PSL Player Draft 2024 - Discussion and updates

[samiakh]

What happened to Sufiyan Muqeem and Ammad Alam?

 

[JAV12341]

Haider Ali not selected. He should retire. This is what happens when you come to England and chill in Shisha bars ands restaurants.

He’s finished at a more age of 24 no coming back. Has regressed at a rate of knots

 

[JAV12341]

What happened to Sufiyan Muqeem and Ammad Alam?

Ammad Alam would have lit up this PSL. We need more teams in the PSL period

 

[PakEngFan]

The reason why guys like Ammad Alam won’t be picked is because only 2-3 teams can go for them.

3 teams have guys like Rizwan, Babar and Shan Masood illegally occupying an opener’s slot

All the are miles better than him. He had a poor national t20.

 

[Yati]

All 3 shah brothers Naseem, Hunanin and Ubaid on the Islamabad United Team for PSL 9. Hopefully these guys have a lot of success excited for the the younger two to show their talents on the big stage. I can see all 3 of them playing for Pakistan together in the future.

 

[shah_1]

I'm excited about Arafat Minhas, very happy he has been picked by Karachi Kings

We need middle order batsmen

 

[Savak]

I am quite surprise with how teams drafted, especially in the emerging category.

You have mohammad Zeeshan bowling soo well and is well heigted yet the Shah brothers end up getting drafted?

Sufiyan Muqeem got ignored. There was soo much talk of left arm spin.

Yasir Khan i hope got retained as i have bo clue what they did with him

6 teams limit the choices of the players to be picked. An extra two teams can make a better difference.

 

[Major]

Sufiyan Muqeem went unpicked?

 

[Major]

The reason why guys like Ammad Alam won’t be picked is because only 2-3 teams can go for them.

3 teams have guys like Rizwan, Babar and Shan Masood illegally occupying an opener’s slot

how is that illegal?

 

[Cricket Warrior]

 

[PakEngFan]

I'm excited about Arafat Minhas, very happy he has been picked by Karachi Kings

We need middle order batsmen

Won't be tbh specially with nawaz there.

 

[Major]

Islamabad don’t have a single proper spinner

that is exactly what shadab wanted.

 

[Rana]

that is exactly what shadab wanted.

Why isn’t the franchise learning? He shouldn’t have any business in their leadership

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Islamabad don’t have a single proper spinner

still looking way better than Karachi Kings

 

[Farah Sohail]

Sufiyan Muqeem went unpicked?

Hes injured

 

[Rana]

still looking way better than Karachi Kings

Well, this is what happens when you appoint nerds as cricket strategic experts

This Azhar guy has been on a mission to completely wreck the Kings. I don’t think even Misbah would be this poor with direction

 

[Major]

Why isn’t the franchise learning? He shouldn’t have any business in their leadership

It will take atleast 1 or 2 more seasons.

Islamabad franchise likes to empower its players, as long as the players dont fix games, they empower the player to such an extent that even if they get injured, they offer them coaching roles and what not. They helped Sami, Rumman Raees, Misbah and Ajmal.

But they need to take some hard decisions. The Shadab dramaybazi needs to stop because Shadab is not sincere with cricket.

 

[MenInG]

Australian all-rounder Daniel Sams is set to make his HBL PSL debut, after he was picked up by Karachi Kings in the Platinum round. Also making their debuts in the HBL PSL are the South African duo of Reeza Hendricks (Multan Sultans, Gold) and Lungi Ngidi (Peshawar Zalmi, Supplementary).

David Willey was the first pick of the evening, as Multan Sultans cashed in their first pick in the Platinum round. The English all-rounder has 270 wickets and 3,720 runs in the T20 format. Peshawar Zalmi picked Noor Ahmad, the Afghanistan spinner, to strengthen their bowling ranks. The 18-year old had 74 T20 wickets.

Islamabad United used their wildcard to pick Jordan Cox. The English wicketkeeper-batter has 1,798 T20 runs.

Sherfane Rutherford (West Indies) and Mohammad Amir were Quetta Gladiators’ two Platinum picks. The West Indies middle-order batter has 1,753 runs. Amir, with 303 T20 scalps to his name, will be boosting Gladiators’ bowling attack.

Karachi Kings used their first round Platinum pick to secure Kieron Pollard. The West Indies all-rounder has a record tally of 12,390 runs and 312 wickets in the shortest format. Karachi’s next pick was Daniel Sams, who has taken 179 wickets and has scored 1,699 runs in the shortest format. Pakistan left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz was Karachi’s final pick in Platinum.

Fakhar Zaman was once again Lahore Qalandars’ first pick in Platinum. The left-handed batter has been prolific for Lahore, and was the team’s top run-getter in the last two editions of PSL. South African batter Rassie van der Dussen was Lahore’s final pick in the Platinum round. He has thus far amassed 4,680 T20 runs.

