The players’ draft completed on Wednesday, and as cricket fans get ready for the highly anticipated Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9th edition, the franchises have finalized their squads.
Team owners, coaches, and senior Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials, including Zaka Ashraf, the chairman of the board’s Management Committee, attended the event, which took place at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore.
Here is a peek at the teams’ tournament lineup.
Final Squad of All Teams of PSL 9
- Karachi Kings Squad
Kieron Pollard, Daniel Sams, Mohammad Nawaz, Tim Siefert, James Vince, Hasan Ali, Shan Masood, Shoaib Malik, Tabraiz Shamsi, Mohammad Amir Khan, Anwar Ali, Arafat Minhas, Mir Hamza, Muhammad Akhlaq, Muhammad Irfan Niazi, Sirajuddin, Saad Baig, and Jamie Overton.
- Lahore Qalandars
Fakhar Zaman, Rassie Van der Dussen, Shaheen Afridi, Sahibzada Farhan, Haris Rauf, David Wiese, Sikandar Raza, Abdullah Shafique, Zaman Khan, Imran Jr, Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti, Dan Lawrence, Mirza Tahir Baig, Rashid Khan, Syed Faridoun Mahmood, Jahandad Khan, Shai Hope, and Kamran Ghulam.
- Islamabad United
Jordan Cox, Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan, Tymal Mills, Azam Khan, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Alex Hales, Colin Munro, Matthew Forde, Salman Ali Agha, Qasim Akram, Shahab Khan, Rumman Raees, Hunain Shah, Ubaid Shah, Shamyl Hussain, and Tom Curran.
- Peshawar Zalmi
Babar Azam, Noor Ahmed, Rovman Powell, Asif Ali, Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Naveen-ul-Haq, Aamer Jamal, Mohammad Haris, Salman Irshad, Arif Yaqoob, Umair Afridi, Daniel Mousley, Khurram Shahzad, Haseebullah Khan, Mohammad Zeeshan, Lungi Ngidi, and Mehran Mumtaz.
- Multan Sultans
Mohammad Rizwan, David Willey, Iftikhar Ahmed, Dawid Malan, Khushdil Shah, Usama Mir, Reeza Hendricks, Reece Topley, Abbas Afridi, Tayyab Tahir, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Ali, Usman Khan, Ihsanullah, Faisal Akram, Yasir Khan, Chris Jordan, and Aftab Ibrahim.
- Quetta Gladiators
Sherfane Rutherford, Mohammad Amir, Rilee Rossouw, Mohammad Wasim Junior, Jason Roy, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mohammad Hasnain, Abrar Ahmed, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Sajjad Ali Junior, Usman Qadir, Omair Bin Yousuf, Will Smeed, Khawaja Nafay, Adil Naz, Akeal Hosain, and Sohail Khan.
Tournament Starting Date
The local news outlet announced last week that PSL 9 will happen in February or March of the next year.
However, 4 major cities, including Karachi, Lahore, Multan, and Rawalpindi, will host the matches.
Meanwhile, starting on February 12, the teams will assemble to participate in four days of practice and competition.
The inaugural match of the event, which takes place in Lahore on February 17, pits Islamabad United against the reigning champions, Lahore Qalandars.
Furthermore, on February 18, the Multan Sultans and the Karachi Kings will play in Multan.
Meanwhile, it is suggested that Islamabad United and Karachi Kings play their first match in Karachi on February 28.
However, on March 1st, United will take on Quetta Gladiators in the first match held in Rawalpindi.
Additionally, there will be six doubleheaders held during the tournament.
Moreover, nine matches in each of Lahore and Rawalpindi, five in Multan, and eleven matches in Karachi.
However, the final set for March 17, will take place in Karachi along with three playoff games.
To read our blog on “Shan Masood named as new captain of Karachi Kings for PSL 9,” click here.
