ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will host a Pakistan Super League (PSL) roadshow in New York today, Saturday, amid “growing interest” from investors in the US, Middle East and Europe for its franchises, the board said in a statement. 

The development takes place days after the PCB held a roadshow in London to attract international investors to the PSL, Pakistan’s premier T20 cricket league. The upcoming 11th edition of the league, set to take place next year in April and May, will feature two new teams to the existing roster of six. 

PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi announced on Friday that the board has pushed the deadline to submit bids for the two new teams till Dec. 22 amid “growing interest” from investors in the Middle East, Europe and the US. 

“Today, the grand spectacle of the Super PSL will take place in New York, USA, the world’s leading economic hub,” the PCB said in a statement. 

Naqvi, who is also Pakistan’s interior minister, has arrived in New York to attend the roadshow, the board said. 

The statement said American and overseas Pakistani investors will attend the New York roadshow.

“I thank Allah that the PSL is today shining at the international level,” Naqvi was quoted as saying by the PCB. 

The PSL’s roadshow in London earlier this week featured former cricketing greats such as Wasim Akram and Ramiz Raja who attended the event with current stars Babar Azam, Sahibzada Farhan and Haris Rauf. 

Azam, Rauf and Farhan spoke at the event, highlighting their PSL journeys so far and how the tournament has propelled their careers to new heights. 

Within a span of 10 years, PSL has competed for viewership with some of the most prominent cricket leagues around the world, including the Indian Premier League, the Big Bash League, the Hundred, and the Caribbean Premier League, among others.