Multan, Islamabad announce partial replacements of Afridi, Topley

Quetta Gladiators have partially replaced Shahid Afridi, who is unavailable for the initial matches due to Covid, with left-arm orthodox Hassan Khan.

Hassan Khan is one of the 15 reserve players in the Managed Event Environment and, as such, will not be required to undergo 72-hour isolation to join Gladiators squad.

On the other hand, Islamabad United have made a temporary replacement of Reece Topley, who is unavailable for the entire HBL PSL 7, with left-arm medium-pacer Waqas Maqsood.

According to the HBL PSL replacement protocols, a foreign player can be replaced with another overseas player. As such, Islamabad United are entitled to replace Topley with a foreign player.

The partial replacement has been approved by Event Technical Committee, which is headed by Zakir Khan (Director – International Cricket Operations), and includes Nadeem Khan (Director – High Performance) and Sameer Khosa.