[2][3] The group stage took place in the United Arab Emirates, with two playoff matches played in Lahore and the final at the National Stadium, Karachi.

[7] After the success of holding the previous tournament's final at the Gaddafi Stadium,[8] the PCB decided to play eight games of PSL 3 in Pakistan.

[9] In addition the PCB chairman Najam Sethi confirmed there would be a sixth team being added in the 2018 edition,[10] with the idea having previously been rejected in 2017.

[11] There was much interest in what the sixth team would be, with the PCB shortlisting Hyderabad, Dera Murad Jamali, FATA, Faisalabad and Multan.

The ceremony was hosted by Bilal Ashraf, with Pakistani singers Ali Zafar, Shehzad Roy, Strings, Aima Baig and Farhan Saeed performing live in front of 33,000 people in the stadium.

Pakistani umpires Ahmed Shahab, Shozab Raza, Rashid Riaz, Khalid Mehmood and Asif Yaqoob were also part of the panel as well.

[25][26][27][28] The International Cricket Council security team visited National Stadium, Karachi, on 23 October, to ensure its condition.

[29][30][31] The chairman of the PCB Najam Sethi was quoted on 22 November saying "that the renovation of stadium will be completed in February 2018, to host the PSL Final."

[32] The league was promoted on social media by the hashtag #HBLPSL 2018, due to its three-year contract (2016–18) with HBL Pakistan for title sponsorship.

[36] The month long tournament began on 22 February between the defending champions, Peshawar Zalmi and the new team the Multan Sultans.

[38][39] The Multan win brought up an interesting stat which was that both of the first two PSL hat tricks took place in Dubai, on a Friday, under Shoaib Malik's captaincy, against the Lahore Qalandars.

[54] The day after Umar Gul rolled back the years taking 6/24 for the Multan Sultans', but the effort was in vain as the then Pakistan under 19 captain Hasan Khan hit a last over 6 to give Quetta a 2 wicket win.

[58] Week 3 started with a Lahore win, as future Pakistan international Shaheen Shah Afridi took 5/4 in his 3.4 overs against the Multan Sultans.

[60] The day after was a double header, with a Joe Denly 78 from 55 balls helping the Karachi Kings to a comfortable win over Multan by 63 runs.

[66] Islamabad continued their winning run in game 28, ensuring that they finished at the top of the table by beating Quetta by 6 wickets.

[69] While in the final game taking place on the same day Islamabad United collapsed to 121,[70] allowing the Karachi Kings to claim a playoff spot and eliminate the Multan Sultans in the process.

[77] Ronchi was well supported by the other opener Sahibzada Farhan who made 29 with Samit Patel hitting the winning runs, to get the fastest victory in terms of balls remaining ever in the PSL at the time.

[75]"Eliminator 1 Scorecard The game got off to a late start due to rain which meant that both teams innings were reduced to 16 overs.

Both of Zalmi's openers got off to a good start with Andre Fletcher making 34 and Kamran Akmal smashing a quick half-century (50 of 17 balls).

[83] In response one of Karachi's openers, Joe Denly scored 79 not out from 46 and he was well supported by Babar Azam who made 63 of 46 before getting out to Hasan Ali in the end though Zalmi won by 13 runs and went through to the final.

[86] Peshawar won the toss an elected to bat, there innings started badly with Kamran Akmal and Andre Flecher getting out cheaply.

[87] However, in the end 3 sixes in a row from Asif Ali got united over the line and gave them their second PSL title.