KARACHI:
The Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL) on Tuesday, introduced that veteran New Zealand pacer Tim Southee has signed up for the highly-anticipated participant draft for the league’s tenth version.
The announcement was made on the league’s social media handles with a banner and a caption stating, “Kiwi tempo supreme Tim Southee enters the HBL PSL Draft.”
The 36-year-old is likely one of the most skilled gamers within the T20I format.
He has represented New Zealand in 126 T20I matches, choosing up 164 wickets and is at the moment the very best wicket-taker in T20I cricket historical past.
On the subject of franchise league expertise, he has performed in The Hundred Males’s Competitors, Indian Premier League (IPL), Vitality Blast and Champions League T20.
Over 10 IPL seasons, he represented groups like Chennai Tremendous Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Kolkata Knight Riders.
In his IPL profession, he performed 54 matches, taking 47 wickets at a mean of 37.06 and an financial system charge of 8.66.
Notably, Southee is the fourth New Zealander and the twenty second general international participant to register for the PSL 10 draft, which can happen in Balochistan for the primary time as Gwadar is about to host the landmark occasion on January 11, 2025.
Aside from him, Rassie van der Dussen has signed up for the highly-anticipated participant draft for the league’s tenth version.
The announcement was made on the league’s social media handles with a compilation video of the right-handed batter’s finest pictures.
“South African Proper Hand Batter Rassie van der Dussen makes his means again to the HBL PSL Draft.”
The 35-year-old, who’s a key a part of South Africa’s white-ball sides, represented the Proteas in 18 Assessments, 68 ODIs and 50 ODIs, accumulating 4626 runs throughout codecs with the assistance of six centuries and 29 half-centuries.
Van der Dussen additionally has a wealth of expertise within the T20 format, having performed 211 matches within the format.
In these appearances, he scored 6075 runs at a powerful strike charge of 131.86, together with 5 centuries and 39 fifties.
The proper-handed batter has additionally featured within the PSL twice, representing Islamabad United and Lahore Qalandars in 2023 and 2024 editions, respectively.
His PSL report is equally spectacular as he has 512 runs to his identify in 13 innings at a mean of 46.54 and a strike charge of 145.86. He has additionally scored one century and three fifties within the league.
The choose order for the participant draft has additionally been introduced, with two-time champions Lahore Qalandars making the primary choose within the opening spherical of the platinum class, adopted by arch-rivals Karachi Kings.
2019 champions Quetta Gladiators will make the third choose, whereas Peshawar Zalmi may have the fourth.
Final season’s runners-up, Sultans, and reigning champions United will make the fifth and sixth picks, respectively.
Registered international gamers for PSL 10 participant draft: Tim Southee, Martin Guptill, Rassie van der Dussen, Matthew Brief, Gudakesh Motie, Alex Hales, Luke Wooden, Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Usman Khawaja, Corbin Bosh, Rilee Rossouw, Colin Munro, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Tom Curran, David Willey, Dawid Malan, Jason Roy, Shakib Al Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman and Sikandar Raza.