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All draft picks for Peshawar Zalmi in PSL 10 (2025)
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And their retentions:

Peshawar Zalmi retentions: Babar Azam, Saim Ayub (both Platinum), Mohammad Haris (Diamond), Arif Yaqoob, Mehran Mumtaz and Sufyan Moqim (Brand Ambassador) (all silver), Ali Raza (Emerging)
 
Poorly planned draft.

The TKC rtm is probably where they lost the PSL before it even starts this year.
 
Babar Azam
Saim Ayub
Muhammed Haris
Cadmore
Hussain Talat
Abdul Sarmad
Corbin Bosch
Nahid Rana
Muhammed Ali
Sufiyan Muqeem
Ali raza

Should be challenging for the top 4 positions maybe required another batting all rounder at 7
 
Pz has kept all the talent of Pakistan, their batting and spin attack are great. Just need a new captain
 
They'll have the batting to be great. Got enough spin too. Question will be their fast bowlers who repeatedly let them down.
I think they have enough in their fast bowlers to be good.

Very disappointed to see Maaz selected there. Horrible place for him to be drafted personally as he will virtually not even get a shot barring Saim Ayub absence in the PSL. Disappointing for the lad but I suppose it can't hurt to practice daily with Saim & Babar and see how they go about it and maybe he can pickup some things from them.
 
They'll have the batting to be great. Got enough spin too. Question will be their fast bowlers who repeatedly let them down.
I think they have enough in their fast bowlers to be good.

Very disappointed to see Maaz selected there. Horrible place for him to be drafted personally as he will virtually not even get a shot barring Saim Ayub absence in the PSL. Disappointing for the lad but I suppose it can't hurt to practice daily with Saim & Babar and see how they go about it and maybe he can pickup some things from them.
Even if Saim isnt fit they will most likely pick Zadran In xi.
 
They'll have the batting to be great. Got enough spin too. Question will be their fast bowlers who repeatedly let them down.
I think they have enough in their fast bowlers to be good.

Very disappointed to see Maaz selected there. Horrible place for him to be drafted personally as he will virtually not even get a shot barring Saim Ayub absence in the PSL. Disappointing for the lad but I suppose it can't hurt to practice daily with Saim & Babar and see how they go about it and maybe he can pickup some things from them.
Agreed Maaz will be warming the bench. Such a shame.
 
here is my lineup for Zalmi:

1- Babar Azam (c)
2- Saim Ayub
3- Mohammad Haris (wk)
4- TKC ✈️
5- Max Bryant ✈️
6- Abdul Samad
7- Corbin Bosch ✈️
8- Mehran Mumtaz/Sufiyan Muqeem
9- Alzarri Joseph ✈️
10- Mohammad Ali
11- Ali Raza (Emerging)
 
The interesting thing is I feel like Saim and Haris will want to leave Peshawar at some point. Saim if he continues to do well in internationals, will be offered PSL captaincy in another team. Like Shaheen and Shadab, grooming for future captaincy. Especially with new PSL teams on the horizon, I bet some team will try to take him that way.

Haris is in a strange position where he was opening but is in competition with both Saim and Babar for the position. With captaincy experience and he struggled last PSL. I wouldn’t be surprised if he moves too at some point. I even think had Karachi not gone for Shan, or even if Shan doesn’t work out, I could see them going for Haris. Haris is also seemingly out of the picture for internationals, so if it isn’t working at PZ will be desperate to start performing someone else to earn an international recall.
 
We’re not winning many games with those bowlers. Can’t even remember the last time Zalmi had a decent bowling attack.
 
Peshawar Zalmi captain Babar Azam's special conversation after the draft:

"I am satisfied with the squad of Peshawar Zalmi after the draft of PSL 10. We picked up very well, captain Peshawar Zalmi Babar Azam"

"Before our batting was strong but we also strengthened the bowling in the draft"

"We has formed a squad keeping in mind the weather and pitches of the Pakistan Super League season 10"

"Our spin department is very strong where Sufian Mehran Mumtaz and other spinners are included"

"Muhammad Ali Carbon Bash and other fast bowlers have been included in the draft and the fast bowling department has also been strengthened"

"Muhammad Ali bowls with a lot of hard work and heart every team needs such a player"

"Abdul Samad is expected to perform well in the PSL He also showed his brilliant performance of the Champions"
 
“Corbin Bosch, diamond pick of PZ isn't even making into the starting lineup of SA20 as local player.”
 
