KARACHI: Hyderabad Houston Kingsmen on Thursday announced the signing of Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell for the upcoming 11th edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) scheduled to be held from March 26 to May 3.
The franchise announced the signing of the dominant Australian batsman on their social media handle.
Maxwell has been one of Australia’s most dominant players in the T20I format.
In 129 matches, he has scored 2,897 runs at a strike rate of 158.42, including 12 fifties and five centuries, with a highest score of 145*. He has also taken 49 wickets in his bowling.
The right-handed batsman brings vast franchise experience, having played in tournaments like the Big Bash League (PBL), Indian Premier League (IPL), The Hundred and the Vitality Blast.
In 502 T20 matches, Maxwell has amassed 10,986 runs at a strike rate of 154.16, registering 58 fifties and 8 centuries, while taking 196 wickets.
He is set to make his PSL debut this season and is expected to add firepower and experience to the Kingsmen squad.
Earlier, on February 6, Australia’s top-order batsman Marnus Labuschagne was also signed directly by the franchise.
For the uninitiated, the PSL player auction – the first in the league’s history – was held at the Expo Center on Wednesday, where all eight franchises finalized their squads.
The auction replaced the draft system that had been in place for the first 10 editions since the league’s inception in 2016.
As the PSL gears up for expansion, the addition of two new franchises, Sialkot Stallions and Hyderabad Houston Kingsmen, is bringing about a change in the player selection model.
The existing six teams were allowed to retain only four players each from their core squads, making squad-building a challenging task ahead of the new season.
Hyderabad Houston Kingsmen for Pakistan Super League (PSL) 11: Saim Ayub (PKR 12.6 crore), Akif Javed (PKR 1.96 crore), PKR Mas Sadaq (PKR 3.5 crore), Marnus Labuschagne (direct signing), Glenn Maxwell (direct signing), Usman Khan (PKR 4.62 crore), Mohammad 2 crore. (PKR 3.1 Crore), Muhammad Irfan Khan (PKR 2.9 Crore), Hasan Khan (PKR 1.85 Crore), Shayan Jahangir (PKR 60 Lakh), Othniel Bartman (PKR 1.1 Crore), Hammad Azam (PKR 60 Lakh), Riskely 4 Crore. (PKR 60 lakh), Asif Mehmood (PKR 60 lakh), Hunain Shah (PKR 60 lakh), Rizwan Mehmood (PKR 60 lakh), Saad Ali (PKR 60 lakh) and Dayab Arif (PKR 60 lakh).
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