ISLAMABAD: Lahore Qalandars were the big winners of the Pakistan Super League players’ draft 2018 as they bagged South African superstar AB de Villiers for the fourth season. The Qalandars are easily the least successful of the six PSL sides and have finished dead last in each of the first three editions of the tournament. With the first pick of the draft, the Rana Fawad-owned franchise appear to have secured the platinum category player who could ensure that they snap their run of three straight bottom finishes. The Qalandars, who traded away Umar Akmal in a blockbuster trade earlier this month, also secured the services of another veteran: Mohammad Hafeez. Hard-hitting West Indian Kieron Pollard, who played for the Karachi Kings and Multan Sultans in the past, has been snapped by Peshawar Zalmi, who parted ways with Hafeez recently. Former captain of two-time champions Islamabad United, Misbah ul Haq, was picked by Peshawar Zalmi. The sixth franchise, which is now unnamed following the termination of contract by the PCB, bagged two superstars: Shahid Afridi and Steve Smith. Elsewhere, Quetta Gladiators drafted Dwayne Bravo with their platinum category pick. A total of 663 foreign and local players were available to be picked in the draft, by the six franchises. The final squads after completion of the draft: Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, AB De Villiers, Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Shah, Carlos Brathwaite, Corey Anderson, Anton Devcich, Rahat Ali, Sandeep Lamichhane, Shaheen Afridi, Agha Salman, Sohail Akhtar, Hassan Khan, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Imran, Umair Masood/RWP, Brendon Taylor (S), Gauhar Ali, Aizaz Cheema, Haris Rauf. Quetta Gladiators: Sarfaraz Ahmed, Sunil Narine, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Nawaz, Rilee Rossouw, Umar Akmal, Fawad Ahmed, Anwar Ali, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Asghar, Danish Aziz, Ahsan Ali, Ghulam Madassir, Naseem Shah, Harry Gurney (S), Ahmed Shahzad, Azam Khan, Jalat Khan Karachi Kings: Colin Munro, Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir, Colin Ingram, Imad Wasim, Usman Shinwari, Mohammad Rizwan, Ravi Bopara, Sikandar Raza, Awais Zia, Usama Mir, Aaron Summers, Sohail Khan, Iftekhar Ahmed, Ali Imran, Abrar Ahmed, Aamir Yamin (S), Ben Dunk, Liam Lavingston, Jahid Ali Peshawar Zalmi: Wahab Riaz, Hasan Ali, Kieron Pollard, Darren Sammy, Kamran Akmal, Misbahul Haq, Liam Dawson, Dawid Malan, Umar Amin, Umaid Asif, Khalid Usman, Wayne Madsen, Sohaib Maqsood, Jamal Anwar, Sameen Gul, Nabi Gul, Waqar Salamkhel, Chris Jordan, Ibtesan Sheikh, Samiullah Afridi Islamabad United: Luke Ronchi, Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Mohammad Sami, Ian Bell, Ruman Raees, Samit Patel, Phil Salt, Hussain Talat, Waqas Masood, Sahibzada Farhan, Zafar Gohar, Cameron Delport, Nasir Nawaz, Mohammad Musa, Wayne Parnell, Zahir Khan, Ammad Butt, Rizwan Hussain The 6th Team: Shoaib Malik, Steve Smith, Shahid Afridi, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan, Joe Denly, Shan Masood, Qais Ahmed, Nicolas Pooran, Mohammad Abbas, Irfan Khan, Umar Siddiq, Laurie Evans, Nauman Ali, Mohammad Illyas, M Junaid, Daniel Christian (G), Tom Moores, Ali Shafiq, Shakil Ansar, Published in Daily Times, November 21st 2018.