PSL 6 replacement draft set to take place next week, players’ list revealed

The replacement draft for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season six will take place next week, during a virtual session, with 132 foreign players.

The sixth edition of PSL was postponed on March 4, due to multiple Covid-19 cases among players and support staff, with 20 matches remaining.

The remaining PSL 6 matches will resume on June 1, with the final scheduled for June 20.

No England player will be available for the event due to the Vitality T20 Blast, which begins on June 9, and the ongoing County Championship.

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PSL season six, before it was postponed, featured a number of English imports like Saqib Mehmood, Tom Banton, Ravi Bopara, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Alex Hales and Joe Clarke.

The initial list of players, who have agreed to play the tournament, include the following:

Platinum

West Indies’ opener Evin Lewis and all-rounder Andre Russell, New Zealand’s opener Martin Guptill and Bangladesh’s all-rounder Shakibal Hasan are part of the platinum roster.

Lewis is likely to be available till June 16, meanwhile Guptill will be available for the entire duration. Russell and Shakib will be available after the end of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL).

Diamond

The diamond category has two Aussies in the shape of top-order batsman Usman Khawaja and all-rounder James Faulkner. Meanwhile, New Zealand’s pacer Adam Milne, South Africa’s speedster Morne Morkel and Bangladesh’s opener Tamim Iqbal are also part of this category.

Morkel, Faulkner and Khawaja are fully available for the event, while Milne and Iqbal will join after the IPL and May 27, respectively.

Gold

Sri Lanka’s wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella and middle-order batsman Dinesh Chandimal are part of the gold category, alongside West Indies’ all-rounder Keemo Paul.

Silver

The silver category includes the likes of Australia’s Jake Weatherald and Jonathan Wells, Afghanistan’s Hazratullah Zazai, New Zealand’s George Worker, Zimbabwe’s Wesley Madhevere and Sean Williams, Bangladesh’s Taskin Ahmed, Liton Das and Shabbir Rahman, Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Pradeep and Seekkuge Prasanna, West Indies’ Johnson Charles and Kesrick Williams and South Africa’s Sissanda Magala.

Windies’ top-order batsman Shimron Hetmyer, South Africa’s opener Janneman Malan and New Zealand’s all-rounder Corey Anderson are also on the PSL’s radar but their participation is not confirmed at the moment.