1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:02,560 You've heard Ali Tarino re Lucate. 2 00:00:02,760 --> 00:00:05,680 You've heard Rihanna huck on sporting myths, You've heard 3 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:08,240 Amir and Samantha Mudhin on Butterfast. 4 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:12,440 Not yet, but you probably will. And now welcome to Backward 5 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:16,800 Points version of the PSL Retention Preview Review. 6 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:19,640 Whatever you want to call it, With me, my name is Nanasaya. 7 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,080 Then with me, as always, is my brother, Co host, coach, 8 00:00:23,080 --> 00:00:28,480 instructor and apparently PSL draft aficionado Bashar Sayid. 9 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:34,480 Hello and welcome to the PSL 10 Draft Preview I. 10 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:38,120 Already did the intro. I can even say PSLX if you want 11 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,240 to be Roman. I don't I really don't. 12 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:45,800 I want to know. So I, I think we should give the 13 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:50,160 listeners a little bit of a context because the renders were 14 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:52,600 announced quite a while ago, honestly almost a week ago. 15 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:54,360 And we didn't do a podcast on it. 16 00:00:54,520 --> 00:01:00,000 Let's let's just be clear and it's mainly because I thought 17 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,120 that the drafts are a little bit bigger of a story. 18 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:07,880 Boy, was I proven wrong the past seven days on Pakistani cricket 19 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:12,360 Twitter, especially PSL Twitter. I mean, it's just like the the 20 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:16,520 whole discourse has changed on how the PSL functions with the 21 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:21,800 PCBS roles are in it. A bombshell vent discussion 22 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,560 podcast from Ali K thirteen, 2 1/2 hours. 23 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:25,720 I'll listen to every single minute of it. 24 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,680 Honestly, if you're listening, you should have your own 25 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:30,440 podcast. It was very entertaining. 26 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,560 He spoke from the heart. And this sounded like a man who 27 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:38,840 was frustrated from the system, from from just the expectations 28 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:43,000 of what he was supposed to do as an owner of a, you know, PSL 29 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,880 winning franchise. And he was just left in the dark 30 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:50,000 many a times and just completely not taking into account making 31 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,160 tough and big decisions when it came to the PSL. 32 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:56,120 And honestly, we've been from the outside screaming about 33 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,520 similar situations, about how the mismanagement of the PCB has 34 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,280 just been to an all time high, this cannot keep going, yadda, 35 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,320 yadda, yadda. And this was a very interesting 36 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:08,919 take from someone who was in the system, who was within the 37 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,400 boundaries of how the PCB works, how the PSL works. 38 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,680 So that's why I think you kind of convinced me that this is the 39 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,360 right time to do this podcast. First and foremost, before 40 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:22,920 anything, we need to firstly understand how the PSL draft 41 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:25,640 works. Now Full disclosure, I don't 42 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:27,000 even get how the NBA draft works. 43 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,240 I don't get how any of these draft systems works. 44 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:33,440 I feel like they're too the lift on and me understanding them is 45 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,040 too high. So This is why I give the entire 46 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:40,520 responsibility to Bashar who is ironically or ironically running 47 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,600 a United hoodie. Would you want to explain 48 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:44,040 yourself? Am I? 49 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,440 I was going to rock my United Hat as well, but I was like, 50 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:51,240 that's too much merch in one. Episode, I mean, the PSL is sort 51 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,720 of taking win and we've already started getting all Islamabad 52 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,360 United agenda comments. And I'm like, that was that's 53 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,120 really early. And then I realized, oh, the 54 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:00,480 draft and the retentions and all that is happening. 55 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:02,360 So the so the winds have changed, which are we're now 56 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,080 finally back to the Islamabad United agenda that is on your 57 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:07,760 left. That partnership has put a stamp 58 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:12,520 on us and I don't think we'll ever be able to come out of 59 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,200 that. Even though in the last T20 60 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,760 World Cup you were extremely critical of Shahdab Azam, 61 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,800 sometimes Naseem Shah's bowling recently. 62 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:27,400 But Despite that, we get a lot of these comments saying that we 63 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,800 are Islamabad United Agenda, payroll, whatever it is. 64 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,640 Anyways, this podcast I want to talk about how the draft works. 65 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:37,800 Please teach me. Local player category, new 66 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,280 renewals, retentions. And then lastly, we'll talk 67 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:44,200 about just looking forward to the draft, which is next week. 68 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:46,960 Some of the big players that have signed up, what can we 69 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,600 expect? 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You know a lot of the other 90 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,640 clubs around the GTA, North America, Canada, they're 91 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,800 restarting their net sessions. This is the best time to get 92 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,400 your equipment and what better way to do it without with our 93 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,200 code. Help support the podcast and 94 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:04,360 help the podcast support you in your cricketing journey. 95 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,800 And help the supporters of the podcast, which is Joshi Sports, 96 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:15,160 starting off with PSL Local player category renewals. 97 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:20,640 Now, when this first announced, my understanding was that these 98 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,880 are the retentions. And so I made a mistake by 99 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:26,720 posting that on our backward point Instagram story saying 100 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,400 that Oh my God, player retentions are here. 101 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:34,280 And then I was corrected by fellow backward pointer saying 102 00:05:34,280 --> 00:05:37,600 that this is actually just the category renewals of these 103 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:39,080 players. What does that mean? 104 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,720 Now I was just curious like what the hell does that even mean? 105 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,680 Like, like I said, you know, what are category renewals? 106 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,200 How do these happen? Who votes for them? 107 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:51,960 And then luckily, thankfully, there was a podcast recently on 108 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:54,880 sporting Myths, which is a podcast hosted by Rohan Al Huck. 109 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:59,840 I just, he's the general manager of Islamabad United and he went 110 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:04,160 through details of exactly how these, the PSL draft works, how 111 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:07,360 category renewals work. And I've taken some notes from 112 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:10,880 him, some notes from Buddy Daveen, and I will try my best 113 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:15,200 to condense that information and try to relay it in this section 114 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,520 of the podcast. I think a lot of people if 115 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:20,200 Bashar is wrong, please feel free to like just completely 116 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:22,480 grill him in the podcast comments. 117 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,080 We now read comments on Spotify and Apple Music as well. 118 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:30,040 So if you're a listener, pull over and give him a mouthful. 119 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:35,480 I I encourage your constructive, positive criticism. 120 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:39,080 I do not seem to be an expert. I'm just trying my best to so 121 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:41,280 how about? We do this. 122 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:45,080 I'll be the relay like the the layman and you be the expert. 123 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:48,400 Explain to me how the PSL local category renewals work. 124 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:52,640 So before the draft happens, what's important is that the 125 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:56,160 local players categories get renewed, so then you can know 126 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,320 how many players you're retaining in which category 127 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:03,080 because there's limitations. So there's six teams in the PSL 128 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:07,560 and how these renewals work is that five of the teams vote for 129 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:11,640 the, the six teams players and they'll vote on let's say Naseem 130 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:14,160 Shah, they'll be like, OK, five teams are going to be saying 131 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,760 that Naseem Shah is a platinum player. 132 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:18,440 You know how how do they determine that? 133 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,760 It's based off of Naseem Shah's past performances in the PSL, 134 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:26,160 recent performances considering Aza Pakistan national player. 135 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:30,480 And then the other thing could be his perceived brand value. 136 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:35,200 So based on that, Naseem Shah was in Platinum, Shadab Khan was 137 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:37,200 in Platinum. Despite Shadab Khan's recent 138 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:41,800 international performances not being to a high standard, Shadab 139 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:43,920 was the player of the tournament, the last PSL. 140 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:47,080 Based off of that and then based off of Shadab's brand value, 141 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,840 they determined the five teams aside from Islamabad denied and 142 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:54,520 voted that Shazab Naseem are Platinum players. 143 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,520 Now, in your opinion, is that a fair model of selection? 144 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,960 I think it's tough, you know, thinking of this is happening in 145 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:04,600 the Pakistan Super League. I don't know exactly what the 146 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,960 relationship between these six teams are, but you would imagine 147 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,440 that sometimes it could be possible to scheme against one 148 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,200 team and just vote for their players to be in higher 149 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,360 category. But what I've heard is that 150 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:21,080 there is a good relationship amongst them and teams want 151 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:23,680 players to be in their their rightful categories. 