Abrar Ahmed and Muhammad Wasim Jr, who represented United, move to Quetta Gladiators
Islamabad United, a PSL team, revealed on Saturday that top pacer Naseem Shah had joined the two-time winners in a significant trade.
The cricket community was talking about Naseem, a member of the Quetta Gladiators, and every PSL team was interested in signing the 20-year-old following rumors that he had chosen to leave Quetta.
United’s Abrar Ahmed and Muhammad Wasim Jr. relocated to Quetta Gladiators in the meantime.
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Are YOU charged 🔋 for the most awaited trade of the season!?!? 🔥🔥
Naseem Shah moves to 🔁 Islamabad United
Abrar Ahmed moves to 🔁 Quetta Gladiators
Mohammad Wasim Jr moves to 🔁 Quetta Gladiators #HBLPSLDraft #HBLPSL9 @iNaseemShah @IsbUnited @TeamQuetta pic.twitter.com/IGZFDCt0WL
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) December 2, 2023
Strong reports suggested that Naseem would finish up playing for Peshawar Zalmi or Multan Sultans, who had just acquired Iftikhar Ahmed in a trade deal. However, Islamabad emerged victorious in the competition to sign the pacer.
Even though the highly anticipated PSL 9 draft is still 11 days away, Islamabad has already selected two of the top players in the shorter format.
Iska tha intezaar!! #NaseemTheDream https://t.co/ODKX0dAmc9
— Islamabad United (@IsbUnited) December 2, 2023
In a trade that saw pacer Hasan Ali join Karachi Kings, Imad Wasim joined the United family. The left-handed all-rounder finished with 404 runs and nine wickets in ten matches to win PSL 8 Player of the Tournament.
Islamabad is gradually emerging as one of the favorites for the forthcoming season thanks to some of the best all-around players in the world, including Shadab Khan and Faheem Ashraf, and hard-hitters like Rahmanullah Gurbaz of Afghanistan, Azam Khan and Asif Ali of Pakistan.
Prior to this, Iftikhar Ahmed and Rilee Rossouw made a significant trade for Multan Sultans.
Iftikhar, who has previously played for Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, and Peshawar Zalmi, will don the Sultans’ uniform in 2019 and become the league’s first player to represent five different teams.
Multan now has the first platinum pick in the PSL 9 Draft, which is set to take place in Lahore on December 13th, thanks to the historic transaction.
Rossouw returned to Quetta, the side he played for when winning the PSL title in 2019 and finishing as the second highest scorer in the championship match against Peshawar Zalmi with 39 runs scored
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