Good squad, and the fact that Babar is regaining his form is a huge bonus. Not happy with useless hack Haris getting retained, he is a proper liability.
 
The interesting thing is I feel like Saim and Haris will want to leave Peshawar at some point. Saim if he continues to do well in internationals, will be offered PSL captaincy in another team. Like Shaheen and Shadab, grooming for future captaincy. Especially with new PSL teams on the horizon, I bet some team will try to take him that way.

Haris is in a strange position where he was opening but is in competition with both Saim and Babar for the position. With captaincy experience and he struggled last PSL. I wouldn’t be surprised if he moves too at some point. I even think had Karachi not gone for Shan, or even if Shan doesn’t work out, I could see them going for Haris. Haris is also seemingly out of the picture for internationals, so if it isn’t working at PZ will be desperate to start performing someone else to earn an international recall.
They wanted to leave

PZ forced them to stay. They need to get out of their. Maaz Sadaqat too.

Rubbish franchise for player development
 
The amount of times people have trolled babar for not letting youngsters play and all that yet his team has best young local talent. Even retained haris after horrendous show in last year and haris isnt exactly playing spectacularly in domestics even.

But
Saim Babar Haris Haseeb TKC Hussain Maaz Samad is a good core to have
May not sound as great as Warner Williamson Finn at top but if they play right they can easily score good

Saim Haris Babar tkc(although looks past his date) can play long innings in t20 and take match away
 
I think they have the worst team in the tournament because of their foreign picks. What an absolute waste of money. The most questionable pick is Kohler-Cadmore in Platinum.
 
Until Darren Sammy was playing Zalmi were quite popular unfortunately Babar Azam PR is not reflected in Zalmi Brand.
 
Until Darren Sammy was playing Zalmi were quite popular unfortunately Babar Azam PR is not reflected in Zalmi Brand.
Javed doesnt seem interested in branding zalmi now maybe because of fallout with pcb
 
The least he would do was to pick some marketable OS players
Like who?

Who would you pick? Ahmed Shahzad said overseas players have a reservation to play for Pz with Babar in the side. It might actually be a true claim.
 
Like who?

Who would you pick? Ahmed Shahzad said overseas players have a reservation to play for Pz with Babar in the side. It might actually be a true claim.

Why Not write letter to PCB to expell Babar and Rizwan from PSL
 
Why Not write letter to PCB to expell Babar and Rizwan from PSL
Why not answer the question instead of hawai firing? Who are the overseas marketable players you would pick as a PZ fan?
 
Why not answer the question instead of hawai firing? Who are the overseas marketable players you would pick as a PZ fan?
Daryll Mitchell

Fin Allen

David Warner

Infact Warner & Saim opening with Babar at 3 , solid trio
 
Daryll Mitchell

Fin Allen

David Warner

Infact Warner & Saim opening with Babar at 3 , solid trio
Ok.

So why dream when you know Babar isn’t going to bat at 3 as captain? Kisko paagal bana raha hai?
 
Its Javed's team should have pushed for it
Ok.

So why dream when you know Babar isn’t going to bat at 3 as captain? Kisko paagal bana raha hai?
 
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Its Javed" s team should have pushed for it
He doesn’t care like you don’t care about Pakistan.

He’s entitled to fanboy it for his team with Babar as his opener and not Finn Allen.
 
Tbh don’t know if cadmore is a bad pick as a batsman. He has at least experience with PZ before and I remember him performing one season with them. That alone slightly improves chances of performing.

The strength of foreign players is quite weak this season. I think it’s due to a clash with IPL?

I don’t think there’s a single foreign player I can see and say for sure he’d definitely improve the side. Even Warner, a few years ago definitely but he might be past it at his age, you just don’t know. I’d go so far and say I’d rather have Saim over any foreign pick.

Though you could argue given how weak the bowling looks, perhaps a bowling pick in platinum would have been better. Batting with or without TDC looks alright. Babar, Saim, Haris and with talat added already feels like a decent batting core.

Mohammed Ali and Muqeem I recognise. But they are hardly psl veterans performing season after season or international regulars. They’ll be relying on a fairly inexperienced (at high level) bowling attack.
 
