LAHORE – AB de Villiers of Lahore Qalandars was named as captain of Team ofHBL PSL 2019, which was selected by an independent panel comprisingMudassar Nazar, Ramiz Raja and Danny Morrison, who have collectively played181 Tests and 416 ODIs.
De Villiers displayed his talent and prowess in seven matches, in which heaggregated 218 runs at a stunning average of 54.5 with an incrediblestrike-rate of 129.
De Villiers has been named the captain of the side, which, as per the eventregulations, includes four foreign players in the playing line-up, andcomprises the best performers of the HBL PSL 2019 keeping in mind a winningcombination that was capable of defeating any franchise side in any givenconditions.
Mudassar Nazar, who led the selection panel, said here on Monday “It hasbeen a gigantic task to select a team comprising 12 players from aworld-class event that produced a high number of quality individualperformances”.
“We as the panel members decided to select players who can form acombination that was capable of defeating any franchise side in the worldin any given conditions. I don’t think anyone will disagree that this isthe best winning combination from the large pool of top performing player”,he asserted.
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Apart from de Villiers, the line-up includes four players from PeshawarZalmi (Kamran Akmal, Kieron Pollard, Hasan Ali and Wahab Riaz), threeplayers from Karachi Kings (Babar Azam, Colin Ingram and Umer Khan), twoplayers from Islamabad United (Asif Ali and Faheem Ashraf) and a playerfrom Quetta Gladiators (Shane Watson).
De Villiers Qalandars team-mate Sandeep Lamichhane has been chosen as the12th player.
Team of HBL PSL 2019 in batting order:1- Shane Watson* (Quetta Gladiators) {430 runs, avge. 43, strike-rate 143.8}2- Kamran Akmal (wicket-keeper) (Peshawar Zalmi) {357 runs, avge. 27.4,strike-rate 137.8, 9 dismissals}3- Babar Azam (Karachi Kings) {335 runs, 30.34 avge, 115.5 strike-rate}4-AB de Villiers* (captain) (Lahore Qalandars) {218 runs, 54.5 avge,strike-rate 129}5- Colin Ingram* (Karachi Kings) {344 runs, 34.40 avge, 164.5 strike-rate}6- Asif Ali (Islamabad United) {281 runs, 35.12 avge, 182.46 strike-rate}7- Kieron Pollard* (Peshawar Zalmi) {284 runs, avge 28.4, strike-rate 173;5 wickets, 45.8 avge, eco. 7.89}8- Faheem Ashraf (Islamabad United) {21 wickets, avge. 15.33, eco. 7.29}9- Wahab Riaz (Peshawar Zalmi) {17 wickets, 19.88 avge, eco. 6.78}10-Hasan Ali (Peshawar Zalmi) {25 wickets, 13.64 avge, eco. 6.77}11-Umer Khan (Karachi Kings) {15 wickets, 16.13 avge, eco.7.11}12-Sandeep Lamichhane* (Lahore Qalandars) {11 wickets, 17.18 avge, eco.7.66}.
