Wow! It’s time for cricketing again. Pakistan Super League, so called PSL 2018 is on its way. The ball was set for rolling for the second season and spectators from all around the world are getting ready for nail biting finishes. PSL Draft was held on October 19. Many hundred players were there in the draft and the five teams brought in players to their squad. There were some players who were retained from the last season.
It was a bit shocking to PSL, as many star players were missing the tournament because of the respective international match commitments and fitness issues. For the second time, the PSL Replacement draft held again on January 23 for the bringing the new players in the team for replacement of those who were selected in the first draft.
PSL Teams 2018:
Pakistan Super League Teams are Quetta Gladiators, Peshawar Zalmi, Lahore Qalandars, Karachi Kings and Islamabad United.
It is nice to see that many of big names are found in PSL Team Captains 2018 list.
There were many changes made in this season. Lahore Qalandars had let go of Dwanye Bravo, Shaun Tait and Anton Devich, all of whom are injured were replaced by English opening batsman Jason Roy, Chris Green and Newzealand facer James Franklin.
There is another big challenge for Peshawar Zalmi, where missing out names were Alex Hales, Bangladeshi star Shakib al Hasan and Mohammad Shahzad. They have brought in Marlon Samuels, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Samit Patel and Andre Fletcher to the team.
Finally, Quette Gladiators had made four changes in the team. T20 super star Carlos Brathwaite, Rovman Powell, David Willey and Mohammad Nabi were relieved for various reasons. Nathan McCullum, Thisara Perera, Rilew Rossow and Mahmudullah Riah were given a chance in the squad.
There were no changes made in defending champions Islamabad United and Karachi Kings squads.
PSL 2018 Teams Squad:
Here is PSL 2018 Teams Squad with overseas and Pakistani players list.
| Pakistani Players | Overseas Players |
|---|---|
| Misbah-ul-Haq (captain) | Alex Hales |
| Mohammad Hasan | J.P Duminy |
| Mohammad Sami | Samuel Badree |
| Hussian Talat | Steven Finn |
| Faheem Ashraf | Luke Ronchi |
| Shadab Khan | Chadwick Walton |
| Zafar Gohar | Samit Patel |
| Rumman Raees | Andre Russel |
| Rohail Nazir | Sam Billings |
| Amad Butt | |
| Pakistani Players | Overseas Players |
|---|---|
| Shahid Afridi | Joe Denly |
| Babar Azam | Colin Ingram |
| Imad Wasim (Captain) | Ravi Bopara |
| Mohammad Amir | Lendl Simmons |
| Safiullah Bangash | Eoin Morgan |
| Mohammad Rizwan | Tymal Mills |
| Mohammed Taha | David Wiese |
| Khurram Manzoor | |
| Usama Mir | |
| Hasan Mohsin | |
| Tabish Khan | |
| Usman Khan | |
| Pakistani Players | Overseas Players |
|---|---|
| Hammad Azam | Darren Sammy (Captain) |
| Sohaid Masqood | Andre Fletcher |
| Wahab Riaz | Riki Wessels |
| Khushdil Shah | Chris Jordan |
| Mohammad Hafeez | Dwayne Bravo |
| Kamran Akmal | Liam Dawson |
| Umaid Asif | Shakib Al Hasan |
| Haris Sohail | Tamim Iqbal |
| Hasan Ali | |
| Mohammad Asghar | |
| Saad Nasim | |
| Pakistani Players | Overseas Players |
|---|---|
| Sarfraz Ahmed (Captain) | Kevin Pietersen |
| Saud Shakeel | Rashid Khan |
| Asad Shafiq | Rilee Rossouw |
| Rahat Ali | Shane Watson |
| Saad Ali | Jason Roy |
| Mohammad Nawaz | Jofra Archer |
| Anwar Ali | Mahmudullah |
| Hassan Khan | |
| Rameez Raja | |
| Mir Hamza | |
| Umar Amim | |
| Pakistani Players | Overseas Players |
|---|---|
| Bilal Asif | Brendon McCullum (Captain) |
| Yasir Shah | Anton Devcich |
| Aamer Yamin | Cameron Delport |
| Sohail Khan | Chris Lynn |
| Umar Akmal | Mitchell McClenaghan |
| Raja Hasan | Sunil Narine |
| Fakhar Zaman | Mustafizur Rahman |
| Bilawal Bhatti | Denesh Ramdin |
| Ghulam Mudassar | |
| Shaheen Afridi | |
| Pakistani Players | Overseas Players |
|---|---|
| Shoaib Malik (Captain) | Darren Bravo |
| Ahmed Shehzad | Nicholas Pooran |
| Abdullah Shafique | Kumar Sangakkara |
| Saif Badar | Ross Whiteley |
| Sohaib Maqsood | Imran Tahir |
| Kashif Bhatti | Hardus Viljoen |
| Shan Masood | Thisara Perera |
| Mohammad Abbas | |
| Umar Siddiq | |
| Junaid Khan | |
| Sohail Tanvir | |
| Mohammad Irfan | |
| Umar Gul |
PSL 2018 Team Captains:
The defending champions Peshawar Zalmi will continue to lead by Darren Sammy. Imad Wasim, taking over the reins of Karachi Kings.
Shahid Afridi had decided to give up on the role and it is handed to Darren Sammy, the former West Indian captain. Every one’s eye is on Pakistan T20 International captain Sarfaraz Ahmed, where he is taking the led for Quetta Gladiators.
Surprisingly, the Lahore Qalandars had taken the decision to remove Azhar Ali from the captaincy. Newzealand’s former captain, Brendon McCullum was made as skipper of the team.
The first season had made some remarkable moments. Many stars like Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Shane Watson, Shakib al Hasan and Grand Elliot came all together and made the first season of PSL as a great tournament.
Umar Akmal and Sharjeel Khan were the two local heroes who made the contribution with the bat and they were the leading run scorer in the tournament. Mohammad Shami and Wahab Riaz were in the group of leading wicket takers.
It was a great season for Islamabad United who won the tournament and become defending champions though they finished third in the PSL points table. It was the worst season for Karachi Kings and Lahore Qalandars as they had won only two in the eight matches they played.
Here on Live Cricket Records, you can get the information about PSL Records for each player and team.
“It’s time to enter into the second season. Keep your fingers crossed for great season”.