PSL 2021: Guptill, Russell among others picked in replacement draft

New Zealand opener Martin Guptill and West Indian all-rounder Andre Russell were picked by defending champions Karachi Kings and Quetta Gladiators for the remaining matches of Pakistan Super League (PSL) season six during the foreign players’ replacement draft on Tuesday.

In an online session held last evening, franchise representatives submitted names of the players they picked as replacement of those unavailable to feature in the upcoming matches.

Bangladesh star all-rounders Shakib-al-Hasan (Lahore Qalandars) and Mahmudullah Riyad (Multan Sultans) along with Australian top-order batsman Usman Khawaja (Islamabad United) were the other picks in the first round of the replacement process.

The PSL 6 was postponed after 14 matches on March 4 this year after a Covid-19 outbreak was reported in tournament’s bio-secure bubble. The remaining 20 matches of the sixth edition will now be played at Karachi’s National Stadium from June 1-20.

The teams submitted a total of 19 picks. Peshawar Zalmi, Gladiators and United opted to reserve one pick each and will be submitting these names at a later stage. The three teams can choose silver category players closer to or during the remainder of the tournament.

In the Diamond category, Kings nominated Sri Lankan all-rounder Thisara Perera and Afghanistan batter Najeebullah Zadran. South Africa batter Janneman Malan was nominated by United. Zalmi opted for West Indian all-rounder Fabian Allen while Qalandars opted for Australian quick James Faulkner.

In the Gold category, Qalandars nominated Australia’s Joe Burns, West Indian Rovman Powell was nominated by Zalmi and Multan Sultans submitted the name of Afghanistan’s keeper-batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz.

Windies pacer Fidel Edwards was nominated by Zalmi in the Silver round replacements followed by South Africa’s George Linde by Sultans, Litton Das by Kings and Australian batter Callum Ferguson by Qalandars.

Obed McCoy and Seekkugge Prasanna were nominated by Sultans and Lahore Qalandars respectively in the supplementary round picks.

Meanwhile, the teams would need to field a minimum of two and a maximum of four foreign players in their playing elevens for the June-leg of the HBL PSL 6.

PSL 6 foreign replacements:

Islamabad United: Usman Khawaja replaces Alex Hales, Janneman Malan replaces Lewis Gregory.

Karachi Kings: Martin Guptill replaces Colin Ingram, Thisara Perera replaces Mohammad Nabi, Najeebullah Zadran replaces Dan Christian, Litton Das replaces Joe Clarke

Lahore Qalandars: Shakib-al-Hasan replaces Rashid Khan, James Faulkner replaces David Wiese, Joe Burns replaces Samit Patel, Callum Fergusson replaces Tom Abell, Seekuge Prasana replaces Joe Denly

Multan Sultans: Mahmudullah Riyad replaces Chris Lynn, Rahmanullah Gurbaz replaces James Vince, George Linde replaces Adam Lyth, Obed McCoy replaces Carlos Brathwaite

Peshawar Zalmi: Fabian Allen replaces Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Rovman Powell replaces Liam Livingstone, Fidel Edwards replaces Saqib Mahmood

Quetta Gladiators: Andre Russell replaces Tom Banton

The players who took part in the first 14 matches (or the ones who were part of a franchise squad and were to join their squads later) and are at present fully or partially available to their respective franchises are:

Islamabad United: Colin Munro, Fawad Ahmed, Ali Khan

Karachi Kings: Chadwick Walton, Noor Ahmed

Lahore Qalandars: Ben Dunk

Multan Sultans: Rilee Rossouw, Imran Tahir (partially available)

Peshawar Zalmi: Sherfane Rutherford, David Miller (partially available)

Quetta Gladiators: Cameron Delport, Qais Ahmed, Faf du Plessis (partially available), Ben Cutting (partially available)

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