Pakistan Super League 2018: Trade & retention window now open

[Abdullah719]

Pakistan Super League: trade & retention window now open

29 September 2018 – Lahore: Pakistan Super League fans are in for a very exciting month as the trade and retention window for this year has now officially commenced.

Player categories for all those local players who were included in team rosters for PSL season 3 have now been updated. The process of category renewals took place in the presence of cricket representatives from all six teams.

The list of all such local players who were not involved with any squad during PSL season 3 shall be released separately once finalised by the National Selection Committee.

Each PSL squad of 16 comprises three Platinum, three Diamond, three Gold, five Silver and two Emerging players. Teams are allowed to retain a maximum of 10 players going into this year’s Draft.

As was the case last year, teams reserve the right to float relegation requests for their players before finalising retentions. After a relegation request is floated, all other teams will be given a chance to meet the player’s base category. If no team matches the player’s base category, the player will be relegated to a category below his base category and retained by the franchise.Relegation requests will only be floated after obtaining player consent.

Pakistan Super League returns to action on 14 February 2019!

Please note that Ahmad Shehzad's name is not included as of now based on his provisional suspension.



Category Renewals of Local Players
*This list only includes those players who were a part of PSL 3 squads.
**The list for all remaining local players will be released separately.

#	Player Name	Team	Category for PSL 4
1	Misbahul Haq	Islamabad United	Platinum
2	Mohammad Sami	Islamabad United	Diamond
3	Faheem Ashraf	Islamabad United	Platinum
4	Rumman Raees	Islamabad United	Diamond
5	Shadab Khan	Islamabad United	Platinum
6	Amad Butt	Islamabad United	Silver
7	Iftikhar Ahmed	Islamabad United	Silver
8	Zafar Gohar	Islamabad United	Silver
9	Asif Ali	Islamabad United	Diamond
10	Hussain Talat	Islamabad United	Gold
11	Sahibzada Farhan	Islamabad United	Silver
12	Mohammad Hasan ( Supplementary)	Islamabad United	Silver
13	Mohammad Husnain	Islamabad United	Emerging
14	Rohail Nazir ( Supplementary)	Islamabad United	Emerging
15	Waqas Maqsood (Replacement)	Islamabad United	Silver
16	Shahid Afridi	Karachi Kings	Platinum
17	Mohammad Amir	Karachi Kings	Platinum
18	Imad Wasim	Karachi Kings	Diamond
19	Babar Azam	Karachi Kings	Platinum
20	Mohammad Rizwan	Karachi Kings	Gold
21	Usman Shinwari	Karachi Kings	Diamond
22	Usama Mir	Karachi Kings	Silver
23	Khurram Manzoor	Karachi Kings	Gold
24	Tabish Khan	Karachi Kings	Silver
25	Hasan Mohsin	Karachi Kings	Emerging
26	Mohammad Irfan Jr	Karachi Kings	Silver
27	Saifullah Bangash (Supplementary)	Karachi Kings	Silver
28	Mohammad Taha (Supplementary)	Karachi Kings	Emerging
29	Mushtaq Ahmed Kalhoro (Supplementary)	Karachi Kings	Emerging
30	Danish Aziz	Karachi Kings	Silver
31	Mukhtar Ahmed	Karachi Kings	Gold
32	Zulfiqar Babar	Karachi Kings	Gold
33	Shoaib Malik	Multan Sultans	Platinum
34	Sohail Tanvir	Multan Sultans	Diamond