152 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,880 I heard Ali Tahin being very pissed off with the fact that 153 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:30,000 Osama Amir was in platinum. But again, you got to look at 154 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:34,200 Assam Amir's recent performances in the PSL, the fact that he was 155 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,400 one of the highest wicket takers, his economy was good and 156 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:40,000 then right now he's also a globetrotter playing the Big 157 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,280 Bash and other leagues. So what? 158 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:46,400 What category is Assamir in? He's in platinum. 159 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,920 Platinum is the highest category, so let's let's just 160 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,440 break down the category. It goes platinum, diamond, gold, 161 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,080 silver, emerging, but platinum being the highest and the 162 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,280 highest paid and emerging being the lowest. 163 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:58,240 Right. So just the pay scale of these 164 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:00,680 categories, Platinum, like you said, it's the highest paid 165 00:09:00,680 --> 00:09:04,120 category. And reports, sources say that 166 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:09,080 players get paid up to 170 kusd in the platinum category. 167 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:13,480 So Barbarossum could get paid 170 K, but because this is a 168 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:17,800 range of numbers, Osama could get paid like 120 K and that 169 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,040 that would still be platinum. What is the range for platinum? 170 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,440 I don't know the exact range, but I would assume it's like 120 171 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,880 into 170. Why wouldn't you increase the 172 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:33,480 cap on these on these salaries? I think the the PS LS on a 173 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,960 budget, the teams have a specific budget and there were 174 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:40,400 talks of direct signings where you can pay players up to 300 175 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:44,400 K400 K and that would mean that we might have seen like bigger 176 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:48,240 names in the PSL, but for now there are these salary caps. 177 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:50,680 But as I understand it, the direct signing also has 178 00:09:50,680 --> 00:09:54,360 drawbacks, correct? Correct, because I was again the 179 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:56,160 only the Rain podcast because haven't listened to it. 180 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:57,880 Guys, it's 2 1/2 hours. Listen to that and they come 181 00:09:57,880 --> 00:09:59,360 back here. But as I understand, he was 182 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:02,640 saying that if the pool of the direct signing players is 183 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:06,800 limited, six or seven or eight players, then there might just 184 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:08,280 not be direct signings available. 185 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:10,440 Because what if you want a wicket keeper batsman and 186 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:13,600 there's only one of them and he's taken away and then now you 187 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:15,600 don't, you don't really need anybody else because you just 188 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:17,640 needed that one particular type of player. 189 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:19,680 And then your hand might be forced to take like a fastball 190 00:10:19,680 --> 00:10:23,080 there, which you already have. I want to know how the trade 191 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,200 system works in the PSL draft system. 192 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:28,920 So trades can work if you are trading a player in the same 193 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:30,880 category. So for example, if Salman ABBA 194 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:36,120 is in diamond and Muhammad Amar is in diamond, then quota and 195 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:39,800 Islamabad can be like you want to trade players or if you're 196 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,880 trading players in different categories, you can trade a 197 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:46,160 player plus a pick. So for example, I remember last 198 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,400 year's biggest trade was Naseem Shah going from quota to 199 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:54,440 Islamabad and what Islam was offered in terms of Naseem Shah 200 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:58,360 was two players, Wasim Junior and Abraham Ahmed and they 201 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:02,000 offered them a first round platinum pick for Naseem Shah. 202 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,560 And who was that? I don't know who they picked in 203 00:11:04,560 --> 00:11:06,480 that category. But OK, I'll double check. 204 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:08,480 That they got that player. Interesting. 205 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:10,520 OK, so we're we're. And then also there was another 206 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:12,640 pick. Very straightforward trade. 207 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,400 Karachi Kings took Hassan Ali from Islamabad United and 208 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,560 Islamabad United took Imad Wasim from Karachi Kings because 209 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:22,840 gotcha needed a pacer. Islamabad needed a left arm 210 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:27,320 spinning all under. So let me just double check here 211 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:29,680 Quita. They probably got Jason Roy or 212 00:11:29,680 --> 00:11:33,440 something. So, OK, yeah, I'm probably up. 213 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:35,680 They got a platinum pick as what's the what's the point is 214 00:11:35,680 --> 00:11:38,640 the. Platinum pick for Quita in 2024 215 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,760 was Rally Russo. Well, that's very interesting 216 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:44,200 that that's the case. And Rally was also their 217 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:46,480 captain. Sorry, Platinum, Quita got 218 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:48,280 Sharfi and Rutherford I think. OK. 219 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,160 But the point is the. Guts what the Wikipedia is 220 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:52,520 telling me. Don't yell at me if I'm wrong, 221 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:53,880 just fix it in the comments below. 222 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:55,240 The gut of Platinum Pick is the gut. 223 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:56,400 Of platinum. OK, interesting. 224 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,000 I just wanted to know because it's really interesting to see 225 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,640 what picks teams like one of the really crazy draft picks from 226 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:06,880 2000 and no, from 1998, I believe was when Kobe was in the 227 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,400 draft first time rookie and Philly had the chance to get 228 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:13,200 Kobe and they passed and Lakers got Kobe. 229 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:15,360 That's like stuff like that is really interesting to me. 230 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,920 Like the whole trajectory of Kobe Bryant being in the 231 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:19,840 Phillies would have just been completely different. 232 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:21,400 You know, maybe he wouldn't have a dynasty with track. 233 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:23,400 Like that's the stuff that I'm thinking about and I'm thinking 234 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:25,640 about platinum picks and and giving a pick away and who 235 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:29,160 actually was that pick. I think that's just a 236 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,280 fascinating aspect of the whole draft system to me. 237 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:35,160 So category renewals typically if there is unanimous vote on 238 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:38,120 the on the players category and teams agree that's the category 239 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:41,480 decided. But if there's a disagreement or 240 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:44,840 a split voting on the players category, then it goes to the 241 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:47,480 selection committee which is comprised of a such a feek 242 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:51,440 alimdar and then they decide the final category of the players, 243 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:52,880 for example. Couple more people in there I 244 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:54,640 think. Yeah, so Saman Al Yaga was in 245 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:58,880 diamond and I think there was a three 2 split between people 246 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:00,760 saying he should be in gold and and diamond. 247 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,480 And then his name was given to the selection committee which 248 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:05,920 eventually decided that he should be in diamond. 249 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,280 Now there's one more thing you can do with respect to 250 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:13,000 categories and and roles. There's a mentor rule. 251 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:17,960 The mentor rule basically says that if a player is retired and 252 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:22,760 he has over 100 international appearances, you can take them 253 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:26,560 down the category but still pay them a higher category fees. 254 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:31,320 For example, Gweta Gladiators has Muhammad AMR as their 255 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:33,240 ambassador. Plus he is in the diamond 256 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,160 category, which means that they're paying him the platinum 257 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:39,720 salary, but they're able to retain him in the diamond. 258 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:41,200 Category. So they basically free up a 259 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:42,840 space for platinum and they get somebody else. 260 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,400 In Correct and Islamabad United does the same thing with Imad 261 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:49,120 Lasim, he's in diamond, he's also the mentor, so he gets the 262 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:53,160 platinum salary, which frees him up a space to have a platinum 263 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:54,280 pick. Interesting. 264 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,720 And the other cool rule is of the ambassador. 265 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,440 So if the ambassador does the same exact thing where you can 266 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:04,240 sort of sort of like degrade a player to a lower category, but 267 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:05,760 pay them a higher category salary. 268 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:09,560 So for example, Islamabad generated has Salman Aliaga and 269 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:13,240 gold, but because he's the brand ambassador, they're paying him 270 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,760 the diamond salary. So that that again frees up a 271 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:18,520 space in the higher category to get a bigger player or it's a 272 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:20,120 bigger name. There's another rule in there, 273 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:25,560 the exception Players can sometimes be picked in lower 274 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:27,640 categories and then be given extra money from commercial. 275 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:30,640 That's correct. So for example, like Laura 276 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:33,600 Kunders has David Wiese and they picked him in silver. 277 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,680 I don't know how they've managed to to talk him through that, but 278 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:38,920 they're probably paying him the highest salary possible in 279 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:42,800 silver, which is like 25 K USD. And plus they're giving him some 280 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:45,840 budget from commercial rights and probably similar things with 281 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:48,920 Colin Monroe. Colin Monroe is in silver in 282 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,400 Istanbul United, and they're probably giving him some more 283 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,920 protective on their incentives that bump up his pay. 284 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:58,440 All right, interesting. So now I'm up to pace. 285 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:02,320 I'm still a little bit foggy. I don't know if this if this 286 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:05,280 draft system is like squeaky clean. 