Tbh don’t know if cadmore is a bad pick as a batsman. He has at least experience with PZ before and I remember him performing one season with them. That alone slightly improves chances of performing.

The strength of foreign players is quite weak this season. I think it’s due to a clash with IPL?

I don’t think there’s a single foreign player I can see and say for sure he’d definitely improve the side. Even Warner, a few years ago definitely but he might be past it at his age, you just don’t know. I’d go so far and say I’d rather have Saim over any foreign pick.

Though you could argue given how weak the bowling looks, perhaps a bowling pick in platinum would have been better. Batting with or without TDC looks alright. Babar, Saim, Haris and with talat added already feels like a decent batting core.

Mohammed Ali and Muqeem I recognise. But they are hardly psl veterans performing season after season or international regulars. They’ll be relying on a fairly inexperienced (at high level) bowling attack.
This year foreign player quality was high. The likes of Chris Lynn, Alex hales, Jason Roy, Cooper connoly, Tim southee, Brandon King, ewin Lewis,reeza hendricks, nandre burger goes unsold but they still somehow desperatly wanted kohler cadmore in their squad...
 
Peshawar is a decent side & should qualify easily for the playoffs in my opinion.

They have a good mix of domestic performers & foreign players who are not superstars. Players like Abdul Samad, Hussain Talat, Sufyan Muqeem, Muhammad Ali, & Mehran Mumtaz have good domestic pedigree. Max Bryant is a decent addition in the middle order as well as Bosch who can hit a bit if needed.

Muhammad Ali is underrated because he isn't flashy or has a PR team. Nahid Rana is raw but he'll ensure that the team remains exciting to watch. Ali Raza is the best emerging talent in Pak, the only question is can he sustain form and fitness over 6 weeks. Corbin is decent & will do ok. The spinners are ok & they retained the local leg spinner & obviously he's not Rashid Khan level but who is that good in world cricket anyway.

They could have gone for Lewis but they chose the person they knew in TKC. Maybe they had a deal with him beforehand as it's tricky to get English players in this window but who knows. They also have reserved two supplementary picks which gives them the option to select any two players in the world at the moment of their choosing.

Any combination like this

  1. Saim
  2. Haris
  3. Babar
  4. TKC/Max
  5. Talat
  6. Samad
  7. Bosch
  8. Alzarri/Rana
  9. Mehran/Muqeem
  10. Muhammad Ali/Arif
  11. Ali Raza
is an extremely well balanced team. You can question a pick or two but overall they are a good side. I feel for Maaz Sadaqat though, he could have been part of another team, don't see him opening in this team unless there are injuries (never want to see a player get injured)
 
Well there aren’t many really strong players, players that were considered strong international players or recently retired. Remember we had in the past pietersen, rashid khan, Tahir, pollard, Guptil, AB de Villiers etc players who could come in and instantly strengthen a side. The current foreign players a lot haven’t even played internationals, or not played a lot in internationals. And their international records don’t look amazing, they don’t feel like the best of the best from internationals. A lot of these guys I wouldn’t even know unless they didn’t play PSL.

Warner is the exception, and I heard he’s getting paid significantly more than anyone else. But he’s old at 38 so there’s a chance he might be past it. After Warner actually the biggest names I’ve heard of are Pollard and then Hales and Roy who all interestingly not picked up. Which is probably an indictment that these guys are out of favour even at other leagues now.

Not saying they can’t be good. Just for who they are it doesn’t feel like they’re the big names that supposedly attracts attention.

Why I think the key is to get the best domestic players in PSL. Thats what mostly matters. And once teams have them they don’t let go of them easily, which is evidenced by how hard it has been for Karachi to assemble a good team. Sure they have access to foreigners, but the homegrown players are retained and locked in by the other squads. Hence they are weak.
 
This year foreign player quality was high. The likes of Chris Lynn, Alex hales, Jason Roy, Cooper connoly, Tim southee, Brandon King, ewin Lewis,reeza hendricks, nandre burger goes unsold but they still somehow desperatly wanted kohler cadmore in their squad...
Those guys got unsold. There’s a reason, they’re out of favour. Hales and Roy have been dumped from England set up in last few years. Pollard was there too, and even Kane got picked up only in supplementary. Teams are taking chance with foreigners with no name, yet in the prime of their playing career hoping they will do better. Which kind of firstly doesn’t create the same excitement of foreign players involved and secondly kind of feels the standard of foreign player is weaker.

