PSL 2021 Draft Report: Chris Gayle and Dale Steyn join Quetta Gladiators, Rashid Khan moves to Lahore Qalandars: Pakistan Super League (PSL-6) conducted players draft on January 10th as more than 400 international cricketers expressed their interest to be part of the PSL 2021. Meanwhile, there were some big transfers as Quetta Gladiators picked Chris Gayle and Dale Steyn, while Lahore Qalandars bolstered their bowling line-up with Afghan leggie Rashid Khan.
Here are the highlights of PSL season 6 draft:
📢 FINAL TEAM SQUADS FOR #HBLPSL6 📢#HBLPSLDraft pic.twitter.com/ZDqukQvakC
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- Carlos Braithwaite moves to Multan Sultans and it happens to be the last pick of the day.
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- Lahore Qalandars’ last pick of the day is Ahmad Danyal. He completes their squad of 18.
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- Left-arm pacer Akif Javed stays with Islamabad United.
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- Usman Khan is the last pick of Quetta Gladiators in PSL 2021 draft.
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- Amir Khan stays with Peshawar Zalmi.
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- Multan Sultans picks pacer Imran Khan
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- Karachi King pick Afghanistan’s Noor Ahmed.
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- English all-rounder Joe Denly joins Lahore Qalandars.
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- English all-rounder Chris Jordan moves to Islamabad United as their supplementary pick.
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- English all-rounder Ravi Bopara moves to Peshawar Zalmi.
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- South African legend Dale Steyn moves to Quetta Gladiators.
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We are done with Emerging round. Moving on to the last round which is supplementary round.
7:45 PM IST: PSL Season 6 Draft Live Updates
- Aarish Ali Khan moves to Quetta Gladiators.
- Ahmed Safi Abdullah stays on with Islamabad United.
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- Muhammad Zaid is the second pick of Lahore Qalandars in emerging round.
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- Multan Sultans pick Sindh’s Muhammad Umar as their emerging category player.
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- Peshawar Zalmi pick left-arm pacer Mohammad Imran
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- Zaid Alam goes to Lahore Qalandars.
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- Fast bowler Mohammad Wasim Jnr joins Islamabad United.
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- Leg-spinner Maaz Khan goes to Lahore Qalandars.
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- Karachi Kings pick Qasim Akram for their emerging round pick.
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- Peshawar Zalmi pick Abrar Ahmed.
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- Fast bowler from Sindh, Shahnawaz Dhani has been picked by Multan Sultans.
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- Saim Ayub is emerging round first pick of Quetta Gladiators.
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We are done with Silver Round. It’s time for the Emerging Round.
7:08 PM IST: PSL Season 6 Draft Live Updates
Fast bowler @M_IrfanOfficial moves to @PeshawarZalmi! #HBLPSLDraft
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7:08 PM IST: PSL Season 6 Draft Live Updates
- Adam Lyth completes the foreign player roster for Multan Sultans.
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- Top-order batsman Zeeshan Malik moves to Karachi Kings.
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Let-arm pacer Sohaibullah moves to @MultanSultans! #HBLPSLDraft
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- Mohammad Imran moves to Peshawar Zalmi.
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- Mohammad Faizan is with Lahore Qalandars.
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- Lahore Qalandars pick all-rounder Salman Ali Agha.
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- Karachi Kings pick pacer Muhammad Ilyas.
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- Local boy from Quetta, Abdul Nasir joins Quetta Gladiators.
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- Iftikhar Ahmad moves to Islamabad United.
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- Multan’s explosive batsman Sohaib Maqsood moves to Multan.
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- Imam-ul-Haq returns to Peshawar Zalmi.
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- Afghanistan leg-spinner Qais Ahmad joins Quetta Gladiators.
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- Saqib Mehmood joins Peshawar Zalmi.
