going to join Pakistan Super League. Actually, the auction for two new teams is going to be held on January 8, 2026. It is being told that 10 different candidates are going to bid for the purchase of these teams. PSL 2026 will start from 26th March and the final will be played on 3rd May.

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The global roadshow of Pakistan Super League (PSL) was organized at the prestigious Lord’s in London. However, this show organized for the promotion of PSL made headlines for some other reason. Veteran bowler Wasim Akram, who was present on the stage, suddenly took a humorous dig at the Indian Premier League (IPL). That too in the presence of Babar Azam, Mohsin Naqvi and many current players.

Comment on IPL amid promotion of PSL

PCB organized two big sessions before the 2026 season. The first session included PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi, Wasim Akram, Rameez Raja and PSL CEO. In the second part, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf and other star players came on stage. Meanwhile, Akram laughingly said that IPL lasts so long that “children grow up, the league never ends.” He compared the calendar of IPL which lasts for more than two months with the compact format of PSL which lasts for about 35-40 days.

‘Small leagues are better’

Akram claimed that foreign players also prefer short-term leagues because long-term availability is difficult for them. He said, “35-40 days are perfect for everyone. More than this, everyone gets bored, including me!” Giving the example of Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL), he said that BBL was also long in the beginning, but later it was condensed in less time. Because both the spectators and the players were being affected.

PSL bowlers are much better

Akram made another claim that foreign players praise the level of bowling in PSL. According to him, PSL is about “quality, not quantity.” He said that many international players consider PSL to be number 1 in terms of bowling talent. However, he also admitted that IPL is still the number-1 league in the world in terms of popularity and business. He placed PSL at “second place”, but said that the league can reach a bigger level in the future.

PCB Chairman’s vision

Mohsin Naqvi said in the roadshow that the target has been set to make PSL the biggest league in the world. Rameez Raja described PSL as a “career-changing platform” for young Pakistani players. This roadshow of PSL was very successful at the global level.

Ali Tareen, owner of Pakistan Super League franchise Multan Sultans, has torn the notice which was sent to him by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). In fact, in a podcast, Ali Tareen had claimed that PSL has now become a fifth or sixth class league because it is being managed by some incompetent people. After this, PCB sent him a legal notice that he should apologize for raising questions on PSL.

This fight between Ali Tareen and PCB has now been exposed in front of everyone. Multan Sultan team owner Tareen has shared a video, in which he told that if Multan Sultan team does not apologize, the agreement of Multan Sultan team will be canceled and he will be personally blacklisted.

You can’t silence me by giving threats…

In this video, he held the legal notice in his hands and said, “If you (management) think that I will become silent due to such threats, then it is your misconception. I love this league more than you, this league is ours, the fans’ and the whole of Pakistan’s.”

tore the legal notice

Ali Tareen further said, “I apologize, I want PSL to be better. I apologize that when I found some flaws, I raised my voice against them. It is my fault that you have a mediocrity mentality, I am unhappy with it. I am unhappy that you give high-fives to each other even after doing so little.”

The owner of Multan Sultan also revealed that he was sent a notice for arriving 10 minutes late to a Zoom meeting. Tareen again apologized (jokingly) that she had presented wrong things to the people. As soon as the video was about to end, he picked up the legal notice and tore it into two pieces.

The PSL Management has sent me a notice threatening to cancel Multan Sultans unless I offer them a public apology. Present sir. pic.twitter.com/yHWCcClXaD

— Ali Khan Tareen (@aliktareen) October 23, 2025

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Bcci not allowed to play bbl: Many players from India and abroad are seen playing in the Indian Premier League. Those players also play in the IPL, who have not yet been debuted in international cricket. But if seen, Indian cricketers do not become a part of the league in another country. Many players from Australia came to participate in the IPL in India, but India’s players did not go to the Big Bash League (BBL) to be held in Australia.

BCCI does not allow permission

Indian players do not play leagues in other countries besides IPL, because this will reduce the importance of IPL, because the BCCI organizes the IPL for domestic and foreign players by putting rough money. Apart from this, the league of the rest of the countries gets less money than the IPL. In the IPL, where the top players get 15 to 25 crores, the Big Bash League (BBL), Pakistan Super League (PSL) and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) get very little rupees to play the top players.

Players are not burdened

The BCCI also manages its players’ workload. The BCCI wants the players to be protected from over-exposure and injury. Along with this, it is not allowed to play in the foreign league of Indian players to maintain domestic cricket in the country.

Former Indian team player Rahul Dravid once said that if the players will be allowed to play in these leagues, then we will not have domestic cricket. Along with Gheelu cricket, the Ranji Trophy will also end, due to which Test cricket in India will be completely eliminated. This is a perfect decision for our players and for cricket.

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Psl 2025 sikandar raza golden iPhone: It was a few days ago when hair dryers were being distributed for match winning performance in Pakistan Super League. Now the story of Zimbabwe’s legendary cricketer Sikander Raza has won the hearts of the people. In the final of PSL 2025, he robbed the Mahfil by scoring 22 runs in 7 balls for Lahore Kalandars. He has been gifted the Golden iPhone for a great cameo innings. Sikander Raza herself would not have thought that he would be picking up the PSL trophy after 24 hours after the defeat against England in the Test match.

A video has surfaced on social media, in which first Alexander Raza was presented a gift, but when he opened the box, there was nothing in it. He was pranked with him, but when the second box came, Alexander Raza became happy after seeing the golden iPhone kept in it. Let us know that Pakistan’s economy has crocused and after the operation vermilion, it has become worse. In this video, Shaheen Afridi and Fakhar Zaman are also seen, who played for Lahore Kalandars in PSL 2025.

Those things have not spent much time when Karachi Kings gave James Vinci a hair dryer as a gift. At that time, Karachi Kings and Pakistan Super League were made fun of. Now due to Alexander Raza getting the golden iPhone, people are making fun of Pakistan because the situation like starvation has started flourishing there.

Travel from England to Lahore, then won PSL

England vs. Zimbabwe Test match started in Birmingham from 22 May, which England won by a margin of innings and 45 runs on the third day. In such a situation, Alexander Raza traveled from England to Lahore within 24 hours. During this, he had dinner in Birmingham, had breakfast in Dubai and lunch in Abu Dhabi. Where Zimbabwe had to lose the Test match by an innings and 45 runs, but only 24 hours after that, Alexander Raza won the PSL 2025 title of Lahore Kalandars’s team.

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