Superstars of world cricket such as Dale Steyn and Jason Roy are among the 28 overseas players to register their names in the platinum category for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020 player draft.
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Australian players Ben Cutting and Chriss Lynn have also expressed their desire to participate in the fifth edition of the tournament.
The full list of foreign stars ahead of the draft on December 6 includes cricketers from 8 different countries – seven from England, six from South African, five from the West Indies, three each from Afghanistan and Australia, two from Sri Lanka and one each from New Zealand and Nepal.
If international commitments clash with PSL 2020, slated to start on February 20, then the availability of the players may be hampered.
Each PSL franchise has the option of retaining up to eight players from their previous line-up. Every team can comprise three players in the platinum category, two players in the diamond and gold category, five in silver, and two emerging players.
List of international players who have registered in Platinum category:
Afghanistan: Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan
Australia: Dan Christian, Ben Cutting and Chris Lynn
England: Moeen Ali, Harry Gurney, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid and Jason Roy
Nepal: Sandeep Lamichhane
New Zealand: Colin Munro
South Africa: Hashim Amla, JP Duminy, Colin Ingram, Rilee Rossouw, Dale Steyn and Imran Tahir
Sri Lanka: Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera
West Indies: Carlos Brathwaite, Dwayne Bravo, Evin Lewis, Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard
Over the past few years, PCB has used the lucrative T20 league to bring back international cricket to Pakistan. In 2017, Lahore stafed the tournament's final while four games were held in Lahore and Karachi a year later.
In the 2019 season, Karachi alone hosted eight games played. And for the 2020 edition, it has been decided that the entire tournament will be held in Pakistan across four venues in Lahore, Karachi, Multan and Rawalpindi.
(Inputs from ESPNcricinfo)
