Pakistan announced squad for Hong Kong super sixes tournament 2017

Pakistan Cricket board has announced the squad for the forthcoming Hong Kong super sixes tournament, the traditional tournament returning after an absence of five years and scheduled to begin from Kowloon cricket club on October 28.

Sohail Tanvir named captain of Pakistan for the tournament, Pakistan’s seven member squad includes: Sohail Tanvir, Sohail Khan, Jahid Khan, Mohammad Sami, Anwar Ali, Hammad Azam & Shibzada Farhan. Fast bowler Bilawal Bhatti and Mohammad Irfan Jr. are named as reserved players for Pakistan squad.

Eight-team to participate in the tournament are Hong Kong, New Zealand, Pakistan, Australia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India and South Africa. Pakistan, the winner of inaugural 6s tournament in Hong Kong, has won the tournament 5 times, jointly the most with England. South Africa has won the last tournament in 2012 when they defeated Pakistan in the final.

Players retention finalized for the Pakistan Super League 2017

Preparations start for the 3rd edition of the Pakistan Super League as all franchises exchanging players to reinforce their squad and combinations. 

Mohammad Rizwan of Lahore Qalandars will now play for Karachi King and make room for fast bowler Sohail Khan in his previous side Lahore Qalandars. Iftikhar Ahmad of Peshawar Zalmi has joined Islamabad United. All released players will now be eligible for selection by new 6^th PSL team Multan Sultans, who will submit their picks on October 10.

The five teams of PSL have retained these players in their squads for the 3rd edition of the PSL:

It was earlier announced by PCB Chairman Najam Sethi that seven new players including JP Duminy (SA), Chris Lynn (AUS), Mitchell Johnson (AUS), Angelo Mathews (SL), Rashid Khan (AFG) and Evin Lewis (WI) will join the PSL 2017 draft. Also, the former star all-rounder Shahd Afridi had earlier announced to leave Peshawar Zalmi and join Karachi Kings.

Seven new overseas players signed for PSL 2018

Pakistan Cricket board and PSL administration has confirmed the addition of seven new overseas players for the PSL 2017 addition. Najam Sethi PCB chairman announced about the new signings through his twitter account.

New signings include stars player from Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and West indies.

List of new Players:
Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
Chris Lynn (Australia)
JP Duminy  (South Africa)
Imran Tahir (South Africa)
Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka)
Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
Evin Lewis (West Indies)

All of these overseas players have immense experience of T20 Cricket. Inclusion of these stars players can make PSL 2018 even bigger than the last two editions. These players have played in almost all popular t20 leagues around the globe like IPL, BPL, BBL, and CPL.

Lewis (WI) & Lynn (AUS) are famous for their furious batting and strong power hitting. Lynn has an impressive average of 36.79 and strike rate of 148. The players’ draft for the 3rd edition of PSL is expected to be held in the mid of October 2017.