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00:00Hello and welcome to SportsZoom. I am your host, Najeeb Al-Husnain.
00:17The excitement for PSL has started. Today is a very important day because all the teams are completing their squad.
00:25The draft is going on as we speak. This is the 10th season of HBL PSL.
00:33You can see how the draft is going on and all the teams are trying to make a strong squad.
00:39The most exciting player for this PSL season 10 was David Warner.
00:45He will be seen in action for the first time in PSL and Karachi King has grabbed him in his Platinum pick.
00:53Let me tell you about the current situation.
00:57In Platinum, the Karachi players, let's start with Karachi.
01:01David Warner, Adam Mills and Abbas Afridi have been picked with Wild Cards.
01:07In Diamond, Karachi King has picked Khujdil Shah, Hassan Ali and James Wins has already been retained.
01:13In Gold category, Aamir Jamal has been picked.
01:16Shahan Masood and Irfan Khan Niazi were already retained players in this category.
01:22These are the big names that the teams have picked.
01:28In my opinion, Lahore Kalandir's Platinum pick, Daryl Mitchell was also a great pick.
01:35We will talk about this. Kamran Akmal is with us.
01:38Kamran, Assalam-o-Alaikum. Welcome to the show.
01:41Walaikum Assalam. Thank you, Najeeb.
01:44Kamran, there is a lot of excitement because draft is such a thing that you think about the core of the team.
01:51Which players are they going to add and which direction are they going in?
01:55This time, we are seeing a lot of all-rounders in HBL-PSL.
02:00Every team has done one thing and then another.
02:07There is a lot of search for a utility cricketer. What would you say?
02:11It is exactly like that.
02:13This time, I am very happy that the top players, who have made the name of our neighboring country, IPL, with their performance and presence,
02:24have come to play in PSL this time.
02:27I think this is a good sign for Pakistan's cricket.
02:30With such players, our Pakistani youngsters will share the dressing room.
02:35Maybe our youngsters will get some confidence.
02:38This is a good sign for Pakistan's cricket.
02:42They have picked up platinum picks like Warner.
02:46I think this is a very good sign.
02:48Karachi also needed openers.
02:50They were not able to fill their box for 2-3 years.
02:55I think they have filled it.
02:57I think because of this player's arrival, Karachi will get good support and will see a good performance.
03:04Absolutely right.
03:05Our sports correspondent, Mr. Shahid Hashmi has also joined us.
03:09As Kamran said, some new big faces have been added.
03:13Because of this, our youngsters will benefit a lot.
03:16They will get to learn a lot.
03:18This league will also level up.
03:22What do you think about this?
03:24Absolutely right.
03:26Senior and experienced players will come to play in PSL.
03:28Our youngsters will get a chance to learn in PSL.
03:32If you look at Karachi's stars, all the youngsters that India has developed in IPL,
03:37the reason for that is international stars like A.G. Devalier, Stephen Smith, David Warner, Ricky Ponting.
03:43They have brought such people to play and coaching staff.
03:47Because of this, their youngsters got a chance to learn a lot.
03:50This will be the 10th season.
03:52The 10th season should be so good and so beneficial for us that our cricket team,
03:57especially P-20 cricket, should be on our side.
04:00David Warner and Tim Cyphert's opening pair will be great for Karachi Kings.
04:06I also liked Abbas Afridi's return to Karachi Kings.
04:10Did you take him on the wild card?
04:12Karachi Kings wanted Abbas to come back.
04:16Absolutely.
04:18I think he played for Karachi Kings in the 7th season.
04:21He was new.
04:22He played in the U19 World Cup.
04:24At that time, he was not that effective.
04:27He had 4-5 wickets in 4 matches.
04:30But the way he played for Multan Sultan in the last 2 seasons,
04:34especially in the season when Ehsanullah Goke had 1 wicket less,
04:39he had 23 wickets and Ehsanullah had 22 wickets.
04:41Multan Sultan was the runner-up.
04:43He did a good job in that season.
04:46And now that he has played for Pakistan, he has shown intent that he can score.
04:50So Abbas Afridi's addition has been a great thing for Karachi Kings.
04:56Kamran, if we take a look at Islamabad and Multan's Platinum players,
05:02Shadab and Naseem were already retained by Islamabad.
05:06What do you think of Mathew Short's pick?
05:09And if we talk about Multan Sultan,
05:12Rizwan and for some reason Osama Ameer are in the Platinum.
05:16What do you think of Michael Breswell's pick?
