Dates | 9 February – 5 March 2017 |
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Administrator(s) | PCB |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and playoffs |
Host(s) | UAE, Pakistan |
Champions | Peshawar Zalmi (1st title) |
Runners-up | Quetta Gladiators |
Participants | 5 |
Matches | 24 |
Attendance | 219,876 (9,162 per match) |
Player of the series | Kamran Akmal (PZ) (353 runs) |
Most runs | Kamran Akmal (PZ) (353) |
Most wickets | Sohail Khan (KK) (16) |
Official website | psl-t20.com |
The 2017 Pakistan Super League (also known as PSL 2 or, for sponsorship reasons, HBL PSL 2017), was the second season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league established by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2016. On 19 October 2016, at the 2017 player draft, league chairman Najam Sethi announced that the final of the 2017 tournament might be played in Lahore, Pakistan, depending on the security situation there. The PCB confirmed it was their intention to play the final in Lahore in January 2017 with players being flown into and out of Pakistan during a short window either side of the final. The Umpire Decision Review System (DRS) was used in play-off matches. The defending champions Islamabad United were eliminated in the first Eliminator. The 2017 PSL was broadcast in more than 10 territories. According to Najam Sethi ratings were higher than the previous season.
The final was held in Lahore on 5 March and saw Peshawar Zalmi defeating Quetta Gladiators by 58 runs to win the championship. Darren Sammy of Peshawar Zalmi was awarded the man of the match award. Kamran Akmal, also of Peshawar Zalmi, was named the player of the tournament.
The tournament also witnessed a spot-fixing controversy. As a result of this, four players were banned for differing periods of time.