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.@IsbUnited pick Reece Topley! #HBLPSLDraft
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The most recent Test captain of Pakistan, @iMRizwanPak joins @MultanSultans! #HBLPSLDraft
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- Left-handed batsman Danish Aziz picked by Karachi Kings.
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.@lahoreqalandars pick wicketkeeper-batsman Zeeshan Ashraf! #HBLPSLDraft
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- Rohail Nazir moves to Islamabad United.
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- Peshawar Zalmi picks all-rounder Umaid Asif.
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Pakistan pacer Sohail Khan joins @MultanSultans! #HBLPSLDraft
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South African all-rounder @Cam12Delport moves to @TeamQuetta! #HBLPSLDraft
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End of the Gold Round. It’s time for the Silver Round.
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- Joe Clarke joins Karachi Kings as their gold round pick.
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- Welsh wicketkeeper-batsman Phil Salt stays with Islamabad United.
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- Wicketkeeper-batsman Chadwick Walton stays with Karachi Kings.
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- Quetta Gladiators pick pacer Usman Shinwari in their gold round.
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- All-rounder Amad Butt is Peshawar Zalmi’s gold round pick.
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- England spin all-rounder Samit Patel stays with Lahore Qalandars.
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- In the last deal of Diamond round, English all-rounder Lewis Gregory moves to Islamabad United.
English all-rounder @lewisgregory23 moves to @IsbUnited! #HBLPSLDraft pic.twitter.com/F2KLl65P5t
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- Windies middle-order batsman Sherfane Rutherford joins Peshawar Zalmi.
Middle-order batsman Sherfane Rutherford joins @PeshawarZalmi! #HBLPSLDraft pic.twitter.com/5uVWSYCe3c
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- Australian all-rounder Dan Christian joins Karachi Kings.
Australian all rounder @danchristian54 joins @KarachiKingsARY! #HBLPSLDraft pic.twitter.com/fXPanCJO87
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- Afghan spinner Mujeeb ur Rahman joins Peshawar Zalmi.
Get ready for Afghan spin wizard @Mujeeb_R88 to level up @PeshawarZalmi team’s game! #HBLPSLDraft pic.twitter.com/z3ofxXOCn3
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- Afghan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi picked by Karachi Kings.
Having paved the way for Afghanistan with his ultimate all-rounder presence, @MohammadNabi007 is about to add more zest to the #HBLPSL6 as a part of @KarachiKingsARY team #HBLPSLDraft pic.twitter.com/4CyChhUR3f
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End of the Platinum round. It’s time for Diamond round now.
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- Tom Banton joins Quetta Gladiators.
The artistry is going to be 🔝 as master stroke craftsman @TBanton18 joins on @TeamQuetta!
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- Universe boss Chris Gayle joins Quetta Gladiators.
Gaylestorm approaching! @henrygayle joins @TeamQuetta! #HBLPSLDraft pic.twitter.com/O52bDcb0JY
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- David Miller joins Peshawar Zalmi.
“If it’s in the arc, it’s out the park!” – @DavidMillerSA12 about to stir up a serious storm of sixes as he comes on board for @PeshawarZalmi team #HBLPSLDraft pic.twitter.com/DG718DG3ct
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- Lahore Qalandars picks Afghan star spinner Rashid Khan to bolster their bowling line-up.
.@lahoreqalandars team’s bowling line-up is about to get an exhilarating upgrade as @rashidkhan_19 joins their roster! #HBLPSLDraft pic.twitter.com/yhix2n9ZcX
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- Chris Lynn joins Multan Sultans.
Australian SIX HITTING machine @lynny50 leaves LQ to join the @multansultans #HBLPSLDraft pic.twitter.com/okUZHL96BI
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- Islamabad United name Hasan Ali as wildcard pick. He will join his friend and national teammate Shadab Khan in the side.
🚨WILDCARD PICK 🚨@RealHa55an joins the red hot squad of @IsbUnited! #HBLPSLDraft pic.twitter.com/kiJFMjsZo8
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- Platinum round for Islamabad United begins. There will be 90 seconds on the clock for each pick.
