Who will perform at PSL 8 opening ceremony?

KARACHI: With the eighth season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) simply across the nook, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is set to make sure that this yr’s season is “greater and higher” than ever and for that, a number of the nation’s greatest performers have been introduced on board to carry out on the opening ceremony in Multan.

In response to sources, Sahir Ali Bagga and Aima Baig will carry out within the opening ceremony alongside the PSL 8 official-anthem singers — Asim Azhar, Shae Gill, and Faris Shafi. The mega opener at Multan Cricket Stadium is scheduled to happen on February 13.

The official PSL Twitter account earlier at this time introduced that the three coke studio singers had been taken on board to “take the PSL anthem to the subsequent degree.”

The sources additional added that for the primary time in PSL’s historical past, augmented actuality (AR) and digital actuality (VR) could be used within the opening ceremony, including {that a} mild present with the assistance of drones has additionally been deliberate to amuse cricket followers the world over.

PCB, beneath the management of Najam Sethi, is set to make this yr’s PSL greater and higher. In his press conferences after taking cost as PCB head as soon as once more, Sethi reiterated that there’s a must revamp PSL as a model.

“The PSL 8 might be a large occasion for the PCB, happening on the 4 iconic venues with the world’s greatest T20 cricketers in motion. We intention to make the PSL greater, higher and stronger than ever earlier than with the overarching ambition to make it the first-choice occasion for main T20 cricketers,” he had mentioned.

Sethi and his group elevated PSL’s branding price range from $100,000 to $1 million.

Exhibition Match

Final week, an exhibition match was held in Quetta to hype up the upcoming matches beginning February 13. Regardless of the biting chilly, over 15,000 followers witnessed the historic recreation, and 4,000 safety personnel needed to be deployed for security.

The exhibition recreation was performed between Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi on February 5. After an intense recreation that left followers on the sting of their seats, the Gladiators defeated the Zalmis by three runs.