Pakistan Super League Second Edition 2017 in UAE

Teams

Islamabad United

History:

Islamabad United represents the Capital of Pakistan the side was bought by the Leonine Global Sports for $15 million(USD).Australian Dean Jones as the head coach and Pakistan’s Legend Wasim Akram has been named as the director with Shoaib Akhtar as the bowling coach.

Islamabad United were Champions of the PSL in the First Edition

Islamabad United Squad:

Retained players:

Mohammad Sami, Andre Russell, Rumman Raees, Shadab Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Samuel Badree, Iftikhar Ahmed, Amad Butt, Asif Ali

Players picked in the draft:

JP Duminy, Luke Ronchi, Faheem Ashraf, Sam Billings, Zafar Gohar, Sahibzada Farhan, Hussain Talat

Supplementary players:

Alex Hales, David Willey, Mohammad Hasan, Mohammad Hasnain

Emerging category players:

Rohail Nazir

Quetta Gladiators

History:

Quetta Gladiators represents the province Balochistan and has been bought by Omar Associates for $11 million (USD). Omar Associates were able to get 10-year rights to the franchise for less money as compared to the other four franchises.

In the first Season, Quetta Gladiators played brilliantly lost only 2 games in the group stages and lost in the final.

Quetta Gladiators Squad:

Retained players:

Sarfraz Ahmed, Kevin Pietersen, Rilee Rossouw, Mohammad Nawaz, Anwar Ali, Mahmudullah, Umar Amin, Mir Hamza, Asad Shafiq

Players picked in the draft:

Shane Watson, Carlos Brathwaite, Rahat Ali, Rameez Raja Jr, Saad Ali, Saud Shakeel, Hassan Khan

Emerging category players:

Mohammad Junaid

Supplementary players:

Jason Roy, Rashid Khan, Moin Khan (junior), Faraz Ahmed

Peshawar Zalmi

History:

Peshawar Zalmi represents the Historic City Peshawar the Capital of province KPK. The side was bought by Javed Afridi CEO of the Haier Group for $16 million (USD).

The first Edition was good for them as expected. Losing only 2 out of 8 games in group stages and topped the group but just couldn’t match their performance in the knockouts.

Peshawar Zalmi Squad:

Retained players:

Mohammad Hafeez, Wahab Riaz, Shakib al Hasan, Kamran Akmal, Darren Sammy, Hasan Ali, Haris Sohail, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Asghar

Players picked in the draft:

Dwayne Bravo, Tamim Iqbal, Hammad Azam, Saad Nasim, Taimoor Sultan, Sameen Gul, Ibtisam Sheikh

Supplementary players:

Andre Fletcher, Evin Lewis, Khalid Usman, Muhammad Arif

Emerging category players:

Khushdil Shah

Karachi Kings

History:

Karachi Kings represents the one of the big cities of world Karachi also the Capital of Province Sindh. The side was bought by Salman Iqbal ARY Media Group for a massive price of $26 million (USD).

The first Edition doesn’t go as that was expected. Losing 6 out of 8 games in group stages despite having the great squad.

Karachi Kings Squad:

Retained players:

Imad Wasim (captain), Usman Khan, Usama Mir, Khurram Manzoor, Ravi Bopara, Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Shahid Afridi

Players picked in the draft:

Colin Ingram, Mitchell Johnson, Luke Wright, David Wiese, Tabish Khan, Mohammad Irfan Jr, Hasan Mohsin

Supplementary players:

Colin Munro, Eoin Morgan, Saifullah Bangash

Emerging category players:

Mohammad Taha, Mushtaq Ahmed Kalhoro

Lahore Qalandars

History:

Lahore Qalandars represents the heart of Pakistan, Lahore also the Capital of Province Punjab. The Lahore Qalandars franchise was bought by Rana Fawad owner of Qatar Lubricants Ltd. for a massive amount of $24 million (USD).

The first Edition doesn’t go well with them. Losing 6 out of 8 games in group stages and last in the group but they organized their Management Team well after that and also organized Pakistan’s biggest talent hunt program they put a great work in that hopefully it would produce results in the coming years both for Lahore Qalandars and Pakistan.

Lahore Qalandars Squad:

Retained players:

Umar Akmal, Sunil Narine, Brendon McCullum, Fakhar Zaman, Yasir Shah, Cameron Delport, Aamer Yamin, Bilawal Bhatti, Sohail Khan

Players picked in the draft:

Chris Lynn, Mustafizur Rehman, Bilal Asif, Raza Hasan, Sohail Akhtar, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Ghulam Mudassar

Supplementary players:

Angelo Mathews, Mitchell McClenaghan, Gulraiz Sadaf

Emerging category players:

Imran Khan Jr. Salman Irshad

Multan Sultans

Multan Sultans became the sixth side to join the Pakistan Super League following a bidding procedure. They join the Peshawar Zalmis, Lahore Qalandars, Karachi Kings, Quetta Gladiators and Islamabad United as the other teams in the competition.

Multan Sultans represents Multan, Punjab acquired by Schön Properties (Nasir Schon & sons)

Schön Properties acquired the rights for US$41.6 million on an eight-year agreement starting from 2018.

Multan Cricket Stadium will be their Homeground

Captain will be Pakistan’s Star All-rounder Shoaib Malik

The coach will be Australia’s, Tom Moody.

Multan Sultans Squad

Pre-Draft players:

Shoaib Malik, Kieron Pollard, Kumar Sangakkara, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Irfan Khan, Kashif Bhatti

Players picked in the draft:

Imran Tahir, Darren Bravo, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Abbas, Nicholas Pooran, Abdullah Shafique, Saif Badar

Supplementary players:

Hardus Viljoen, Umar Gul, Umar Siddiq, Ross Whiteley

Emerging category players:

Shan Masood

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