287 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:06,600 I think there's it's a bit flawed. 288 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:11,160 There are definitely ways that I can see a system like a system 289 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:14,600 like this can easily be manipulated by teams or 290 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:16,880 environments like Pakistan. I can see how that can happen. 291 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:18,480 So I don't know if this is a foolproof system. 292 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:20,440 Definitely would need some amendments. 293 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:23,560 But again, listening to Ali Tari and I'm like, I can't even 294 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:25,520 believe this. You know, we're in the 10th year 295 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,960 of this thing. This thing has been shot in the 296 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,400 foot so many times that we're we're just glad that it's it's 297 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,400 still running. So retenders were each team. 298 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:35,080 Let's let's talk about it. Who got retained from each team 299 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:39,240 and then where? So a team can retain a maximum 300 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,160 of eight players in the last season. 301 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:45,120 And these are all local players. Local players, some are foreign 302 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:47,480 as well. So Colin Monroe is a foreign 303 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:50,880 player from Islamabad, David Wiese is a foreign player from 304 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:53,600 Lahore, Akil Hussain is a foreign player from Gweta. 305 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,480 So you can do mix and match from foreign players and and local 306 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:58,840 players. Rashid Khan used to be a a 307 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:01,600 permanent retainee of Lahore in the past. 308 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:03,600 Nowhere to be seen. Because of the IPL. 309 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:07,120 So they actually retained him I believe last year in silver 310 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:10,560 category, but they had to release him because obviously 311 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:12,560 he's preferred the IPL over the PSL this year. 312 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:14,200 Yeah, I'm not. I mean, I get that I should. 313 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:19,480 So teams can pick a Teams have to pick a minimum of one player 314 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:22,880 in the platinum category, local player and a maximum of two 315 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:24,560 local players in the platinum category. 316 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:28,240 So for example, Peshawar Zalmi has Barbara Azam and Saima Yub 317 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:31,200 in the platinum category. Karachi and Kuerta have the 318 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:34,520 platinum category blank so. What does that mean? 319 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:38,520 That means that at minimum, they need one local player from 320 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,520 Pakistan in the platinum category and then they can have 321 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:45,080 an opportunity to have two foreign players in the platinum. 322 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:46,480 Category. OK, interesting. 323 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:48,640 So they're keeping their options open for the draft. 324 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:50,720 Correct, correct. Yeah. 325 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:54,040 And how this draft and these picks are are designed is that 326 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:57,760 because you can only retain 8 players in the past year, it's 327 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:01,040 kind of like in a level playing field where even if you've won 328 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:05,760 last year, it's hard to have the same players and and win again 329 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:08,119 go back-to-back. Which is why I think it's quite 330 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:10,400 incredible how the Horkunders have won back-to-back. 331 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:17,319 PSL 7:00 and 8:00. The teams that finished last get 332 00:17:17,319 --> 00:17:19,040 initial picks in the next year's draft. 333 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,760 So for example, the Horkunders was bottom of the table last 334 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:23,960 year and this year they had the 1st pick. 335 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:27,040 So it gives a a balancing opportunity for teams if you 336 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:30,280 perform poorly in the past season to come back, get better 337 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:33,000 picks and try to win. Again, this is very similar to 338 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,160 the NBA. The NBA has a percentage system. 339 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:37,920 If you're in the bottom table from your Easter W conferences, 340 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,440 you just have a better chance of being, you know, the 1st 5 picks 341 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:43,800 in a in a lottery. So very interesting. 342 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,760 Let's go team my team and talk about their retentions, the 343 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:51,400 players they've released and who they might be looking to pick 344 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:53,680 up. So starting off with Istanbul 345 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:58,120 United, for some reason I think Platinum picks Shadab Khan, 346 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:04,200 Naseem Shah, Diamond picks IMA Al Wasim who is also the mentor 347 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,760 and then Azam Khan is also in diamond, Heather Elise, Aman 348 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:11,440 Aliyara in gold and then Colin Monroe, Ruman Reis and server. 349 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:15,760 The arrow beside Ruman Reis states that he's been relegated 350 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:18,280 a category. That basically happens when a 351 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:22,920 team requests for a relegation for a player to be brought down 352 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:24,760 the category. And if the team and the player 353 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:27,480 are both in agreement, that can happen and then they're able to 354 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:29,360 retain them. Is there a cap on how many gold, 355 00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:30,640 silver and emerging players you can have? 356 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:33,800 There are. I don't know the exact number, 357 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,040 but there is a cap. And so there's a cap on all the 358 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:39,240 categories basically correct? So you can have maximum of 359 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:40,200 three. Players in the. 360 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:45,200 How many in the diamond? I think 4, OK, I think four, 361 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:47,480 yeah. I don't know exactly what the 362 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:50,200 number is for each category in the number of players, but I 363 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,600 believe you need to have at least two emerging players and 364 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,480 then one of them has to play in the in the 11. 365 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:59,520 Yeah, but actually 3 emerging players because last year Shami, 366 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,840 Hussain, Obasha and Hunanshah were all three in the emerging 367 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:06,680 category. And I think Hunanshah was a 368 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:10,360 prominent figure in Islam, was playing 11. 369 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:12,640 Interesting. All right, I'm, I'm on board. 370 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:14,920 So Islamabad United retained all these players. 371 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:16,160 Thoughts. Feelings. 372 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:20,120 First, there were rumors on Nassim Shah leaving Islamabad. 373 00:19:20,120 --> 00:19:21,680 United, you started a rumor, you said. 374 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:24,800 You told me off the record you were like, yo, I just was on 375 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:28,480 Islamabad United's Instagram page and they unfollowed Naseem. 376 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,200 So there's no confirmation whether they followed him to 377 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:32,240 begin with. There we go. 378 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:34,520 They don't follow us. They don't follow us. 379 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:36,960 And we worked with them for a whole season, so I don't know 380 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:38,280 what. To tell you so, the news is on 381 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:41,120 Twitter that Oh my God, Naseem Shah has been unfollowed by 382 00:19:41,120 --> 00:19:43,920 Islamabad United and I don't think he follows them as well. 383 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:46,280 So there's beef going on. He might get traded to some 384 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:48,120 other team. Peshawarzalam means happening 385 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:53,000 but turns out all fluff, all talks of trades. 386 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,000 This whole season has been just conversation of nothing actual 387 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:59,120 tangible coming out of them. Shalab and Nassim and platinum. 388 00:19:59,120 --> 00:20:02,120 I think it's a no brainer. Shalab played at the tournament 389 00:20:02,120 --> 00:20:04,320 last year. Impact player in the PSL. 390 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,120 Say what you want about him and the greens, but when he's in the 391 00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:09,920 Reds? Different player, captain, 392 00:20:10,120 --> 00:20:11,720 strategic. Nassim Shah. 393 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:14,960 Great baller, improving his batting brand value. 394 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:17,000 Commercial companies love Nassim Shah. 395 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:20,480 Had to be. On their posters and we love him 396 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:21,560 on the podcast. Season 2. 397 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:24,880 I mean, it's not announced. Wait, let me just it's not 398 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:26,200 announced. Season 2 is not announced. 399 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:28,200 We're still in talks, but if it happens, it'll be great. 400 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,240 The Marvel team as a mentor, I think in the diamond category, 401 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:33,480 he was clutch for them last season. 402 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:36,760 Played of the match and the Eliminator plus the finals. 403 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,000 I've thought about that. It doesn't sit right with me. 404 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,560 What are your thoughts? Diamond's a bit too high for a 405 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,160 Marvel team and. Again, you have to look at his 406 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:47,440 performances in the last PS. How? 407 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:49,440 About I look at his age, isn't he like in his mid 30s? 408 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:51,600 Well, what? What does he have to do if he's 409 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:53,120 hitting the ball right? If he's blowing the balls in the 410 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:57,920 right area, he is just a number. I guess I don't know, it just 411 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,640 seems pretty high to me still how old is because he's because 412 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,600 he's Imad Wasim and then sorry, he's Imad Wasim in the diamond 413 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,680 category and he's also getting compensated as a mentor mentor, 414 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,480 right? So essentially he's getting 415 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:12,960 virtual platinum category. Yeah, yeah, it's high. 416 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,480 Well, he was their clutch player last season. 417 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:15,800 He won the matches. It's high. 418 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:19,200 The game against was done 7 off 2 balls, eight to six and and a 419 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:20,160 four. He did win the match. 