The third season of the HBL PSL is presumed to get huge due to the addition of 10 extra games (24 games last season), one new team (Multan Sultans) along with some international superstars of T20 cricket.

Among the superstars’ players like Kevin Pietersen, Brendon McCullum, Caribbean T20 stars Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Kumar Sangakkara are expected to be participating. Besides, the Pakistani superstars are joined by top-tier international players such as Mitchell Johnson, Chris Lynn, Mustafizur Rahman, JP Duminy and Rashid Khan (Afghanistan).

The player roaster also comprises of Mitchell McClenaghan, Luke Ronchi, Colin Munro, Jason Holder, Darren Bravo, Evin Lewis, Lendl Simmons, James Vince, Tim Bresnan, Adil Rashid, John Hastings, Wayne Parnell, Albie Morkel, Imran Tahir, Angelo Mathews.

The five franchises from the previous two seasons have been allowed to retain two players each from the Platinum, Diamond and Gold category, and three from the Silver category.

DSPORT will broadcast the upcoming season of PSL in 2018. DSPORT will air LIVE & Exclusive all the 34 matches of the third season of the premier T20 competition in Pakistan.

Scheduled to commence from February 23, 2018, PSL will see participation from 6 teams including debutant Multan Sultans.