The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has proposed April-May window for the staging of the 2025 edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). It means that the next year’s PSL might coincide with the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season.

The decision to delay the upcoming PSL is thought upon due to the Champions Trophy 2025 and other international commitments that will be held in Pakistan in February-March.

Meanwhile, a PTI report claims that the PCB and the PSL franchise owners are yet to reach an agreement on the scheduling of next year’s T20 tournament.

The franchise owners are also waiting for their share of money from the central pool of revenues earned from the PSL 2024, where poor crowds at some venues led to concerns.

“Holding the PSL in the same window as the IPL is a huge risk and the main issue could be availability of premium players, plus eyeballs on TV and digital media for the PSL matches,” an official with a franchise said, as quoted by PTI.

The official also revealed that the franchise owners had reservations about the tournament clashing with the IPL, which attracts the world’s best players and also because of its abundance of wealth.

He further stated that the PCB had conveyed to the franchise owners that they could be given the right to start directly negotiating with foreign players so that they can get commitments for the league before the IPL auction.

“We have been told we can at least confirm negotiations with 1-2 marque level players. But it is not final yet.”

The PSL has been the PCB’s biggest source of revenue since its inception as it was played in a favourable window but the equation has changed since 2023.

“For the first time in 2023 PSL was not the PCB’s biggest revenue generator, it was international cricket,” another franchise official said.

He disclosed that the PCB earned 3.35 billion from the PSL in 2023 whereas the earnings from international cricket were 5.5 billion.

(With PTI Inputs)