Sahibzada Farhan, who headlined the National T20 Cup 2023-24 as the top run-getter, was secured by Lahore Qalandars in the Diamond round. Sahibzada will join the ranks of Fakhar Zaman and Abdullah Shafique to strengthen the team’s top-order. England’s Dawid Malan (Multan Sultans) and Tymal Mills (Islamabad United), New Zealand’s Tim Seifert (Karachi Kings) and Asif Ali (Peshawar Zalmi) were the other Diamond picks.

Multan Sultans picked Reeza Hendricks, the South African top-order batter, in the Gold category. He has an impressive tally of 5,489 T20 runs and is currently ranked No. 8 on the ICC T20I rankings. The ninth best bowler in the world, West Indies spinner Akeal Hosein, was picked by Quetta Gladiators in the Supplementary round.

Lahore Qalandars chose Salman Irshad as their first silver round pic but Peshawar Zalmi used RTM to retain the fast bowler. Similarly, Omair Bin Yousuf was picked by Islamabad United, but Quetta Gladiators employed RTM to retain the young top-order batter.

Full squads:

Lahore Qalandars – Shaheen Shah Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, Rassie van der Dussen (South Africa) (all Platinum), Haris Rauf (Brand Ambassador), David Wiese (Namibia) and Sahibzada Farhan (Wildcard) (all Diamond), Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe), Abdullah Shafique, Zaman Khan (all Gold), Mirza Tahir Baig (Successful relegation request), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Mohammad Imran, Ahsan Bhatti, Dan Lawrence (England) (all Silver), Jahandad Khan, Syed Faridoun Mahmood (both Emerging), Shai Hope (West Indies) and Kamran Ghulam (both Supplementary)

Islamabad United – Shadab Khan, Naseem Shah, Jordan Cox (Wildcard) (England) (all Platinum), Imad Wasim (Mentor), Azam Khan, Tymal Mills (England) (all Diamond), Faheem Ashraf (Brand Ambassador), Alex Hales (England), Colin Munro (New Zealand) (all Gold), Rumman Raees (Successful relegation request), Matthew Forde (West Indies), Salman Ali Agha, Qasim Akram, Shahab Khan (Silver), Hunain Shah, Ubaid Shah (both Emerging), Shamyl Hussain and Tom Curran (England) (both Supplementary)

Multan Sultans – Mohammad Rizwan, Iftikhar Ahmed, David Willey (England) (all Platinum), Khushdil Shah, Usama Mir, Dawid Malan (England) (all Diamond), Abbas Afridi, Reeza Hendricks (South Africa), Reece Topley (England) (all Gold), Ihsanullah (Brand Ambassador), Tayyab Tahir, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Ali, Usman Khan (UAE) (all Silver), Faisal Akram, Yasir Khan (both Emerging), Chris Jordan (England) and Aftab Ibrahim (both Supplementary)

Karachi Kings – Kieron Pollard (West Indies), Daniel Sams (Australia), Mohammad Nawaz (all Platinum), James Vince (England), Hasan Ali, Tim Seifert (New Zealand) (all Diamond), Shan Masood (Brand Ambassador), Shoaib Malik (Mentor), Tabraiz Shamsi (South Africa) (all Gold), Mir Hamza (Successful relegation request), Muhammad Akhlaq, Mohammad Amir Khan, Anwar Ali and Arafat Minhas (all Silver), Muhammad Irfan Khan, Sirajuddin (both Emerging), Saad Baig and Jamie Overton (England) (both Supplementary)

Quetta Gladiators – Rilee Rossouw (South Africa), Sherfane Rutherford (West Indies), Mohammad Amir (Platinum), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Jason Roy (England), Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) (all Diamond), Sarfaraz Ahmed (Brand Ambassador) Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Hasnain (all Gold), Will Smeed (England), Saud Shakeel, Sajjad Ali Jnr, Usman Qadir, Omair Bin Yousuf (all Silver), Adil Naz, Khawaja Nafay (both Emerging), Akeal Hosein (West Indies) and Sohail Khan (both Supplementary)

Peshawar Zalmi – Babar Azam, Rovman Powell (West Indies), Noor Ahmad (Afghanistan) (all Platinum), Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore (England), Asif Ali (all Diamond), Mohammad Haris (Brand Ambassador), Aamir Jamal, Naveen-ul-Haq (Afghanistan) (all Gold), Khurram Shahzad, Salman Irshad, Arif Yaqoob, Umair Afridi, Daniel Mousley (England) (Silver), Haseebullah, Mohammad Zeeshan (both Emerging), Lungi Ngidi (South Africa) and Mehran Mumtaz (both Supplementary)

 

[Savak]

It will take atleast 1 or 2 more seasons.

Islamabad franchise likes to empower its players, as long as the players dont fix games, they empower the player to such an extent that even if they get injured, they offer them coaching roles and what not. They helped Sami, Rumman Raees, Misbah and Ajmal.

But they need to take some hard decisions. The Shadab dramaybazi needs to stop because Shadab is not sincere with cricket.

Shadab in a recent interview mentioned that he let Abrar go because he knew Abrar would not really get an opportunity to play consistently in the IU team therefore he was better off switching to QG where he will play consistently. Shadab also mentioned that he will be playing 4 day cricket going forward to improve his bowling

 

[shamaan]

Sufiyan Muqeem went unpicked?

