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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After IPL 2026 mini auction, the squads of all 10 teams have been ready. Meanwhile, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has informed all the teams that IPL 2026 will start on March 26 and the final will be played on May 31 (IPL 2026 Start and End Date). There is a stir in Pakistan due to the arrival of the date of IPL 2026 schedule, because the Pakistan Cricket Board may have to suffer loss due to this.

The truth is that the 11th edition of Pakistan Super League, i.e. PSL 11, is also going to start on March 26 and its final will be played on May 3. This clearly means that the entire PSL tournament will be played when the excitement of IPL is at its peak in India.

Usually PSL is played in February-March, but in 2025 the Champions Trophy was held at that time. For this reason PSL 2025 was organized in mid-March. A similar situation has arisen this time also. Actually, the 2026 T20 World Cup will be played from 7 February-8 March.

Since the T20 World Cup will be played in the month of February-March, this time also the PSL has been postponed. The result of organizing IPL and PSL at the same time is that there is a decline in the viewership of PSL. Along with this, many international cricketers will not be able to play in Pakistan Super League due to IPL agreement.

The IPL 2026 auction has been completed, in which a total of Rs 215.45 crore was spent on 77 players. Australian all-rounder Cameron Green was the most expensive player of this auction, who was bought by KKR with a bid of Rs 25.2 crore. Apart from them, teams also spent a lot of money on Mathisha Pathirana and Liam Livingstone.

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Psl vs ipl news: Pakistan is not desisting from its antics. Pakistan repeatedly equals its league Pakistan Super League (PSL) to the Indian Premier League (IPL) and eats the mouth. Still, their arrogance is not decreasing. After colliding with PSL 2025 from IPL 2025, now there can be conflict between PSL 2026 and IPL 2026.

Looking at the 2026 T20 World Cup, Pakistan may have to make changes in PSL 2026. If there is no change, then he will confront the IPL. Let us know that 2026 T20 World Cup will be played in India and Sri Lanka in 2026 February-March. In such a situation, just like this year, PSL can be held once again in April-May. This is the time when IPL dominates global cricket.

This year, IPL and PSL conflicted due to the 2025 Champions Trophy. Because of this, Pakistan cricket suffered commercial and competitively damage, as many foreign players chose IPL contract instead of PSL opportunities. The reasons for this were clear. IPL offers more money as well as a platform where the best players of the world compete.

The most important thing to tell that in PSL 2025, the same players were played, who were not purchased in IPL 2025. Then when the opportunity came, South Africa’s Corbin Bosch rejected the IPL by rejecting the PSL contract. Now if the PSL collides with the IPL once again, then the franchises there will have to suffer strong loss.

By the way, Pakistan can organize PSL in December-January. At that time, the window is empty for PSL, but if Pakistan does not do it and once again collides with the IPL, then it can also be considered a conspiracy.

Pakistan men’s cricket team’s upcoming schedule

July-August 2025: West Indies tour (3 ODI and 3 T20)
November 2025: Domestic Series against Sri Lanka (3 ODI, 3 T20)
December 2025 – January 2026: Domestic Program (Pentangular Cup)
February 2026: Domestic T20 Series (3 matches) against Australia
February-March 2026: ICC T20 World Cup (India and Sri Lanka)
March 2026: Domestic ODI series against Australia (3 matches)
March-April 2026: Tour of Bangladesh (2 Tests, 3 ODI, 3 T20)
April-May 2026: Proposed window for PSL 11 (final decision pending)
Pray -May 2026: Zimbabwe’s visit to Pakistan (3 ODIs, 3 T20 – can be resolved)