PSL players' drafting: Peshawar sign Afridi, Karachi Kings pick Amir
The selected players have been divided into five different categories.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – A ceremony of players drafting for upcoming Pakistan Super League (PSL) underwent in Lahore today (Monday).
Pakistan on December 10 announced a total of 308 top foreign and local players for drafting in its Twenty20 league, with tainted but cleared Mohammad Amir and exiled former England batsman Kevin Pietersen among them.
The selected players have been divided into five different categories – Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver, and Emerging while Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will stage the first edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) between February 4 to 23.
PESHAWAR ZALMI
Head coach – Mohammad Akram
- Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)
- Wahab Riaz (Pakistan)
- Darren Sammy (West Indies)
- Kamran Akmal (Pakistan)
- Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan)
- Chris Jordan (England)
- Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh)
- Junaid Khan (Pakistan)
- James Allenby (Australia)
KARACHI KINGS
Head coach – Mickey Arthur
- Shoaib Malik (Pakistan)
- Shakib al-Hassan (Bangladesh)
- Sohail Tanvir (Pakistan)
- Immad Wasim (Pakistan)
- Ravi Bopara (England)
- Lendl Simmons (West Indies)
- Mohammad Amir (Pakistan)
- Bilawal Bhatti (Pakistan)
- James Vince (England)
The Karachi Team celebrating the addition of Muhammad Amir! #HBLPSL pic.twitter.com/si7gjn5XQD
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) December 21, 2015
ISLAMABAD UNITED
Head coach - Dean Jones
- Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan)
- Andre Russel (West Indies)
- Shane Watson (Australia)
- Samuel Badree (West Indies)
- Mohammad Irfan (Pakistan)
- Brad Haddin (Australia)
- Sharjeel Khan (Pakistan)
- Mohammad Sami (Pakistan)
- Khalid Latif (Pakistan)
LAHORE QALANDARS
Head coach - Paddy Upton
- Chris Gayle (West Indies)
- Umar Akmal (Pakistan)
- Dwayne Bravo (West Indies)
- Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)
- Yasir Shah (Pakistan)
- Sohaib Maqsood (Pakistan)
- Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh)
- Kevon Cooper (West Indies)
- Cameron Delport (South Africa)
QUETTA GLADIATORS
Head coach – Moin Khan
- Kevin Pietersen (England)
- Ahmed Shehzad (Pakistan)
- Sarfraz Ahmed (Pakistan)
- Anwar Ali (Pakistan)
- Jason Holder (West Indies)
- Luke Wright (England)
- Zulfiqar Babar (Pakistan)
- Umar Gul (Pakistan)
- Elton Chigumbura (Zimbabwe)
Talking at the ceremony, the talented coaching panel expressed their happiness and wished all the teams for the better performance in PSL.
"It would be great for domestic players to play with international ones. And, it s not about money, it s about Cricket", Moin Khan.
"It s great for Pakistan s cricket", hoped Mushtaq Ahmad.
Muhammad Akram, coach of Peshawer Zalmi congratulates PCB.
On the other hand, Sri Lankan pacer and T20 skipper Lasith Malinga has pulled out of his contract with PSL, deciding to take time away to prepare for the upcoming World Twenty20.
Sharjah and Dubai will host PSL matches, designed along the lines of lucrative leagues in India and Australia.
This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.
