Johnson and Munro to miss PSL 2018, replacements announced
Replacement Draft for PSL season 3 took place on Monday at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore
LAHORE (Dunya News) – High-profile players including Mitchell Johnson, Colin Munro, Angelo Mathews, Luke Wright and Carlos Brathwaite will miss the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 3 due to their respective reasons.
To replace these players, a Replacement Draft for PSL 2018 took place on Monday at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore. All franchises took part in the activity to introduce their replacements for these players.
Replacement Draft: English fast bowler Tymal Mills replaces Mitchell Johnson in @KarachiKingsARY team #HBLPSL #DilSeJaanLagaDe pic.twitter.com/ZnnzOxbCbo
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) January 29, 2018
Replacement Draft: @TeamQuetta have replaced Carlos Brathwaite with Jofra Archer #HBLPSL #DilSeJaanLagaDe pic.twitter.com/qJ1nB1UbhF
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) January 29, 2018
Replacement Draft: @KarachiKingsARY have replaced Luke Wright with Joe Denly #HBLPSL #DilSeJaanLagaDe pic.twitter.com/TB0gS6LIFA
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) January 29, 2018
Replacement Draft: @lahoreqalandars have replaced Angelo Mathews with Anton Devcich #HBLPSL #DilSeJaanLagaDe pic.twitter.com/ddeBBkuveN
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) January 29, 2018
Replacement Draft: @KarachiKingsARY have replaced Colin Munro with Lendl Simmons #HBLPSL #DilSeJaanLagaDe pic.twitter.com/jEzjq4YWee
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) January 29, 2018
Tymal Mills (Karachi Kings), Jofra Archer (Quetta Gladiators), Joe Denly (Karachi Kings), Anton Devcich (Lahore Qalandars) and Lendl Simmons (Karachi Kings) have been announced as replacements for the aforementioned foreign cricketers.
Responding to why he couldn’t make it to PSL 3, Luke Wright tweeted that he has been carrying niggles all winter and reasoned that he will be unable to make it because of health issues. “Great tournament. Hope to play in it next year,” he added.
For those asking sadly I ve had to pull out the @thePSLt20 this year. I ve been carrying niggles all winter and they aren t getting better so to being fair to both @KarachiKingsARY & @SussexCCC I respectfully have to miss it. Great tournament. Hope to play in it next year.
— Luke Wright (@lukewright204) January 29, 2018
Meanwhile, fast bowler Hassan Ali is suffering from a leg injury. Peshawar Zalmi on Twitter hoped for his speedy recovery ahead for the thrilling matches.