420 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:24,280 The final match takes 5 wickets. I hear you, but I think the 2000 421 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:27,560 and 2014 twenty World Cup hangover is still kind of there. 422 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:29,640 It feels high again, and you know it feels. 423 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:33,400 According to those performances, Shadab should then also not be 424 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:35,320 in Platinum. Shadab Iftahar. 425 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:39,240 Iftahar should also not be. With with Shadab and Islamabad 426 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,600 they go way back season 2 win onwards. 427 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:42,800 Oh, so now it goes way. Back no, no. 428 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:45,440 But also Shadab is about 30. He's like. 429 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:48,600 That was 2526. OK then even better like the the 430 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:50,960 comparison is insane. Like Shalalapan is a young 431 00:21:51,120 --> 00:21:53,600 emerging player who will be with Slomaned for years to come. 432 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:57,600 Investing in him makes sense. Giving basically platinum money 433 00:21:57,600 --> 00:21:59,120 to remad Wasim seems weird to me. 434 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:02,040 That's my take. I just think you're scarred from 435 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:03,880 that one match against India. It's not the one match though. 436 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:06,920 His PSL. Performances have been top notch 437 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:08,600 and like I said, he was clutched for them last season. 438 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:12,200 Like so clutched that he had. He made a comeback, Yeah, Back 439 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,480 from retirement to the Pakistan. Team, I hear you, I hear you. 440 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:18,280 I I get, I get the four Madamaseman diamond. 441 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:20,360 I just think he's still too high with the mentor fee and 442 00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:23,280 everything. That's just my opinion. 443 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:24,760 Ozzam and Diamond seems fair to me. 444 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,920 Hedrag and Gold is fine. Saman, Yaga and Gold a bit low 445 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:28,800 in my opinion. He's. 446 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:30,440 Also been ambassador, so he's Diamond. 447 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:32,040 And then that's what I was just going to say to you. 448 00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:35,600 Colin Monroe and Silver and Roman Reese got relegated down 449 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:37,800 to silver as well. So everything else seems fair to 450 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:39,280 me. I think the biggest news was 451 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,920 that Islamabad had to release Fahim Ashraf who was with 452 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:46,800 Islamabad since season 3 won two PSLS with them. 453 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:50,440 Critical member of their squad. I don't think Spain Musharraf 454 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,480 has performed that well with the bad for Pakistan as well as he 455 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:58,240 had for Islamabad United and like 22 average 140 plus strike 456 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:00,360 rate. He's won them games out of 457 00:23:00,360 --> 00:23:02,920 nowhere. Great baller for them, good 458 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:07,560 economy and gun fielder. So probably their toughest 459 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,200 release this. Season yeah, we saw a lot of the 460 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:13,160 Islamabad United camp people just posting in favor of him and 461 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:16,080 and how sad it is but it's just part of the game so expects. 462 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:21,880 Yeah, also, Alex Hale's gone. I think Islamabad is going to be 463 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:25,840 eyeing a foreign player, the platinum category or diamond 464 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:30,000 category as an opener. Islamabad has a history of 465 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:34,280 foreign players in their top order, Luke Ronke, Brad Hat and 466 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:35,960 Shane Watson. Cole Monroe. 467 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:41,360 Cole Monroe, Peter Sterling, right, All these players. 468 00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:45,560 So I think they prefer foreign players and their as openers. 469 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:47,600 Do you want to take any names you think that might be filling 470 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:49,600 in that spot? If I'm being honest, I I would 471 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,120 love to see someone like Finn Allen in Islamabad. 472 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:56,000 Like I just feel like he fits in to the Islamabad United ruthless 473 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,600 power play approach. But what about a David Warner 474 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:00,520 with the right left combination with Monroe? 475 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:04,640 So the problem is that Islamabad has the 6th pick and I think 476 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:06,560 David Warner might be picked before that. 477 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:12,240 So they might not get out my my bet for who McDonald will pick 478 00:24:12,360 --> 00:24:14,840 is Swan Quajo. I I thought, I think that too. 479 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,240 Because he kept hinting a left-handed player. 480 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,880 Swan Quaja strikes at 150 plus in the PSL. 481 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:24,800 He's one of the top players in the world and Australia's test 482 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:27,640 team. Lots of runs in the in the Big 483 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,880 Bash and great players. Spin. 484 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:33,800 The PTSL is being pushed back to the April May window so pitches 485 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,440 might be more dry and we might see more spin on offer. 486 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,400 Which is why Swan Quaja might be a keeper. 487 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:43,000 I think we talked to him during the GT20 of this past year and 488 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,560 he told us on and off the record that he's eyeing interest in the 489 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:47,960 PSL. He would love to go back. 490 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:49,760 Islam and I had a great time with him. 491 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,640 I think it's the PSL in general is something that the fits is 492 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:54,040 what vibe, so I'm interested in that. 493 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:58,120 Yeah, and then he was also just wondering if the window gets 494 00:24:58,120 --> 00:25:00,800 moved on, he can come and play. So glad to see him find out 495 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:01,400 what's. Happening. 496 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,240 Let's go to my favorite team of all time, Karachi Kings Lavage 497 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,760 Wings or is Jiang or something like that horrible, horrible 498 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:10,240 anthem. This franchise has nothing going 499 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:12,960 on for it. I, I just, it just pains me. 500 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:16,160 I'm so glad I found myself united in a dark and hopeless 501 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,640 place. And Karachi Kings just remains 502 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:21,760 to be that dark and hopeless place. 503 00:25:22,360 --> 00:25:23,440 Give me Karachi King straight bro. 504 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,360 What's going on here? I think Karachi are proving 505 00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:29,360 though like they had a few. Heather is is your guy? 506 00:25:29,360 --> 00:25:31,320 Apparently, yeah. No, he's not my guy, but like 507 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:32,880 things have have been. Improving. 508 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,240 I mean, you've talked fondly. Their whole brand image has 509 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,400 improved once they've like let go a few players. 510 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,040 I think it's a new core. It doesn't matter about the 511 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,040 brand images, I think it's the owners who are the problem. 512 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:45,360 I I don't know what to say about that. 513 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:47,480 To say yes or no if you think it's if I'm right or wrong. 514 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:51,200 I don't think the owners have much to do. 515 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,080 I just don't like their kit. I don't like their songs. 516 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:54,920 I don't like. And who's improving all this? 517 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:57,760 But it's it's not just the owner. 518 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,680 I mean, come on, somebody's funding this, this gold plated 519 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,360 numbered thing that's going on, somebody's funding this and it's 520 00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:05,320 the owners. They're the Karachi kings. 521 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:08,560 They're kings. Doesn't matter, hence the gold 522 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:10,400 numbers are the best since the IPL. 523 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:15,480 This gold kit framing has looked really cringe and I I know I 524 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:17,360 have a lot of support on this from the fans out there. 525 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:21,920 Guys if you agree with me if the gold silver, the shiny kidding 526 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:23,960 looks cringe to you as well, please voice your opinions 527 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,480 because I think it looks horrible especially on TV at 528 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,480 night when the lights are on it just looks like. 529 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:32,560 This. Cheap aluminium, I don't know, 530 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,880 it's just, it's not the vibe. And it's, I'm sad to say this 531 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,000 because I, I, I used to support Karachi when I was an avid PSL 532 00:26:39,120 --> 00:26:40,840 follower back in the early years. 533 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:45,240 And I, I let let go of it. But yeah, this is, it's, it's 534 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,440 painful. They don't have a starter 535 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:49,840 player. They don't have a brand player. 536 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,080 They're not able to lift anybody from the ground up. 537 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:54,520 They don't, they don't have a guy who can they, who they can 538 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:56,480 build their team around. This is, I think, a really good 539 00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:01,200 segue into the whole was Peshawar going to release Saima 540 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,720 Yubin to Karachi and then Karachi was going to draft him 541 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,600 and build his team, right? Like there was this whole rumour 542 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,640 is going on. Would you like to clarify what 543 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:08,760 that was? So the. 544 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,680 Story is allegedly. I gotta say allegedly. 545 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:16,280 I don't want to get sued but apparently Simon U was offered a 546 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:21,120 lot more money than the platinum category to move from Salmi to 547 00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:24,200 Kaachi Kings. I think Salmi is paying him the 548 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:28,160 170 KUSD which is probably the Max they can pay, but Kaachi 549 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:33,480 King was offering him 220 KUSD for the platinum category plus 550 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:36,960 captaincy. Karachi Kings apparently. 551 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:41,120 Allegedly Saima Yu was interested in leaving Zalmi to 552 00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:42,920 go to Karachi Kings, his hometown city. 553 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:47,480 But Michelle Wilmi was like no, we invested in you since you 554 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:51,280 were in the diamond category last to last year and finally 555 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:54,640 you're in your prime. Now is the time for us to reap 556 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,240 the rewards. Sime wanted to go back into the 557 00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,520 draft, but suddenly he's like, if you go back in the draft, we 558 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,640 will use the right to match card and pick you back and suddenly. 