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Surprising omissions from squads for PSL 5

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Haris Sohail is probably the biggest name excluded.

Zeeshan Malik based on the season he's had, will be quite rightly aggrieved to be left out.

Ali Imran was expected to be picked, nowhere to be seen.

Yasir Shah is not a T20 commodity but always got picked and is in the news for that century, is left out as well.

Hassan Khan and Ibtesam Sheikh were previously highly rated as emerging cricketers, seem to have been moved on for Arish and Aamir

Any others?


Imam ul Haq, Salman Butt, Rahat Ali, Sohail Khan, Junaid Khan, Awais Zia, Jaahid Ali -- has beens and never-beens who will likely never play a T20 for Pakistan somehow still featuring despite what is meant to be a more competitive tournament with smaller squads.

Personally most excited for the likes of Ammad Butt, Akif Javed, Saif Badar, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Mohsin, Rohail Nazir, Ahsan Ali, Zeeshan Ashraf and Haider Ali, in no particular order.
 
Rizwan
Imam
Junaid
Jaahid
Shan Masood (is he there?)
Malik

All these names are bizarre selections. Nobody in their right mind would pick them in T20s.

Just connections based selections, seems like.

Very pleased to see Yasir get kicked out.
 
Hawkeye said:
Rizwan
Imam
Junaid
Jaahid
Shan Masood (is he there?)

All these names are bizarre selections. Nobody in their right mind would pick them in T20s.

Just connections based selections, seems like.
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PSL is all about connections
 
Hawkeye said:
Rizwan
Imam
Junaid
Jaahid
Shan Masood (is he there?)

All these names are bizarre selections. Nobody in their right mind would pick them in T20s.

Just connections based selections, seems like.
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Yes Shan Masood was retained by Multan --- seems to be on good terms with the owner. Fit and carries himself well, a team player but nothing with regards to performance.
 
Hawkeye said:
Rizwan
Imam
Junaid
Jaahid
Shan Masood (is he there?)
Malik

All these names are bizarre selections. Nobody in their right mind would pick them in T20s.

Just connections based selections, seems like.

Very pleased to see Yasir get kicked out.
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Imam was the 2nd highest scorer amongst Pakistani batsmen last year, so he was always going to be retained.

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Rizwan was demoted to Silver, probably picked because of a lack of alternatives.

Junaid struggled last year, Shan Masood is not a T20 player and neither is Jaahid, agree on those.
 
Imran Butt
Omair bin Yousuf

I am pretty sure there are more batsmen who should have been selected.
 
Sameen Gul another one -- dropped by Zalmi and not picked up by anyone ahead of Rahat, Sohail Khan etc
 
Hammad Azam -- not sure if this surprises anyone. I think he's still a pretty decent T20 player.
 
Haris isn't a T20 player, so hardly surprising.

Not seeing Maqsood, Asghar and Sajid Khan is shocking.
 
Were is maqsood asghar,sheikh,Harris sohail,sajid khan,zeeshan malik,hassan khan sameen gull
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="in" dir="ltr">Some of the Pakistani players missing from the PSL squads:<br><br>Zeeshan Malik<br>Ali Imran<br>Hassan Khan<br>Ibtisam Sheikh<br>Abdullah Shafique<br>Irfan Niazi<br>Sohaib Maqsood<br>Hammad Azam<br>Mohammad Asghar<br>Bismillah Khan<br>Zahid Mahmood<br>Nabi Gul<br>Ammad Alam<br>Mohammad Imran<br>Raza Hasan<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSLDraft?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSLDraft</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1203014893001199616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
What is happening with Harris Sohail? First dropped from the Test side, now PSL.

Wonder if he will make the squad against Srilanka. Shoaib Akhter said on youtube that Fawad Alam is coming back against Srilanka. Is Fawad going to Replace Haris?
 
Yasir was never suited for LOIs and this for PSL as well while Haris who was playing at 1 down for Pak in T20s clearly looked out of his comfort zone in the format.

Zeeshan is definitely a miss considering he also has decent power game. Ali Imran is decent but he needs to do more.

While Hassan Khan and Ibtisam never stepped up in domestics to continue from what the platform of PSL provided.
 
Some players are always gonna miss out in PSL. Domestic cricket with six teams which doesnt even have international players in competition sees some good players playing in 2nd xi due too competition so in PSL with 6 teams and overseas players as well, it will always be missing out some names.

Maybe PCB should think about including a team or two which will be definitely on the cards after the inflow of crowd and hype around PSL this time around with it happening in Pak. Every league other than CPL and PSL has 7 or 8 teams so considering the amount of domestic players the number should be 7 or 8.
 
