7 Bangladeshis including Shakib in PSL Players Draft

Desk Report

Published: 05 Nov 2022, 04:29 pm

Shakib Al Hasan (Photo: Collected)

Shakib Al Hasan (Photo: Collected)

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) today published the players' draft ahead of the eighth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). Seven Bangladeshi cricketers including Shakib Al Hasan and Taskin Ahmed listed in the draft.

There are a total of 214 foreign cricketers in the preliminary list of the PSL draft. The world's best T20 all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is the only cricketer from Bangladesh to the list in the platinum category of the draft.

Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed, Mehdi Hasan, Mahmudullah Riyad are in Diamond category. A total of, 76 foreign cricketers have registered in this category. Bangladeshi batter Liton Das and pacer Ebadat Hossain are also in that category. 

The upcoming PSL will be held at four venues across Pakistan from February 9 to March 19. Players from over 24 countries have shown interest in the PSL Players Draft. There is one player from Uganda.

Apart from Shakib, there are seven other players in the platinum category of foreign cricketers. They are Wanindu Hasaranga and Dasun Shanaka from Sri Lanka, David Miller from South Africa, Rich Topley and David Malan from England, Martin Guptill from New Zealand and Oden Smith from West Indies. 

Besides, Shakib Al Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Mahmudullah Riyad, Anamul Haque Bijoy, Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamim Iqbal have experience of playing in PSL._Agencies 

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