559 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:04,920 So don't make the mistake of going in the draft. 560 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:09,520 And apparently a very similar story with Mohammad Harris, who 561 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,680 I think wanted to leave Jaws with me as well. 562 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,680 This is again very NBA esque team, a person. 563 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:16,720 This morning's team was hardened. 564 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,160 Remember that whole Phillies run, was it Phillies or Houston 565 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:22,120 run where he was just not playing, was just air balling, 566 00:28:22,120 --> 00:28:24,480 looking fat and then he just wanted to release and he got 567 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:25,400 released. What do you make of it? 568 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,960 I think the rumors hold some sort of ground. 569 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:30,960 I I can. See that what? 570 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:34,360 What do you make of Zalmi, Simon and the leaves of me to go to 571 00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:37,720 Raji? I think he just wants to be the 572 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:39,920 star player and wants a franchise to be built around 573 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:41,480 him. Like like he's only built it 574 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:43,960 around Barber. And I think that's a fair ask if 575 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:45,080 you're a young and upcoming player. 576 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,880 And if you can have a career like Shahdab did Islamabad with 577 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,880 your home city of Karachi and and basically lift that dead 578 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:55,320 franchise from the freaking Ashes, then Siam Ayub is the guy 579 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:57,360 to do it. And honestly, if Siam had moved 580 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,360 to Karachi, I think our Karachi agenda would have been complete. 581 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:01,520 That would have been like the pinnacle of it. 582 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:03,360 The crown on the top, cherry on the top. 583 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:05,320 Done Karachi and that has arrived. 584 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,160 Doesn't get better than. This I may have reconsidered my 585 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:09,720 support. To Karachi. 586 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,360 I would have split my support if that was the case for sure. 587 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:15,200 But I think also from like Shower's point of view, like 588 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,520 they've invested into Siam since the past two seasons. 589 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:21,720 He was in the diamond category and before that he was in the 590 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:24,760 emerging category for Quita where that played him. 591 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,000 You opened with Chris Gayle, flopped that whole season. 592 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:31,040 And then, you know, in Pakistan, typically your career would be 593 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:33,120 finished. But Simon went back, did some 594 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:36,440 work, was the second highest run scorer, I believe in the 595 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:40,480 National T20 Cup of 2022. And then Zemi picked him up in 596 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:45,760 2023 in the diamond category. So now is the time for Zemi to 597 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,200 reap the rewards that they've invested into Simon U. 598 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:51,720 So I'm a bit leaning towards Zemi. 599 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:55,000 At the same time, I I do feel like players should have some 600 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:58,000 sort of autonomy, autonomy on where they want to play. 601 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,760 Like for example, I think one of the reasons why Nassim left 602 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:03,360 Kuetas was because he just wanted a wanted a fresh start 603 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,760 with a different team and he was also on board of leaving. 604 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:10,000 Puerto Yeah, I got it. I I totally agree with that. 605 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:13,320 So what did Karachi rings do? They their diamond and emerging 606 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:16,160 is completely empty. They have they are Hassan Ali 607 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:19,360 and James Vincent Diamond. Sorry I meant the platinum and 608 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:20,520 the emerging is completely empty. 609 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:23,080 They have in Diamond they have Hassan Ali and James Vince which 610 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:25,680 is against again really high for Hassan Ali. 611 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:28,120 Hassan Ali is one of the highest wicket takers in the PSLI. 612 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:30,800 Don't know what you're saying. Of all time? 613 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:32,760 Of all time, how many wickets did he take in the previous? 614 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,800 Season actually, I think 14 wickets in eight or nine matches 615 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:41,160 at a economy of about around 8, which is phenomenal numbers. 616 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:43,840 Phenomenal number that for. The PSL which has a high 617 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,400 scoring. That are not again, they are not 618 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:48,040 translating to wins. When was the last time Karachi 619 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:49,720 Kings made it to? The They won four games last 620 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:51,440 season, which is. The. 621 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,000 The same wins that they got in the past two years combined. 622 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,200 All right, so it's it's bad. It's improving. 623 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,120 I mean it's the same if you're saying that they have the same 624 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:00,400 wins that. They've had no, no, so they had 625 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,480 four wins last year, which was they had four wins and the 626 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:05,600 previous two years combined combined. 627 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:08,520 So they won one game, so. They they used to get 30 out of 628 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:10,000 100. Now they get 50 out of 100. 629 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:11,720 Correct. So they have, it's a slight 630 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,800 improvement, right? Good luck Karachi. 631 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:15,920 That's all I'm going to say they got Shan Masood in there in 632 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:18,760 gold. They he got relegated and 633 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,200 Iffahan Nazi stays in gold. I think that's the one I. 634 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:23,640 Think Iffahan Nazi got bumped up but he I think he was an 635 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:28,080 emerging last year. And then Arafat, Minhas, Tim 636 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:31,160 Seifert and Zahid Mahmud Lexpinner, yes. 637 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:33,160 Oh interesting, I haven't heard that name in a while. 638 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:36,960 Man This is why I don't like Karachi is so boring I'm. 639 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,760 Sorry to say, Zahid Mahmud has described Lexpinner. 640 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:41,520 Yeah, That's tough, man. That's tough on you. 641 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,000 Let's go to Peshawar, man. I'm I'm sick with this Karachi 642 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:45,960 King stuff. They also released Ray, by the 643 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:47,360 way. Oh, that's new. 644 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:48,480 He's going. Back in the draft. 645 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:51,720 He's going, Oh my God, the day of the draft and he gets 646 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:53,240 unpicked. Do you think he'll get he's 647 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:54,840 going back as a as a platinum player, isn't he? 648 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:55,880 No. No, no, he was. 649 00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:59,440 I believe he was a diamond. He's still very high for sure. 650 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:01,960 Very high for somebody who hasn't played for Pakistan in 651 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:02,560 five. Years. 652 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:03,960 Four years. Four years. 653 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,720 Dang, it's been a while. Yeah. 654 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:10,920 Good luck, Shay Malik. Talking about Peshawarzalmi is 655 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:14,480 talk about their retentions. They got Barbara Azam Saimayev 656 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:16,600 in the platinum category, Muhammad Harris and Diamond. 657 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:21,760 They got Sufyan Mukim, Aydafiaku, Mehrmudas and silver. 658 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,320 So all three spinners and they got 3 spinners to retain, which 659 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:27,080 is the most by any any team. Aydafiaku was the standard for 660 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:28,680 me in last year's PSL. Honestly. 661 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:33,200 Was he amazing really? Yo remember that game he won 662 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:37,120 against us? He took four or five wickets 663 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:40,640 like it was like again, he reminds me of one of those just 664 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:44,840 ad maths teachers or or Khadi Saabs who who play cricket 665 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:47,200 really well on the side. He reminds me of that guy who 666 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,200 says unbearable. Yeah. 667 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:51,600 For hung creation. Oh, I love this guy. 668 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:53,600 For now, if you're listening to the podcast, love you, man. 669 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:54,960 He was in Mohammed Harris's wedding. 670 00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:57,320 I really doubt he was listening to the broadcast he. 671 00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,760 He watches the clips, some clips every now and then. 672 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:01,360 I, I, I think he followed us for a bit. 673 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:03,320 Totally unbearable. Yeah, love that guy. 674 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:05,200 He was in Mohammed Harris's wedding for some reason. 675 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,640 Do you see that? No, there was a viral. 676 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,560 Clip of him Aris is like on his stage when he must stay in this 677 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:17,160 guy is just like Horace something like that I swear I 678 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:20,320 may have been I may have been dreaming but that seems like 679 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:25,800 something that actually happened in real life yeah so Arif Biaku 680 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,800 just a wonderful like a burst of personality in the last PSL 681 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:32,360 really enjoyed him has actually been making the rounds on on 682 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:34,520 Instagram and Twitter because of. 683 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:37,920 The Cons 10 wickets in the. No, not because of that. 684 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,400 Well, that too. But I before that when the BGT 685 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:45,040 was happening, Constas, he got him bold in the under 90 World 686 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:46,880 Cup, I believe, clean, bold and swing. 