LAHORE: The star-studded player draft for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 10 was held here at Huzoori Bagh on Monday as all six franchises finalised their squads for the upcoming edition.
Two-time champions Lahore Qalandars kicked off the proceedings by picking up New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell in their first and only pick of the platinum category as they had retained their captain Shaheen Shah Afridi and Fakhar Zaman in the top-most category.
The 2020 champions Karachi Kings went for Australia’s veteran opener David Warner before picking up New Zealand’s Adam Milne and Pakistan’s Abbas Afridi – using wild card – in the platinum category.
The Kings also made the most of the Supplementary rounds, where they roped in the senior duo of New Zealand’s Kane Williamson and Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi, who had gone unpicked in platinum and diamond categories, respectively.
Former champions Quetta Gladiators went for New Zealand’s Michael Bracewell in their first platinum pick before using wild card to rope in Faheem Ashraf. The 2019 champions then Finn Allen to round off their platinum picks.
The Gladiators’ next notable pick came in the Supplementary round when they picked Pakistan’s senior all-rounder Shoaib Malik, who had earlier gone unpicked in his respective category.
Peshawar Zalmi opted for dynamic English batter Tom Kohler-Cadmore in their only platinum pick, while Multan Sultans and Islamabad United picked New Zealand’s Michael Bracewell and Australia’s Matthew Short, respectively.
Final squads of PSL 10 teams:
Lahore Qalandars: Shaheen Shah Afridi, Fakhar Zaman and Daryl Mitchell (all platinum), Haris Rauf, Sikandar Raza and Kusal Perera (all diamond), Abdullah Shafique, Jahandad Khan and Zaman Khan (all gold), David Wiese, Asif Ali, Asif Afridi, Muhammad Akhlaq and Rishad Hossain (all silver), Momin Qamar and Momin Azab (both emerging), Muhammad Naeem, Salman Ali Mirza and Tom Curran (all supplementary).
Karachi Kings: David Warner, Abbas Afridi and Adam Milne (all platinum), James Vince, Hasan Ali, Khushdil Shah (all diamond), Shan Masood, Muhammad Irfan Khan and Aamir Jamal (all gold), Arafat Minhas (brand ambassador), Tim Seifert, Zahid Mahmood, Litton Das and Mir Hamza (all silver), Fawad Ali and Riazullah (both emerging), Omair Bin Yousuf, Kane Williamson, Mohammad Nabi and Mirza Mamoon (all supplementary).
Islamabad United: Shadab Khan, Naseem Shah and Matthew Short (all platinum), Azam Khan, Imad Wasim and Jason Holder (all diamond), Haider Ali, Salman Ali Agha and Ben Dwarshuis (all gold), Colin Munro, Rumman Raees, Andries Gous, Mohammad Nawaz and Salman Irshad (all silver), Hunain Shah and Saad Masood (both emerging), Rassie van der Dussen, Riley Meredith and Sam Billings (all supplementary).
Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan, Usama Mir and Michael Bracewell (all platinum), David Willey, Iftikhar Ahmed and Usman Khan (all diamond), Chris Jordan, Kamran Ghulam and Mohammad Hasnain (all gold), Faisal Akram, Akif Javed, Gudakesh Motie, Josh Little and Tayyab Tahir (all silver), Shahid Aziz and Ubaid Shah (both emerging), Muhammad Amir Barki, Johnson Charles and Yasir Khan (all supplementary).
Quetta Gladiators: Finn Allen, Faheem Ashraf and Mark Chapman (all platinum), Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Amir and Rilee Rossouw (all diamond), Akeal Hossein, Mohammad Wasim Jr and Saud Shakeel (all gold), Khawaja Nafay, Usman Tariq, Haseebullah Khan and Khurram Shahzad (all silver), Kyle Jamieson and Hasan Nawaz (both emerging), Mohammad Zeeshan, Danish Aziz, Kusal Mendis and Sean Abbott (all supplementary).
Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam, Saim Ayub and Tom Kohler-Cadmore (all platinum), Mohammad Haris, Corbin Bosch and Mohammad Ali (all diamond), Hussain Talat, Nahid Rana and Abdul Samad (all gold), Arif Yaqoob, Mehran Mumtaz, Sufiyan Muqeem and Najibullah Zadran (all silver), Ali Raza and Maaz Sadaqat (both emerging), Ahmed Daniyal and Alzarri Joseph (both supplementary).
