On Saturday, Pakistan Super League (PSL) revealed that former New Zealand cricketer Colin Munro had entered the much-anticipated 10 player draft. Munro’s prior PSL batting performances were compiled in a film by the league.
Left-handed batter made PSL debut in 2018 against Karachi Kings and played for three-time champions Islamabad United till 2024. The 37-year-old has played 47 matches in this franchise league, scoring 1,417 runs at 32.95 and 150.58, including 12 half-centuries.
In the 2024 PSL, which Shadab-led Islamabad United won by defeating Multan Sultans, Munro scored 326 runs in 10 matches, including three fifties, to rank sixth in the competition.
Munro is the 13th foreign player to sign up for the marquee league’s 10th edition, joining Daryl Mitchell, England’s Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Tom Curran, David Willey, Dawid Malan, Jason Roy, Alex Carey, Usman Khawaja, Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman, South Africa’s Rilee Rossouw, and Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza.
Gwadar will host the first Balochistan player draft on January 11, 2025. Two-time winners Lahore Qalandars pick first in the platinum category’s first round, followed by archrivals Karachi Kings.
Quetta Gladiators, 2019 champions, will pick third and Peshawar Zalmi fourth. Sultans, last season’s runners-up, and United, the champions, will pick fifth and sixth.
