Pakistan Super League is going to take place from the 27th January 2022. The schedule for the entire Pakistan Super League 2022 is already released. The replacement and the supplementary draft of the much-awaited Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2022 is all set to take place on Saturday evening during a virtual session.
In the supplementary draft, each franchise will be allowed to pick two players with a maximum of one foreign player either from the Diamond Gold, Silver, or Emerging Categories.
PSL 2022 Supplementary Draft Live Update
Meanwhile, Islamabad United replaced Zeeshan Zameer with Mohammad Huraira.
“The unavailability of English wicketkeeper-batter Phil Salt for a few initial matches saw Ben Dunk reuniting with Lahore Qalandars.
“Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators reserved their one supplementary pick each, while five franchises, except Quetta Gladiators, reserved their picks in the replacement round,” the statement said.
Karachi Kings proceeded to replace Pakistan U19 captain Qasim Akram with left-arm spinner Mohammad Taha Khan since the former is busy in West Indies playing in the ICC Men’s U19 Cricket World Cup. The statement added the team also reserved its pick for Tom Abell.
The Gladiators opted to change Naveen-ul-Haq with Luke Wood, James Vince with Will Smeed, Jason Roy with Shimron Hetmyer, and Afghanistan’s Noor Ahmed with Ali Imran.
The defending champions replaced Odean Smith with wicketkeeper-batter Johnson Charles and Rovman Powell with Dominic Drakes.
“The second round followed [a] reverse order in which Peshawar Zalmi, the winners of the second edition of HBL PSL, going first, reserved their pick. Defending champions Multan Sultans picked Rizwan Hussain, 2019 edition’s Quetta Gladiators picked Ghulam Mudassar, two-time champions Islamabad United plucked Zahir Khan, Lahore Qalandars further boosted their pace department with the addition of Akif Javed and Karachi Kings bagged Jordan Thompson,” the PCB said.
“In the next four picks; Islamabad United added pacer Musa Khan, who played for them in 2019, 2020, and 2021 seasons; Quetta Gladiators reserved their pick; Multan Sultans picked England pacer David Willey, and Peshawar Zalmi picked Mohammad Umar.
Lahore Qalandar who had the second pick chose Mohammad Imran Randhawa.
Karachi Kings had the first pick for the supplementary draft and chose Sahibzada Farhan, winner of the PCB Domestic Cricketer of the Year Award 2021.
Here’s the list of the players who will be partially replaced:
Chris Jordan (Karachi Kings), Faisal Akram (Karachi Kings), James Vince (Quetta Gladiators), Jason Roy (Quetta Gladiators), Liam Livingstone (Peshawar Zalmi), Noor Ahmed (Quetta Gladiators,), Odean Smith (Multan Sultans), Phil Salt (Lahore Qalandars), Qasim Akram (Karachi Kings), Reece Topley (Islamabad United), Rovman Powell (Multan Sultans), Saqib Mahmood (Peshawar Zalmi), Shepherd Romario (Karachi Kings), and Zeeshan Zamir (Islamabad United)
Here’s the of the foreign players who will be available on Saturday’s draft:
Ben Dunk, Fawad Ahmed, Chris Green, Tymal Mills, David Willey, Dan Lawrence, Jamie Overton, Haseeb Hameed, Sandeep Lamichhane, Hamish Bennett, Dane Vilas, Cameron Delport, Carlos Brathwaite, Shimron Hetmyer, Lendl Simmons, Johnson Charles, and Dominic Drakes.
Here’s the list of the Pakistani players who will be available on Saturday’s draft:
Ahmed Shehzad, Asad Shafiq, Awais Zia, Bilal Asif, Bilawal Bhatti, Ehsan Adil, Hammad Azam, Haris Sohail, Imam-ul-Haq, Imran Butt, Junaid Khan, Khurram Manzoor, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Irfan Sr, Mukhtar Ahmed, Musa Khan, Rahat Ali, Raza Hasan, Sahibzada Farhan, Saud Shakeel, Sohail Khan, Tabish Khan, Umar Amin, Usman Khan Shinwari, Usman Salahuddin, Waqas Maqsood, Yasir Shah and Zahid Mahmood.