KARACHI: 2017 champions Peshawar Zalmi on Saturday announced the direct signing of captain Farhan Yousuf for the much-anticipated Pakistan Super League (PSL) Under-11-19 men’s cricket team scheduled to be held from March 26 to May 3.
Yusuf, who led Pakistan to their second ACC Men’s U19 Asia Cup title with a 191-run win over arch-rivals India in last year’s final, was one of the notable national cricketers not sold in last month’s historic PSL players’ draft.
The middle-order batsman, however, got a late call-up to the marquee league as he was joined by Zalmi.
The signing of Yusuf, who has played six T20Is so far, has scored 122 runs at an average of 61 and a remarkable strike rate of 196.77 with the help of a half-century.
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Zalmi are scheduled to open their PSL 11 campaign on March 28 when they take on the Bindis at the Imran Khan Cricket Stadium, which is set to host a marquee league match for the first time.
Peshawar Zalmi Squad for PSL 11:
Babar Azam (c), Sufyan Mukeem, Abdul Samad, Ali Raza and Aaron Hardy (direct signing), Amir Jamal, Mohammad Harris, Khalid Usman, Abdul Subban, James Vince, Michael Bracewell, Gusal Mendis, Iftikhar Ahmed, Nahid Shahna Tawazing, Mirza Tawazing, Farhan Yousaf (direct signing).
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