Najam Sethi announces new PSL draft on February 22nd

Pakistan Super League (PSL) chief executive Najam Sethi has bent all bars possible to host the final of the PSL 2017 in Pakistan. While the final will most certainly be played in Lahore, the draft of the league will once again open on the 22nd of February. Though unorthodox, the fact is that this draft will see a few players come into each of the sides that have qualified for the final and the overseas players who will not.

“On Feb. 22 we will do a new draft,” PSL chairman Najam Sethi said on a Pakistan TV channel. “We will put a formula in front of all the franchises and foreign players to let us know who will play the final in Lahore and who will not come.”

Sethi also went on to add that the PCB was in touch with a few other internationals who seemingly have little or no reservations about playing cricket in Pakistan. However, he went on to state that he was indebted to the Pakistan army for making this event a foreseeable thing that could happen. “We are in touch with other foreign players so that we could replace those (contracted international) players who are not willing to play in Lahore.”

“I salute the army chief,” Sethi said. “The PSL (final) which we are going to do is not just cricket, it has now more meaning into it.

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Sethi concluded by saying that, “We want to show the world that it’s a showcase of Pakistan … PSL is a window which we are using to bring back the world to Pakistan. We have worked very hard for it.”