35	Mohamad Irfan	Multan Sultans	Platinum
36	Junaid Khan	Multan Sultans	Diamond
37	Sohaib Maqsood	Multan Sultans	Gold
38	Kashif Bhatti	Multan Sultans	Silver
39	M. Irfan Khan	Multan Sultans	Silver
40	Mohammad Abbas	Multan Sultans	Silver
41	Saif Badar	Multan Sultans	Silver
42	Abdullah Shafique	Multan Sultans	Emerging
43	Umer Gul (Supplementary)	Multan Sultans	Gold
44	Umer Siddiq (Supplementary)	Multan Sultans	Silver
45	Shan Masood(Supplementary)	Multan Sultans	Gold
46	Sarfaraz Ahmad	Quetta Gladiators	Platinum
47	Asad Shafiq	Quetta Gladiators	Gold
48	Mohammad Nawaz	Quetta Gladiators	Diamond
49	Rahat Ali	Quetta Gladiators	Gold
50	Ramiz Raja Jr	Quetta Gladiators	Silver
51	Saad Ali	Quetta Gladiators	Silver
52	Umar Amin	Quetta Gladiators	Gold
53	Anwar Ali	Quetta Gladiators	Gold
54	Mir Hamza	Quetta Gladiators	Silver
55	Hassan Khan	Quetta Gladiators	Silver
56	Saud Shakeel	Quetta Gladiators	Silver
57	Mohammad Azam Khan (Supplementary)	Quetta Gladiators	Emerging
58	Faraz Ahmad Khan (Supplementary)	Quetta Gladiators	Silver
59	Mohammad Junaid (Supplementary)	Quetta Gladiators	Emerging
60	Wahab Riaz	Peshawar Zalmi	Platinum
61	Mohammad Hafeez	Peshawar Zalmi	Platinum
62	Kamran Akmal	Peshawar Zalmi	Platinum
63	Hasan Ali	Peshawar Zalmi	Platinum
64	Umaid Asif	Peshawar Zalmi	Silver
65	Hammad Azam	Peshawar Zalmi	Silver
66	Mohammad Asghar	Peshawar Zalmi	Gold
67	Harris Sohail	Peshawar Zalmi	Gold
68	Saad Nasim	Peshawar Zalmi	Silver
69	Taimoor Sultan	Peshawar Zalmi	Silver
70	Sameen Gul	Peshawar Zalmi	Emerging
71	Ibtisam Sheikh	Peshawar Zalmi	Emerging
72	Khalid Usman (Supplementary)	Peshawar Zalmi	Silver
73	Mohammad Arif (Supplementary)	Peshawar Zalmi	Emerging
74	Khushdil Shah	Peshawar Zalmi	Silver
75	Umar Akmal	Lahore Qalandars	Gold
76	Fakhar Zaman	Lahore Qalandars	Platinum
77	Bilal Asif	Lahore Qalandars	Gold
78	Yasir Shah	Lahore Qalandars	Diamond
79	Sohail Khan	Lahore Qalandars	Gold
80	Raza Hassan	Lahore Qalandars	Silver
81	Sohail Akhtar	Lahore Qalandars	Silver
82	Aamir Yamin	Lahore Qalandars	Gold
83	Bilawal Bhatti	Lahore Qalandars	Gold
84	Agha Salman	Lahore Qalandars	Silver
85	Ghulam Mudassar	Lahore Qalandars	Emerging
86	Shaheen Afridi	Lahore Qalandars	Gold
87	Gulraiz Sadaf (Supplementary)	Lahore Qalandars	Silver
88	Salman Irshad (Supplementary)	Lahore Qalandars	Silver
89	Imran Khan Jr (Supplementary)	Lahore Qalandars	Silver

[Angrez Pakistani]

Karachi Kings should trade Mohammad Amir with Umaid Asif.

[BunnyRabbit]

I hope IU can trade Iftikhar for either Khushdil Shah or Saad Ali.

Plus Amir Yamin is getting pretty much wasted by LQ. Hardly gets a game.

Quetta will have the biggest boots to fill this time as they will be without KP, Watto and Luke Wright(probably)

[szundercover]

Lahore qalandars seriously need a wicketkeeper Batsman who can provide some stability to the top order and one person who ticks that box is Rohail Nazir,he is very young and talented and he is someone who the qalandars desperately need.They should trade him with bilal asif(i dont see any role of bilal asif in the team and the spin department is already strong with yasir shah and sunil narine) .He should be a bargain if lahore qalandars manage to get him.

