Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium has hosted PSL matches in four seasons, in 2020, 2023, 2024 and 2025, and by our count of the season pages it staged 39 of them. It holds about 15,000 spectators and is the home ground of Islamabad United and Rawalpindiz.
Last checked 27 October 2026.
How many PSL matches has Rawalpindi hosted?
| Season | Matches at Rawalpindi | Context |
|---|---|---|
| PSL 5 (2020) | 8 | One of four Pakistani cities used |
| PSL 7 (2022) | 0 | Only Karachi and Lahore were used |
| PSL 8 (2023) | 11 | Peshawar’s Arbab Niaz Stadium was declared unfit, so Rawalpindi took 11 matches |
| PSL 9 (2024) | 9 | Four venues: Karachi 11, Lahore 9, Rawalpindi 9, Multan 5 |
| PSL 10 (2025) | 11 | Includes a league match moved from Multan; the playoffs were moved to Lahore |
| PSL 11 (2026) | 0 | Matches were staged in Lahore and Karachi |
The total of 39 is our sum of the four seasons with matches (8, 11, 9 and 11), taken from the season pages. PSL 10’s count comes from the Wikipedia season article and has not been checked against a PCB schedule. A January 2023 report said the 11 matches in PSL 8 were given to Rawalpindi because of the crowds the ground had drawn in earlier PSL and international matches.
What is the ground like?
| Detail | Figure |
|---|---|
| Opened | 1992, replacing the Pindi Club Ground as an international venue |
| Capacity | About 15,000 (an estimate on Wikipedia) |
| Floodlights | Added in late 2001; Wikipedia says a 2025 renovation added 350 LED floodlights |
| Home teams | Islamabad United and Rawalpindiz |
| PSL playoff matches | None so far |
On 8 May 2025 a PSL 10 match between Karachi Kings and Peshawar Zalmi at Rawalpindi was postponed during the India–Pakistan tensions, and the league was paused before resuming on 17 May in Pakistan. The full story is on the PSL 10 page. For the other grounds see PSL venues, Gaddafi Stadium and Multan Cricket Stadium, and for the teams that play here see Islamabad United and Rawalpindiz.
Why does Rawalpindi host so many matches?
| Season | Reason in our sources |
|---|---|
| PSL 8 (2023) | A January 2023 report said the 11 matches reflected the crowds at earlier PSL and international matches; Peshawar’s Arbab Niaz Stadium was declared unfit. |
| PSL 10 (2025) | Matches planned for Imran Khan Cricket Stadium in Peshawar were dropped because the ground was not fully ready, and a league match was moved from Multan to Rawalpindi. |
In both cases Rawalpindi absorbed fixtures that could not be played in Peshawar, which has no PSL venue in current use. Islamabad United, the host team in 2023, were scheduled to play five home games there that year. See Peshawar Zalmi for how the team without a home ground has fared.
Sources: Wikipedia articles on the stadium and the 2020, 2023 to 2025 seasons, and Cricket Pakistan (20 January 2023). Method: methodology and data sources.