Why is it surprising ?

This is just a jobs for the boys circus league.
 
Jaahid Ali is probably the most surprising pick. He is not a T20 player. (Azam Khan doesn't surprise anyone, he always going to be picked by QG)
 
Amazed some of the players not picked while some that shouldn't were. Rahat Ali and Sohail Khan surprising picked ahead of Sameen Gul, Mohammad Asghar and many more.
 
What more proof is required that PCB is still being run in a biased manner same as Sethi era only names have changed.
Players on merit sit out whereas Akmals get to play and Misbah becomes Head coach. PSL franchise are too much dependent upon PCB which is why we see these foolish names in T20 format like Imam and Rizwan.
Zeeshan and Faizan should've been given the opportunity.
 
Many people are talking about who should have been picked but, other than 2-4 common names going around in Azam Khan, Sohail Khan, Rahat Ali, Khurram Mansoor and for me personally Shan Masood (As he isnt a T20 player) who shouldnt have been selected exactly?
 
SensiblePakFan said:
Ibtisam sheikh really shouldve been picked.
Mukhtar ahmed perhaps. Definitely raza hasan.
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Ibtisam and Raza havent done anything of note in recent times. Raza wasnt that good even in the 2nd Xi T20 tournament. Other than few spots form QG's friends, teams try to select player who are in decent form and can win them matches.
 
Here we go with the annual rant on “deserving players” not getting picked. If y’all want to dictate which players get picked by private teams then you can scrap the fudging PSL.

Pakistanis just don’t get the freaking concept do they. And then they want to compete with IPL lol
 
Likes of Bilawal Bhatti and Khurram Manzoor being picked ahead of Zeeshan Malik, Saud Shakeel is what concerns me.

No Hasan Mohsin. Not sure if Nasir Nawaz has been selected.
 
Not going to watch this rubbish. Players getting selected due to contacts and friendships.
 
Can't believe Adil Rashid has not been picked he doesn't play test cricket for England any more so would have been fully available.

As a British Pakistani surely he was a must pick, also heard he visits Pakistan many times a year
 
So much rubbish picked such as Khurram Manzoor, Bilawal Bhatti, Jaahid Ali, Salman Butt and Azam Khan.

Its disheartening that so much mediocrity is picked.
 
Anwar Ali
Mohammed asghar
Saud shakeel
Haris rauf
Saad ali
Ahmed Jamal
Zia ul haq
Ahmed mukhtar
Umer siddiq
Ashfaq Ahmed
 
Overall, I'm pretty shocked about some players like Mukhtar and Asghar getting ignored.

They would have been good for Lahore, but Lahore have screwed themselves with some of the picks.
 
I am disappointed to see Kamran Ghulam being ignored. He has so much potential as an all rounder. He is being wasted.
 
PSL selections are just based on likes and dislikes, and personal friendships with the right people.

It's a complete circus.
 
The problem is if you get rid of them in national t20 they most likely wont play in psl so its upt the pcb to sort this out also it should be obligatory to name 1 bowler and 1 batman from emerging catory that has to play in all matches pcb needs to do more
 
Why is everybody blaming PCB? The teams do their own selections. It's not PCB's fault that teams don't want to buy certain players. It's not like the PCB didn't allow them in the draft.
 
aloo paratha said:
Why is everybody blaming PCB? The teams do their own selections. It's not PCB's fault that teams don't want to buy certain players. It's not like the PCB didn't allow them in the draft.
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I was just about to post this. :))

PCB has nothing to do with the selections.

The team owners can do as they please because it's their money on the line. If they want to select garbage players then they can deal with the financial consequences of losing.
 
Hawkeye said:
Rizwan
Imam
Junaid
Jaahid
Shan Masood (is he there?)
Malik

All these names are bizarre selections. Nobody in their right mind would pick them in T20s.

Just connections based selections, seems like.

Very pleased to see Yasir get kicked out.
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Malik is legend in t20. Far better than Misbah-Azhar-Shafiq combined. He doesn't tuk nor choke either. :jf
 
aloo paratha said:
Why is everybody blaming PCB? The teams do their own selections. It's not PCB's fault that teams don't want to buy certain players. It's not like the PCB didn't allow them in the draft.
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Not blaming just stating that if the pcb had acted 2 seasons ago the dead wood wouldnt have been around now
 
khurram39 said:
Haris Sohail & Shan Masood
Abid Ali & Salman Butt & Khurram Manzoor
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3 of these are picked.

