Selection of teams for Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9 has been completed. Fakhar Zaman and Wender Dyson will be part of Lahore Qalandars. Muhammad Amir and Rutherford will play for Quetta Gladiators. Muhammad Nawaz and Kieran Pollard joined Karachi Kings. David Willey went to Multan Sultans and Afghanistan’s Noor Ahmad to Peshawar. Fast bowler Naseem Shah and his two brothers Obaid Shah and Huneen Shah joined Islamabad United.
The drafts of PSL 9 have been completed in Lahore. Meanwhile, the franchises picked up big names. The phase of selecting players among the franchises in the drafting was also interesting.
Multan Sultans picked David Wiley in their first pick in the Platinum category while Karachi Kings picked Kieron Pollard in Platinum.
Quetta Gladiator picked Sherfan Rutherford in platinum category, Peshawar Zalmi picked Afghanistan’s Noor Ahmed.
Quetta Gladiators picked fast bowler Mohammad Amir in platinum category and Lahore Qalandars picked Fakhr Zaman in platinum category.
Lahore Qalandars picked South Africa’s Rasi One-Dar Dosen in the second round of Platinum.
In the second round of the platinum category, Islamabad United chose England’s Jordan Cox while Karachi Kings chose Daniel Simms.
In the diamond category round one, Multan Sultans picked England’s David Mullan in their first pick.
In Diamond Round One, Peshawar Zalmi picked Asif Ali in their first pick. Islamabad United picked Tymal Mills in the first pick of this category.
Karachi Kings picked up New Zealand’s Tim Seifert in the diamond category.
Peshawar Zalmi picked Afghanistan’s Naveen-ul-Haq in the first round of the gold category.
Multan Sultans selected South Africa’s Reza Hendricks in the first pick of the gold category.
Multan Sultans picked Tayyab Tahir in the first round of Silver category, Lahore Qalandars picked Mohammad Imran Jr. in this category.
Multan Sultans picked Shahnawaz Dahani in the silver category while Karachi Kings picked Mohammad Amir Khan in the first round of the silver category.
Peshawar Zalmi picked Arif Yaqub in the first round of the silver category, Islamabad United picked Matthew Ford.
Islamabad United picked Salman Ali Agha in round two of the silver category. Lahore Qalandars selected Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti in round two of silver category.
Quetta Gladiators selected Sajjad Ali Jr. in round two of silver category, Multan Sultans selected Muhammad Ali in silver round two.
Quetta Gladiators picked Usman Qadir in round three of silver category.
Islamabad United picked Naseem Shah’s brother Haneen Shah in the first round of the Emerging category, while Peshawar Zalmi picked Mohammad Zeeshan, Multan Sultans picked Yasir Khan, Lahore Qalandars picked Jahandad Khan, Quetta Gladiators picked Adil Naz and Karachi Kings picked Sirajuddin. selected
In the Emerging Category Round 2, Quetta Gladiators selected Khawaja Nafi, Lahore Qalandars selected Faridoon Mehmood and Islamabad United selected Obaid Shah, brother of Naseem Shah.
Karachi Kings picked Jamie Overton and Saad Baig in the supplementary category, Quetta Gladiators made Sohail Khan and Aqil Hussain a part of the team.
Lahore Qalandars selected Shai Hope, Kamran Ghulam, Multan Sultans Chris Jordan, Aftab Ibrahim, Islamabad United selected Shamal Hussain, Tom Karan in the supplementary category.
Peshawar Zalmi added Longi Ngidi, Mehran Mumtaz to their team in the supplementary category.
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