05:23It's a great pick.
05:25Mathew Short is very aggressive.
05:28He scored 100 in the Big Bash yesterday.
05:31He plays very aggressively and positively.
05:34It's a good pick.
05:36Multan Sultan is a franchise.
05:39They have taken their approach and combination.
05:43They have picked a good pick for their team.
05:51And it was necessary to play such players.
05:54Because we saw that these players were not available for 2-3 years.
05:59So this time everyone is available.
06:01The Pakistan Cricket Board and PSL should find a way to take advantage of these players.
06:08Franchise, Pakistani cricketers, youngsters.
06:11They should definitely share with them.
06:13And I think Michael Breswell is a great all-rounder.
06:17And Adam Millet, who was picked by Karachi.
06:21I think Warner, Adam Millet and you.
06:25Okay, we will talk about this.
06:27Let's take a short break.
06:33Glad to have you back once again to Sports Room.
06:35We are talking about the draft.
06:37We have Kamran Akmal and Shahid Hashmi with us.
06:40Mr. Shahid, a very important question.
06:42This is a decade of hard work by HBL and PSL.
06:46After which the league has become so popular.
06:49Didn't you think the draft could have been better?
06:52The production quality was very bad.
06:54It was a daytime event.
06:56The setting was strange.
06:58There was a point when the mic was not working for a long time.
07:02And they were talking.
07:03So the transmission that they had planned for the draft.
07:07Couldn't it have been better?
07:10I was really disappointed.
07:12The way PSL is famous all over the world.
07:15In terms of playing standards.
07:17And now more players are coming.
07:20According to that, the match was not done in this ceremony.
07:24And the way the production problems were.
07:27Certainly the Pakistan Cricket Board.
07:29Especially its chairman Mohsin Naqvi should take notice of this.
07:33Because they want to improve everything.
07:36They want to improve everything.
07:38In the morning and afternoon of the ground.
07:41They don't look at the time at night.
07:43They go and check everything.
07:45When you look at the activities of the Pakistan Super League.
07:49Which you have made a separate department.
07:52There is a disparity.
07:54As you can see, the drafting of other leagues.
07:57In Saudi Arabia, the IPL was drafted.
08:00Obviously we can't match it.
08:02They spend ten times more money.
08:04They earn ten times more.
08:06They could have done a better ceremony in a limited budget.
08:10Absolutely.
08:11Kamran, if you had to do it in Huzoori Bagh.
08:14If you were showing your culture and heritage.
08:17It could have been done better.
08:19And the production was not well-coordinated.
08:22What is your opinion on this?
08:25I was thinking that it's been nine years.
08:28It's our tenth season.
08:30And the players who have come this year.
08:33The venue was great.
08:35If you look at Hassan Cheema.
08:38Or if you look at the stand.
08:40It's so beautiful.
08:42And I thought there would be a lot of excitement.
08:45People would be very involved.
08:47I thought it was like the famous fish market in Lahore.
08:50They are sitting there to eat fish.
08:52That's what I thought.
08:54When will Pakistan become professional?
08:57When will they show the world?
09:00They are making fun of Pakistan's cricket.
09:03India has auctioned in Saudi Arabia.
09:07There are fans of every franchise.
09:10Couldn't they have made a stand behind every franchise?
09:16They built a stadium in New York.
09:19And made a World Cup match.
09:21Couldn't they have put 50-100 fans behind every franchise?
09:25There should have been some excitement.
09:29People are passing by.
09:31The host is talking.
09:32The mic is not working.
09:34The PSL pickers are saying that it's not ours.
09:37It's someone else's.
09:39Who are these unprofessional people?
09:41The mic is not working.
09:42Hassan Ali's voice came in.
09:44He announced his name.
09:46His voice is louder than the mic.
09:49Mr. Naqvi is saying that he wants to bring improvement in everything.
09:53If I am there.
09:55Then I will organize the whole team.
09:59I won't let the team get close to the PSL.
10:02There is no one to ask.
10:04Instead of improving every year.
10:06They are taking the brand down.
10:08This is what the franchise has saved.
10:10By making a cricket team.
10:12If it's in their hands.
10:14They can finish it.
10:16In Karachi, there is a team ball drafting.
10:19I have attended it twice.
10:21My eyes are open.
10:23What have they organized?
10:25There are big screens.
10:27Our brand is globally recognized in Pakistan.
10:31Instead of improving every year.
10:33They are taking the brand down.
10:35Unprofessional people are sitting.
