2023 Pakistan Super League
2023 Pakistan Super League (referred to as HBL PSL 8 for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league which was established by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2015. Then PCB chairman Ramiz Raja had hinted at an auction based system to replace the draft for the 2023 season but a draft was retained. The draft for the tournament was held on 15 December in Karachi. A total of 36 foreign players were picked alongside local players. Lahore Qalandars were the defending champions.
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| Dates | 13 February – 18 March 2023 |
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| Administrator(s) | Pakistan Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) | Pakistan |
| Champions | Lahore Qalandars (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Multan Sultans |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 34 |
| Player of the series | Ihsanullah (MS) (22 wickets) |
| Most runs | Mohammad Rizwan (MS) (550) |
| Most wickets | Abbas Afridi (MS) (23) |
| Official website | psl-t20.com |
The tournament was to be played between 13 February to 19 March 2023, However, on 16 March 2023, PCB moved forward the final by a day to 18 March 2023 due to bad weather forecast predicted in Lahore, with 19 and 20 March set as reserve days respectively.
In the final, Lahore Qalandars defeated Multan Sultans by a minor margin of 1 run to become the first team in the PSL to defend their title.