PSL Team Picker
Which board does it hit?
Which franchises are in?
Tap a team to keep its board on the rope — all 6 fit at once, and you can add your own.
All 6 Pakistan Super League franchises, one boundary board each. Choose which teams are in, set how many balls the over takes, then bat — a few are fielded short, and the boundary that beats them is your team.
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A random PSL franchise, decided by a boundary
The PSL Team Picker draws one of the Pakistan Super League's 6 franchises at random — but instead of a wheel, you have to middle one. Every team is an LED board: some sit on the boundary rope, some up in the stands. The bowler runs in, the ball pitches, the batsman plays a shot; a few are fielded short, and then one beats the field — racing flat along the ground into a board for four, or lofted high into the stands for six. Whichever board it hits is your team.
How it works
Choose the teams
All 6 have a board by default. Tap teams off to cut it down to the ones you would actually accept.
Set the over
One ball is driven away immediately; five means four are fielded first. Drama, never odds.
Bat
The bowler bowls, the ball pitches on the wicket, and the batsman plays a shot — a grounded drive or a big swing.
Four or six
The ball beats the field for four along the ground or six into the stands; that board lights up with the full name — no popup unless you ask.
Why a boundary, not a wheel
A wheel cannot miss. A pointer slides to a stop and the result was never in doubt — there is no instant where it could have gone another way. A shot can be cut off by a fielder, which is the whole difference: every ball is a real question, and the answer only lands when the ball actually beats the field and reaches a board.
The fielded shots are properly random too. One can be stopped anywhere on the ground, and the same board can come up twice across an over — because a sequence that always plays out the same way is a script rather than a random one.
Four along the ground, or six into the stands
Some boards sit on the boundary rope and some stand up in the crowd, and the boards are reshuffled every over — so which is which changes each time. When the winning team's board is on the rope, the ball is driven flat along the ground and crashes into it for four; when it is up in the stands, the batsman gets under one and lofts it high for six. Either way the same team is picked; only the drama differs.
Where a fielded shot ends up
A shot that is not a boundary has to stop somewhere short of the rope, or it is a boundary being called a single. So a miss is fielded on the outfield — cut off in the covers, stopped in the deep, or driven straight to a fielder — and the over carries on. Only a ball that actually beats the field and reaches a board scores, and that is the one that picks your team.
The league that brought cricket home
This is the story that sets the PSL apart from any other franchise league. It began in exile.
After the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore, international cricket stopped coming to Pakistan for years. When the PSL launched in 2016 it had to be played entirely abroad, in the UAE — Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi. Then, one match at a time, it came back: the 2017 final was staged in Lahore under heavy security, playoffs followed, and eventually whole seasons returned home. For Pakistani fans the league is not just entertainment; it is the tournament that helped bring the international game back to their grounds.
A draft, not an auction. Unlike the IPL's big-money auction, the PSL builds its squads through a player draft with salary categories — a different model that keeps the six teams closer in strength and the league famous for unearthing fast bowlers.
All 6 franchises
Each board carries the franchise name on its colour, with the home city on the result. Between them they cover the country's major cities — from the capital, Islamabad, to the port of Karachi and the historic centres of Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and Multan.
| Franchise | Home city | Joined |
|---|---|---|
| Islamabad United | Islamabad | 2015 |
| Karachi Kings | Karachi | 2015 |
| Lahore Qalandars | Lahore | 2015 |
| Peshawar Zalmi | Peshawar | 2015 |
| Quetta Gladiators | Quetta | 2015 |
| Multan Sultans | Multan | 2018 |
Picking a franchise when you do not have one
This is the most common reason people land here. A randomly drawn team is only a good idea if you actually commit to it — so it is worth narrowing the field before you let the boundary decide between what is left.
- By city. If you have a connection to one of the six cities, leave that board on. Following a side from a place you know turns the tournament into something personal.
- By history. Islamabad United took the very first title in 2016 and have been among the most successful; Lahore Qalandars struggled early and then rose. Pick a dynasty or a comeback story.
- By era. Five of the six are founders from 2015; Multan Sultans, in from 2018, are the newest name. Back an original or the late arrival.
- By colour. Not a joke — franchise cricket is a television spectacle, and plenty of people pick the team whose kit and boards they simply like the look of. The colour is on every board here for exactly that reason.
Then back it properly. A PSL season is short — a few weeks of round-robin followed by playoffs. Whatever the boundary finds, follow it through to the final and judge it then, not after one bad night.
How the tournament works
Worth knowing before you commit to a franchise for the season. The PSL is a short, sharp competition rather than a long league.
All six teams play each other in a round-robin, and the top four go through to the playoffs. As in most franchise tournaments, finishing high matters: the leading sides get a second chance to reach the final, while the lower qualifiers get only one. So a team can play well all season and still bow out early — which, if the boundary hands you an outsider, is exactly the kind of drama worth signing up for.
There is no promotion or relegation — the six franchises are permanent — and squads are rebuilt each year through the draft rather than bought at auction, so a team that finished bottom can reload and challenge the next season.
Ways to use it
Picking a team to follow
New to the PSL, or want a side for the season? Let the boundary decide and back it through the whole tournament.
Cricket games and fantasy
Draw a franchise for a career save or a fantasy league. Narrowing to the sides outside the favourites makes for a harder run.
Draft and support pools
Assign everyone a random franchise before a mini-draft, or settle who supports whom for the night.
Settling an argument
Two boards left is a straight coin flip you can watch happen, with a boundary at the end of it.
About the artwork
There are no franchise logos, crests or wordmarks anywhere on this page. Those are protected marks, and everything on this site is original. Each team appears as its name on its own colour, the way a real LED boundary board carries a sponsor — a colour is a fact, not a protected mark, and nothing here reproduces or imitates a real logo.
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