The Yellow Storm
Peshawar Zalmi, one of the premier teams of HBL PSL 9 2024, is owned by Javed Afridi, a distinguished Pakistani business executive and entrepreneur. The franchise proudly represents Peshawar, the capital city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, with Arbab Niaz Stadium serving as their home ground in the Pakistan Super League. The franchise was valued at 16 million US dollars for a duration of ten years.
Peshawar Zalmi has established itself as one of the most consistently successful franchises in the Pakistan Super League. They clinched the HBL PSL championship in the league’s second season in 2017. Moreover, Peshawar Zalmi has reached the finals of the HBL PSL four times out of the eight .
Javed Afridi is the owner of Peshawar Zalmi, is also a well-known businessman in Pakistan, and Owner of Haier Pvt Ltd.
Peshawar Zalmi Squad PSL 9 2024
In the HBL PSL season 9 Replacement Draft, the number of picks has been made:
- Peshawar Zalmi picks Waqar Salamkheil in the silver category against the Lungi Ngidi. He is fully unavailable for the PSL season 9.
- Khurram Shahzad will also be partially available and the team picked Arshad Iqbal against him in the silver category.
- Noor Ahmed will also not be available for the entire season due to his international commitments, the right arm fast bowler Gus Atkinson from England will replace him but he will be partially available.
- Shamar Joseph, the hero of West Indies against Australia in the test series, will join Peshawar Zalmi after the unavailability of England’s Gus Atkinson.
- In the supplementary-4 pick, PZ chose Sufiyan Muqeem, the left-arm spinner, who was also part of the same team in the previous season.
- They have also reserved their pick for partially available Afghani bowler, Naveen Ul Haq.
The complete Peshawar Zalmi Squad updated on 29th January 2024 is as follows:
Players | Category |
Babar Azam (C) | Platinum |
Rovman Powel | Platinum |
Gus Atkinson (P), Shamar Joseph (R) | Platinum |
Saim Ayoub | Diamond |
Tom-Kohler Cadmore | Diamond |
Asif Ali | Diamond |
Muhammad Haris | Gold |
Aamir Jamal | Gold |
Naveen Ul Haq (P), Aimal Khan (R) | Gold |
Khurram Shahzad (P), Arshad Iqbal (R) | Silver |
Salman Irshad | Silver |
Arif Yaqood | Silver |
Umair Afridi | Silver |
Daniel Mousley | Silver |
Haseeb Ullah Khan | Emerging |
Muhammad Zeeshan | Emerging |
Waqar Salamkheil | Supplementary-1 |
Mehran Mumtaz | Supplementary-2 |
Luke Wood | Supplementary-3 |
Sufyan Muqeem | Supplementary-4 |
HBL PSL 9 2024 Teams
National: Babar Azam (Captain), Muhammad Haris, Saim Ayub, Asif Ali, Haseebull, Aamir Jamal, Salman Irshad, Arif Yaqood, Umair Afridi, Khurram Shahzad, Muhammad Zeeshan, Mehran Mumtaz, Sufyan Muqeem and Aimal Khan.
Overseas: Rovman Powel (WI), Noor Ahmed (AFG), Tom Kohler-Cadmore (ENG), Naveen Ul Haq (AFG), Daniel Mousley (ENG), Lungi Ngidi (SA), and Luke Wood (ENG).