It is contested between six franchises comprising cricketers from Pakistan and around the world (excluding India).
A player who leads the cricket team is known as its captain.
[1] This is a list of the players who have acted as captain in at least one match of PSL.
Five teams competed in both; first and second seasons of the league and with the addition of Multan Sultans in 2018 season currently six teams compete for the title.
Shaheen Afridi, captain of the team Lahore Qalandars, is the most successful captain who has led his team twice to become the champions with 17 wins out of 27 played with a winning percentage of 70.