Shan - Multan
Salman - Lahore
Manzoor - Quetta

Personally, I think none of these 5 should have been picked. Some are not suited to T20 cricket and some just dont belong
 
Anyone else remember that Hassan Khan spinner kid who played for Quetta in PSL1?

I thought he was very good.

I think him alongwith Zafar Gohar, Umer Khan and Asghar are future PAK spinners.
 
Hadi Rizvi said:
Anyone else remember that Hassan Khan spinner kid who played for Quetta in PSL1?

I thought he was very good.

I think him alongwith Zafar Gohar, Umer Khan and Asghar are future PAK spinners.
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He was with LQ last year IIRC.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gutted at not being selected at this <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HBLPSL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HBLPSL</a> draft! Would have been amazing to play complete <a href="https://twitter.com/thePSLt20?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@thePSLt20</a> in Pakistan! All the teams look strong! Its going to be another amazing tournament!</p>— Hassan Khan (@16hassankhan) <a href="https://twitter.com/16hassankhan/status/1203002366171189249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Unfortunately PSL is becoming most corrupt T20 league. Since there is no relegation all the teams select the people with connection, useless oldies and TTFs. Its all about money and PCB seems to be happy to get a good percentage of it.
 
So S Butt was a failure last year and still got picked.Those selectors made a pool of players should be sacked.
 
aloo paratha said:
Why is everybody blaming PCB? The teams do their own selections. It's not PCB's fault that teams don't want to buy certain players. It's not like the PCB didn't allow them in the draft.
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Because PCB selectors made the available players list.
 
Imam Ul Haq is on merit, look at his credentials in his last PSL tournment. He is a performer yet pppers target poor fellow. He is young, everyone should support bro.
 
Canistani Hero said:
Yes Shan Masood was retained by Multan --- seems to be on good terms with the owner. Fit and carries himself well, a team player but nothing with regards to performance.
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Sometimes having a player on the team who embodies professionalism, hard work, fitness but might be talent limited can be a good thing to set an example for other more talented players. Not always a bad thing to have professionals around the team who might not play.
 
Saud Shakeel, Asghar and Zohaib Khan among local players.
JP Duminy, Amla, Adil Rashid, Gurney, Denly, Laughlin, Cornwall, Udana, Cottrell, Brendan Taylor, Stirling, Rovman Powell, Parnell and Mosaddek were some surprising omissions esp Duminy, Amla, Rashid being big names. And Gurney, Cornwall, Udana, Cottrell being in very good form recently, plus Brendan Taylor, just feel bad for this guy even though he is not the same player he was 10 years ago.
 
Bismillah Khan after his performance in the last t20 tournament. Also Waqas Masood was a better option than umaid.
 
Why did they reduce the number of players from 20 to 18 in the next season. That is another reason why a lot of players missed out.
 
aloo paratha said:
And everybody the PPers wanted were in those lists. It is the franchises who didn't pick your favorite players.
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Still PCB to be blamed. They shouldn’t put useless oldies or TTF in the list. Since there is no relegation so no team really worry for performance. They can even select a tennis player in their squad in the name of emerging category. PCB should have more control in choosing list of players. If they selected all deserving players in the list then whomever these franchises pick would be good list
 
Shafi said:
Still PCB to be blamed. They shouldn’t put useless oldies or TTF in the list. Since there is no relegation so no team really worry for performance. They can even select a tennis player in their squad in the name of emerging category. PCB should have more control in choosing list of players. If they selected all deserving players in the list then whomever these franchises pick would be good list
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Lmao are you serious? You can't just discriminate against old players. This is 100% the franchises fault. It is only a few franchises too, KK and IU selected fantastic squads, why can't the other teams be like them?
 
aloo paratha said:
Lmao are you serious? You can't just discriminate against old players. This is 100% the franchises fault. It is only a few franchises too, KK and IU selected fantastic squads, why can't the other teams be like them?
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You are missing the point bro!!! I am not discriminating old players. I am saying players like Rahat, S Butt etc along with some young players shouldn't be in the list.
 
minamino said:
Why did they reduce the number of players from 20 to 18 in the next season. That is another reason why a lot of players missed out.
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supposedly, it's meant to increase competitiveness and allow franchises prioritize budget toward better quality players instead of more quantity
 
aloo paratha said:
Lmao are you serious? You can't just discriminate against old players. This is 100% the franchises fault. It is only a few franchises too, KK and IU selected fantastic squads, why can't the other teams be like them?
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Qalandars player development program brought out Haris Rauf but their priorities need a check
 
