LAHORE – Pakistan left arm pacer Rumman Raees has been appointed Islamabad United vice captain for the third edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), the franchise owner announced on Saturday.
“Rumman has come leaps and bounds from when we picked him up in the first PSL draft. And the way he has represented the franchise over the past two years made him the ideal candidate for this role,” United’s owner Ali Naqvi said at a press conference in Lahore.
Raees will serve under Misbah-ul-Haq, who led the team to glory in the PSL’s first season.
Former spin maestro Saeed Ajmal, who has been part of the franchise for the past two seasons, has now been appointed United’s spin bowling coach for PSL3.
Regarding the appointments, Dean Jones, the team’s head coach, said: “We believe that Rumman is a future leader for our franchise, and more importantly, a future leader for Pakistan. We have been most impressed by him not only as a cricketer but as an individual, and we will try to develop him even further in both these aspects.
“Saeed has been our chief entertainment officer, and we have huge respect for him as a cricketer and a future coach,” Jones said.
Islamabad United Director Cricket and former great Waqar Younis also praised the positivity accompanying Ajmal’s appointment. “Saeed is someone whom I have worked with for years and I know how important he is to the atmosphere of a dressing room.”
The third edition of the PSL is set to begin in February 2018.
