The tournament's playoff stage featured the four highest placed teams from the league stage of the competition. Before the tournament, it was confirmed DRS would be used for the playoffs. It began on 28 February 2017 with the final played on 5 March.
All times are in Pakistan Standard Time (UTC+5). Qualifier The qualifiers meant the top two teams on the table, Peshawar and Quetta, would face off. Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and sent in Quetta to bat. One of the openers,
Luke Wright, got out for 12 facing seven balls, while the other, Ahmed Shehzad, made 71 off 38 balls which won him man of the match. Kevin Pieterson came in next and supported Shehzad with 40 off 22. Afterwards came twin 17's from
Riley Rossouw and then Quetta's captain,
Sarfaraz Ahmed. Next came
Anwar Ali, who made 20 as Quetta's lower middle order fluctuated before one not out from both
Mohammad Nawaz and
Hassan Khan to get the gladiators to exactly 200. The pick of the bowlers for Peshawar was
Wahab Riaz, who took three wickets. In response chasing 201, one of Peshawar's openers
Kamran Akmal got out scoring a single run while the other
Dawid Malan made 56 of 30. Coming in at three
Marlon Samuels also only made one before being run out. Next at four was
Mohammed Hafeez who anchored the innings for Zalmi scoring 77 of 47 bringing them close to the target. Helping Hafeez was the former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi, who made 34 of just 13 before getting out. Going into the last over Peshawar needed seven runs, however economical bowling from Mohammad Nawaz meant Peshawar only scored six runs while losing three wickets in the process, giving Quetta a one run win and sending them into the final.
Eliminator 1 The first eliminator meant the teams at three and four on the table, Islamabad and Karachi, would play each other. Islamabad United won the toss and sent Karachi in to bat. One of Karachi's openers, Babar Azam, made 25 of 21 hitting five fours, while the other,
Chris Gayle, made 17 off 15. In next was the Karachi Kings' captain, Kumar Sangakkara, who scored 17 off 19 balls. After Sangakkara was Shoaib Malik who, like Babar, scored 25. The Kings' middle order continued to stumble with
Ravi Bopara coming in and scoring 14 before getting out to
Shadab Khan via a
Shane Watson catch. After Bopara came Kieron Pollard, who was soon sent back to the pavilion for just five. Next in was
Imad Wasim, who made 14 before being dismissed. There was a
golden duck next with
Sohail Khan getting out first ball.
Mohammed Amir was batting at nine and finished with two not out as the tail was quickly dismissed. The pick of the bowlers for Islamabad was
Rumman Raees, who took a 4-fer (four wickets in an innings) finishing with 4/25 from his four overs. In response, one of the openers,
Dwayne Smith, got out cheaply for eight while the other,
Asif Ali, was on 39 before getting out. United's middle order and tail also fluctuated with scores of zero, thirteen, eight, one, one, seven and the tail all getting ducks giving Karachi a 44 run win and knocking Islamabad out.
Eliminator 2 (pictured in 2010) scored 104 off 64 balls against the
Karachi Kings. The Karachi Kings won the toss and chose to bowl first, which meant Zalmi would bat first. The Zalmi
wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal scored a century, making him the second person in PSL history to do so. Supporting Akmal were Dawid Malan with 36 and Marlon Samuels with 37 off 22. Shahid Afridi was dismissed for a duck with
Daren Sammy scoring 0 not out. In response, Babar Azam was dismissed scoring only one run from seven deliveries. In contrast, his opening partner, Chris Gayle, made 40 from 31 before getting out. Next came the Kings' captain Kumar Sangakkara, who made 15 before losing his wicket. Afterwards came a middle order collapse which was patched up by a Kieron Pollard 47 and an Imad Wasim 26. In the end though, it was not enough as Peshawar won by 24 runs, sending Karachi out and themselves into the final. Wahab Riaz was the pick of the bowlers for Zalmi, finishing with 3/24 from four overs. The PCB and the Pakistan Super League bought buses that were bullet proof to bring players and umpires to the stadium, and a large-scale security and intelligence operation took place in Lahore. Teams jetted in to Lahore on the morning of the final and flew out after the match was finished. Overseas players could opt-out of going to Lahore for the final. Four of Quetta's players did so, including
Kevin Pietersen, the team's icon player who was their first selection in the
2016 Pakistan Super League players draft. The PCB had put in place a system to allow the teams to replace players who chose not to play in the final.
Match summary (pictured in 2010) hit 28 to get Zalmi over 150.|alt=Darren Sammy in 2010 Quetta won the toss and chose to bowl in the final; Dawid Malan and Kamran Akmal opened for Zalmi. Malan was dismissed first for 17 by
Rayad Emrit, one of the replacement players for Quetta. While at the other end, Kamran Akmal was out for 40 getting out
Leg before wicket (LBW) to Hassan Khan. Afterwards came Marlon Samuels, who made 19. Mohammed Hafeez followed Samuels and made 12. In at five was
Khushdil Shah who got out for a single run. While at six was
Iftikhar Ahmed who made 14. With Zalmi fluctuating, their captain,
Darren Sammy, came in and made an unbeaten 28, hitting two sixes in the last over which propelled Peshawar over 150. This later won Sammy the man of the match award. In response Quetta's top order never got going with scores of one, one and three for
Morne van Wyk, Ahmed Shehzad and
Anamul Haque, respectively. Some stability was provided by Sarfaraz Ahmed and
Sean Ervine, who both made twenties. In the end, Quetta were bowled out for 90 which resulted in a 58-run victory for Peshawar, making them the champions of PSL 2. ==Awards and statistics==