AB de Villiers named captain of Team of HBL PSL 2019

LAHORE: AB de Villiers of Lahore Qalandars was named the captain of Team of HBL PSL 2019, which was selected by a panel comprising former players Mudassar Nazar, Ramiz Raja and Danny Morrison.

Mudassar said: “It has been a gigantic task to select a team comprising 12 players from a world-class event that produced a high number of quality individual performances.”

Team of HBL PSL 2019 in batting order:

Shane Watson* (Quetta Gladiators) {430 runs, avge. 43, strike-rate 143.8}

Kamran Akmal (wicket-keeper) (Peshawar Zalmi) {357 runs, avge. 27.4, strike-rate 137.8, 9 dismissals}

Babar Azam (Karachi Kings) {335 runs, 30.34 avge, 115.5 strike-rate}

AB de Villiers* (captain) (Lahore Qalandars) {218 runs, 54.5 avge, strike-rate 129}

Colin Ingram* (Karachi Kings) {344 runs, 34.40 avge, 164.5 strike-rate}

Asif Ali (Islamabad United) {281 runs, 35.12 avge, 182.46 strike-rate}

Kieron Pollard* (Peshawar Zalmi) {284 runs, avge 28.4, strike-rate 173; 5 wickets, 45.8 avge, eco. 7.89}

Faheem Ashraf (Islamabad United) {21 wickets, avge. 15.33, eco. 7.29}

Wahab Riaz (Peshawar Zalmi) {17 wickets, 19.88 avge, eco. 6.78}

Hasan Ali (Peshawar Zalmi) {25 wickets, 13.64 avge, eco. 6.77}

Umer Khan (Karachi Kings) {15 wickets, 16.13 avge, eco.7.11}