[mak36]

In terms of moves, Aamer Yamin should move to Multan Sultans. It is perfect for both parties as Yamin is being wasted at LQ and MS desperately needs an all-rounder. In the alternative, MS should consider signing Bilal Asif.

LQ should sign Haris Sohail from PZ. Again, he is being wasted at PZ whereas LQ desperately need an accumulator for the middle overs. The rest of the batting can bat around him.

[szundercover]

In terms of moves, Aamer Yamin should move to Multan Sultans. It is perfect for both parties as Yamin is being wasted at LQ and MS desperately needs an all-rounder. In the alternative, MS should consider signing Bilal Asif.

LQ should sign Haris Sohail from PZ. Again, he is being wasted at PZ whereas LQ desperately need an accumulator for the middle overs. The rest of the batting can bat around him.

I totally agree with this lahore qalandars really needs two batsman who can stabilize this aggresive batting line up and provide some stability in case the top order fails.

[Major]

I hope IU can trade Iftikhar for either Khushdil Shah or Saad Ali.

Plus Amir Yamin is getting pretty much wasted by LQ. Hardly gets a game.

Quetta will have the biggest boots to fill this time as they will be without KP, Watto and Luke Wright(probably)

nope, thats a serious mistake.

Iftikhar needs to stay with us. THe guy is a big threat in domstic cricket. You give him away he performs, problems for isloo.

Good player to keep.

IU needs just another batting back up and a pacer. maybe trade amadd butt. rest is good

Zafar Gohar should stay with the team

[szundercover]

Guys any idea which foregin players will be available this season?

[Major]

IU could bait Lahore Qalanders by getting Shaheen Shah Afridi from them. That guy is a talent but hes in the worst team.

If i was at Isloo, i would had given Qalanders both Amad Butt and Waqas Masood for Shaheen.

It sucks that Isloo had to give away Irfan. Great T20 bowler.
I would even give Hussain Talat for Shaheen.

[Gunner786]

I hope abd villiers doesnt end up at lahore somehow. Will be wasted there big time

[mak36]

I just noticed. Misbah's name is still there.

[BunnyRabbit]

nope, thats a serious mistake.

Iftikhar needs to stay with us. THe guy is a big threat in domstic cricket. You give him away he performs, problems for isloo.

Good player to keep.

IU needs just another batting back up and a pacer. maybe trade amadd butt. rest is good

Zafar Gohar should stay with the team

the thing is PSL is not your traditional domestic tournament. A lot of people watch it, and that's where Iftikhar seems to make a fool out of himself. He doesn't look like a guy who can do much on big stage. Khushdil Shah has a much higher ceiling and can be easily invested in. IMO

[mak36]

the thing is PSL is not your traditional domestic tournament. A lot of people watch it, and that's where Iftikhar seems to make a fool out of himself. He doesn't look like a guy who can do much on big stage. Khushdil Shah has a much higher ceiling and can be easily invested in. IMO

The sooner they get rid of Ifti the better.

[Major]

the thing is PSL is not your traditional domestic tournament. A lot of people watch it, and that's where Iftikhar seems to make a fool out of himself. He doesn't look like a guy who can do much on big stage. Khushdil Shah has a much higher ceiling and can be easily invested in. IMO

just because alot of people watch it doesn't make it not be a domestic tourny.

Iftikhar is performing well in domestic and is great for PSL.

[AFM]

Trade all the Pakistani players away

[szundercover]

I just noticed. Misbah's name is still there.

I think he should be there as a mentor not as a player

[szundercover]

IU could bait Lahore Qalanders by getting Shaheen Shah Afridi from them. That guy is a talent but hes in the worst team.

If i was at Isloo, i would had given Qalanders both Amad Butt and Waqas Masood for Shaheen.

It sucks that Isloo had to give away Irfan. Great T20 bowler.
I would even give Hussain Talat for Shaheen.

It wont happen mate

[DRsohail]

After Watching Misbah name i was shocked.................... this time my support will be with another team.

[SensiblePakFan]

If Misbah wins again you'll all eat your words lol

[Savak]

Someone please give an award to the higher authorities to not select Misbah ul Haq as a player anymore. Absolute waste of a spot.

