In Platinum, Lahore picked Sam Billings for Rashid Khan; Peshawar Zalmi replaced Powell with Richard Gleeson; Islamabad picked Gus Atkinson and Tymal Mills for Gurbaz and Hales. Multan replaced Miller with Izharulhaq Naveed. Quetta reserved their pick for Hasaranga. #HBLPSL8 In the Diamond category, Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi reserved their picks for Fazalhaq Farooqi and Mujeeb ur Rehman; Quetta Gladiators picked Dwaine Pretorius and Will Jacks for Odean Smith and Jason Roy. #HBLPSL8

Looking forward to a few battles: Rohit & Rahul vs Shaheen, Rahul vs Shadab & Nawaz, Kohli vs Shadab & Nawaz, Pandya & Surya vs Nawaz. If Pant plays, he could struggle against anyone but right arm pace. I do think Iftikhar could bowl well to Kohli and Pandya if used. #T20WorldCup Pakistan could bowl an over of Shadab in the powerplay if needed. Apart from Rohit, he could be effective against both Rahul and Kohli. If Surya is batting in the powerplay, Nawaz could be used too. Nawaz could be effective against Rohit in PP too. #T20WorldCup

Media reports indicate franchises will finalize their squads for the mini-draft tomorrow and day after. The PCB is also finalizing the Covid-19 related protocols. At least 25-30 extra players are going to be added to the bio-secure bubble to deal with positive cases. #PSL2022 Teams will have an opportunity to field 12 players even if eight players in the squad test positive. If more than eight players test positive, the franchises will have to pick a replacement from the additional pool of players available in the bubble. #PSL2022