10:37Who have no idea.
10:39How is your production going?
10:41Tell me honestly.
10:43I thought I was watching a drama.
10:45There is nothing else.
10:47Mr. Shahid, what to say.
10:49Kamran is very disappointed.
10:51In great detail.
10:53The feeling of this draft.
10:55He has explained it in great detail.
10:59Kamran is right.
11:03I am 100% sure.
11:05They believe in top quality things.
11:07They will definitely take notice.
11:09There will be applause from 2-5 people.
11:15One more thing.
11:17I will not take names in your speech.
11:19Whose name is coming out?
11:21Whose name is coming out?
11:23This is the matter.
11:25You can take names from here.
11:27They have made a brand.
11:29They have money.
11:31We don't have.
11:33We have everything.
11:35But they don't have brains.
11:37They are not the people who should be there.
11:39They are not.
11:41They are in the team.
11:43In Pakistan's cricket.
11:45They are here.
11:47They don't come out of their favorite zone.
11:49They don't go out of their favorite zone.
11:51I agree completely.
11:53This is a very big thing.
11:55Kamran has noted it in great detail.
11:59The name of IPL comes out.
12:01They have made such a big brand.
12:03They are not blaming anyone.
12:05It comes out of our mouth by mistake.
12:07The brand is so big.
12:09We have to pick up the brand in the same way.
12:11What will you say, Mr. Shahid?
12:13Absolutely.
12:15You cannot match in the budget.
12:17You cannot match their money.
12:21You can produce excellent things.
12:25Don't look at the other side.
12:27Look at your home.
12:29Make your home better.
12:31Most of the draftings so far.
12:33Most of them have been disappointed.
12:35Some have been better.
12:37But the Pakistan Cricket Board.
12:39You should take lessons.
12:41You should ask all the people.
12:43Who arranged this.
12:45You should take their notice.
12:47It should be fulfilled.
12:49Absolutely.
12:51We are not behind anyone in cricket.
12:53The standard of cricket in PSL is very high.
12:57Kamran, we are going towards the end of the program.
12:59Which pick do you like?
13:01You say this is a great pick.
13:05You have utilized the opportunity well.
13:09Peshawar Zalmi has taken Tom Cadmore.
13:11Quetta has taken Chapman and Phil Anil.
13:17Karachi has taken Khushdil.
13:23Corbin Bosh was an exciting player.
13:27Peshawar Zalmi has taken him.
13:31Which player do you think is the best pick?
13:37Karachi King has taken a very mature pick.
13:41Abbas Afridi.
13:43Adam Mill.
13:45David Warner.
13:47Karachi's team needed such players.
13:53I think this is a good sign.
13:55Zalmi has retained Tom Cadmore.
13:57In Platinum.
13:59I don't think it was worth Platinum.
14:01For Peshawar.
14:03There was a better option.
14:05I have seen Kane Williamson.
14:07He could have taken him.
14:09Tom Cadmore was playing.
14:11But he was not giving a good performance.
14:17Quetta has taken Chapman.
14:21Karachi has taken local players.
14:23Khushdil Shah.
14:25Bosh.
14:27Peshawar Zalmi needed an all-rounder.
14:31Karachi also needed an all-rounder.
14:33Amir Jamal is very excited.
14:35He is a performer.
14:39But he didn't get the opportunity.
14:41I hope Karachi will utilize these players.
14:45Quetta has taken a very good pick.
14:47Islamabad has taken one.
14:49I think they have released Alex Hale.
14:53This is a big pick.
14:55It is a big risk.
14:59Excitement and quality of cricket.
15:01It is on the rise.
15:03But as it should have been in drafting.
15:05There should have been an environment.
15:07There should have been a crowd.
15:09There should have been a crowd.
15:11There should have been excitement.
15:13It would have been more fun.
15:15But the quality of our players is maintained.
15:17If it was in their hands,
15:19they would have taken it down from the club level.
15:23Shahid, according to you,
15:25which pick is exciting?
15:27And which team's core
15:29is the most balanced?
15:33It is difficult to say.
15:35Karachi Kings have taken a good pick.
15:39Bangladesh's right arm leg spinner
15:41Rishad has taken a very good pick.
15:43Quetta has taken a very good pick.
15:45Corbin Bosh has taken a very good pick.
15:49Riyaz Ullah has taken a very good pick.
15:51He is a hard-hitting batman.
15:53He has taken a very good pick.
15:55The same goes for Kamran Akmal.