[MenInG]

If psl teams want to win, they will bring in whom they like

[alized]

No Imam ul Haq in PSL? I'm telling Inzi!!

[BunnyRabbit]

just because alot of people watch it doesn't make it not be a domestic tourny.

Iftikhar is performing well in domestic and is great for PSL.

In 3 seasons of PSL, he doesn't have a single good performance. How is he great for PSL?

[Hedz]

No Imam ul Haq in PSL? I'm telling Inzi!!

These are just players who played last year
Full list of local players expected to be released next week

[Hedz]

The strategy should be that the teams that finished in the bottom 3 (LQ, MS, QG) should look to retain just their guaranteed starters. They have the first 3 picks in every round, should be able to assemble a better squad (if they use their brains *lahore Qalandars*)
The top 3 teams have to look to retain as many players as possible, getting as close to the 10 as they can and make their core team using retention’s. ISLU, PZ and KK have a lot of players in the top categories, so will need to let go of some of their star picks, which will be difficult.

PZ need to pick 2 out of: Wahab, Kamran, Hassan, Hafeez
ISLU need to pick 2 out of: Misbah, Shadab, Fahim
KK need to pick 2 out of: Afridi, Babar and Amir

So plenty of work to do for the franchises before the draft and whoever has the best strategy before the draft, is likely to go the furthest in the PSL!

[princeuk]

Im dead excited about this.

[Sultan Baba]

Lahore Qalandar Should Go For This Combination...............

20 Member Squad

Fakhar Zaman(wc)
Sunil Narine
Brandam Mcculam
Umar Amin
AB Devillier(c)
Umar Akmal(wk)
Hammad Azam
Sohail Khan
Yasir Shah
Raza Hassan
Mustafizur Rehman
Sadaf Hussain
Mohammad Abbas
Mujib-ur-Rehman
Imran Nazir
Abdul Razzaq
Lasith Malinga
Lungi Nigidi
Moeen Ali
Awais Zia

[Hedz]

Lahore Qalandar Should Go For This Combination...............

20 Member Squad

Fakhar Zaman(wc)
Sunil Narine
Brandam Mcculam
Umar Amin
AB Devillier(c)
Umar Akmal(wk)
Hammad Azam
Sohail Khan
Yasir Shah
Raza Hassan
Mustafizur Rehman
Sadaf Hussain
Mohammad Abbas
Mujib-ur-Rehman
Imran Nazir
Abdul Razzaq
Lasith Malinga
Lungi Nigidi
Moeen Ali
Awais Zia

Think you’ve exceeded the overseas limit

[Greenstorm]

Misbah in platinum

[ataullah]

Good job qalandars. Narine is a good deal for all parties

[ataullah]

Hassan khan will also join LQ and they will give their 2nd silver pick to QG

[MenInG]

**** From PCB ****

QUETTA GLADIATORS & LAHORE QALANDARS AGREE ON BLOCKBUSTER PSL TRADE

Sunil Narine & Umar Akmal move to Quetta Gladiators, Rahat Ali & Hassan Khan move to Lahore Qalandars

Lahore November 3: Spin wizard Sunil Narine and explosive middle-order batsman Umar Akmal will be moving from Lahore Qalandars to Quetta Gladiators as part of a blockbuster trade between the two Pakistan Super League sides.

In return, pace bowler Rahat Ali and young left-arm spinner Hassan Khan have moved from Quetta Gladiators to Lahore Qalandars.

Narine, who played two seasons for the Qalandars in 2017 and 2018, brings a wealth of experience with 299 T20 appearances and 342 wickets across different leagues and tournaments in the world.

Umar Akmal’s move to Quetta Gladiators marks a new chapter in the talented batsman’s T20 career who will be looking to improve on his performances from last year. Akmal, 28, had an unimpressive run last year but his overall tally of 556 runs at a strike rate of 138 in 20 PSL matches brings more batting depth to the Gladiators.

