T20 World Cup | Sahibzada Farhan on India vs Pakistan matches: ‘Not one-sided’
Held in Lahore on Wednesday, the auction featured several big overseas names including David Warner, Adam Zampa, Daryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, Mustafizur Rahman, Devon Conway, Rilee Rossouw, Tabraiz Shamshi, Dasun Shanaka, Kusal Mendis and Marnus Labuschagne.A total of 103 players were signed by eight franchises. Fast bowler Naseem Shah emerged as Pakistan’s most expensive buy as he joined Islamabad United for PKR 8.65 million, while all-rounder Faheem Ashraf was also picked up by the same franchise for PKR 8.5 million.Babar Azam retained Peshawar Zalmi for PKR 7 million while the most expensive was Saim Ayub who retained the franchise for PKR 12.2 million.The PSL is scheduled to run from March 26 to May 3 and will go head-to-head with the Indian Premier League.Two new franchises — Sialkot and Hyderabad — were added after their rights were purchased by overseas Pakistani businessmen for PKR 185,000 million and PKR 175,000 million respectively. Multan Sultans were also sold and renamed Rawalpindi after a change of ownership.