Tag: PSL 9 Players Draft

Phil Simmons reveals Karachi Kings’ post-players draft plans

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The newly-appointed head coach of Pakistan’s biggest city’s HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Karachi Kings, Phil Simmons said Wednesday, that the team management will sit down and start planning straightaway after the Players Draft for the HBL PSL 9.

In a video message, released on all social media platforms of Karachi Kings, Simmons stated that they will plan on how to use the players in their arsenal to get the best for the franchise.

“They’ve brought me here to do a job [and] we’re gonna sit down tomorrow and we’re gonna start planning how we do the job,” Phil Simmons said after the HBL PSL 9 Players Draft.

“We know who we have now and we’ll just plan out how we use them to get the best for the franchise,” he added.

Phil Simmons further shared that Karachi Kings got the majority of the players they were looking for in the Players Draft while also terming his experience “brilliant”.

“It’s been brilliant. The night has been brilliant. I think the draft was excellent and we got 90 percent of what we wanted so, it’s always good when you get to that,” stated Simmons.

Head coach Simmons then urged Karachi Kings’ fans to support a “new-look team” and vowed to try to do their best in the HBL PSL 9.

“Keep supporting us, we’re gonna try to do our best, we’re building over a new-look team and we know that some of the guys you love are not here anymore but let’s start to love all the ones who we’re bringing now and lets your support all through,” he concluded.

Karachi Kings Squad for PSL 9: Shan Masood (c), Kieron Pollard, Daniel Sams, Mohammad Nawaz, Tim Siefert, James Vince, Hasan Ali, Shoaib Malik, Tabraiz Shamis, Mohammad Amir Khan, Anwar Ali, Arafat Minhas, Mir Hamza, Muhammad Akhlaq, Muhammad Irfan Niazi, Sirajuddin, Saad Baig, and Jamie Overton.

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Complete squads of all six teams after PSL 9 Players Draft

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LAHORE: The much-anticipated Players Draft for the upcoming Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9 took place at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) here on Wednesday.

In the PSL 9 Players Draft, all six franchises picked a mix of established and emerging cricketers and completed their respective rosters as per their pick orders in each category.

Final squads of PSL 9 teams:

Karachi Kings: Kieron Pollard, Daniel Sams, Mohammad Nawaz, Tim Siefert, James Vince, Hasan Ali, Shan Masood, Shoaib Malik, Tabraiz Shamis, 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.

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Teams complete squads as PSL 9 Players Draft concludes

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LAHORE: The much-anticipated Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9 Players Draft gets underway here, all the six franchises of the marquee league will complete their squads.

PLATINUM CATEGORY

Round 1


Multan Sultans: David Willey

Karachi Kings: Kieron Pollard

Quetta Gladiators: Shurfane Rutherford

Peshawar Zalmi: Noor Ahmad

Quetta Gladiators: Mohammad Amir

Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman

Round 2


Lahore Qalandars: Rassie van der Dussen

Islamabad United: Jordan Cox

Karachi Kings: Daniel Sams

Karachi Kings: Mohammad Nawaz

 

DIAMOND CATEGORY


Multan Sultans: Dawid Malan

Peshawar Zalmi: Asif Ali

Islamabad United: Tymal Mills

Karachi Kings: Tim Seifert

Lahore Qalandars: Sahibzada Farhan

 

GOLD CATEGORY


Peshawar Zalmi: Naveen-ul-Haq

Multan Sultans: Reeza Hendricks

Multan Sultans: Reece Topley

 

SILVER CATEGORY

Round 1


Quetta Gladiators: Saud Shakeel

Multan Sultans: Tayyab Tahir

Lahore Qalandars: Mohammad Imran Jr

Multan Sultans: Shahnawaz Dahani

Karachi Kings: Mohammad Amir Khan

Peshawar Zalmi: Salman Irhsad

 

Round 2


Peshawar Zalmi: Arif Yaqoob

Islamabad United: Matthew Forde

Islamabad United: Salman Ali Agha

Lahore Qalandars: Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti

Quetta Gladiators: Sajjad Ali Jr

Multan Sultans: Mohammad Ali

 

Round 3


Quetta Gladiators: Usman Qadir

Lahore Qalandars: Dan Lawrence

Multan Sultans: Usman Khan

Peshawar Zalmi: Umair Afridi

Islamabad United: Qasim Akram

Karachi Kings: Anwar Ali

 

Round 4


Karachi Kings: Arafat Minhas

Peshawar Zalmi: Daniel Mousley

Islamabad United: Shahab Khan

Quetta Gladiators: Omair Bin Yousuf

 

EMERGING CATEGORY

Round 1


Islamabad United: Hunain Shah

Peshawar Zalmi: Mohammad Zeeshan

Multan Sultans: Yasir Khan

Lahore Qalandars: Jahandad Khan

Quetta Gladiators: Adil Naz

Karachi Kings: Sirajuddin

 

Round 2


Quetta Gladiators: Khawaja Nafay

Lahore Qalandars: Syed Faridoun Mahmood

Islamabad United: Ubaid Shah

 

SUPPLEMENTARY CATEGORY

Round 1


Lahore Qalandars: Shai Hope

Multan Sultans: Chris Jordan

Quetta Gladiators: Akeal Hosein

Islamabad United: Shamyl Hussain

Peshawar Zalmi: Lungi Ngidi

Karachi Kings: Saad Baig

 

Round 2


Peshawar Zalmi: Mehran Mumtaz

Lahore Qalandars: Kamran Ghulam

Multan Sultans: Aftab Ibrahim

Islamabad United: Tom Curran

Karachi Kings: Jamie Overton

Quetta Gladiators: Sohail Khan

NOTE: Franchises are arranged in accordance with their pick order in each category for the PSL 9 Players Draft.