I don’t blame PSL, you do the best with what you can. And really the Pakistani players are the bedrock of the franchises as they should be and fans will support teams partly down to those players no the foreign ones. Just highlighting I’m not sure the reasoning of the wrong international player selections are the biggest factor. What I’ve mainly seen and especially in recent years is these franchises revolve around a pak core of players who often franchises just retain to keep their strength. They’re not really hurt when the foreign players leave them. I remember at one time our batting was actually dominated by international batsmen. So back then I think the standard of foreign player faired better against the Pakistani one.
 
Muhammad Ali is underrated because he isn't flashy or has a PR team.
Sorry I know we are talking about T20s and league cricket here, but can we please put at least an inch of blame on Ali himself for averaging 68 in 4 test matches for Pakistan. It is high time the players take responsibility for how they are rated. It is not just about having a PR team.

Abdullah Shafique may end up scoring 3 hundreds in this year’s PSL, but in my mind I would always rate him based on his factory of low scores for Pakistan.
 
Peshawar has a really good balanced side. Their batting line up is fine and the bowling also looks ok the ok side. I like how they shaped their squad.
 
Sorry I know we are talking about T20s and league cricket here, but can we please put at least an inch of blame on Ali himself for averaging 68 in 4 test matches for Pakistan. It is high time the players take responsibility for how they are rated. It is not just about having a PR team.

Abdullah Shafique may end up scoring 3 hundreds in this year’s PSL, but in my mind I would always rate him based on his factory of low scores for Pakistan.

His test performances came against a rampant England on dud tracks I believe so I wouldn't really blame him. He was decent in the last PSL, also does well in domestic competitions, can't ask more from a player.
 
His test performances came against a rampant England on dud tracks I believe so I wouldn't really blame him. He was decent in the last PSL, also does well in domestic competitions, can't ask more from a player.
I take your point but he was also wicketless in his last test match at home against the mighty Bangladesh. That was actually a low scoring game where most of the pacers had a good time.

I have nothing against the man and hope he does better next time if given a chance.
 
Good squad, and the fact that Babar is regaining his form is a huge bonus. Not happy with useless hack Haris getting retained, he is a proper liability.

Always backing the wrong people man, whether it’s politics, football or cricket…I truly admire your consistency.
 
Always backing the wrong people man, whether it’s politics, football or cricket…I truly admire your consistency.
You mean I should back the “right” people like Sharjeel, Imad, Amir, Azam Khan, Haris etc.?

No thanks. Allah Almighty has blessed me with a lot of intelligence to go astray.
 
Peshawar Zalmi might click this time , Babar & Saim are a deadly duo
 
You mean I should back the “right” people like Sharjeel, Imad, Amir, Azam Khan, Haris etc.?

No thanks. Allah Almighty has blessed me with a lot of intelligence to go astray.

Sharjeel isn’t out of the team for his performances.

Imad Wasim averages 42 @ 110 in ODI’s with the bat, better stats than Rizwan.

Mohammad Amir won you two ICC tournaments, how many tournaments will Imam ul Anwar win us?

Azam Khan is a fat, unhealthy sob, but he still doesn’t cramp up like Rizwan does every game.

Mohammad Haris showed us how crap RizBar were when he outperformed both of them in the WT20.

Imam ul Anwar, gone.
Shaheen Akram, gone.
Babaradman, dropped in the last home series because he can’t play spin.
Rizchrist, first 50 since Ban series at home.
 
11 Finn Allens can't match a single Babar. Such is Babar's stature.
Well, there is fantasy and then there is reality,


This was the 2024 Hundred retentions. Babar registered for the competition and was unsold. Fin Allen was retained.

I’ve dismantled your fantasy of 11 Fin Allen’s not being worth 1 Babar quite simply with 1 fact, reality check.

1 Fin Allen was considered worthy of retention, so that’s 2 seasons with a hundred franchise. 1 Babar Azam was considered worthy of being unsold by the hundred franchises….for 3 seasons he attempted to be registered by them.

Next time, argue with facts. Talk big with facts and reality. Not some fantasy that you have drawn up during your me time.
 
