[PICTURES] PSL 2025 Draft - Discussion Thread

[GoUgandaCranes]

Silver picks are the ones where I think nepotism plays the most role.

Won't be surprised if Faham & Talat hussain's son get picked

 

[Devadwal]

Platinum picks of first PSL draft in Dec, 2015.

Shane Watson, Andre Russell, Misbah-ul-Haq
Shoaib Malik, Shakib al Hasan, Sohail Tanvir
Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Darren Sammy
K. Pietersen, Sarfraz Ahmed, Ahmad Shehzad
Chris Gayle, Umar Akmal, Dwayne Bravo

PSL instead growing it has becomes very low level league.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Silver picks are the ones where I think nepotism plays the most role.

Won't be surprised if Faham & Talat hussain's son get picked

Silver Round is done.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Silver picks are the ones where I think nepotism plays the most role.

Won't be surprised if Faham & Talat hussain's son get picked

Nepotism is hard in franchise Cricket cause they are professionals and they spend money from their pocket.

 

[TeymurBlake]

Maaz Sadaqat has been picked.

Likely to open with M.Haris.

Inshallah

Unfortunately Bobsy will likely not allow that.

 

[emranabbas]

Maaz Sadaqat has been picked.

Likely to open with M.Haris.

Inshallah

Unfortunately Bobsy will likely not allow that.

Pz has a decent team babar just ruins it

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

Silver Round is done.

emerging I meant

 

[The Bald Eagle]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1878774542380015961

 

[Rana]

Rubbish coverage

There was a blackout for 10 minutes

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Correction: Max Bryant was the last pick made by Peshawar Zalmi in Silver 1 round.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Rubbish coverage

There was a blackout for 10 minutes

I can do a better coverage on Zoom

 

[RidiculousMan]

3 folks running the show and saving the event at the end of the day.

Sikandar Bakht, Shan Masood and Hasan Cheema.

 

[Rana]

Multan absolutely flopped the Retentions and have pretty much flopped the draft

 

[PakFan2010]

How can you not pick Williamson?

PSL teams are clueless.

 

[followed]

How can you not pick Williamson?

PSL teams are clueless.

Lol because he is not a T20 player..

 

[Rana]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1875508918463635891

Who’s that lefty? Bracewell?

 

[The Bald Eagle]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1878783934332633188

 

[RidiculousMan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1875508918463635891

Who’s that lefty? Bracewell?

It was Ali Tareen himself. He will play as lefty in the team

 

[Rana]

People: High Ali, do you want Mitchell, Hendricks, Kane, Rassie?

Ali Tareen: oh no baba I have too many right handers, I need more lefties babaaa

*goes on to pick only right handed batters and one bowling all-rounder in Bracewell

 

[PakFan2010]

Lol because he is not a T20 player..

Williamson is a better T20 batsmen than Babar and Rizwan.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Williamson is a better T20 batsmen than Babar and Rizwan.

Nope. Stats disagree and so do performances.

 

[Rana]

Williamson is a better T20 batsmen than Babar and Rizwan.

Agree here

Well, you have to blame the platinum retentions of Pakistan players

 

[Rana]

So Micheal Bracewell is the big plan to tackle Imad Wasim?

 

[Rana]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1878784728633086459

Solid pick

 

[Rana]

Sultans retained the wrong players

Muhammad Ali
Abbas Afridi
Khushdil Shah
Iftikhar Ahmed
Usman Khan

These 5 were worth retaining. The rest could have been released and they could have picked a much better squad.

 

[Rana]

Why Rameez jr not picked by LQ in emerging? Ideal replacement or someone who can play ahead of Rishad

 

[Kianig89]

So which franchise are winners and losers from this draft

 

[Savak]

A reporter suggesting to the PCB to do away with this tender culture for broadcasting and organizing the PSL draft and to instead pay top dollar to foreign companies. Pakistani local companies are habitually unreliable and not up to it.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Why Rameez jr not picked by LQ in emerging? Ideal replacement or someone who can play ahead of Rishad

Maybe he's too old to be picked in emerging

 

[RidiculousMan]

A reporter suggesting to the PCB to do away with this tender culture for broadcasting and organizing the PSL draft and to instead pay top dollar to foreign companies. Pakistani local companies are habitually unreliable and not up to it.

Ali Tareen had said this. Because PSL comes under PCB and PCB is under government. The law says you have to accept the cheapest bid when you do tender.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Riley is a great pick.

 

[princeuk]

I was excited to see this morning who was chosen for the drafts but i feel a tad dissapointed to see who was NOT picked.

 

[jamie smith]

maaz in pz is a waste.
he will get to play as pz already have a packed top 4

 

[followed]

Williamson is a better T20 batsmen than Babar and Rizwan.

Lol no Williamson has strike rate of 122 in t20s.
Zimbo and rizwan are better than williamson in t20s

 

[Rana]

What’s the rule on supplementary? How do they make the playing squad?

