LAHORE – The Pakistan Super League (PSL) conducted its online Replacement Draft on Wednesday, during which all six clubs finalised their rosters for the competition’s eighth season, which is scheduled to run from February 13 to March 19.
The PSL teams have selected players to fill in for cricketers who won’t be available for the whole season. In the two further rounds of the draught, each team may choose a maximum of one overseas cricket player.
For the sports event, player retention decisions were made in November of last year, and the draught was held on December 15.
The first match of Pakistan’s mega cricket tournament will take place at the Multan Cricket Stadium after a festive ceremony, pitting the reigning champions Lahore Qalandars against the 2021 champions Multan Sultans. In Pakistan, games will be played at four different locations: Rawalpindi will host 11, Karachi and Lahore will each host nine games, while Multan will host five.
Qalandars of Lahore
Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Rashid Khan, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, David Wiese, Hussain Talat, Sikandar Raza, Liam Dawson, Dilbar Hussain, Mirza Tahir Baig, Ahmed Danyal, Shawaiz Irfan, Jordan Cox, Jalat Khan, and Ahsan Bhatti.
Kusal Mendis, Sam Billings, and Shane Dadswell are standing in as fill-ins.
Islamabad United
The following people were mentioned: Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jr., Azam Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Colin Munro, Paul Stirling, Alex Hales, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abrar Ahmed, Sohaib Maqsood, Rumman Raees, Zeeshan Zamir, Hassan Nawaz, Mo
Tymal Mills and Gus Atkinson are standing in as fill-ins only.
Karachi Kings
Mohammad Irfan Khan, Tabraiz Shamsi, Mohammad Umar, Haider Ali, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Shoaib Malik, Aamir Yamin, Mir Hamza, Sharjeel Khan, Qasim Akram, Matthew Wade, Imran Tahir, James Vince, James Fuller, Andrew Tye, Tayyab Tahir, Mohammad Akhlaq, James Vince, James Fuller, Musa Khan, and
Replacement in part: Faisal Akram
Multan Sultans
Khushdil Shah, Rilee Rossouw, Shan Masood, Shahnawaz Dahani, Tim David, Abbas Afridi, Ihsanullah, David Miller, Josh Little, Akeal Hosein, Usama Mir, Usman Khan, Sameen Gul, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Sarwar, Arafat Minhas, Kieron Pollard, and Amad Butt are some of the other players mentioned.
Wayne Parnell and Izharulhaq Naveed are stand-ins.
Peshawar Zalmi
Danish Aziz, Arshad Iqbal, Saim Ayub, Usman Qadir, Sufyan Muqeem, Haseeb Ullah, Jimmy Neesham, and Haris Sohail. Babar Azam, Sherfane Rutherford, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Haris, Aamir Jamal, Salman Irshad, Tom-Kohler Cadmore, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Ro
Replacement in part: Richard Gleeson
Quetta Gladiators
Ahsan Ali, Umaid Asif, Muhammad Zahid, Abdul Bangalzai, Aimal Khan, Martin Guptill, Omair Bin Yousuf, Qais Ahmad, and Saud Shakeel. Mohammad Nawaz, Iftikhar Ahmed, Jason Roy, Mohammad Hasnain, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Naveen ul Haq, Umar Akmal, Will Smeed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Naseem Shah,
Dwaine Pretorius, Will Jacks, and Nuwan Thushara are standing in as fill-ins.