Pakistan Super League - General Discussions

[Umair7]

PSL 3 Platinum-Diamond-Gold PICKS

Lahore - Lynn - Mustafizur Rahman - Bilal Asif
Islamabad - Duminy - Ronchi - Faheem Ashraf
Karachi - Ingram - Mitchell Johnson - Luke Wright
Quetta - Watson - Brathwaite - Rahat Ali
Peshawar - Dwayne Bravo - Tamim - Hammad Azam
Multan Sultan - Tahir - Darren Bravo - Ahmed Shehzad

SILVER
Lahore - Raza Hassan, Sohail Akhter
Islamabad - Sam Billings, Zafar Gohar
Peshawar - Saad Nasim, Taimoor Sultan
Quetta - Ramiz Raja Jr., Saad Ali
Karachi - David Wiese, Tabish Khan
Multan Sultan - M. Abbas, Nicholas Pooran

EMERGING
Lahore - Shaheen Afridi, Ghulam Mudassar
Islamabad - Sahibzada Farhan, Hussain Talat
Quetta - Saud Shakeel, Hassan Khan
Peshawar - Sameen Gul, Ibtasam Shiekh
Karachi - M. Irfan Jr., Hassan Mohsin
Multan - Abdullah Shafique,Said Badar

 

[Perfect Square]

Zalmi (Javed Afridi) has a big heart!

 

[Umair7]

SUPPLEMENTARY CATEGORY

Lahore:
Angelo Mathews, Mitchell McClenaghan, Gulraiz Sadaf / 4th Pick : No Money!
Islamabad:
Alex Hales, David Willey, M. Hassan, M. Hasnain
Karachi:
Colin Munro, Eoin Morgan, Saifullah Bangash / 4th Pick : Talent Hunt
Quetta:
Jason Roy, Rashid Khan, M. Azam Khan, Faraz Ahmad Khan
Peshawar:
Andre Fletcher, Evan Lewis, Khalid Usman, M. Arif
Multan:
Hardus Viljeon, Umar Gul, Umar Siddique, Ross Whitely

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

http://www.dsport.in/dsport-broadcast-hbl-2018-pakistan-super-league/

 

[Ahmad94]

http://www.dsport.in/dsport-broadcast-hbl-2018-pakistan-super-league/

Fabulous news. If we can excite the Indian media we could be looking at larger audiences, more attraction and better endorsements. Lets hope for a positive response.

 

[CerealKiller]

Starting XIs for each team (in my opinion)

Islamabad United

Sahibzada Farhan
Luke Ronchi / Sam Billings (when available)
Hussain Talat
JP Duminy / Alex Hales (when available)
Misbah-ul-Haq
Andre Russell
Fahim Ashraf
Shadab Khan
Mohammad Sami
Samuel Badree / David Willey (when available)
Rumman Raees

Karachi Kings

Luke Wright / Colin Munro (when available)
Colin Ingram
Babar Azam
Shahid Afridi
Ravi Bopara / Eoin Morgan (when available)
Mohammad Rizwan
Imad Wasim
Mitchell Johnson
Mohammad Aamir
Usama Mir
Mohammad Irfan Jr.

Lahore Qalandars

Brendon McCullum
Fakhar Zaman
Chris Lynn
Umar Akmal
Sunil Narine
Bilal Asif
Aamer Yamin
Sohail Khan
Yasir Shah
Mitch McClenaghan / Mustafizur Rahman / Angelo Matthews (when available, moves to 5)
Shaheen Shah Afridi

Multan Sultans

Ahmed Shehzad
Saif Badar
Kumar Sangakkara
Shoaib Malik
Kieron Pollard
Nic Pooran
Sohail Tanvir
Junaid Khan
Irfan Khan
Imran Tahir
Mohammad Irfan / Saad Nasim (moves at 6)

Peshawar Zalmi

Kamran Akmal
Tamim Iqbal
Mohammad Hafeez
Haris Sohail
Shakib-al-Hasan
Dwayne Bravo
Darren Sammy
Hasan Ali
Wahab Riaz
Mohammad Asghar
Sameen Gul

Quetta Gladiators

Umar Amin
Shane Watson (moves to 6 if Roy plays)
Kevin Pietersen
Rilee Rossouw
Sarfraz Ahmed
Carlos Brathwaite / Mahmudullah / Jason Roy (when available, opens)
Mohammad Nawaz
Anwar Ali
Hassan Khan
Mir Hamza
Rahat Ali

Multan clearly the weakest side, needed some more ARs, but they were disadvantaged by having the last pick in each round.