How many franchises would still Aqib Javed on board with this kind of performance year after year
 
Shafi said:
You are missing the point bro!!! I am not discriminating old players. I am saying players like Rahat, S Butt etc along with some young players shouldn't be in the list.
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Googles definition of discrimination: the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

You are literally discriminating. Now I myself don't believe that Rahat and Butt etc should have been selected but me, you, or the PCB doesn't have the right to disallow them from putting their name in the list. The onus is on the franchises to make good selections.
 
aloo paratha said:
Googles definition of discrimination: the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

You are literally discriminating. Now I myself don't believe that Rahat and Butt etc should have been selected but me, you, or the PCB doesn't have the right to disallow them from putting their name in the list. The onus is on the franchises to make good selections.
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PCB should choose best available players regardless the age. Kamran even he old deserve to be in the list because of his domestic performance. Non performers like Rahat. Butt should not be in the list just because of seniority. Otherwise PCB should fill up national squad with senior players first drop Babar, Nasim....
There is nothing discrimination about that.
 
Hasan Mohsin in 5 years of the PSL will have played 0 games!

Mukhtar Ahmed in 5 years of the PSL will have played 1 game

Saud Shakeel in 5 years of the PSL will have played 1 game

Ridiculous.
 
Shafi said:
PCB should choose best available players regardless the age. Kamran even he old deserve to be in the list because of his domestic performance. Non performers like Rahat. Butt should not be in the list just because of seniority. Otherwise PCB should fill up national squad with senior players first drop Babar, Nasim....
There is nothing discrimination about that.
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All players should be, and are available for selection. It's not discrimination to not select some players, but if you straight up disallow them or make them ineligible for selection that is discrimination.

Again, it is up to the franchises to select players they see fit. Don't blame PCB if a franchise selected someone you don't like.
 
Mercurial said:
I am disappointed to see Kamran Ghulam being ignored. He has so much potential as an all rounder. He is being wasted.
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Couldn't agree more. A world of potential in that kid and a stupendous fielder to boot. Personally believe his ceiling is clouds above the likes of Imad, Shadab and Nawaz with regard to all-rounders but time has come for him to put in consistent performances which make a case for selection. Khushdil Shah is proof that performances reap rewards - Kamran Ghulam needs once incredible season and soon, before his potential is completely wasted.
 
Canistani Hero said:
Couldn't agree more. A world of potential in that kid and a stupendous fielder to boot. Personally believe his ceiling is clouds above the likes of Imad, Shadab and Nawaz with regard to all-rounders but time has come for him to put in consistent performances which make a case for selection. Khushdil Shah is proof that performances reap rewards - Kamran Ghulam needs once incredible season and soon, before his potential is completely wasted.
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He has potential but has been lacking a breakthrough domestic season as you have mentioned. He averaged 30 with the bat in QAE 2nd xi 2019 season and didnt ball much. He is 24 and cant be an emerging player while in the first season of PSL in which he got 2-3 matches if I am not wrong he couldnt do much in those limited opportunities unfortunately.

He needs to start performing with the bat and needs to bowl regularly too. Good all round performances even for 2nd xi can put him into line light as it did for batsman Zeeshan Ashraf.
 
You can make a very good XI out of unpicked players:

Mukhtar Ahmed
Bismillah Khan (W)
Haris Sohail (C)
Sohaib Maqsood
Umar Siddiq
Saad Nasim
Ali Imran
Anwar Ali
Hassan Khan (VC)
Sameen Gul
Ibtisam Sheikh

With Zeeshan Malik, Nabi Gul, Hammad Azam and Mohammad Asghar on the bench.

Just more proof there's too much talent in Pakistan for just 6 teams.
 
Glen Durrant fan said:
You can make a very good XI out of unpicked players:

Mukhtar Ahmed
Bismillah Khan (W)
Haris Sohail (C)
Sohaib Maqsood
Umar Siddiq
Saad Nasim
Ali Imran
Anwar Ali
Hassan Khan (VC)
Sameen Gul
Ibtisam Sheikh

With Zeeshan Malik, Nabi Gul, Hammad Azam and Mohammad Asghar on the bench.

Just more proof there's too much talent in Pakistan for just 6 teams.
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Wow what a team
 
Canistani Hero said:
3 of these are picked.

Shan - Multan
Salman - Lahore
Manzoor - Quetta

Personally, I think none of these 5 should have been picked. Some are not suited to T20 cricket and some just dont belong
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you didn't got my point; shan, salman and manzoor have been picked and the other two "Haris and Abid" who were playing in the current team are not part of this PSL.
 
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