Most important value of the PSL is the fact that it was so long overdue. The lack of a Pakistani T20 league is like a world with many futsal leagues, but none in Brazil. This is not to say that Pakistan invented the T20 format or made it their own, but it can be argued that this style of compressed-cricket was more prestigious here than anywhere else. The format found a natural home in street cricket and the culture of night matches during Ramzan, and these were hugely popular in Pakistan's cities from the '70s onwards, and later caught the imagination of the rural population too. In a way, Pakistan had a T20 culture at least 30 years before the format was invented. The fact, then, that the country has still not had a proper international-class tournament since is nothing less than a tragedy.