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Third edition of PSL begins in Dubai
February 23, 2018

Pakistan Super League began with a colourful ceremony at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday.

The event officially began with Sachal Orchestra playing the national anthem of Pakistan, followed by enthralling performances by legendary Sufi singer Abida Parween, Ali Zafar and US pop star Jason Derulo.

PCB Chairman Najam Sethi also addressed the crowd saying PSL is a national asset and we need to safeguard it.

A total of thirty-four matches will be played during the about month long event.

All PSL matches will be played at four venues. Eighteen matches will be played in Dubai, thirteen in Sharjah, two in Lahore. while the final will be played in Karachi’s National Stadium on 25th of next month.

Radio Pakistan will broadcast live ball-to-ball running commentary the third edition of Pakistan Super League 2018 from its Medium Wave network across the country.

The commentary will be broadcast from Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Multan, Bahawalpur, Hyderabad, Peshawar, Quetta, D.I.Khan, Skardu and Gilgit stations. FM 101 network of Radio Pakistan will also broadcast live updates of PSL during their normal transmission.

According to Pakistan Standard Time the running commentary of the matches to be broadcast live from Radio Pakistan stations daily at 4:30 pm and 9:00 pm.

In a tweet message, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Major General Asif Ghafoor said today that he was looking forward to the Pakistan Super League and the final of the tournament which will be played in Karachi.

Meanwhile, first match of the third edition of Pakistan Super League is in progress between defending champion Peshawar Zalmi and Multan Sultans at Dubai.

Multan Sultan won the toss and decided to field.