According to Geo News PCB is planning to hold an exhibition match between Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi ahead of the 8th edition of PSL. The match is expected to be played on 5th February, which is also observed as Kashmir Day.
The all-new PCB management committee, which is now under Najam Sethi, wants to engage all the fans of cricket from Pakistan. After taking the charge as PCB head Najam Sethi decided to include Quetta as 5th venue for Pakistan Super League 8.
Currently, PCB is consulting officials, production and marketing teams to participate in the exhibition game against Zalmi. As they are very excited to play a match at their home stadium for the very first time. The representative also said that it is a good initiative and fans are very excited and can’t wait for the match to start. The representatives are also hopeful that the players will participate in the contest and yet there are many challenges they need to face while hosting the match.
Squads of Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi
| Quetta Gladiators | Peshawar Zalmi |
| Muhammad Nawaz | Babar Azam |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | Wahab Riaz |
| Mohammad Hasnain | Mohammad Haris |
| Sarfaraz Ahmed | Aamir Jamal |
| Umer Akmal | Salman Irshad |
| Naseem Shah | Danish Aziz |
| Ahsan Ali | Arshad Iqbal |
| Umaid Asif | Saim Ayub |
| Muhammad Zahid | Usman Qadir |
| Abdul Bangalzai | Sufyan Muqeem |
| Aimal Khan | Haseeb Ullah |
| Omair Bin Yousuf |
