• Babar Azam has departed Karachi Kings before tournament’s eighth season
• Azam has been exchanged by Kings for veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik in a deal with Peshawar Zalmi
• The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will announce all franchise retentions today

According to sources, captain Babar Azam has departed Karachi Kings, a PSL team, before  tournament’s eighth season.

Azam has been exchanged by Kings for veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik in a deal with Peshawar Zalmi.

King Bobby 👑⚡@babarazam258 Welcome to the #YellowStorm #BabarYellowStorm #Zalmi #HBLPSL pic.twitter.com/NF85NnQtDv

— Peshawar Zalmi (@PeshawarZalmi) November 11, 2022

With 2413 runs scored in 68 games, the talented right-hander is the PSL’s all-time leading scorer.

Azam’s Kings team set a PSL record by losing nine games in a row during the previous season.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will announce all franchise retentions today.

Aaron Finch, the captain of Australia’s 20-over national team, is one of the athletes who have signed up for the 2018 Pakistan Super League (PSL) Player Draft, the PSL also revealed on Thursday.

Finch has played in 367 T20 matches and amassed approximately 11,000 runs at a strike rate of 139.31.

Players who have registered for the draught include Reece Topley, Tom Curran, and Adil Rashid of England, Wayne Parnell, Lungi Ngidi, and Rassie Van Der Dussen of South Africa, Dasun Shanaka, and Wanindu Hasaranga of Sri Lanka, Nicholas Pooran, Evin Lewis, and Jimmy Neesham of the West Indies, and Jimmy Neesham of New Zealand.

The PCB has already approved the selection of the following players for the draught: England’s Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, and Jason Roy; New Zealand’s Martin Guptill; South Africa’s Rilee Rossouw and David Miller; Afghanistan’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Mujeeb-ur-Rahman; Bangladesh’s Shakib-al-Hasan; Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza; and the Netherlands’ Colin Ackermann.

The draught will probably occur in the third week of November 2022, it should be emphasised.

The pick order for the draught has already been made public by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), with the defending champion Lahore Qalandars having the first choice.

Multan Sultans and Quetta Gladiators will be selected second and third, respectively. Karachi Kings and Islamabad United will make the fourth and fifth selections, respectively. Peshawar Zalmi will choose sixth, in the meantime.

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