This deal will also see Lahore taking Quetta’s first round Platinum pick and Quetta getting Lahore’s Silver round pick in the second round.

Sameen Rana, COO Lahore Qalandars:

“On behalf of the Lahore Qalandars management and fans, we would like to thank Sunil and Umar for their services to the team. They added tremendous value to the Qalandars and I wish them well on this next chapter in their PSL careers. We are very excited to welcome Rahat Ali and Hassan Khan to the Qalandars family. Rahat showed what he is capable of with the ball in this format with his excellent bowling last year and Hassan has impressed everyone with his determination and calmness on the field.”

Nadeem Omar, Team owner Quetta Gladiators:

“Sunil Narine and Umar Akmal are world class additions to the Gladiators squad ahead of PSL season 4. Sunil Narine is a magician with the ball and one of the best match winners when in T20 cricket. Umar Akmal, too, remains one of the most destructive batsmen in Pakistan and he will add much needed firepower in our batting. I would also like to thank Hassan Khan and Rahat Ali for being exemplary ambassadors for Quetta Gladiators. Both these talented cricketers will always have a special place in the Gladiators family.”

[mak36]

Quetta have lost the plot. Rahat was their only pacer and signing Umar Akmal is hilarious.

As for LQ, offloading Akmal (and to a lesser extent Narine) is smart and shows they mean business, but signing Rahat and Hassan Khan doesn't really make sense.

[fluke]

i feel quetta will give proper chance to umar akmal and maybe he will do better under sarfraz captaincy

[Mir jibran]

worst trade in the history of PSL trading a young budding cricketer for a unprofessional cricketer who has lost the plot
what was the management thinking !!!!

[ARK Rafay]

I wonder if the likes of Moeen Ali are available. LQ should sign him and de Villiers. That will really strengthen their batting.

[RedwoodOriginal]

LOL. Hard to see who got the worse end of the stick. I'd probably say Quetta since LQ already have some good pacers whereas, Quetta have only Mir Hamza now and will have to deal with Akmal's attitude issues as well. I think they were desperately looking for some hard-hitting batsmen but it's still disappointing that they would rather select Umar Akmal rather than backing young talents like Saud Shakeel, Saad Ali. Hope that changes this season.

[RedwoodOriginal]

Quetta have lost the plot. Rahat was their only pacer and signing Umar Akmal is hilarious.

As for LQ, offloading Akmal (and to a lesser extent Narine) is smart and shows they mean business, but signing Rahat and Hassan Khan doesn't really make sense.

Already have Yasir and Bilal and now Hassan. They should trade or sell Bilal otherwise one of these three spinners will be wasted. But then again, they wasted Bilal most of last season

[Mamoon]

Umar had a terrible campaign last year but he is a much better T20 player than that.

I think he can do well at Quetta and replicating some of his early PSL performances.

Narine is also a good addition. Pairing him with Nawaz will make it very hard for teams to post above par scores against them.

[Saj]

Good to get rid of Umar Akmal but to let Narine go is a strange one from LQ.

[Savak]

So much for the talk that no Franchise will be interested in picking Umar Akmal up

[Prince of Pakistan]

Umar Akmal has done better this season in domestic so it doesnt surprise me that people still have faith in him.

Also the best friends culture might benefit him making him feel part of something bigger.

[The Viper]

Umar Akmal has done better this season in domestic so it doesnt surprise me that people still have faith in him.

Also the best friends culture might benefit him making him feel part of something bigger.

It will be interesting if Sarfraz can get something out of him.

[fluke]

i think he will use him to get the maximum of the power play. i think he will open this time because they have lots of genius in their middle order already


and honestly i feel that if he will be given proper chance under captaincy of sarfraz he will shine

[anonymous_guy]

Already have Yasir and Bilal and now Hassan. They should trade or sell Bilal otherwise one of these three spinners will be wasted. But then again, they wasted Bilal most of last season

They even have Raza Hassan, Hasan Khan inclusion is a bit questionable when they already have a left arm spinner and a better on as well.

#LahoreBlunders staying true to their name.

