PSL7: Drafting of players completed, whose in and whose out?
The wait of the cricket fans is over as the drafting of players for the seventh edition of the Pakistan Super League has been completed, teams in the league have finalized their respective squads.
Pakistan Super League champions Peshawar Zalmi’s aggressive batsman Kamran Akmal has withdrawn from the event while West Indies’ Chris Gayle and Ben Dunk will also not be seen in this edition. The good news is the cricket fans is that Umar Akmal can be seen in action in this PSL7.
PSL7 schedule:
PSL 7 will start next year on January 27, 2022. In the seventh edition of the Pakistan Super League a total of 34 matches will be played in which Karachi will host 15 matches while Lahore will host 19 matches.
All teams will play the same number of matches in Karachi and Lahore, while 10 matches will be played by the team in the group stage, after which there will be a qualifier, eliminator and then a final.
On the day of two matches, the first match will start at 2 pm and the second at 7 pm. If there are two matches on Friday, the first match will start at 3 pm and the second at 8 pm. In addition, on the day of a single match, the match will start at 7 pm.
Teams of PSL
Multan Sultans:
Tim David, Mohammad Rizwan, Rilee Rossouw, Imran Tahir, Odean Smith, Sohaib Maqsood, Khushdil Shah, Shahnawaz Dahani, Shan Masood, Anwar Ali, Asif Afridi, Imran Khan Sr, Rumman Raees, Rovman Powell, Aamer Azmat, Abbas Afridi, Blessing Muzarabani and Ihsanullah.
Karachi Kings:
Babar Azam, Chris Jordan, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Lewis Gregory, Mohammad Nabi, Joe Clarke, Aamir Yamin, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Ilyas, Mohammad Imran, Rohail Nazir, Tom Abell, Umaid Asif, Faisal Akram, Qasim Akram, Romario Shepherd and Talha Ahsan.
Peshawar Zalmi:
Hazratulah Zazai, Liam Livingstone, Wahab Riaz, Haider Ali, Sherfane Rutherford, Shoaib Malik, Hussain Talat, Saqib Mahmood, Usman Qadir, Arshad Iqbal, Kamran Akmal, Salman Irshad, Sameen Gul, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Mohammad Aamer, Sirajuddin, Ben Cutting and Mohammad Haris.
Lahore Qalandars:
Fakhar Zaman, Rashid Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, David Wiese, Mohammad Hafeez, Abdullah Shafique, Harry Brook, Phil Salt, Ahmed Daniyal, Dean Foxcroft, Sohail Akhtar, Kamran Ghulam, Zeeshan Ashraf, Maaz Khan, Zaman Khan, Samit Patel and Syed Faridoun Mehmood.
Quetta Gladiators:
James Vince, Jason Roy, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Iftikhar Ahmed, James Faulkner, Mohammad Nawaz, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Ben Duckett, Khurram Shehzad, Naveenul Haq, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal, Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Ashar Qureshi, Ahsan Ali and Noor Ahmed.
Islamabad United:
Asif Ali, Colin Munro, Hasan Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Marchant De Lange, Shadab Khan, Alex Hales, Azam Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Danish Aziz, Mohammad Akhlaq, Paul Stirling, Reece Topley, Zafar Gohar, Mubasir Khan, Zeeshan Zameer, Rehmanullah Gurbaz and Ather Mehmood.