Kieron Pollard, Will Jacks and Sam Billings join PSL as franchises put finishing touches to squads

Richard Gleeson, Tom Curran, Gus Atkinson and Tymal Mills all earn deals as part of the supplementary and replacement picks on Wednesday (January 25)

The Cricketer | 25/01/2023 at 16:58

Kieron Pollard is the headline addition to the upcoming eighth edition of the Pakistan Super League following the latest batch of additions to the competition.

The former West Indies international, who has not played in the tournament since 2019, was signed up by 2021 champions Multan Sultans.

An annual draft which allowed the six teams to complete their squad was held in December but tournament organisers decided to raise the number of players permitted in each squad from 18 to 20.

Furthermore, franchises were also allowed to select partial and full replacements for players whose availability is compromised due to international commitments.

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^{Gleeson was part of England's pre-T20 World Cup series in Pakistan last year (Alex Davidson/Getty Images)}

Islamabad United picked up three English players in the form of Tom Curran, in the supplementary draft, and Gus Atkinson and Tymal Mills as replacement picks for Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Alex Hales, who only arrives from February 26.

Will Jacks will come in for Jason Roy at Quetta Gladiators - though both could be involved in the Bangladesh white-ball series - and Wayne Parnell replaces Adil Rashid for Multan Sultans.

Shane Dadsfwell was selected to stand in for Harry Brook, who has ruled himself out of the entire tournament, at Lahore Qalandars who have also added Sam Billings in place of Rashid Khan.

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^{Islamabad United will wait before replacing Moeen Ali (ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images)}

Richard Gleeson will replace Rovman Powell at Peshawar Zalmi and Jordan Cox's late arrival will be covered by Kusal Mendis at Qalandars.

United opted to wait before choosing a substitute for Moeen Ali, with Quetta Gladiators deciding to do the same with Wanindu Hasaranga, who leaves the tournament on March 3.

Khurram Shahzad, Haris Sohail (both Zalmi), Ahsan Bhatti (Qalandars), Ben Cutting, Musa Khan (both Karachi Kings), Qais Ahmed, Saud Shakeel (both Gladiators), Ammad Butt (Sultans), Zafar Gohar (United) were among those players picked during the two supplementary rounds.

The latest edition of the PSL kicks off from February 13 with a repeat of last year's final between Sultans and defending champions Qalandars.