Since the concept of Team of PSL was introduced in 2019, this is the fourth successive year Shaheen Shah Afridi has made it to exclusive side. The side also includes Multan Sultans’ Emerging Category players Abbas Afridi and Ihsanullah, who won the Emerging and Player of PSL 8 awards, respectively. Like the Multan duo, it is also the first time for Mohammad Haris and Azam Khan be selected in the team of the tournament. Overall, the side includes five players from losing finalists Multan Sultans, two players each from Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi, and one player each from Islamabad United and Karachi Kings.
Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam have been selected as openers, with Mohammad Haris, Rilee Rossouw, Azam Khan and Kieron Pollard forming a formidable middle-order. Imad Wasim, who has been picked in the Team of PSL for the first time, comes in as an all-rounder, followed by wrist spinner Rashid Khan and three fast bowlers in Shaheen Shah Afridi, Ihsanullah and Abbas Afridi. This is the fourth time in five years Babar has been selected as an opener, though it is the first time with his Pakistan team partner Mohammad Rizwan, who himself has been chosen in the team of the tournament for the third successive time.
Team of PSL-8 (in batting order)
1: Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans) (550 runs, 1×100, 4×50, strike-rate 142.85)
2: Babar Azam (Peshawar Zalmi) (522 runs, 1×100, 5×50, strike-rate 145.40)
3: Mohammad Haris (Peshawar Zalmi) (350 runs, 2×50, strike-rate 186.17)
4: Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans) (453 runs, 1×100, 3×50, strike-rate 171.59)
5: Azam Khan (Islamabad United) (282 runs, 2×50, strike-rate 161.14)
6: Kieron Pollard (Multan Sultans) (260 runs, 2×50, strike-rate 163.52; 3 wickets, 8.62 eco.)
7: Imad Wasim (Karachi Kings) (404 runs, 3×50, strike-rate 170.46; 9 wickets, 7.93 eco.)
8: Shaheen Shah Afridi (Lahore Qalandars) (captain) (133 runs, strike-rate 168.35; 19 wickets, 9.13 eco.)
9: Rashid Khan (Lahore Qalandars) (20 wickets, 6.53 eco.)
10: Abbas Afridi (Multan Sultans) (23 wickets, 9.45 eco.)
11: Ihsanullah (Multan Sultans) (22 wickets, 7.59 eco.)
12: Saim Ayub (Peshawar Zalmi) (341 runs, 5×50, 165.53).
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