Sialkot, Faisalabad will be new teams in PSL: Javed Afridi

The owner of PSL franchise Peshawar Zalmi, Javed Afridi, has revealed that two new teams that might be added to the next year's addition of Pakistan Super League (PSL). 

Javed set the PSL rumors mill spinning after confirming two new teams during a recent Facebook Q&A session.

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When asked by a curious fan about the potential cities for the new teams, Afridi wasted no time in confirming that Sialkot and Faisalabad are in the running.

Javed Afridi drops a bombshell: Sialkot and Faisalabad new PSL teams 👀#PSL #JavedAfridi pic.twitter.com/OPYVZ4yhAd

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While there has been no official confirmation from the PSL management about the addition of new teams, this news has sparked excitement among cricket fans in Pakistan.

Previously, Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) management committee chairman, Najam Sethi, has stated that the number of teams in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) can be increased to ten due to high demand. 

"There is immense pressure to increase the number of teams in PSL, but unfortunately, Ehsan Mani and Ramiz Raja agreed with the franchises that only six teams will play in the next two years. However, it was an eight-team project. We have to convince the franchises to include two more teams. No one will lose anything; if a franchise suffers a loss, the PCB will take responsibility. But there is a high demand to include two more teams, and it will be more successful with many people showing interest in being part of it. Let me tell you, even if there were ten teams now, all of them would be sold due to the high demand." he said.