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| Dates | 20 February – 24 June 2021 |
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| Administrator(s) | Pakistan Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) | |
| Champions | Multan Sultans (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Peshawar Zalmi |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 34 |
| Attendance | 143,854 (4,231 per match) |
| Player of the series | Sohaib Maqsood (MS) (428 runs) |
| Most runs | Babar Azam (KK) (554) |
| Most wickets | Shahnawaz Dahani (MS) (20) |
| Official website | psl-t20.com |
The 2021 Pakistan Super League (also known as PSL 6 or for sponsorship reasons HBL PSL 2021) was the sixth season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league established by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2015. It was initially scheduled to be the second season held entirely in Pakistan in February and March 2021, after the previous seasons were held elsewhere due to the security situation there.
On 4 March 2021, the PCB suspended the tournament with 14 of the scheduled 30 group matches having been played after multiple cases of COVID-19 were recorded.[1] In March, the PCB proposed to reschedule the remaining fixtures for June 2021[2] with all matches to be held in Karachi, however, on 4 May, all the teams asked the PCB to move to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) because of a surge in COVID-19 cases in Pakistan.[3]
On 20 May 2021, approval was granted to play the remaining matches of the PSL 6 in Abu Dhabi and the tournament restarted on 9 June. On 24 June 2021, Multan Sultans beat Peshawar Zalmi in the final, by 47 runs to win their first title.[4]
- ^ "PSL 2021 postponed after more players test positive for Covid-19". ESPNcricinfo. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "COVID-19-hit Pakistan Super League rescheduled to June 2021, confirms PCB". Times Now. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Move PSL to UAE: Franchisees Ask PCB to Make a Move Due to Covid Surge". News 18. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "Multan Sultans complete turnaround title win on back of Sohaib Maqsood, Rilee Rossouw fifties". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2022.