After last week’s Pakistan Super League (PSL) soap opera, we now enter what could be a decisive week — one that will shape the league’s future and the financial health of Pakistan cricket.
The outcome will determine whether Multan Sultans’ contract, the PSL’s most expensive franchise, is terminated or extended. The Sultans have contributed approximately 7.2 billion rupees to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in over seven years and given Southern Punjab a much-needed sense of belonging in the Pakistan cricket ecosystem.
Either way, the PSL should never have reached a point where its supporters are left guessing about the future of one of its teams. The other five franchises, regarded as the “well-behaved” ones, are all set to receive new 10-year contracts.
The PSL — a league that helped revive international cricket in Pakistan in 2019 and is proudly branded as the country’s own — deserves better. Instead of trading barbs and leaking stories last week, both sides could have used the time to plan for next year’s event, particularly to re-engage Karac
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