PSL vs IPL, Answering a Quora question 

What? Why? Don’t get confused, get your eyebrows down will say How we come up with this question? Wait, it’s not what you’re thinking. The question was a raised concern from a person which drew us to this topic and we felt like sharing with all of you.

Pakistan Super League started in 2015, about 8 years after the inauguration of the Indian Premier League. The most-watched cricketing league IPL and PSL is nowhere a comparison but still, some people have a doubt. But, don’t worry, their doubt has cleared.

1) Cheerleaders

Apart from the players and the game, Cheerleader grabs most of the eyeball in these cricket leagues and as put forth in one of the answers, take a look at the cheerleaders in both the leagues and you’ll know superiority of cheerleaders that are in the PSL (way better than IPL).

2) Trophy

Another attention seeker, the status of a tournament is visible on the face of their trophy. And have you ever like won a trophy in your junior classes or like created a trophy for your arts and crafts period? If yes, then you will find lots of resemblance with this PSL trophy.

PSL Trophy

And here is the IPL Trophy, nowhere close the PSL one.

IPLT20.com

3) Jam-Packed Stadiums

The underrated PSL stadiums see way lot more audience than our Indian Premier League and it’s evident, as you can see it in the pictures below:

On the other hand, IPL matches have a footfall of just a couple of thousands of people, they are not even in the race with PSL.

India Today.

4)

First Prize

Then the answers moved towards the prize money both the leagues offer and they indeed offer hilarious figures for us to look at.

A prize of whopping $1.5 million (approx 10 crores INR) is awarded to the winners of the Pakistan Super League.

Say no more.

5) Social Media

Nowadays, social media is the perfect medium to know about the popularity of something or someone and the figures for numbers of followers of both these leagues show a clear winner.

IPL Facebook Page

PSL Facebook Page

Legend has it, the lesser the numbers on social media, the more the popularity is.

6) Number of Matches

24 PSL matches are way ahead of 60 nail-biting IPL matches, there’s no point in comparing the thrill and excitement each PSL match deliver. PSL wraps in about 20 days whereas IPL runs for a month and a half, why are we even comparing.

If you know some more points about how ‘PSL is more popular than IPL’ then please let us know in the comment box below.

Note: No intent to harm anyone’s feelings, this is just in the favor to save humanity from such questions. Based on a Quora question.