Sharjeel isn’t out of the team for his performances.
Sharjeel is a crap player who never performed. His international record paints a sorry picture, and the ban helped him because it protected his image in front of deluded fans like yourself who labor under the delusion that Pakistan lost their version of Warner or De Kock.
Imad Wasim averages 42 @ 110 in ODI’s with the bat, better stats than Rizwan.
He also averages 15 with the bat in T20Is, and averaged 60+ with the ball in ODIs vs the top 5 sides, inconvenient stats that you conveniently ignored.

Imad is just a run of the mill, bits and pieces player but his delusional fans hype him up as Gary Sobers reincarnate and some genius cricketing mind which is laughable.

He is not fit to clean Rizwan’s shoes who is in the top 3 if not the best ever WK batsman Pakistan has had.
Mohammad Amir won you two ICC tournaments, how many tournaments will Imam ul Anwar win us?
And yet, Amir will always be remember for being a fixer. His legacy is tainted forever.
Azam Khan is a fat, unhealthy sob, but he still doesn’t cramp up like Rizwan does every game.
He also averages 8 in international cricket, and he will probably never play for Pakistan again. He is not 0.1% the cricketer Rizwan is. Cramping Rizwan is a billion times more useful than non-cramping Rizwan.
Mohammad Haris showed us how crap RizBar were when he outperformed both of them in the WT20.
Mohammad Haris averages 7 in ODIs and 14 in T20Is with a lower SR than Babar and Rizwan. Another useless player hyped to the moon by delusional fans when in reality, he is not even close to Babar and Rizwan in any format.
Imam ul Anwar, gone.
Shaheen Akram, gone.
Babaradman, dropped in the last home series because he can’t play spin.
Rizchrist, first 50 since Ban series at home.
Imam will be back in the squad soon because Abdullah’s career is tanking, Masood will be gone in a couple of years and Fakhar is nearing the end as well.

Imam has a lot of credit in the bank and he will get his chance again. Besides, even if he doesn’t make a comeback, he has had a better career than someone like Sharjeel.

Shaheen is finally getting back to his best and he is still Pakistan’s premier pacer, so not sure what do you mean by “gone”.

Babar remains Pakistan’s best all format batsman and after 2 difficult years, is finally showing signs of getting his form back.

He played very well in SA. At 30, he is entering his prime now and will score lots of runs in the coming years and finish off as a bonafide Pakistan legend and one of the greatest, if not the greatest batsman to ever wear the Pakistan jersey.

He is a bigger cricketer than Sharjeel, Imad, Haris, Azam and any other average failure that you support put together.

Same goes for Rizwan. He is already arguably the greatest WK batsman Pakistan has ever had. Like Babar, he is a bonafide Pakistan legend in the making and bigger than all the failures that you support put together.

Your post was completely pointless drivel. You wasted not only my time but also yours.
 
Imam will be back in the squad soon because Abdullah’s career is tanking, Masood will be gone in a couple of years and Fakhar is nearing the end as well.

He’ll be back, and he’ll be dropped again after the CT.

Imam is just another Farhat, Hameed, Masood, Faisal Iqbal. He’ll be forgotten the day he retires. A player that will either lose you a game or won’t have any impact in the games that you win.

Shaheen is finally getting back to his best and he is still Pakistan’s premier pacer, so not sure what do you mean by “gone”.

Your premier pacer is playing in the BPL when there’s a test match being played.

Babar remains Pakistan’s best all format batsman and after 2 difficult years, is finally showing signs of getting his form back.

Your best all format player will end up with a bat with no stickers in his prime 😂

At 30, he is entering his prime now and will score lots of runs in the coming years and finish off as a bonafide Pakistan legend and one of the greatest, if not the greatest batsman to ever wear the Pakistan jersey.

He’s not 30, he’s probably 34.

His peak is done, his career was like a soda bottle - he makes a loud pop but there is nothing inside. The fizz doesn’t last.
:misbah
 
Sharjeel isn’t out of the team for his performances.

Imad Wasim averages 42 @ 110 in ODI’s with the bat, better stats than Rizwan.

Mohammad Amir won you two ICC tournaments, how many tournaments will Imam ul Anwar win us?

Azam Khan is a fat, unhealthy sob, but he still doesn’t cramp up like Rizwan does every game.

Mohammad Haris showed us how crap RizBar were when he outperformed both of them in the WT20.

