The Pakistan Super League (PSL) season nine draft took place at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore on Wednesday.
The franchises completed their squads for the tournament slated to take place in February/March next year but several notable players surprisingly went unpicked, raising eyebrows among cricket enthusiasts.
Among those left out were some prominent batters including Haider Ali, Ahmad Shahzad, Sharjeel Khan, and Umar Akmal. These players, known for their batting prowess, found themselves overlooked during the draft.
Additionally, the absence of emerging players like Danish Aziz, Mubasir Khan, Arshad Iqbal and Muhammad Huraira also caught the attention of the cricket fraternity.
Aamer Yamin, Haris Sohail, Hussain Talat, Sohaib Maqsood and Musa Khan also remained unsold.
Moreover, the PSL draft's surprising turn extended beyond local players, as renowned international stars such as Maertin Guptill, Imran Tahir, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mujeebur Rehman, Ashton Agar, Dasun Shanaka, Ben Duckett, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Maheesh Theekshana, Angelo Mathews remained unpicked.
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