687 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:48,720 Constas had no idea what was going on. 688 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,160 That was the same day that was going viral when Constas kind of 689 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:54,120 scooped and Dill scooped and this scooped and that scooped 690 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:57,440 all over the ground. So, you know, a little bit of a 691 00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:00,520 pop going on in the on the TL. Bashar will look good to me. 692 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:02,760 Barbara Azam, you think? Barbara Azam getting platinum 693 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,760 plus some little sugar on the side. 694 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:10,480 Of course, absolutely 100%. I I know that there's been 695 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:15,159 players in the past, high profile players that the PSL 696 00:34:15,159 --> 00:34:17,719 got. So they played them the Max 697 00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:21,239 capacity in platinum and plus they got them commercial deals 698 00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:26,639 with other companies locally which gave them enough money to 699 00:34:26,639 --> 00:34:28,760 come to the PSLI. See, I can't. 700 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,400 Name lames. I can't name players or teams, 701 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:33,960 but it has happened. So if you look at, like, just 702 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:35,600 the history of these international players who were 703 00:34:35,679 --> 00:34:39,280 appeared in, you know, telecommunication network ads. 704 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:43,159 Correct high profile Australian. Players Sure Jane Watson looking 705 00:34:43,159 --> 00:34:46,400 at you. So Barbara Azam here is a 706 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:49,120 7,00,00,000 bad deal with CA Choudhury Aslam or whatever. 707 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,280 Whatever. The thing you're calling it. 708 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:54,760 News broken by pro sports Saad Nasir They're saying that 709 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:57,240 Barbara Azam is signed for 7,00,00,000 with CA. 710 00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:00,280 I feel like some kind of NDA got broken there before Saud like 711 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:01,800 Saud got the info. It is Pakistan. 712 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,520 I mean, that's like really confidential info, right? 713 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:06,720 Has to be super confidential. Yeah. 714 00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:09,240 It's not like the NBA where like everybody's like, and I was, oh, 715 00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:11,560 he's getting $50 million. It's like very under the table 716 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:12,760 and stuff. I'm actually happy. 717 00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:14,560 I want the players to get paid real money. 718 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:16,000 I want them to be financially secure. 719 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:19,120 I want them to be playing cricket with just cricket in 720 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:20,240 mind. Because if you're thinking about 721 00:35:20,240 --> 00:35:23,960 like how is my next month bill going to be paid, then you can't 722 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:25,520 perform at your. Best, I have a question for you. 723 00:35:25,720 --> 00:35:27,840 Yes, how many zeros are there in one core? 724 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:31,520 Moving on, 7. Moving on. 725 00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:34,880 Let's talk about Quetta real quick. 726 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:41,160 Quetta has released Safroz biggest news ever. 727 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:42,160 That's probably. The biggest news? 728 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:46,360 Yeah, he was the only player, and actually still is for now, 729 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:49,520 who has played for the same team, all PSLS. 730 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:51,040 Yeah, he's the only player who's done that. 731 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:54,800 But Mizbah, No. Mizbah played three seasons in 732 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:56,920 Islamabad and in the four season he played for Zalmi. 733 00:35:57,440 --> 00:35:58,880 I don't know why he went to Zalmi. 734 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:00,680 I think Shahid Afridi also skipped around. 735 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:02,440 He was in karate. Afridi has played for a lot of 736 00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:04,640 teams. Except for Lahore and Zeli. 737 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:06,080 Yeah, I said for Lahore and quota. 738 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:08,280 Wait, so he's played for quota as well? 739 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,040 Yeah. So his last season was in quota. 740 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:12,280 So the only team he hasn't played for is calendars. 741 00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:14,200 Calendars right? There we go. 742 00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:15,800 And Islamabad. And Islamabad. 743 00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:16,880 Wow. Interesting. 744 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:19,600 Yeah. So they have Muhammad Ahmed. 745 00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:22,960 He got relegated or diamond. No, he got he's he's the mentor. 746 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:25,160 These, these apparently he's blind. 747 00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:26,920 I am blind. Definitely mine. 748 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:29,000 That looks like a bottom arrow, but OK, whatever. 749 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:32,640 Yeah. So Muhammad Ahmed is the mentor 750 00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:35,560 and abroad Ahmed is in diamond with Rally Russo. 751 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,200 Rally Russo I believe was in platinum last year. 752 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,840 Yeah, he was a captain as well. Correct. 753 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:43,520 Is that the still the case for Cuerda? 754 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,920 I think they they were growing so cheeky as a captain, so I 755 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:49,480 would not be surprised if so Chaquila becomes their captain 756 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:51,480 this year. They haven't announced that yet, 757 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:52,640 have they? Not announced yet. 758 00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:55,760 So tequila isn't gold? Wouldn't that be a little bit 759 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:59,480 too low for your Captain Gold? Plus Bran ambassador, so 760 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:02,000 basically diamond. Basically diamond, but still 761 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:03,920 pretty low. I think it's still pretty new in 762 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:07,560 the whole PSL scene so. I'm just looking at like I'm 763 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:10,080 looking across the platinum categories for all the teams and 764 00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:13,600 Shaheen is the captain of Qalandars as Shah Dab is the 765 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,840 captain of Islamabad. Baba is the capital of Zalmi and 766 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:18,280 as well as the capital of Sultan and they're all in Platinums. 767 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,240 I think it just would be a little bit of a weird situation 768 00:37:20,240 --> 00:37:24,040 to have your captain not even be your most expensive player. 769 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:27,440 Is that is that a right assessment or fair assessment? 770 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,400 For example, like Shawn Masoud is the captain of Karachi, but 771 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:32,520 he's in gold. He got relegated to gold. 772 00:37:32,720 --> 00:37:33,800 He's in. He's the captain of Karachi. 773 00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:35,040 He's the captain. Wow. 774 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:37,000 I think he's. Karachi, come on. 775 00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:40,400 I mean, we're keeping him. Captain as in the Test side on a 776 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:44,360 very subject to like captaincy basis and Karachi goes out and 777 00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:45,600 just gives him captaincy. Full on. 778 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:48,720 Tough one, man, Tough one. The guy was team junior and also 779 00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:51,120 in gold and Akil Hussain was currently the number one bowler 780 00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:53,240 in the world according to the ICS ranking. 781 00:37:53,240 --> 00:37:54,720 T20 eyes. T20 eyes. 782 00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:56,760 Is he one of those hiding behind the back? 783 00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:57,720 Bowlers. That's Sunila Ryan. 784 00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:02,600 He's more of a imad the team like he has 2 balls he balls one 785 00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:05,600 is the left arm in swinger. In Swinger. 786 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:07,800 He has an inswinger, sort of like, you know how Ahmad balls 787 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:09,560 an inswinger? Yeah, Darts has a he has an 788 00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:10,720 inswinger as well with a new ball. 789 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,160 And he also has a left arm off spin. 790 00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:17,040 And he's the number one bowler in T20 guys, and yet in gold. 791 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,240 Correct retaining. Gold. 792 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:23,280 Interesting. And then Huaja Nafi, I've heard 793 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:24,680 a lot about this kid. Very hyped. 794 00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:26,960 He's hyped like Simon, you level hype, right? 795 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,240 Very hyped. I've heard a lot about lots of 796 00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:31,760 edits going on already from like the Champions Cup and all that. 797 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:34,200 Interesting to see what he does this this season. 798 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,280 And then who's that Umar spawn Tarek? 799 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:38,120 He's that guy who's the finger bowler line right now? 800 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:39,920 Sorry, my guys. He's the finger spinner bowler 801 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:42,200 who who like who stops in his action and then balls. 802 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:44,320 Have you seen him? Well, I think it's I just saw a 803 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:46,320 clip of him right before I was standing here. 804 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:49,120 He was playing in the Abu Dhabi 210. 805 00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:51,560 Yeah, that's probably for me. I'm into it. 806 00:38:52,240 --> 00:38:54,760 It's more of Multan Sultan's, Ali Tarin's team. 807 00:38:55,240 --> 00:38:56,320 Who? Just Ali Tarin. 808 00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:58,920 I thought Multan Sultan's were, you know, I'm going to be 809 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,200 honest, I thought they were also scientists, kind of a boring 810 00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:05,240 team. They always have a like static 811 00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:07,720 playing 11. They don't really move a lot. 812 00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:10,040 They have too much of A wholesome vibe. 813 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:11,680 They're they don't have any bad boys. 814 00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:14,440 Their character is quite straight. 815 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:17,760 And then I heard Aliterino on Radio Carte and I was like, this 816 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:21,000 guy is unhinged, bro, what the hell is this guy on? 817 00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:24,880 So my respect to Mutton's. Mutton's has gotten up and I do, 818 00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:27,680 I do think that they they have what it takes to do it again. 819 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:29,160 Honestly. They've paid four straight 820 00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:30,600 finals. I think they've won one of them 821 00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:34,640 at least and it's been a tough loss for them. 822 00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:38,440 But they've they've done some good retentions here, but I 823 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:41,640 don't want to read them out. Bizwan and Osama bin in the 824 00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:43,000 platinum. Category now that's this is the 825 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:44,400 point of contention that Ali had. 826 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:46,920 It was like Osama Meer in platinum is too high even for 827 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:49,400 his own sake. Again, you have to reconsider 828 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,960 what is the criteria for picking Osama Meer in the platinum 829 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:54,360 category. And that is the fact that he was 830 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:57,120 one of the best Lex spinners of the PSL last year. 831 00:39:57,720 --> 00:39:59,840 That's also why I brought him with this in Diamond. 