[anonymous_guy]

It will be interesting if Sarfraz can get something out of him.

If Sarfraz shouts at him for his laziness in field, there are high chances that PSL will get its very own version of Harbhajan vs Sreesanth's SLAPGATE chaos.

[MMHS]

LQ might finish last once again. What sort of trade is to pick Rahat & leave Narine!!! Umar also is scoring quick runs this season, but cricket might not be the only reason for this. Again probably they have most of the 1st picks and I fear, again they’ll make draft blunders from the early signs.

[saeed5646]

LQ might finish last once again. What sort of trade is to pick Rahat & leave Narine!!! Umar also is scoring quick runs this season, but cricket might not be the only reason for this. Again probably they have most of the 1st picks and I fear, again they’ll make draft blunders from the early signs.

Mr moin khan and QQ where complaining about narine chucking at some delivery in last year psl which was the reason in the end narine was warned and now they have picked him strange decision

[MMHS]

Mr moin khan and QQ where complaining about narine chucking at some delivery in last year psl which was the reason in the end narine was warned and now they have picked him strange decision

That might justify LQs stand on Narine (though he was batting well as opener also), but letting off & picking Rahat by both parties is unexplainable. No way, Hasan Khan should have joined to LQ as well, for whom I think Afridi is still the Emerging player. Umar Akmal has made enough off field troubles to be thrown out from his home team, otherwise he isn’t the only LQ player to fail there. I believe he was probably some sort of icon player there in first season - now got the Misbah treatment from Lahore. Hope LQ picks a deserving young WK - may be Ruhail is ideal now to be playing at 3 and keep.

[Angrez Pakistani]

Weren’t Lahore supposed to have all the first round platinum picks since they finished last in PSL?

[Bullet Drive]

That might justify LQs stand on Narine (though he was batting well as opener also), but letting off & picking Rahat by both parties is unexplainable. No way, Hasan Khan should have joined to LQ as well, for whom I think Afridi is still the Emerging player. Umar Akmal has made enough off field troubles to be thrown out from his home team, otherwise he isn’t the only LQ player to fail there. I believe he was probably some sort of icon player there in first season - now got the Misbah treatment from Lahore. Hope LQ picks a deserving young WK - may be Ruhail is ideal now to be playing at 3 and keep.

Ruhail is with Islamabad, I think they'll keep him. Issue with Rohail is he can't hit big, no power whatsoever.

[saeed5646]

That might justify LQs stand on Narine (though he was batting well as opener also), but letting off & picking Rahat by both parties is unexplainable. No way, Hasan Khan should have joined to LQ as well, for whom I think Afridi is still the Emerging player. Umar Akmal has made enough off field troubles to be thrown out from his home team, otherwise he isn’t the only LQ player to fail there. I believe he was probably some sort of icon player there in first season - now got the Misbah treatment from Lahore. Hope LQ picks a deserving young WK - may be Ruhail is ideal now to be playing at 3 and keep.

afridi won,t be eligible for emerging category as he have now played international cricket he will be retain in gold or silver category .the only reason lq might have pick hasan is to fill there emerging category + there left arm spin so it make sense what they are thinking for emerging pick.the person that is ideal for lq is hafeez who can be perfect captain and can be the wise head one need for this team.rahat ali is rahat ali so no idea lq planing about this

[Angrez Pakistani]

That might justify LQs stand on Narine (though he was batting well as opener also), but letting off & picking Rahat by both parties is unexplainable. No way, Hasan Khan should have joined to LQ as well, for whom I think Afridi is still the Emerging player. Umar Akmal has made enough off field troubles to be thrown out from his home team, otherwise he isn’t the only LQ player to fail there. I believe he was probably some sort of icon player there in first season - now got the Misbah treatment from Lahore. Hope LQ picks a deserving young WK - may be Ruhail is ideal now to be playing at 3 and keep.

Rohail was in Islamabad United last season. I highly doubt that they would release him. A trade is also unlikely because LQ already have Hassan and Shaheen, unless they are planning to release Shaheen which would be a suicide by the LQ management.

