Franchises shape up their teams for PSL 2020 at draft

• PSL season five will be played in Pakistan next year.
• All six franchises have picked their 16-member squads.
• Tournament will be held in four cities of the country.

The entire Pakistan Super League (PSL) season five is all set to take place in the country as franchise shape up their squads for the tournament.

The tournament’s draft 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.

The drafting begins with defending champions Quetta picking up Jason Roy and Sohail Khan.  Islamabad United added fire power by selecting Dale Steyn along with Rumman Raees and Phil Salt, who were part of their last year’s squad.

Karachi Kings have added some serious firepower up top by bringing Alex Hales and Sharjeel Khan into their side, Meanwhile, Peshawar Zalmi had retained all their three Platinum picks from last year, but they added much needed experience to their side by picking up Shoaib Malik and Rahat Ali to their roster.

Struggling Qalandars and Sultans have also strengthened considerably with some intelligent picks.

📣📣📣 Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you the final roster of #HBLPSL 2020.

How is your favourite team shaping up?

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— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) December 6, 2019

Squads:

Quetta Gladiators: Sarfaraz Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Jason Roy, Shane Watson, Ahmed Shehzad, Ben Cutting, Umar Akmal, Mohammad Hasnain, Fawad Ahmed, Naseem Shah, Ahsan Ali, Sohail Khan, Tymal Mills, Abdul Nasir, Arish Ali Khan, Azam Khan, Keemo Paul and Khurram Manzoor.

Islamabad United: Shadab Khan, Dale Steyn, Colin Ingram, Faheem Ashraf, Asif Ali, Colin Munro, Luke Ronchi, Hussain Talat, Rumman Raees, Ammad Butt, Rizwan Hussain, Musa Khan, Phil Salt, Zafar Gohar, Akif Javed, Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Saif Badar and Rassie van der Dussen.

Karachi Kings: Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir, Alex Hales, Imad Wasim, Iftikhar Ahmed, Chris Jordan, Aamir Yamin, Sharjeel Khan, Cameron Delport, Usama Mir, Mohammad Rizwan, Umaid Asif, Dan Lawrence, Ali Khan, Umer Khan, Arshad Iqbal, Liam Plunkett and Awais Zia.

Lahore Qalandars: Chris Lynn, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeeez, David Wiese, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Shinwari, Sohail Akhtar, Haris Rauf, Samit Patel, Salman Butt, Seekkuge Prasanna, Ben Dunk, Farzan Raja, Jaahid Ali, Muhammad Faizan, Lendl Simmons and Dilbar Hussain.

Multan Sultans: Mohammad Irfan, Moeen Ali, Rilee Rossouw, Shahid Afridi, Zeeshan Ashraf, Ravi Bopara, James Vince, Junaid Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Shaan Masood, Ali Shafiq, Khushdil Shah, Usman Qadir, Fabian Allen, Mohammad Ilyas, Rohail Nazir, Imran Tahir and Bilawal Bhatti.

Peshawar Zalmi: Wahab Riaz, Hassan Ali, Kieron Pollard, Kamran Akmal, Tom Banton, Shoaib Malik, Darren Sammy, Imam-ul-Haq, Liam Dawson, Umar Amin, Mohammad Mohsin, Rahat Ali, Dwaine Pretorius, Adil Amin, Amir Khan, Aamir Ali, Liam Livingstone and Haider Ali.