PCB Still Undecided on PSL 12 Dates as Commercial Dispute Pressures Decision

Overview

• The PCB and franchise owners discussed two windows for PSL 12 — February–March or April–May — in a Lahore meeting on Friday and the cricket committee will keep deliberating before recommending a date.
• Returning to February–March would avoid a clash with the Indian Premier League and improve chances of signing top overseas players because the IPL runs through April–May.
• Keeping the tournament in April–May would again force the PSL to compete with the IPL and would raise concerns about Pakistan’s summer heat and overlap with school exams.
• Officials raised an allegation that a major commercial partner has unpaid dues and meeting participants agreed the financial dispute must be resolved by Monday, with franchises pushing for firmer contractual enforcement.
• Hyderabad Kingsmen owner Fawad Sarwar publicly criticised recent national-team management at the meeting and said poor international results were harming the PSL’s commercial value.