Shamar Joseph picked as PCB reveals supplementary players for HBL PSL 9

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Several supplementary and replacement players have been added to the six HBL Pakistan Super League squads, for the ninth edition that begins on 17 February, during the Replacement Draft that took place over a conference call on Monday. 

Peshawar Zalmi, announcing their replacements, drafted Waqar Salamkheil in the silver category for Lungi Ngidi, who was not available for the whole season after being picked in the HBL PSL Draft in December. Fast bowler, Khurram Shahzad will be partially available, with pacer Arshad Iqbal named as his replacement, in silver category. Gus Atkinson is set to replace Noor Ahmed who is not available to Peshawar Zalmi due to international commitments, meanwhile they have reserved their pick for the replacement of partially available Naveen ul Haq.

Emerging West Indies fast bowler Shamar Joseph has been enlisted by Peshawar Zalmi as a temporary substitute for England's Gus Atkinson in the upcoming ninth season of the aforementioned tournament.

In his debut international series against Australia, Joseph made a spectacular entrance, participating in two matches and securing an impressive total of 13 wickets. Notably, his standout performance included taking seven wickets in the second Test against Australia, contributing significantly to his team's victory on Australian soil after a 27-year gap.

 

Off the back of his heroics, rising star ⭐ Shamar Joseph joins the fray for HBL PSL 9 🎊#HBLPSL9 pic.twitter.com/DZhTqVwRgg

— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) January 29, 2024

Lahore Qalandars reserved their picks for Rashid Khan, fully unavailable and Dan Lawrence, partially unavailable to the franchise.

Islamabad United, too, reserved their pick for Tom Curran, who will not be part of the side for this HBL PSL edition. Karachi Kings have called in Zahid Mehmood as a partial replacement of Kieron Pollard while they have reserved their pick for Tim Seifert, who will be available after the conclusion of the New Zealand T20Is. 

Quetta Gladiator’s Bismillah Khan will replace Wanindu Hasaranga after Sri Lanka's Hasaranga will leave the squad during the tournament owing to his international commitments. 

In the first and second pick of the third supplementary round, left-arm pacers Luke Wood and Obed McCoy were bagged by Peshawar Zalmi and Islamabad United, respectively. 

Karachi Kings had the third pick and they went for English middle-order batter Leus De Plooy meanwhile the fourth pick belonged to Lahore Qalandars who took on board the Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa, who featured for Peshawar Zalmi in the last HBL PSL season. 

Multan Sultans had the fifth pick in the third supplementary round and they went for the experienced West Indian wicketkeeper-batter Johnson Charles, who has represented Sultans and Quetta Gladiators in previous HBL PSL seasons. 

Quetta Gladiators, with the last pick of the round three, drafted English batter Laurie Evans, who previously appeared in his solitary HBL PSL season for Multan Sultans in the 2019 edition. 

The fourth round of the Supplementary picks saw  Sultans bagging the exciting 19-year-old Muhammad Shahzad, who was part of Pakistan U19 at the ICC Men’s U19 World Cup 2022.

 

We're thrilled 🥳 to introduce the fresh wave 🌊 of talent picked in the HBL PSL 9 Replacement Draft! 🏏

Read more here: https://t.co/PSHi0FpOWP#HBLPSL9 pic.twitter.com/xMO9EC9m3h

— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) January 29, 2024