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- The star-studded player pool includes Chris Gayle, Dawid Malan, Rashid Khan, David Miller, Dale Steyn, Dinesh Chandimal, and many more.
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- More than 400 international players have registered for the sixth edition of the league. Over 90 players form the West Indies, 80 from England, 40 from Sri Lanka, around 30 from South Africa and Afghanistan each, 20 from Bangladesh, 14 from Australia and eight from New Zealand are in the line up.
5:07 PM IST: PSL Season 6 Draft Live Updates
📢 HBL PSL Draft 2021 📢
Revealing the pick order for the first round of the #HBLPSLDraft! pic.twitter.com/3WfQw9mjC2— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) December 23, 2020
5:00 PM IST: PSL Season 6 Draft Live Updates
- PSL Season 6 Draft is underway.
Be like @wasimakramlive bhai and #wearamask #HBLPSLDraft pic.twitter.com/d4gdYlsIzD
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4:45 PM IST: PSL Season 6 Draft Live Updates
As we gear up for the #HBLPSLDraft, Imran Ahmad Khan lays out the rules and processes of the draft for us. pic.twitter.com/arCQLi2WDo
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3:45 PM IST: PSL Season 6 Draft Live Updates
-PSL season 6 draft to begin at 5:00 PM IST.
When will be PSL 6 Season Conducted?
The PCB is planning to host the sixth edition of PSL from February 20 to March 22 and the players draft is scheduled to be held on January 10.
Which all top players have entered PSL Season 7 Draft?:
Over 90 players from the West-Indies, 80 from England, 40 cricketers from Sri Lanka, around 30 from South Africa, 30 from Afghanistan, 20 from Bangladesh, 14 from Australia and eight from New Zealand have also registered themselves for the PSL players’ draft according to the Pakistan media.
Marquee players who have entered PSL Draft:
Various international tours are clashing with the dates of PSL: Sri Lanka’s series with West Indies, Bangladesh series with New Zealand, England’s series with India and Afghanistan’s series with Zimbabwe.
Who has registered for the PSL-6 draft?
PCB has announced 25 foreign players for the Platinum category, including Chris Gayle, Rashid Khan, Dawid Malan, and Dale Steyn “The West Indian representation on the Platinum list includes Dwayne Bravo who has represented Lahore Qalandars, Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators in the HBL PSL along with Carlos Brathwaite Lendl Simmons (Kings and Zalmi and Evin Lewis,” the press release said.
“The list also includes South Africa’s Morne Morkel and Rassie van der Dussen who are both yet to feature in the HBL PSL. The South African representation in the list also includes Imran Tahir (Multan Sultans), Colin Ingram (Kings and United), Rilee Rossouw (Gladiators and Sultans) and Dale Steyn (United). Afghanistan’s Mujeeb-ur-Rehman and Mohammad Nabi, Sri Lankan duo Thisara Perera and Isuru Udana as well as Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman and Nepal’s Sandeep Lamichanne are also on the list.
Doubts over some of the players who will available for the full PSL Season 6 – With draft just a couple of days away, the main concern for teams’ think tank is players’ availability due to packed international season.
Kieron Pollard – Only available for last week of the league only after he gets free from series against Lanka.
Thisara Perera and Isuru Udana – also doubtful due to the same series
Other Sri Lankan players who are doubtful for full PSL 6 – Niroshan Dickwella, Nuwan Pradeep, Dinesh Chandimal, Oshada Fernando, Suranga Lakmal and Lahiru Thirimanne
Moeen Ali, Dawid Malan, Chris Jordan – England all rounder is doubtful as he may be busy with England tour of India
Availability of Afghanistan’s Platinum trio – Rashid Khan, Mujeebur Rehman and Mohammad Nabi is also linked with the future of Afghanistan’s series against Zimbabwe.