832 00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:02,840 And yeah, it's it's a performance based thing. 833 00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:04,920 It's a brand value thing. Osama Bin is currently playing 834 00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:08,560 in the Big bash, performing pretty well for Melbourne Stars. 835 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,760 So he's he's a top notch flex Pinner in the PSL scene. 836 00:40:12,240 --> 00:40:15,160 If they're not Ahmed, is he? Is that what, What is that icon 837 00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:17,640 next to him? Is that brand ambassador next to 838 00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:19,000 him? I think he's the brand 839 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,280 ambassador. He's the brand ambassador. 840 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:22,080 He's in diamond which means he's basically getting platinum 841 00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:26,600 money, which is interesting. I guess first, he really had a 842 00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:30,440 really good PSL season in 2024 so I don't see why that's not 843 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:31,880 it. That wouldn't be the case. 844 00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:34,400 The name that really bites me is Ismail Khan. 845 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,920 I got really bad flashbacks from just the past 18 months of 846 00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:39,560 cricket that Pakistan has played in. 847 00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:44,080 The T20 is and tough run for me as a fan. 848 00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:47,440 Yeah, spawn Khan and Diamond. By the way, he. 849 00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:50,800 Just scored us Cassandra in BPL so he's like shitting on our 850 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:53,040 faces as we shit back on him. Again, that's Mon Han. 851 00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:55,200 Great batsman against poor bowling. 852 00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:57,880 Yeah, we see this. I'm going to be very shocked if 853 00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:01,200 he ever continues to perform consistently at the 854 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:04,240 international level. Just does not have the technique 855 00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:07,400 or the right mindset. I I don't even know how he's 856 00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:09,880 playing for Pakistan, but he's honestly, I can't tell. 857 00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:12,600 Him, but he is APSL legend. That's the vibe. 858 00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:16,880 Let's keep him. If if Mozhan had won last year, 859 00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:19,480 he would have probably been player of the tournament, let's 860 00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:21,280 be honest. Maybe. 861 00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:22,280 Yeah, maybe. Probably. 862 00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:23,800 He was, he was in the running for that for sure. 863 00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:28,640 Chris Jordan gold and Faisal Akram relegated down to silver. 864 00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:30,080 They got a lot of space open there. 865 00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:33,240 They're probably going to want to pack it up with some really 866 00:41:33,240 --> 00:41:35,080 interesting draft picks coming in on the 13th. 867 00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:38,160 Now the final team Lahore calendars, you guys shine 868 00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:40,640 Afridi, focus them on Platinum. Interesting. 869 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:42,560 I think focus them on Platinum is a really good pick. 870 00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:47,200 The Harris Rove as AI believe brand ambassador. 871 00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:50,440 Yeah, brand ambassador diamond, but that just means he's getting 872 00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:52,200 platinum money, which is good for him. 873 00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:56,320 Harris Rove deserve that is in diamond as well, which is good 874 00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:59,720 for him as well as Zimbabwean and you know X Pakistani 875 00:41:59,720 --> 00:42:01,640 national. I met him at the GT20. 876 00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:04,760 Very nice guy, lovely guy, relegated to gold. 877 00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:09,240 And Lahore actually made a post of the LA Shafi been really 878 00:42:09,240 --> 00:42:11,200 relegated. It's actually hilarious but also 879 00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:13,040 very sad. Like if I'm with LA Shafiq I'm 880 00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:15,120 pissed. I'm pissed seeing my team make a 881 00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:17,360 social media post about his relegation. 882 00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:19,440 It was like about. Congratulations, relegation 883 00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:21,160 complete or something? Yeah, something like that. 884 00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:23,320 What calendars like some invite? What are you doing? 885 00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:25,960 Like get a better social media guy. 886 00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:30,280 Come on, this is this is tough. You guys Salman Khan and Jahan 887 00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:33,160 dad Khan both in gold as well and David we say and so where 888 00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:35,440 you mentioned that there has to be some sort of deal going on 889 00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:37,680 there, maybe a commercial deal, whereas you know, even though 890 00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:39,920 David we say isn't celebrated, probably getting gold money. 891 00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:44,040 Is that the vibe, Bashar? I can't say that for sure, but 892 00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:45,560 but maybe he's getting some commercial money. 893 00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:53,000 That's the vibe. OK, so what's let me just who 894 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,720 did it's the release. It's released Fahim Ashraf and 895 00:42:55,720 --> 00:43:00,160 Alex Hales as then we released retained 3 spinners in out of 896 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:01,720 your group, Sufjan Mukhin, Mehra Mutas. 897 00:43:01,720 --> 00:43:03,520 KK released Malik which is big news. 898 00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:06,600 Ms. released Abbas Afaidi Muhammad Ali. 899 00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:11,200 Muhammad Ali had the most wickets in the 2024 PSLPSL. 9 900 00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:14,680 Abbas Afaidi had also been consistently in the top five 901 00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:16,360 wicket takers the past 2. Years and he's been playing for 902 00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:19,400 Pakistan, he was in the World Cup squad and he was in the 903 00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:21,440 tours in South Africa and Australia. 904 00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:23,000 So that's a really interesting release for me. 905 00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:27,560 I mean, Lutheran did explain why that happened and he also kind 906 00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:30,200 of hinted that a bus after he's already in talks with another 907 00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:32,320 team being drafted. Where do you think he's going? 908 00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:34,720 Probably in the platinum category, some are saying 909 00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:37,600 Karachi Kings. I'm just really excited to see 910 00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:41,240 what teams pick what local players in the platinum category 911 00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:45,040 because sometimes because you have to pick a player in the 912 00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:48,160 platinum category, it can sometimes become an issue 913 00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:51,280 because that player may not deserve to be in the platinum 914 00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:54,120 category. For example, I hate to take 915 00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:56,480 names, but Mohammed Nawaz last year was in the platinum 916 00:43:56,480 --> 00:43:59,640 category for Karachi Kings. And then the year before, 917 00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:04,720 Heather Ali was in the platinum category for Karachi Kings. 918 00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:07,760 And then because they picked him in the platinum category, they 919 00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:11,800 had to play him all the matches and he was out of form. 920 00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:15,680 So after six matches, they sort of they were forced to drop him 921 00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:20,560 and then he went unpicked in the in the last year's draft to the 922 00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:23,720 point where he was picked as a supplementary player by 923 00:44:23,720 --> 00:44:25,680 Islamabad. And then he performed the way he 924 00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:29,240 did. But just those highs and lows 925 00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:31,760 are quite insane to me. What's the supplementary salary 926 00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:34,040 looking like? Is it emerging level or is it 927 00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:35,840 like different? I'm not sure. 928 00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:40,000 Because he was in goal this year which is like 50K50K up to 50K 929 00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,120 up to 50K. Not bad for Italy for a comeback 930 00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:45,800 season and so far as Ahmed and Hosni were also released, which 931 00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:47,920 is an interesting call for me because Hosni had quite a good 932 00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:50,480 year this year with the Champions Cup in the ODI format 933 00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:52,920 and as well as just playing for the box on team, he's he's been 934 00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:56,440 pretty good. I agree Hosni should be picked 935 00:44:56,440 --> 00:45:00,160 up, Nawaz should be picked up. I think it's going to be an 936 00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:03,840 interesting draft coming up. What are your most excited 937 00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:05,680 players in the draft? Can we name some of the players 938 00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:08,200 that we have? Yeah, so look this up. 939 00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:11,080 Some potential big names that have signed up for the PSL that 940 00:45:11,080 --> 00:45:14,440 have been announced so far. David Warner, Kim Saathi, Finn 941 00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:17,320 Allen, Daryl Mitchell, Swan Kwaja. 942 00:45:17,720 --> 00:45:21,200 Adam Milne, Sean Abbott, Matthew Short. 943 00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:25,040 I believe there is Mujeeb Rehman, Shakib Alesan. 944 00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:28,840 Also, the official list of all Platinum players in the foreign 945 00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:32,040 category have not been released yet. 946 00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:34,720 I think they have. They have not. 947 00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:39,600 They've only released gold category so diamond and platinum 948 00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:41,600 is still left. I guess they'll just wait till 949 00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:43,080 the actual draft day to release it. 950 00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:47,080 But the teams who are involved are aware of which players are 951 00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:48,560 available to. Them we got some Canadian 952 00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:50,280 players in there too. Yeah, I saw. 953 00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:53,280 Aaron Johnson, Hamza Thadek, Jeremy Gordon, Kalim Sana. 954 00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:56,120 Respects. Why are there English player 955 00:45:56,120 --> 00:45:58,000 names here? I thought England wasn't the ECB 956 00:45:58,000 --> 00:45:59,520 weren't giving Nocs to their players. 957 00:45:59,920 --> 00:46:02,680 They may be like retired English players or I. 958 00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:05,400 I don't know exactly why. Most of the names are kind, 959 00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:08,120 kind, yeah, quite retired. Quite retired, I would say. 960 00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:10,960 But again, this is the gold category for and so I don't want 961 00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:14,480 to be judging too hard on this. But kind of sad that the English 962 00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:17,920 players aren't coming this year because here the joke was that 963 00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:21,200 if you want to see who was the next big T1 who played for 964 00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:23,600 England, just watch the last PSL. 965 00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:28,360 Harry Brooke was famously picked in the silver category for Hulk 966 00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:31,040 Unders, and then he went on to play for England and then he was 967 00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:33,440 one of the highest paid players in the IPL the following year. 968 00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:37,240 David Milan was an OG, Peshawar some new player, and then he 969 00:46:37,240 --> 00:46:39,280 went on to play for England in all three formats. 