The second season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) is going smoothly in the UAE amid much fanfare. Though the spot-fixing saga has created a stir, yet the matches are being played as per schedule. The event is being held successfully due to cricket-starved Pakistanis’ love for this game. With Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators leading the points table followed by Lahore Qalandars, Islamabad United and Karachi Kings, still it is premature to predict the final winner of the league. Currently, the PSL has entered its second phase and matches are being held in Sharjah after the conclusion first few matches in Dubai. It has been decided by the Pakistan Cricket Board that the final of the PSL will be played in Lahore either foreign players get ready to play in Pakistan or not. So far, no foreign player has given consent to come to Pakistan due to security reasons. For many years, the idea of a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) owned Twenty20 cricket franchise league seemed to be a pipedream, with the project suffering from multiple problems. Major among those include absence of international cricket at home and the scandals of national players being involved in spot fixing. There were speculations about the failure of this PCB venture due to these controversies. Yet over the last three weeks, these doubts have been shown to be highly misguided as PSL has been hailed as an unqualified success. The organisers of the tournament are trying their best to make PSL a qualitatively different league that was designed to ensure an even playing field for the teams through its novel draft system of team selection as well as ensuring an environment where domestic Pakistani players would get superior coaching and flourish with exposure to international players. Commercially, the tournament is also a hit, with record television viewing figures as well as a steady increase in match attendances as the tournament is progressing and capturing interest. There is no doubt that PSL is an important feather in the cap of the PCB, and will have a positive impact on the development of Pakistani players and make the team more competitive. It has provided the people of the country some much needed entertainment amid a tense atmosphere back at home due to the recent terror hits across the country. The problems that led to Pakistan becoming a no-go zone for international cricketers are not in the control of the PCB and the quality of PSL has no impact on reducing the threat that keeps cricket away from home shores, yet it is proving to be a good initiative and might pave way for the revival of international cricket in Pakistan. *