Imam ul Anwar, gone.
Shaheen Akram, gone.
Babaradman, dropped in the last home series because he can’t play spin.
Rizchrist, first 50 since Ban series at home.
The reasons those players failed or didn’t reach their potential are either or all of fixing, fitness issues and a lack of work ethic. Except Haris who I’m sure will be back but is still maturing as a player and should have been given a settled position but his record in internationals is poor and he even failed last PSL. Difference between Azam and Rizwan, Rizwan still keeps at a high level and scores runs with cramps. Azam is probably more talented in t20s at least, and has great power, but his fitness results in poor wicketkeeping and he is tied up in internationals not being able to score freely due to his fitness which is why he did badly in internationals. Sharjeel actually would be in the team if he performed in PSL so it is performances. Imad shouldn’t have been dropped and good enough without, but never reached his full potential due to neglect of fitness and work ethic.

It’s just the same old story. The talented guys mess their career up due to neglect on fitness and/or fixing and end up with average or sub par careers. The less talented ones maximise their talent by trying to make sure their fitness and work ethic are good. But they’ll never be as good as the talented guys if they actually made sure they were fit and didn’t fix. I’m more partial to blame the talented guys because there was something they could have done. I don’t think the less talented players could have done anything about it.
 
Difference between Azam and Rizwan, Rizwan still keeps at a high level and scores runs with cramps. Azam is probably more talented in t20s at least, and has great power, but his fitness results in poor wicketkeeping and he is tied up in internationals not being able to score freely due to his fitness which is why he did badly in internationals.

Tbh, I wouldn’t pick Azam Khan in my XI, he probably doesn’t even care about playing for Pakistan so I’m not gonna go out of my way to support him when he’s clearly happy being fat and getting picked in different leagues.

Haris comes in for Rizwan regardless of his form. Rizwan will continue to score runs but he plays for himself and not the situation.

Sharjeel has been performing in domestic cricket for a while after his ban, was never given a consistent chance after that in international cricket.
 
Tbh, I wouldn’t pick Azam Khan in my XI, he probably doesn’t even care about playing for Pakistan so I’m not gonna go out of my way to support him when he’s clearly happy being fat and getting picked in different leagues.

Haris comes in for Rizwan regardless of his form. Rizwan will continue to score runs but he plays for himself and not the situation.

Sharjeel has been performing in domestic cricket for a while after his ban, was never given a consistent chance after that in international cricket.
Sharjeel’s been performing only after he’s gone from PSL. He’s also now 35. Champions cup would have been a platform to get back to PSL but he couldn’t get in as he failed fitness standards. It’s a bit of a situation too little too late. I think even at his age if he was performing in PSL, he would still be picked. But the other domestic matches aren’t as high level as PSL. I think part of his failures was simply due to the fact he was with an underperforming franchise Karachi kings. But because he fixed, they were the only ones who would take him. His problems come from PSL not internationals, internationals he won’t even get a look in until he plays PSL again. Even if Sharjeel is picked, with his fitness, how many years are you going to get out of him even if he instantly starts performing in internationals? Unfit players rarely perform in late 30s, the ones that do seem to be ultra fit like YK, Malik etc. And Sharjeel is a player with their biggest strength being hand eye coordination and reflexes which are certainly diminished from when he was younger at this age.

I don’t think it’s good to pick a guy who’s not in form in Haris, you’re just setting him up for failure. Let him perform in domestic and PSL, earn a recall when his confidence is high. Most of Haris’s faults to why he hasn’t excelled yet are due to too young and not properly developed his game. So I see no rush yet. I’m pretty confident he will be back in the side in 1-2 years anyway. But yes selectors made a mistake picking him, dropping, repicking, shuffling around the side. When he gets back in the side, we need to give him a long run at a settled position. Just like we gave Saim (who despite being younger still has a more developed game than Haris at this point).
 
please stay on peshawar Zalmi stuff. bringing irrelevant persons and derailing the thread is not good
 
He’ll be back, and he’ll be dropped again after the CT.

Imam is just another Farhat, Hameed, Masood, Faisal Iqbal. He’ll be forgotten the day he retires. A player that will either lose you a game or won’t have any impact in the games that you win.
That still makes him more successful than Sharjeel.
Your premier pacer is playing in the BPL when there’s a test match being played.
It is the smart thing to do. He is finally showing signs of physical recovery and he doesn’t need to play Test matches at this point, he is still very young and has many years left so he will return to Test cricket soon.

