LAHORE (Kashmir English): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced that the decision regarding two new city for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchises will be made after December 15.
The announcement comes amid rumours that the names have been finalised by the national cricket body.
Last week, PSL confirmed that two new franchise teams would be named from among Hyderabad, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Gilgit, Muzaffarabad and Sialkot – names of Pakistani cities.
“The PCB refutes news circulating in the media regarding the finalisation of the two city names for the new HBL PSL franchises. The PCB would like to clarify that, as per the process, the successful bidders will have the right to choose a team name from any of the city/team names (…) in the manner set forth in the bid documents,” the PCB said in a statement on Thursday.
“The PCB is pleased to note and welcomes the growing interest in acquisition of team franchise rights for two new teams for future editions of the HBL PSL.”
PSL began in 2016 with five teams
PSL, which began in 2016 with five teams, expanded to six with the addition of Multan Sultans in 2018.
The inclusion of two more sides would mark its first major restructuring in seven years and push the total number of teams to eight.
