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Pakistan's stand-in captain Shadab Khan made history on 27 March 2023 by claiming his 100th Twenty20 International wicket during the third T20I against Afghanistan in Sharjah. 

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Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2023

Edition: 8th

Date: 13 Feb – 18 Mar 2023

Administrator: PCB

Format: Twenty20

Venue: Pakistan

Final Venue: Lahore

Participants:6

Matches:34

Champion: Lahore Qalandars (2nd title)

Lahore Qalandars won by: 1 run

Lahore Qalandars captain: Shaheen Afridi

Runner-up: Multan Sultans

Multan Sultan caption: Muhammad Rizwan

Player of the series: Ihsanullah (Multan Sultans)

Ihsanullah took: 22 wickets

Most runs: Mohammed Rizwan (Multan Sultans)

Mohammed Rizwan scored: 550 runs

Most wickets: Abbas Afridi (Multan Sultans)

Abbas Afridi took: 23 wickets

Best Bowler Award: Abbas Afridi (Multan Sultans)

Man of the Match: Shaheen Afridi

Best Player of the Tournament: Muhammad Rizwan

Best Emerging Player of Tournament: Abbas Afridi

Best All Rounder Player award: Ammad Waseem (Karachi Kings)

Best Fielder of Tournament: Kieron Pollard

Best Wicket Keeper of tournament award: Muhammad Rizwan

Highest individual score: Jason Roy (Quetta Gladiators)

Jason Roy: 145 runs 

As per 2023, Multan Sultan made highest score in the history of PSL by making 262 runs

As per 2023, Lahore Qalandars has lowest score in the history of PSL: 59 runs
As per 2023, Wahab Riaz is the highest wicket taker in PSL history. 

As per 2023, Fakhar Zaman is the first player in PSL history to hit 100 sixes. 

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