The PSL will clash with the IPL for the third consecutive year as its 12th edition will be held from March 18 to May 2 in 2027.

Walee Technologies contended that most advertisers exhaust their marketing and TV ad budgets during the holy month of Ramadan, leaving little for the broadcasters. The last two PSL seasons have been held after Ramadan and the next year’s edition will also be staged after the month, which will start in early February and run till early March.

The January-February window was considered logistically unviable as Punjab, where three of the four traditional PSL venues – Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi – are, witnesses harsh winters in those months with visibility being severely impacted by fog

At the meeting, the governing council failed to reach a consensus on the window and it is understood that afterwards, the PCB sought the preference of all eight franchises over email. The majority voted for the March-May window.

The January-February window was considered logistically unviable as Punjab, where three of the four traditional PSL venues – Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi – are located, witnesses harsh winters in those months with visibility being severely impacted by fog. It was also deemed unsuitable as the business end of the tournament was going to fall in Ramadan, but that was also the case for the 2024 edition.

There was no mention of the venues in the PCB media release. The tournament has been mostly staged in Karachi, Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi since it was brought into Pakistan in its entirety in 2020, having until then been hosted or co-hosted by the UAE.

The PCB added Faisalabad and Peshawar as the two new venues for last year’s edition, but had to limit PSL 11 to Lahore and Karachi because of the government’s fuel-preservation measures in the wake of the West Asia crisis. That edition, except for the final, was played behind closed doors.