PSL to have replacement draft before the tournament resumes

Somya Kapoor

The Pakistan Super League (PSL) will have a replacement draft for the six franchises on Tuesday evening. The teams will be able to complete their squads through the process. PSL was earlier suspended with immediate effect after there was a rise in COVID-19 cases among the players and staff. 

The tournament will now resume on June 2 while the final is scheduled to take place on June 20. All the matches are slated to take place in Karachi while the teams will have to reach the venue on May 23 to commence the mandatory seven-day quarantine. 

A number of international players who had featured earlier before the tournament was postponed will be missing. While the England players will be busy with the Vitality Blast T20, others would be on assignments with their respective national teams. 

There would be 134 players in the mini-draft. West Indies will have the highest number of players, 25, followed by Sri Lanka who will have 24 cricketers. Australia, New Zealand, South Africa will have 10, 12 and 18 players respectively.

There will be 6 players from Zimbabwe, 16 from Afghanistan, 5 from Ireland, 4 from Scotland, and one each from Nepal and Oman. 

Among these are some big names like Andre Russell, Martin Guptill, Shakib Al Hasan in the platinum category, and Usman Khawaja, Adam Milne, Morne Morkel, Tamim Iqbal, James Faulkner and Joe Burns in the diamond category.

Lahore Qalandars

Players unavailable: Rashid Khan (Platinum), Samit Patel (Gold), David Wiese (Diamond), Tom Abell (Silver), Joe Denly

Karachi Kings

Players unavailable: Colin Ingram (Platinum), Mohammad Nabi (Diamond), Dan Christian (Diamond), Joe Clarke (Silver)

Islamabad United

Players unavailable: Alex Hales (Platinum), Lewis Gregory (Diamond), Phil Salt (Gold)

Quetta Gladiators

Players unavailable: Tom Banton (Platinum)

Peshawar Zalmi

Players unavailable: Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Diamond), Liam Livingstone (Gold), Saqib Mahmood (Silver), Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Silver)

Multan Sultans

Players unavailable: Chris Lynn (Platinum), James Vince (Gold), Adam Lyth (Silver), Carlos Brathwaite (Supplement),




 

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