Franchises make picks for next year’s PSL

LAHORE: The Pakistan Super League (PSL) player draft 2020 took place in Lahore on Friday. Before the cricketing battle kicks off in February next year, the league’s half a dozen participants battled it out for some of the most exciting names in T20 cricket.

According to Geo News, the tournament began with the speeches of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ehsan Mani and CEO Wasim Khan. Following the speeches, the franchise owners were presented with mementos.

Platinum Round: Quetta Gladiators have selected England’s Jason Roy with the first pick; Lahore Qalandars selected Australia’s Chris Lynn with the second pick; Multan Sultans selected England’s Moeen Ali with the third pick; Islamabad United selected South Africa’s Dale Steyn with the fourth pick; Karachi Kings selected England’s Alex Hales with the fifth pick; Islamabad United selected South Africa’s Colin Ingram with the sixth pick; Multan Sultans selected South Africa’s Rilee Rossouw with the seventh pick.

Diamond Round: Peshawar Zalmi selected England’s Tom Banton with the first pick; Islamabad United selected New Zealand’s Colin Monroe with the second pick; Karachi Kings selected England’s Chris Jordan with the third pick; Quetta Gladiators selected Australia’s Ben Cutting with the fourth pick; Multan Sultans used their wild card and selected local lad Zeeshan Ashraf with the fifth pick; Multan Sultans picked England’s Ravi Bopara with the sixth pick; and Peshawar Zalmi picked Shoaib Malik with the seventh pick.

Gold Round: Lahore Qalandars selected England’s Samit Patel with the first pick; Islamabad United selected local lad Rumman Raees with the second pick; Multan Sultans selected local lad Sohail Tanvir with the third pick; Karachi Kings selected local lad Sharjeel Khan with the fourth pick; Peshawar Zalmi selected England’s Liam Dawson with the fifth pick; Quetta Gladiators selected Pakistani-Australian legspinner Fawad Ahmed with the sixth pick; Karachi Kings selected British-South African Cameron Delport with the seventh pick.

Silver Round: Quetta Gladiators selected local lad Sohail Khan with the first pick; Peshawar Zalmi selected local lad Mohammad Mohsin with the second pick; Multan Sultans selected local lad Khushdil Shah with the third pick; Lahore Qalandars selected Sri Lanka’s Seekkuge Prasanna with the fourth pick; Islamabad United selected Wales’ Phil Salt with the fifth pick; Karachi Kings selected local lad Mohammad Rizwan with the sixth pick; Islamabad United selected local lad Zafar Gohar with the seventh pick; Lahore Qalandars selected Australia’s Ben Dunk with the eighth pick; Peshawar Zalmi selected local lad Rahat Ali with the ninth pick; Karachi Kings selected local lad Umaid Asif with the 10th pick; Multan Sultans selected local lad Usman Qadir with the 11th pick; Quetta Gladiators selected England’s Tymal Mills with the 12th pick; Quetta Gladiators selected local lad Abdul Nasir with the 13th pick; Karachi Kings selected England’s Dan Lawrence with the 14th pick; Lahore Qalandars selected local lad Farzan Raja with the 15th pick; Peshawar Zalmi selected South Africa’s Dwaine Pretorious with the 16th pick; Multan Sultans selected Jamaica’s Fabian Allen with the 17th pick; Peshawar Zalmi selected local lad Adil Amin with the 18th pick; Karachi Kings selected USA’s Ali Khan with the 19th pick; Lahore Qalandars selected local lad Jaahid Ali with the 20th pick.PSL 2020 will be staged in Pakistan from Feb 20 to March 22.