Indian Premier League (IPL) Vs Pakistan Super League (PSL)

Pakistan Super League and Indian Premier League, similarities and differences :

Indian Premier League is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India contested during April and May of every year by teams representing Indian cities and some states. The league was founded by the BCCI in 2007, and is regarded as the brainchild of Lalit Modi, the founder and former commissioner of the league.

 Pakistan Super League (PSL) is a cricket Twenty20 cricket league, which was founded in Lahore on 9 September 2015. Instead of operating as an association of independently owned teams, the league is a single entity in which each franchise is owned and controlled by investors.

Have a look at  following 10 points illustrating important differences and similarities between these two Leagues :-

1) The brand value of IPL in 2017 was US$5.3 billion, according to Duff and Phelps ( global valuation and corporate finance advisor). while the market value of PSL in 2017 was up to US$300 million, according to Arif Habib (Pakistani business magnate and philanthropist, CEO of Arif Habib Group).

2) The PSL season runs between the months of February and March followed by IPL which is contested during April and May of every year.

3)Numbers and Names of team participating :

IPL	PSL
Chennai Super Kings	Islamabad United
Sunrisers Hyderabad	Karachi Kings
Kings XI Punjab	Lahore Qalandars
Kolkata Knight Riders	Multan Sultans
Rajasthan Royals	Peshawar Zalmi
Mumbai Indians	Quetta Gladiators
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Delhi Daredevils

4) Highest Paid players of IPL and PSL.

  

IPL	PSL
Virat Kohli (Rs.17 crore or $26,05,799)	Shahid Afridi $140,000
Yuvraj Singh (Rs.16 crore or $24,52,516)	Kieron Pollard $140,000
Rohit Sharma (Rs.15 crore or $22,99,234.5)	JP Duminy $140,000
M. S. Dhoni (Rs.15 crore or $22,99,234.5)	Imran Tahir $140,000
Ben Stokes (Rs.12.5 crore or $19,16,149)	Dwayne Bravo $140,000
Shikhar Dhawan (Rs.12.5 crore or $19,16,148)	Shane Watson $140,000
Gautam Gambhir (Rs.11.04 crore or $16,92,342.5)
K.L. Rahul(Rs.11 crore or $16,86,211)

5) India is a far bigger country in terms of population and area , so are the figures representing players, brand values, fans, etc of IPL. Both the League holds a good value in their respective countries.
Unfortunately due to political reasons, pakistani players are not playing in IPL so are the Indian player not playing in PSL.
But don't we think we would love to see both the team players playing in IPL and PSL as India vs Pakistan cricket matches are the most interesting one , giving everyone goosebumps till the last moment of match.
Isn't it amazing to see both the players playing in the same team. 😎 🏏