[Angrez Pakistani]

afridi won,t be eligible for emerging category as he have now played international cricket he will be retain in gold or silver category .the only reason lq might have pick hasan is to fill there emerging category + there left arm spin so it make sense what they are thinking for emerging pick.the person that is ideal for lq is hafeez who can be perfect captain and can be the wise head one need for this team.rahat ali is rahat ali so no idea lq planing about this

Hassan Ali played for PZ as an emerging player even after playing for Pakistan. Why change the rules now for Shaheen?

[Greenstorm]

Smart move by Quetta.

[saeed5646]

Hassan Ali played for PZ as an emerging player even after playing for Pakistan. Why change the rules now for Shaheen?

i don,t think rule have been change it is same from session one .See the op 86 number in which shaheen is placed in gold category

[mak36]

Good to get rid of Umar Akmal but to let Narine go is a strange one from LQ.

I think LQ's strategy is to bolster their Pakistani bowling contingent and to use their platinum/foreign quota to pick batsmen; this is why they have let Narine go.

The problem is all of this will mean nothing unless they sign a local batsman who can play the accumulator role for them; someone like Haris would be perfect. Saud is another option but I think they want/need some experience.

[Angrez Pakistani]

i don,t think rule have been change it is same from session one .See the op 86 number in which shaheen is placed in gold category

Oh. Thanks for the correction.

[mak36]

Mr moin khan and QQ where complaining about narine chucking at some delivery in last year psl which was the reason in the end narine was warned and now they have picked him strange decision

See post #57 for why they have let him go.

[TeymurBlake]

Good to see them get rid of Umar Akmal but surprised to see a team go for him. As for Narine being trade off is a surprise to be honest really. Hassan Khan coming in is a good deal personally but Rahat Ali makes no sense.

[Angrez Pakistani]

I have the feeling that Umar Akmal would have been more suited for KK. KK has a stable top order with a relatively well settled middle order. They could’ve taken the punt on Umar Akmal without actually over depending on him in the middle. But I guess the toxicity that he brings to the team isn’t worth the hassle.

[Saj]

I have the feeling that Umar Akmal would have been more suited for KK. KK has a stable top order with a relatively well settled middle order. They could’ve taken the punt on Umar Akmal without actually over depending on him in the middle. But I guess the toxicity that he brings to the team isn’t worth the hassle.

No way Mickey Arthur would let KK sign Umar Akmal.

[Angrez Pakistani]

No way Mickey Arthur would let KK sign Umar Akmal.

Fair enough.

[mak36]

Quetta have lost the plot. Rahat was their only pacer

Just remembered they signed Sohail Tanvir recently, so presumably they felt Rahat was surplus to requirements.

[Angrez Pakistani]

Just remembered they signed Sohail Tanvir recently, so presumably they felt Rahat was surplus to requirements.

So they will have Umar Gul, Sunil Narine and Sohail Tanveer as their three front line bowlers. If they retain Ben Laughlin and Shane Watson and add one decent spinner in the attack then they’ll be a team to beat.

[Angrez Pakistani]

Would also love to see Nawaz bowling from one end and Narine bowling from the other. Not coming slow.

[Rana]

Umar Akmal seems to be in good form this season. Maybe this is a blessing in disguise from QG. Already a strong set up with Sarfaraz as captain.

[mak36]

So they will have Umar Gul, Sunil Narine and Sohail Tanveer as their three front line bowlers. If they retain Ben Laughlin and Shane Watson and add one decent spinner in the attack then they’ll be a team to beat.

Umar Gul was part of Multan's squad last season, not Quetta's.

[mak36]

Given they have signed Narine, will QG retain Chris Green?

[Hasan123]

Narine for Rahat is more brainless thinking by LQ. Umar Akmal isn't the worst T20 player in the world . If LQ fail this season, they can't blame Umar Akmal at least.

[MMHS]

Narine for Rahat is more brainless thinking by LQ. Umar Akmal isn't the worst T20 player in the world . If LQ fail this season, they can't blame Umar Akmal at least.

