The 10th edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will kick off on April 11, with 34 matches spread across four venues. Six teams will compete in the T20 tournament, which is set to conclude on May 18. This year marks the first time the PSL will overlap with the Indian Premier League (IPL).?The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chose to schedule the league alongside the IPL due to the Champions Trophy 2025 being held during the PSL's usual window.
The participating teams in the PSL are Islamabad United (Shadab Khan), Peshawar Zalmi (Babar Azam), Karachi Kings (David Warner), Multan Sultans (Mohammad Rizwan), Lahore Qalandars (Shaheen Shah Afridi), and Quetta Gladiators (Saud Shakeel).
With David Warner absent, Hasan Ali stepped in for the Karachi Kings' captain during the photoshoot. As the PSL kicks off, excitement is high among Pakistani fans. However, the photo quickly gained attention from Indian audiences, sparking trolling—particularly because of the "loving stare" Hasan Ali gave Babar Azam.
Many took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to comment on how the image of just the two of them looked like a couple in love.
One user wrote, "Pre-wedding photoshoot."
Another joked, "Hasan Ali hopes to be for Babar what Rayudu is to Dhoni."
A third wrote the lyrics to a Hindi song, "Aise mujhe na tum dekho."
Some of the popular foreign cricketers set to feature in PSL 2025 include David Warner, Kane Williamson, Mohammad Nabi, Litton Das, Colin Munro, Rassie van der Dussen, Daryl Mitchell, Sikandar Raza, Mark Chapman, Rilee Rossouw, Finn Allen, and Kusal Perera.
Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan, Usama Mir, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Iftikhar Ahmed, Usman Khan, Chris Jordan, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Faisal Akram, Akif Javed, Gudakesh Motie, Josh Little, Tayyab Tahir, Aamer Azmat, Johnson Charles, Yasir Khan, Shahid Aziz, Ubaid Shah?
Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam, Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Mohammad Haris, Corbin Bosch, Mohammad Ali, Hussain Talat, Nahid Rana, Abdul Samad, Arif Yaqoob, Mehran Mumtaz, Sufyan Moqim, Max Bryant, Najibullah Zadran, Ahmed Daniyal, Alzarri Joseph, Ali Raza, Maaz Sadaqat
Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Shaheen Afridi, Daryl Mitchell, Haris Rauf, Sikandar Raza, Kusal Perera, Abdullah Shafique, Jahandad Khan, Zaman Khan, David Wiese, Asif Afridi, Asif Ali Mohammad Akhlaq, Rishad Hossain, Muhammad Naeem, Salman Ali Mirza, Tom Curran, Momin Qamar, Muhammad Azab
Karachi Kings: Abbas Afridi, Adam Milne, David Warner, Hasan Ali, James Vince, Khushdil Shah, Irfan Khan Niazi, Shan Masood, Aamer Jamal, Arafat Minhas, Tim Seifert, Zahid Mahmood, Litton Das, Mir Hamza, Kane Williamson, Mirza Mamoon, Imtiaz Mohammad Nabi, Omair Bin Yousuf, Fawad Ali, Riazullah
Quetta Gladiators: Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Abrar Ahmad, Mohammad Amir, Rilee Rossouw, Akeal Hosein, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Saud Shakeel, Faheem Ashraf, Khawaja Nafay, Usman Tariq, Haseebullah Khan, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Zeeshan, Danish Aziz, Kusal Mendis, Sean Abbott, Kyle Jamieson, Hasan Nawaz
Islamabad United: Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan, Matthew Short, Azam Khan, Imad Wasim, Jason Holder, Haider Ali, Salman Ali Agha, Benjamin Dwarshuis, Colin Munro, Rumman Raees, Andries Gous, Mohammad Nawaz, Salman Irshad, Rassie van der Dussen, Riley Meredith, Sam Billings, Hunain Shah, Saad Masood?
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