Pakistan Super League: Teams and its squad: The draft for the new T20 league introduced by PCB, the Pakistan Super League was staged for two days. 5 franchises got a go to pick players at the event – Karachi Kings, Peshawar Zalmi, Islamabad United, Lahore Qalandars and Quetta Gladiators. Pakistan T20 skipper Shahid Afridi was the first player to be picked in the draft, went to Peshawar Zalmi.
Kevin Pietersen was the costliest of the buys as he was picked up for a staggering fee of £94,000 by Quetta Gladiators. Second on that list was Luke Wright who was also picked up by the same franchise for a whopping £47,000.
Star all-rounder Dwayne Bravo and his West Indies teammate Chris Gayle will be part of Lahore Qalandars. Bangladesh seam bowling sensation Mustafizur Rahman will also play for the same franchise.
Younis Khan, Ian Bell, James Anderson were notable omissions in the draft.
Teams and Squads:-
Peshawar Zalmi (Head coach: Mohammad Akram): Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Darren Sammy, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Hafeez, Chris Jordan, Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Khan, Jim Allenby, Brad Hodge, Imran Khan jr, Abdur Rehman, Hasan Ali.
Karachi Kings (Head coach: Mickey Arthur): Shoaib Malik, Shakib Al Hasan, Sohail Tanvir, Imad Wasim, Ravi Bopara, Lendll Simmons, Mohammad Amir, Bilawal Bhatti, James Vince, Iftikhar Ahmed, Nauman Anwar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sohail Khan, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Fawad Alam.
Islamabad United (Head coach: Dean Jones): Shane Watson, Andre Russell, Misbah-ul-Haq, Samuel Badree, Mohammad Irfan, Brad Haddin, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Sami, Khalid Latif, Umar Amin, Babar Azam, Sam Billings, Saeed Ajmal.
Lahore Qalandars (Head coach: Paddy Upton): Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Umar Akmal, Muhammad Rizwan, Yasir Shah, Sohaib Maqsood, Mustafizur Rahman, Kevon Cooper, Cameron Delport, Azhar Ali, Abdul Razzaq, Eshan Adil, Imran Bhatt, Hammad Azam.
Quetta Gladiators (Head coach: Moin Khan): Kevin Pietersen, Sarfraz Ahmed, Ahmed Shehzad, Anwar Ali, Jason Holder, Luke Wright, Zulfiqar Babar, Umar Gul, Elton Chigumbura, Mohammad Nabi, Asad Shafiq, Bilal Asif, Kumar Sangakkara, Aizaz Cheema.
