PESHAWAR – Cricket fans are excited for the star-studded HBL Pakistan Super League due next year, so are the foreign players.
Darren Sammy, ahead of the player draft for the much anticipated third edition of PSL, which will take place on November 12, took to social media to test out the enthusiasm of his fans.
The former West Indies skipper, who is currently playing for Peshawar Zalmi, tweeted in Pushto on Thursday, asking the fan how excited they are for PSL 3 and what are they thinking about PSL players draft.
Pakhairoona Zalmi’s. Sanga ai Taso. Umeed laram che taso ba tol rogh Jor ai. Sanga chal de psl 3 bara ke mu sa khyal de.(Tell me what u think of spl draft)
— Daren Sammy (@darensammy88) November 8, 2017
“Pakhairoona Darren Sammy Khan :)”, said Javed Afridi, the owner of the franchise while welcoming the international player. Afridi also called Sammy ‘a true Hero’.
Pakhairoona Darren Sammy Khan :). You have already won the hearts of us Pakistani’s thru making way for Int matches & making agree Int players to play in ??. You r a true Hero for us. Looking to see u soon in Pakistan & yes this time will go Peshawar IA
— Javed Afridi (@JAfridi10) November 8, 2017
PSL-III Draft
Top international stars including Chris Lynn, JP Duminy, Mitchell Johnson, Dwayne Bravo, Imran Tahir, Angelo Mathews, Luke Ronchi, Colin Ingram, Wayne Parnell, and John Hastings have put their name forward for the HBL PSL Player Draft in Lahore.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/sports/psl-2018-players-draft-on-november-12/
These players will join a star-studded PSL roster including the likes of Shoaib Malik, Brendon McCullum, Mohammad Amir, Kevin Pietersen, Hasan Ali, Darren Sammy, Shahid Afridi, Shadab Khan, Andre Russell, Shakib al Hasan, Kumar Sangakkara and many more T20 stars who have been retained by their respective teams.
Each team will go into the HBL PSL Player Draft 2017 with a squad of nine players. The Draft will include one round in Platinum, Diamond and Gold categories. This will be followed by two rounds each in Silver and Emerging. Teams will have the option to pick up to four players each in the Supplementary category.
The default pick order will see Lahore Qalandars going first followed by Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Quetta Gladiators, Peshawar Zalmi and Multan Sultans. This may be altered as a result of trades.
Teams will have a purse of $1.2 million each to pick a squad of 20 players.