At least he didn’t retire from Test cricket like a certain coward after spending 5 years at home due to fixing.
Your best all format player will end up with a bat with no stickers in his prime 😂
Not sure if you are trolling now. He has a hefty contract with GN and now he has a contract with CA and quite a lucrative one. Babar will never be short of sponsors given his status as a world class batsman.
He’s not 30, he’s probably 34.
Please provide evidence that he is 34.
His peak is done, his career was like a soda bottle - he makes a loud pop but there is nothing inside. The fizz doesn’t last.
:misbah
Sounds like Sharjeel. In 2025, the only thing his deluded fans can talk about is one series in Australia in 2017 and PSL 2017.
 
Obviously not my first platinum pick but then they proberly thinking someone else might snatch him up if we dont make a move early.
Konsi Qayamat Aa gayi thy? TKC gone. How does it matter when you can get a much better player?
 
Zalmi campaign for this year's PSL would be relying too much on the performance of Saim Ayub. If he has a good tournament, they will do well. Otherwise I don't see them making into the playoffs.
 
I saw a post on peshawar zalmi facebook handle. They did some talent hunt camp and selected players after many rounds. The shocking thing is they are sending these selected players to play for kuwait cricket team. How can they drain talent from Pakistan to other country? Why are they allowed to do so?
Pakistan is already struggling and talent hunts like these will do more harm.
 
I saw a post on peshawar zalmi facebook handle. They did some talent hunt camp and selected players after many rounds. The shocking thing is they are sending these selected players to play for kuwait cricket team. How can they drain talent from Pakistan to other country? Why are they allowed to do so?
Pakistan is already struggling and talent hunts like these will do more harm.
Kuwait to immigrate?
 
Well, there is fantasy and then there is reality,


This was the 2024 Hundred retentions. Babar registered for the competition and was unsold. Fin Allen was retained.

I’ve dismantled your fantasy of 11 Fin Allen’s not being worth 1 Babar quite simply with 1 fact, reality check.

1 Fin Allen was considered worthy of retention, so that’s 2 seasons with a hundred franchise. 1 Babar Azam was considered worthy of being unsold by the hundred franchises….for 3 seasons he attempted to be registered by them.

Next time, argue with facts. Talk big with facts and reality. Not some fantasy that you have drawn up during your me time.
6 Finn Allens, 3 quality t20 pacers, one spin allrounder and one genuine spinner would make for a near unbeatable t20 team.

Now replace 6 finn Allen for 6 babar azam's and where will it get you?
 
As per reports:

A franchise representative initiated a conversation with Mohammad Akram about potential trades, expressing specific interest in Saim Ayub, Mohammad Haris, and Aamer Jamal. Akram highlighted that Saim Ayub's demands have been increasing lately. The representative suggested that if Saim Ayub's requests became unaffordable for his current franchise, they could discuss a trade.

Later, Akram informed the representative that Karachi Kings had approached Saim Ayub, which came as news to both parties and Javed Afridi. Akram viewed the situation positively, considering any publicity as good publicity for Peshawar Zalmi, who hold the Right to Match (RTM) card for Saim Ayub in the draft.

Additionally, another player mentioned a wildcard option, but the representative refrained from detailed discussions, revealing that the player's team had issued a legal threat. Although the representative claimed they would have offered a $250,000 deal for Saim Ayub during a proper trade conversation but such a deal never happened.
 
As per reports:

A franchise representative initiated a conversation with Mohammad Akram about potential trades, expressing specific interest in Saim Ayub, Mohammad Haris, and Aamer Jamal. Akram highlighted that Saim Ayub's demands have been increasing lately. The representative suggested that if Saim Ayub's requests became unaffordable for his current franchise, they could discuss a trade.

Later, Akram informed the representative that Karachi Kings had approached Saim Ayub, which came as news to both parties and Javed Afridi. Akram viewed the situation positively, considering any publicity as good publicity for Peshawar Zalmi, who hold the Right to Match (RTM) card for Saim Ayub in the draft.

Additionally, another player mentioned a wildcard option, but the representative refrained from detailed discussions, revealing that the player's team had issued a legal threat. Although the representative claimed they would have offered a $250,000 deal for Saim Ayub during a proper trade conversation but such a deal never happened.
But but but Saim Ayub and Mohammad Harris love to bat with Babar Azam their captain and mentor 🤡
 
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