PSL 2023 Replacement Draft LIVE: The Pakistan Super League(PSL) is set to start on 13 February. England leg-spinner Adil Rashid and aggressive batsman Harry Brook will not be a part of the eighth edition of the tournament. PSL franchise Multan Sultans bought Adil Rashid and Harry Brook was bought by Lahore Qalandars, both will miss the entire competition due to their commitments with the English team. However, Rashid and Brook are all set to play IPL this year. Follow PSL LIVE Updates with INSIDESPORT.IN.
PSL 2023 Replacement Draft LIVE: Adil Rashid & Harry Brook opt out of Pakistan Super League due to England commitments, set to play IPL 2023 instead, Follow Live Updates
The defending champions Lahore Qalandars faced a major setback as one of their finest power-hitters Harry Brook will be missing out. Qalandars will also be without Jordan Cox and Rashid Khan for the first three games. However, Adil Rashid and Harry Brook are all set to play in IPL 2023. Both the players have been bought by Sun Risers Hyderabad. SRH bought Adil for the base price of 2 crore rupees and Brook for whopping 13.25 crores rupees.
In the replacement draft, which took place on January 25, two-time champions Islamabad United got their partial replacement as Tymall Mills and Gus Atkinson. For the supplementary replacement United got Zafar Gohar and Tom Curran. The champions of 2021 Multan Sultans, got their partial replacement as Wayne Parnell and Izharulhaq Naveed. Sultans has Amad Butt and Kieron Pollard as their supplementary replacement. Lahore Qalandars partial replacement are Sam Billings, Shane Dadswell and Kusal Mendis and their supplementary replacements is Ahsan Bhatti.
PSL 2023 Replacement Draft LIVE: Adil Rashid & Harry Brook opt out of Pakistan Super League due to England commitments, set to play IPL 2023 instead, Follow Live Updates
On the other hand, Peshawar Zalmi got Haris Sohail as supplementary replacement and Richard Gleeson as their partial replacement. Whereas, Karachi Kings got their supplementary replacement as Ben Cutting and Musa Khan, and partial replacement as Faisal Akram. Meanwhile, Quetta Gladiators have Dwaine Pretorius, Will Jacks and Nuwan Thushara as partial replacement, and Saud Shakeel and Qais Ahmad as supplementary replacements.
After an exciting opening ceremony, the PSL 8 will begin on February 13. The first match will take place between the reigning champions Lahore Qalandars and the 2021 champions Multan Sultans at the Multan Cricket Stadium. Earlier, the PCB has also granted teams’ requests to expand the player pool. Franchises now has an option to choose two players from the supplemental category to round out a team of 20 players.
The list of unavailable players is below, while the players like Aaron Finch, Ahmad Shahzad, Ben Cutting, Ammad Butt, Lungi Nigidi, and Shakib ul Hassan could be considered during mini Draft.#PSL2023 #HBLPSL8 #PSL8 pic.twitter.com/X6gtrQPEsn
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Partial replacements:
Multan Sultans: Wayne Parnell and Izharulhaq Naveed
Islamabad United: Tymal Mills and Gus Atkinson
Lahore Qalandars: Sam Billings, Shane Dadswell and Kusal Mendis
Peshawar Zalmi: Richard Gleeson
Karachi Kings: Faisal Akram
Quetta Gladiators: Dwaine Pretorius, Will Jacks and Nuwan Thushara
Supplementary replacements:
Multan Sultans: Amad Butt, Kieron Pollard
Islamabad United: Zafar Gohar, Tom Curran
Lahore Qalandars: Ahsan Bhatti
Peshawar Zalmi: Haris Sohail
Karachi Kings: Ben Cutting, Musa Khan
Quetta Gladiators: Saud Shakeel, Qais Ahmad
PSL 2023 Replacement Draft LIVE: Adil Rashid & Harry Brook opt out of Pakistan Super League due to England commitments, set to play IPL 2023 instead, Follow Live Updates
