Babar Azam among 11 most expensive players in The Hundred player draft
Babar Azam among 11 most expensive players in The Hundred player draft
Pakistan skipper Babar Azam has been placed among the 11 most expensive players in the player draft for this year’s The Hundred cricket tournament, which is to be held in the United Kingdom.
The draft will be held on February 22 (Monday), with over 500 players, including 253 international cricketers in line for 28 available slots of eight teams. Among them, 36 are from Pakistan.
Babar is among the most expensive players with a base price of £100,000. Other players in the same bracket are Shakib Al Hasan, Quinton de Kock, Lockie Ferguson, Jason Holder, Tamim Iqbal, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Kagiso Rabada and David Warner.
Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi is in the group of second most expensive players, who have a reserve price of £80,000.
The trio of Mohammad Hafeez, Shadab Khan and Wahab Riaz have a reserve price fixed at £60,000 while Hassan Ali has a minimum price of £48,000.
All-rounder Hussain Talat, Waqas Maqsood, Imad Wasim and Fakhar Zaman are also on the list with a reserve price of £40,000. Bilal Asif is also on the list with a reserve price of £32,000.
At least 25 Pakistani players, including Sharjeel Khan, are in the draft list without any reserve price fixed for them.
Other players from Pakistan who are named in the list include Iftikhar Ahmed, Kamran Akmal, Haider Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Zeeshan Ashraf, Ammad Butt, Zafar Gohar, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Irfan, Azam Khan, Sohail Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Usama Mir, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Rizwan, Khushdil Shah, Naseem Shah, Usman Shinwari, Haris Sohail, Aamir Yamin and Yasir Shah.
It is worth mentioning that Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Aamir were already retained by Birmingham Phoenix and London Spirit after the inaugural edition of the tournament was postponed for a year due to Covid-19.
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