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Someone give me a summary when it's all over! Thank you

 

[jamie smith]

big west indian pacer alzarri joins pz ,solid pick

 

[RidiculousMan]

Kane comes in Karachi. He will be backup for Kane Williamson.

 

[Rana]

So how do the supplementary play? Only if players are injured or have to go away?

 

[shady]

Peshawar and Multan have had shocking drafts. Peshawar in particular seem clueless.

 

[RidiculousMan]

So how do the supplementary play? Only if players are injured or have to go away?

Not sure.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

I was excited to see this morning who was chosen for the drafts but i feel a tad dissapointed to see who was NOT picked.

What disappointed you?

 

[jamie smith]

wth ahmed daniyal has been picked twice in the draft loll

 

[The Bald Eagle]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1878788466282271129

 

[RidiculousMan]

wth ahmed daniyal has been picked twice in the draft loll

Yep. Unless it is a different Ahmed Daniyal.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

wth ahmed daniyal has been picked twice in the draft loll

He is not part of PZ as silver pick

 

[Devadwal]

Rubbish coverage

There was a blackout for 10 minutes

Real or photoshop?

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1878788466282271129

Shan saying Fawad Ali is a fast bowler who has increased his speed. Let's see

 

[shady]

So how do the supplementary play? Only if players are injured or have to go away?

I’m pretty sure they can play without any conditions. I remember Billings was picked in Supplementary and he played every game for LQ

 

[The Bald Eagle]

 

[The Bald Eagle]

 

[Savak]

Some reporters are saying the PCB is considering rewarding the existing psl franchise owners by rewarding them going forward and willing to grant them perpetual rights to the franchise and to do away with the franchise fee culture so that they can improve profitability and be motivated to increase their investments in the franchises. New franchises however will be required to pay a fee for a couple of years.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

 

[Rana]

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Real or photoshop?

Has to be real

 

[Asif321]

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Real or photoshop?

He looks smoker so I’m not surprised

 

[TeymurBlake]

Supplementary round so far has been pretty good. Good to see Riley Meredith picked.

 

[jamie smith]

waste of time this draft

 

[PakFan2010]

So Williamson has been signed?

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Supplementary round so far has been pretty good. Good to see Riley Meredith picked.

How does it work? Can they play or are there as back ups?

 

[Sunny_majoka]

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Real or photoshop?

My neighbor

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Seems Karachi Kings are the biggest winners of the draft. Will be interesting to see how they blow it this time.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Nothing against IU, they are my home team. But how do you pick Matthew Short over David Warner?

 

[Kianig89]

Some reporters are saying the PCB is considering rewarding the existing psl franchise owners by rewarding them going forward and willing to grant them perpetual rights to the franchise and to do away with the franchise fee culture so that they can improve profitability and be motivated to increase their investments in the franchises. New franchises however will be required to pay a fee for a couple of years.

Seems like some Serie A type plan, will be not long when some franchise go bankrupt and is wiped out unlike football clubs who can start from Serie D or Conference league

 

[The Bald Eagle]

 

[Rana]

Multan’s supplementary picks:

Jonson Charles and Shai Hope

2 more right handlers. What have the Sultans been smoking in this draft?

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Faheem Ashraf the fake all rounder $$$ wasted

How is he in Platinum? How?

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

IU and their love for overrated RVD.

 

[Rana]

How is he in Platinum? How?

He’s in the platinum just like Rizwan, Babar, Naseem, Shadab, Usama Mir

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Why are they showing Sana talking and not the actual draft?

 

[TeymurBlake]

How does it work? Can they play or are there as back ups?

They can play.

But there bought for emergencies such as injuries or other prior commitments.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

How is he in Platinum? How?

Just Pakistani things

 

[TeymurBlake]

Sean Abbott is a good get but Mohammad Nabi at 39 in the PSL.

Surely Hassan Khan would be a better get.

 

[TeymurBlake]

Kusal Mendis picked??

How did I not notice that get.

Brilliant signing.

 

[Rana]

Shoaib Malik was picked too by QG

That’s a depressing signing

 

[TeymurBlake]

Omair Bin Yousuf is picked

 

[Rana]

Multan’s 3 overseas batters:

Bracewell
Charles
Hope

This is so depressing. Especially considering all the yap their owner gave in the build up!

 

[Rana]

Aamer Azmat always picked by Multan predictably

Most overrated ‘power hitter’

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Note: Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi have reserved their picks from this round.

Note: Sam Billings was picked by Lahore Qalandars using 'Right to Match' against Islamabad United.

 

[Rana]

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Note: Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi have reserved their picks from this round.

Note: Sam Billings was picked by Lahore Qalandars using 'Right to Match' against Islamabad United.

Reserved means if players join they can pick them up?

So if Jonny Bairstow joins, they can sign him

 

[m.shah]

Multan’s 3 overseas batters:

Bracewell
Charles
Hope

This is so depressing. Especially considering all the yap their owner gave in the build up!

They don't need batsman as Rizwan will play all the 20 overs