Hasaranga, Miller, Hales and Rajapaksa among star players picked in PSL draft
Wanindu Hasaranga, David Mill operator, Alex Hales and Bhanuka Rajapaksa were among a few headliners picked during the PSL draft hung on Thursday (December 15) in front of the eighth version of the T20 association. Pacer Naseem Shah and hitter Fakhar Zaman were the two Pakistan players roped in during the Platinum round while Imran Tahir was likewise among the top picks.
Lahore Qalandars, who had the main pick in the Platinum round, decided on Zaman, Quetta Fighters picked Hasaranga while Mill operator went to Multan Kings. Karachi Lords roped in Matthew Swim, Islamabad Joined selected Hales while Peshawar Zalmi, who were the toward the end in the draft request for the primary round, picked Rajapaksa.
In the second round of Platinum picks, the Warriors clutched their pacer Naseem, Zalmi decided on Rovman Powell and the Lords went for veteran legspinner Tahir. Joined selected Afghanistan's Rahmanullah Gurbaz while the Kings picked Josh Nearly nothing. Qalandars, having proactively held two Platinum players before the draft, weren't permitted a pick in this round.
In the primary round of Precious stone picks, Joined decided on Fazalhaq Farooqi, Qalandars roped in Hussain Talat while Mujeeb ur Rahman was gotten by Zalmi. The Fighters sacked the administrations of Odean Smith while the Rulers, who had two picks accessible in this round, got hold of James Vince and James Fuller. Having proactively held three Jewel class players, the Kings couldn't take part in this round.
Zalmi, who had two Gold class picks accessible, settled on Danish Aziz and Arshad Iqbal while the Warriors picked Ahsan Ali. Qalandars also had two picks in this round and they picked the in-structure Sikandar Raza alongside Liam Dawson. The Rulers stowed Akeal Hosein while the Lords roped in Andrew Tye. Joined together, having held three players in the Gold section, couldn't pick any in this round.
The Rulers, who hadn't held any player in the Silver class, sacked Usama Mir, Usman Khan, Sameen Gul, Anwar Ali and Mohammad Sarwar Afridi. Joined had three Silver picks accessible and they went for Abrar Ahmed, Sohaib Maqsood and Rumman Raees. Saim Ayub and Usman Qadir were roped in by Zalmi while the Qalandars picked Dilbar Hussain, Mirza Tahir Baig and Ahmed Daniyal. The Warriors picked Umaid Asif and Mohammad Zahid. The Lords, in the mean time, got hold of Tayyab Tahir and Mohammad Akhlaq.
A portion of the huge global names were roped in during the Strengthening round. Zalmi sacked Jimmy Neesham, the Rulers acquired Adil Rashid while Martin Guptill went to the Combatants. The Qalandars got Jordan Cox while Moeen Ali went to the Assembled. In Cycle 2 of the Beneficial picks, the Combatants settled on Omair Canister Yousuf while the Lords got Tabraiz Shamsi and Muhammad Umar. Jalat Khan was roped in by the Qalandars, Arafat Minhas by the Rulers while Joined got Mubasir Khan.
PSL Current Squads:
Islamabad United - Alex Hales (England), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan), Shadab Khan (all Platinum), Asif Ali, Fazal Haq Farooqi (Afghanistan), Wasim Jr (all Diamond), Azam Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali (all Gold), Abrar Ahmed, Colin Munro (New Zealand), Paul Stirling (Ireland), Rumman Raees, Sohaib Maqsood (all Silver), Hassan Nawaz, Zeeshan Zamir (both Emerging). Moeen Ali (England) and Mubasir Khan (Supplementary)
Karachi Kings - Haider Ali, Imran Tahir (South Africa), Matthew Wade (Australia) (all Platinum), Imad Wasim, James Fuller (New Zealand), James Vince (both England) (all Diamond), Andrew Tye (Australia), Mohammad Amir, Shoaib Malik (all Gold), Aamer Yamin, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Akhlaq, Sharjeel Khan, Tayyab Tahir (all Silver), Irfan Khan Niazi, Qasim Akram (both Emerging). Mohammad Umar and Tabraiz Shamsi (South Africa) (Supplementary)
Lahore Qalandars - Fakhar Zaman, Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Shaheen Shah Afridi (all Platinum), Dawid Wiese (Namibia), Hussain Talat, Haris Rauf (all Diamond), Abdullah Shafique, Liam Dawson (England), Sikander Raza (Zimbabwe) (all Gold), Ahmad Daniyal, Dilbar Hussain, Harry Brook (England), Kamran Ghulam, Mirza Tahir Baig (all Silver), Shawaiz Irfan, Zaman Khan (both Emerging). Jalat Khan and Jordan Cox (England) (both Supplementary)
Multan Sultans - David Miller (South Africa), Josh Little (Ireland), Mohammad Rizwan (all Platinum), Khushdil Shah, Rilee Rossouw (South Africa), Shan Masood (all Diamond), Akeal Hosein (West Indies), Shahnawaz Dahani, Tim David (Australia) (all Gold), Anwar Ali, Sameen Gul, Sarwar Afridi, Usama Mir, Usman Khan (both Silver), Abbas Afridi, Ihsanullah (both Emerging). Adil Rashid (England) and Arafat Minhas (Supplementary).
Peshawar Zalmi -Babar Azam, Rovman Powell (West Indies), Bhanuka Rajapaksa (Sri Lanka), (all Platinum), Mujeeb Ur Rehman (Afghanistan), Sherfane Rutherford (West Indies), Wahab Riaz (all Diamond), Arshad Iqbal, Danish Aziz, Mohammad Haris (all Gold), Aamer Jamal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore (England), Saim Ayub, Salman Irshad, Usman Qadir (all Silver), Haseebullah Khan, Sufyan Muqeem (both Emerging). Jimmy Neesham (New Zealand) (Supplementary). Peshawar Zalmi will pick their second Supplementary at the Replacement Draft.
Quetta Gladiators - Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) (all Platinum), Iftikhar Ahmed, Jason Roy (England), Odean Smith (West Indies) (all Diamond), Ahsan Ali, Mohammad Hasnain, Sarfaraz Ahmed (all Gold), Mohammad Zahid, Naveen-ul-Haq (Afghanistan), Umar Akmal, Umaid Asif, Will Smeed (England) (all Silver), Aimal Khan, Abdul Wahid Bangalzai (both Emerging). Martin Guptill (New Zealand) and Omair Bin Yousuf (Supplementary).