 

[CerealKiller]

Those who don't play Tests for SA (e.g. Imran Tahir) will be available after February 24 (PSL start February 23). Those who don't play Tests for England or NZ (e.g. Morgan, Munro, Hales, Roy, Willey) will be available after March 10.[DOUBLEPOST=1510602436][/DOUBLEPOST]Islamabad United have confirmed that all their overseas players will travel to Pakistan. Quetta have confirmed that Watson and Brathwaite will travel. No official words on others yet, but you can expect a majority to consent.

 

[CerealKiller]

Starting XIs for each team (in my opinion)

Islamabad United

Sahibzada Farhan
Luke Ronchi / Sam Billings (when available)
Hussain Talat
JP Duminy / Alex Hales (when available)
Misbah-ul-Haq
Andre Russell
Fahim Ashraf
Shadab Khan
Mohammad Sami
Samuel Badree / David Willey (when available)
Rumman Raees

Karachi Kings

Luke Wright / Colin Munro (when available)
Colin Ingram
Babar Azam
Shahid Afridi
Ravi Bopara / Eoin Morgan (when available)
Mohammad Rizwan
Imad Wasim
Mitchell Johnson
Mohammad Aamir
Usama Mir
Mohammad Irfan Jr.

Lahore Qalandars

Brendon McCullum
Fakhar Zaman
Chris Lynn
Umar Akmal
Sunil Narine
Bilal Asif
Aamer Yamin
Sohail Khan
Yasir Shah
Mitch McClenaghan / Mustafizur Rahman / Angelo Matthews (when available, moves to 5)
Shaheen Shah Afridi

Multan Sultans

Ahmed Shehzad
Saif Badar
Kumar Sangakkara
Shoaib Malik
Kieron Pollard
Nic Pooran
Sohail Tanvir
Junaid Khan
Irfan Khan
Imran Tahir
Mohammad Irfan / Saad Nasim (moves at 6)

Peshawar Zalmi

Kamran Akmal
Tamim Iqbal
Mohammad Hafeez
Haris Sohail
Shakib-al-Hasan
Dwayne Bravo
Darren Sammy
Hasan Ali
Wahab Riaz
Mohammad Asghar
Sameen Gul

Quetta Gladiators

Umar Amin
Shane Watson (moves to 6 if Roy plays)
Kevin Pietersen
Rilee Rossouw
Sarfraz Ahmed
Carlos Brathwaite / Mahmudullah / Jason Roy (when available, opens)
Mohammad Nawaz
Anwar Ali
Hassan Khan
Mir Hamza
Rahat Ali

Multan clearly the weakest side, needed some more ARs, but they were disadvantaged by having the last pick in each round.

Quetta have a shambolic bowling attack, Multan have way too many quicks and need a good spinning AR. Lahore could do with an extra batsman. Peshawar, Karachi and Islamabad are perfectly balanced. Maybe Peshawar could play an emerging batsman in place of Gul.

 

[CerealKiller]

According to a PCB official, 85% of overseas players have accepted to play in Pakistan

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

According to a PCB official, 85% of overseas players have accepted to play for Pakistan

Great. We'll be invincibles.

 

[Neo 7]

According to a PCB official, 85% of overseas players have accepted to play for Pakistan

Play for Pakistan or Play in Pakistan ?

 

[CerealKiller]

Play for Pakistan or Play in Pakistan ?

In Pakistan

 

[Perfect Square]

Quetta have confirmed that Watson and Brathwaite will travel. No official words on others yet, but you can expect a majority to consent.

KP will be a big deal for Quetta if he agrees to come. I reckon if he gets ready to come in Pakistan then so do every overseas player of Quetta...

 

[Ahmad94]

Massively interested in the level of quality players in the XI for all sides.

The only really big player missing would be AB De Villiers.

So excited for the games to start!!

 

[Aoun13]

Massively interested in the level of quality players in the XI for all sides.

The only really big player missing would be AB De Villiers.

So excited for the games to start!!

There are many, some due to schedule and some I guess still reluctant to play in Pakistan. Players like Starc, Warner, Finch, Guptil, Morkel, Miller etc are all first choice players. I guess PSL management needs to learn that this is not some domestic tournament where they can get away without releasing proper schedule before drafts. They have to move PSL in a time window where most of the international players are free.