Isn't he injured.

 

[Savak]

Why could this draft not be held after the IPL draft? Unpicked IPL players might have registered themselves for the PSL draft as a result.

 

[FearlessRoar]

South Africa's Nadre Burger who is impressing everyone now in 1st Test against India. Hewas in the PSL draft 2024 in the Gold category. But no PSL team picked him.

 

[Scoop_shot]

South Africa's Nadre Burger who is impressing everyone now in 1st Test against India. Hewas in the PSL draft 2024 in the Gold category. But no PSL team picked him.

huh??

 

[BunnyRabbit]

huh??

Gudakesh Motie was in gold and silver as well and that guy is going to be major star. In a team of athletes, he probably has the quickest throw and his bowling is extremely underrated.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Order of players picking in PSL supplementary draft.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1750503812161470734

The replacement draft, which will be an online event, will see franchises name replacements for the players who are partially or fully unavailable, which include two players each from Gold, Silver, Diamond and Platinum categories, and one from the Supplementary category.

Separately, in the supplementary draft, each franchise will be allowed to add players to their squads in the third and fourth supplementary pick rounds.

 

[MenInG]

HBL PSL 9 supplementary and replacement draft to take place on Monday

Lahore, 25 January 2024:

The six HBL Pakistan Super League franchises will take part in the supplementary and replacement draft, set to be held on Monday, 29 January.

The replacement draft, which will be an online event, will see franchises name replacements for the players who are partially or fully unavailable, which include two players each from Gold, Silver, Diamond and Platinum categories, and one from the Supplementary category.

Separately, in the supplementary draft, each franchise will be allowed to add players to their squads in the third and fourth supplementary pick rounds.

The ninth edition of the HBL Pakistan Super League will be held from 17 February to 18 March, 2024 in four cities - Karachi, Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi. Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium will host the first match of the tournament while the final will be staged at National Bank Stadium, Karachi.

 

[FearlessRoar]

PSL Nine Supplementary and Replacement Players announced

Several supplementary and replacement players have been added to the six Pakistan Super League squads, for the ninth edition that begins on 17 February, during the Replacement Draft that took place over a conference call on Monday.

Peshawar Zalmi, announcing their replacements, drafted Waqar Salamkheil in the silver category for Lungi Ngidi, who was not available for the whole season after being picked in the HBL PSL Draft in December. Fast bowler Khurram Shahzad will be partially available, with pacer Arshad Iqbal named as his replacement in silver category. Gus Atkinson is set to replace Noor Ahmed, who is not available to Peshawar Zalmi due to international commitments. Meanwhile, they have reserved their pick for the replacement of partially available Naveen ul Haq.

Lahore Qalandars reserved their picks for Rashid Khan, fully unavailable and Dan Lawrence, partially unavailable to the franchise.

Islamabad United, too, reserved their pick for Tom Curran, who will not be part of the side for this HBL PSL edition. Karachi Kings have called in Zahid Mehmood as a partial replacement of Kieron Pollard while they have reserved their pick for Tim Seifert, who will be available after the conclusion of the New Zealand T20Is.

Quetta Gladiator’s Bismillah Khan will replace Wanindu Hasaranga after Sri Lanka's Hasaranga will leave the squad during the tournament owing to his international commitments.

In the first and second pick of the third supplementary round, left-arm pacers Luke Wood and Obed McCoy were bagged by Peshawar Zalmi and Islamabad United, respectively.

Karachi Kings had the third pick and they went for English middle-order batter Leus De Plooy meanwhile the fourth pick belonged to Lahore Qalandars who took on board the Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa, who featured for Peshawar Zalmi in the last HBL PSL season.

Multan Sultans had the fifth pick in the third supplementary round and they went for the experienced West Indian wicketkeeper-batter Johnson Charles, who has represented Sultans and Quetta Gladiators in previous HBL PSL seasons.

Quetta Gladiators, with the last pick of the round three, drafted English batter Laurie Evans, who previously appeared in his solitary HBL PSL season for Multan Sultans in the 2019 edition.

The fourth round of the Supplementary picks saw Sultans bagging the exciting 19-year-old Muhammad Shahzad, who was part of Pakistan U19 at the ICC Men’s U19 World Cup 2022.

Haider Ali was drafted into the Islamabad United squad, with the batter all set to feature in his fifth HBL PSL season with Islamabad being his third franchise.

Quetta Gladiators reserved their pick in the fourth round. The fourth pick of the round saw Peshawar Zalmi drafting in left-arm wrist spinner, Sufiyan Muqeem, who was part of the same team in the last HBL PSL season. With the fifth pick in this round, Lahore Qalandars picked up Tayyab Abbas, a product of their player development program. Karachi Kings drafted 21-year-old Mohammad Rohid as part of their squad.

 

[Sadozai]

Karachi Kings have called in Zahid Mehmood as a partial replacement of Kieron Pollard

I don't understand the thought process behind this, but when it comes to Karachi Kings, it seems like logical reasoning might not be a necessary thing.