PSL 2020 draft first round picking order determined
The picking order of the first round of PSL 2020 Player draft was determined on Sunday at the famous Gaddafi stadium, Lahore.
HBL Pakistan Super League Player Draft first round pick order for the 2020 season was determined at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Sunday.
Representatives of the six HBL PSL franchises and PCB senior management gathered at the headquarters of Pakistan cricket to determine the pick order of the first round of the HBL PSL 2020 Player Draft.
The event included a panel discussion and the draw.
The first picks were revealed through the depiction of an age-old street cricket tradition involving the cricket bat at the Gaddafi Stadium outfield.
The first pick of the draft went to Quetta Gladiators, the current holders of the PSL trophy. They were followed by Lahore Qalandars at second, Multan Sultans at third and Islamabad United at fourth. Peshawar Zalmi will pick fifth and Karachi Kings will have the last pick of the first round.
The cricket bat pick order method is often used for determining the batting turns in single-wicket cricket across Pakistan. It also works as an alternate to the coin-toss to start a match. The cricket bat pick order method is an integral part of
Pakistan cricket folklore and is commonly used across the country in hundreds and thousands of tennis and tape-ball cricket matches each day of the week.
Once the pick order for the first round was determined, a specially-designed statistical model was announced to be used to decide the pick order for the remaining 17 rounds of the Draft. This order will be released on Monday, 4 November (today).
Once the full pick order is released, the transfer and retention window for HBL PSL 2020 will officially open. As part of this year’s Draft policy, each team can retain up to eight players before the Draft.
The HBL PSL 2020 will be staged in Pakistan with action set to start in February 2020.
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