Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board has revealed the overseas players for the Pakistan Super League final, scheduled to be held at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on March 5.
All major overseas players of Quetta Gladiators, namely Kevin Pietersen, Luke Wright, Rilee Rossouw and Tymal Mills, withdrew from the final following the Gladiators’ victory against Peshawar Zalmi in the first playoff, leaving many wondering whether the team would have any foreign player at all for the grand finale.
However, Quetta Gladiators and the other two remaining teams, Karachi Kings and Peshawar Zalmi, have nominated 16 overseas players from the earlier list of 54 players for the PSL final.
Note that Zalmi overseas players Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels, Dawid Malan, Samit Patel and Chris Jordan have already agreed to come to Pakistan if their team qualifies for the final.
This is the list of foreign players nominated for the PSL final:
Anamul Haque — Bangladesh
Elton Chigumbura — Zimbabwe
Peter David Tergo — England
Rayad Emrit — West Indies
Graeme Cremer — Zimbabwe
Craig Ervine — Zimbabwe
Jade Dernbach — England
Ryan ten Doeschate — Netherlands
Morne van Wyk — South Africa
Richard Levi — South Africa
Ashar Zaidi — England
Josh Cobb — England
Azharullah — England
Sean Ervine — Zimbabwe
Kesrick Williams — West Indies