LQ needs to get rid of Aquib Javed & B Mac first. Mac’s leadership has lacked inspiration for the team. They probably had Paddy Upton as coach in 1st 2 seasons and replaced him with AJ, without much improvement. Mac also should be replaced by FZ - they can’t go lower after enjoying 1st draft picks every year.

[Angrez Pakistani]

Umar Gul was part of Multan's squad last season, not Quetta's.

Oh sorry. So they can still go for a decent pacer in the draft and their bowling attack would definitely look intimidating.

[Angrez Pakistani]

LQ needs to get rid of Aquib Javed & B Mac first. Mac’s leadership has lacked inspiration for the team. They probably had Paddy Upton as coach in 1st 2 seasons and replaced him with AJ, without much improvement. Mac also should be replaced by FZ - they can’t go lower after enjoying 1st draft picks every year.

B Mac’s gone. Didn’t you get the memo?

[Hedz]

The trade has left me confused and slightly bewildered

Getting rid of Umar Akmal for Hassan Khan is a great move for Lahore, but why would get rid of a talented youngster for a guy who constantly has issues with either attitude or form

Personally I would keep Narine, but trading for a first round platinum pick is a pretty decent move. They have 2 opportunities in the very first round to pick two world class players

Surprised Quetta got rid of Rahat Ali, despite taking quite a few wickets last year. I understand they have Tanvir now, but ideally you would play Rahat and Tanvir together and try an offload Anwar Ali. Surely he’s worth more than a silver round pick

[mastersaan10]

Lahore seriously needs better management. They have no idea what team composition is About, as we saw 5 matches lineup being changed. LQ has someone seriously bad in their management, the owner is so nice but he needs to take a stance and fire everyone in management.

[Titan24]

Lets see what Sarfaraz and Moin can extract out of Umer Akmal, though good change for both Umar and LQ.

While Narine is a gun player in T20s but I guess LQ needed a change to their overall strategy as they already had Yasir, Raza hassan, Agha Salman and now Hassan Khan so an overseas spinner was a luxury they couldnt have afforded taking into account the combination.

So Hassan Khan is a good addition overall as he will bat at no 7-8 and will perform that all rounder role.

I am not sure whether Rahat will get many games or not, If Sohail Khan is fit and available then Rahat might have to sit out for Shaheen, Sohail and Amir Yamin/ or emerging pacer. Haris Rauf has a good chance to make his debut for LQ this year.

Key move for LQ will still be who they select as their keeper batsman. Ideally they should go for a good emerging player as keeper batsman like Rohail Nazir, Umair Masood etc.

[SensiblePakFan]

weird to see them let narine go.

[MMHS]

B Mac’s gone. Didn’t you get the memo?

No idea. Honestly speaking, I hardly read (even write) anything on T20. Just watch few franchise games, and may be some T20I. I kept an eye on PAK-NZ scores, didn’t watch, neither comment in PP. Once the draft is done, I’ll take a look at final squads & may be write something on combinations & prospects.

If BMac gone, it’s good for LQ & PSL - too many obsolete former players were using PSL to milk easy money selling their reputation. For example, instead of Gayle, I’ll pay more for Hetmyer.

[Rana]

Narine for Rahat is more brainless thinking by LQ. Umar Akmal isn't the worst T20 player in the world . If LQ fail this season, they can't blame Umar Akmal at least.

Easing off the wage bill mate. They are making way for AB Devilliers.

Losing BMac, Narine and Akmal should enable them to buy 2 gun players from across the globe

[Rana]

Lahore Qalandars.

The issue they have is that they spend a serious amount of money on their Overseas players, and they must have the biggest draw name playing for them. From Chris Gayle to McCullum and as rumours suggest, they will now go for AB DeVilliers. This is the reason why they must compromise on spending well on their coaching staff, background statisticians etc. They want to become a global brand and tbh, they are doing well because no doubt they are the most followed side in the PSL. Most appealing and their matches really are the talk of the town, mainly because of their batting collapses even though they have some huge names