970 00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:44,880 Jordan Cox was a player for Istanbul United this past season 971 00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:47,440 and then he went on to play a Test for England. 972 00:46:48,240 --> 00:46:52,600 Point is, a lot of emerging English players get a chance to 973 00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:56,280 come to the BPL with the PSL, to showcase their talent, to get 974 00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:59,000 familiarized with these conditions, and then they go 975 00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:01,160 make it big on the English cricket team. 976 00:47:01,720 --> 00:47:04,520 These are the picks, by the way, that that are going to go in 977 00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:07,640 this order for the first round, platinum 1 picks, it goes 978 00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:12,280 Lahore, it goes Karachi, Quetta, then it goes Peshawar, Multan, 979 00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:14,720 then Islamabad and then the platinum two round picks goes 980 00:47:14,720 --> 00:47:17,320 Quetta, Karachi, Quetta, Karachi. 981 00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:20,760 So there's some picks and you know, trades and stuff that that 982 00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:23,440 have been applied there for the reason of Quetta going twice and 983 00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:25,560 Karachi going twice and no other team going at all. 984 00:47:25,880 --> 00:47:28,120 And then you go back into the diamond picks with diamond with 985 00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:31,080 Karachi, Zelmi and then Islamabad and then so on and so 986 00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:32,360 forth. This goes on and on. 987 00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:34,880 You guys can check all this out on PS LS Instagram page. 988 00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:36,960 But very interesting platinum one round. 989 00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:39,440 I'm very interested in what how that goes. 990 00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:42,360 Now I'm I want to know what what Zelmi does. 991 00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:45,360 I want to know what Islamabad does, and honestly, I want to 992 00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:46,920 know what Karachi does. They have a second pick. 993 00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:48,800 I think the first pick is the most important one. 994 00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:49,960 What does the whole Gandhar's pick? 995 00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:52,920 Who do they need? I think in terms of like brand 996 00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:56,360 value and just hype Warner, like having David Warner and Fahad 997 00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:59,720 Zaman opening, that's that is a dream of any T20 freak. 998 00:47:59,840 --> 00:48:02,080 That's cinema, right? That's that's box office. 999 00:48:02,080 --> 00:48:03,040 People are going to tune into that. 1000 00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:07,200 That's just going to be like 6 overs 80 or 6 overs 30 for two. 1001 00:48:07,920 --> 00:48:09,800 It's going to be insane. I don't know why but I feel like 1002 00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:12,440 they might like Kalanders might pick. 1003 00:48:12,520 --> 00:48:15,400 Rusty, the platinum category. I don't know why. 1004 00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:19,320 I do feel like Islamabad will probably pick like Sean Abbott 1005 00:48:19,320 --> 00:48:22,600 or Jason Holder because they released funny much stuff so 1006 00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:25,760 they now they need a fast bowling all rounder so maybe 1007 00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:27,520 even Tim Southey. Yeah, interesting. 1008 00:48:28,640 --> 00:48:30,200 I'm looking forward to this. Man, Why is this happening 1009 00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:32,120 again? This is happening Jan 13th. 1010 00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:35,600 Jan 13th, what we're doing in right after we'll do a draft 1011 00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:37,480 review. We'll have a clearer picture on 1012 00:48:37,480 --> 00:48:41,000 what the squad looks like for the PSL 10 coming up for all the 1013 00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:42,360 teams. We'll discuss which teams are 1014 00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:45,280 looking more favorable, which teams are sort of coming in 1015 00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:46,760 short handed. I'm looking at you could 1016 00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:49,200 actually already, I already know this is going to happen and 1017 00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:51,280 we'll see which teams are in the rebuilding process and which 1018 00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:53,240 teams are kind of going out for the gold again. 1019 00:48:53,560 --> 00:48:54,880 It's going to be an interesting few weeks. 1020 00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:57,120 The PSL is coming in full swing this year. 1021 00:48:57,880 --> 00:49:00,800 They're challenging or maybe not challenging, challenging the top 1022 00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:02,160 word. They're definitely going up 1023 00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:04,000 against the IPO. That's the vibe. 1024 00:49:04,240 --> 00:49:06,840 And the IPL and the PSL are going to run Concord, which is 1025 00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:08,200 going to be an interesting experiment. 1026 00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:13,280 And seeing how the broadcasting rights ago, how, how does fan 1027 00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:16,920 engagement feels, the viewership feels, it definitely be 1028 00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:19,880 overshadowed by the IPL because the IP LS also like a six week 1029 00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:21,520 or eight week tournament. It's extremely long. 1030 00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:23,840 The PSL might just come in, come in and go and you'll still be 1031 00:49:23,880 --> 00:49:26,800 playing league games in the IPL. That might just be the case. 1032 00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:28,400 That'll be interesting how those two work. 1033 00:49:28,560 --> 00:49:32,400 This 10th edition of the PSL is extremely important because 1034 00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:36,360 right after this we get 2 new teams announced, 2 new owners. 1035 00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:40,600 More players in the draft in the local and and foreign categories 1036 00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:44,800 will be able to be picked up from the next season onwards and 1037 00:49:44,800 --> 00:49:46,520 we'll just see what the two new teams are. 1038 00:49:46,520 --> 00:49:50,160 I think 8 teams in in PSL seems to write like right about the 1039 00:49:50,160 --> 00:49:51,960 right number. I would love to see who these 1040 00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:53,840 new teams are going to be. Are they going to be from 1041 00:49:53,840 --> 00:49:55,080 Punjab? Are they going to be from Sin? 1042 00:49:55,080 --> 00:49:57,240 One's going to be CL code. Is that a fact? 1043 00:49:58,920 --> 00:49:59,960 Just no. Who's your? 1044 00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:01,080 Just no. I told you first. 1045 00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:03,200 Who's the fuck that bro? You got to fuck that? 1046 00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:04,080 Don't. Worry about it, don't worry 1047 00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:05,200 about it. Ciago doesn't have to be about 1048 00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:06,440 those teams. I think they're going to go with 1049 00:50:06,440 --> 00:50:08,080 SIN with the other team. They're going to probably go 1050 00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:10,920 Hyderabad or they're probably going to go one of those. 1051 00:50:11,200 --> 00:50:13,600 It could be sale court or if they want to go for like Punjab 1052 00:50:13,600 --> 00:50:15,960 Central it could be another like a fast Lamar team. 1053 00:50:16,560 --> 00:50:18,720 Yeah, it's it's they're definitely going to go Punjab. 1054 00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:22,480 The second team they should go send is my opinion, but they 1055 00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:23,880 might just go KBA as well. I don't know. 1056 00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:26,760 I'm it'll be an interesting thing to see what other two team 1057 00:50:26,760 --> 00:50:30,440 comes in and and how they how the how the PSL changes, because 1058 00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:32,760 it's been a good ten years, a decade of the PSL. 1059 00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:36,200 Man, imagine that. I, I remember watching Ifan 1060 00:50:36,200 --> 00:50:38,760 Donato's video when Islamabad was winning, I believe their 1061 00:50:38,760 --> 00:50:41,840 second title and it was in Karachi and Roman Reis was 1062 00:50:41,840 --> 00:50:43,560 there. And that's how I got 1063 00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:47,400 reintroduced to the PSL. And it's been a while, right 1064 00:50:47,560 --> 00:50:51,000 from watching that video in the comfort of my bed and then to 1065 00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:54,000 going to actually work with the PSL in Islamabad United and then 1066 00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:57,920 now at this position. So, you know, onwards and 1067 00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:00,080 upwards for, for everybody, for all the fantasies involved. 1068 00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:03,200 PSL is a very important aspect of boxing and cricket, which we 1069 00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:06,440 cover a lot and we love and we're boxing cricket leaning. 1070 00:51:06,440 --> 00:51:09,800 So we really want this thing to succeed and if anybody needs our 1071 00:51:10,120 --> 00:51:12,240 expertise and our services in order to find us. 1072 00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:15,920 I think Box On has two things that they can export to the 1073 00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:19,880 world #1 being Coke Studio, Pasuri was one of the biggest 1074 00:51:19,880 --> 00:51:25,960 songs of 23 and people knew Pasuri, Coke Studio, Box On. 1075 00:51:26,560 --> 00:51:29,320 And then the second one I think is Cricket and Box On Cricket 1076 00:51:29,520 --> 00:51:31,920 PSL. So it's one of the big span that 1077 00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:35,520 Box On has often times very disappointed to see how it 1078 00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:37,800 actually operates, what happens behind the scenes and how 1079 00:51:38,200 --> 00:51:41,080 incompetent someone's staff is in the PSL. 1080 00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:46,560 And how the PCB just keeps trying to cannibalize one of 1081 00:51:46,560 --> 00:51:50,480 their biggest products by launching more leagues against 1082 00:51:50,480 --> 00:51:54,480 it, for example the Pakistan Junior League, instead of just 1083 00:51:54,560 --> 00:51:58,760 engaging the current franchises. They even they had new owners, 1084 00:51:58,760 --> 00:52:02,040 they had new names, new teams. Even the women's league, it was 1085 00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:05,080 anything he was talking about, like let the owners of this 1086 00:52:05,080 --> 00:52:08,320 current PSA lot be the owners of the women team. 1087 00:52:08,720 --> 00:52:12,560 They can run like how they run it in the 100 or the Big Bash. 1088 00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:14,480 The Big Bash, right? They can have a day game with 1089 00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:16,560 the women's team and the night game with the men's team and 1090 00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:20,240 they can be the same teams. It'll just create a lot more 1091 00:52:21,080 --> 00:52:26,520 eyeballs and a lot more hype. But lo and behold, it's when I 1092 00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:30,120 turned around to see who who stabbed me in the back on my 1093 00:52:30,120 --> 00:52:33,560 own. On that note, guys, thank you 1094 00:52:33,560 --> 00:52:35,440 for tuning in. We were trying our best to make 1095 00:52:35,440 --> 00:52:37,640 sense of the PSL of the draft. It gets technical. 1096 00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:39,720 I know that. We tried our best to explain it 1097 00:52:39,720 --> 00:52:40,960 to you guys. I think I learned a lot, 1098 00:52:41,120 --> 00:52:43,360 honestly. I came into this line and I came 1099 00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:46,400 out with at least some sense and skeleton of how this thing works 1100 00:52:46,400 --> 00:52:48,240 and I'm ready for the 13th man I'm on. 1101 00:52:48,640 --> 00:52:50,040 Let's go. We'll see you guys soon. 1102 00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:54,320 After the PSL, we'll do APSL Roundup squad review. 1103 00:52:54,680 --> 00:52:56,440 Draft roundup. Draft roundup. 1104 00:52:56,640 --> 00:52:59,440 Yeah, definitely. 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We the goal with server and with 1112 00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:25,560 the podcast was always to build community and I advertise the 1113 00:53:25,640 --> 00:53:29,560 Discourse server as a non-toxic place to discuss cricket with 1114 00:53:29,560 --> 00:53:31,720 people who have the same interests as you. 1115 00:53:31,800 --> 00:53:33,200 And they're extremely funny. Everybody. 1116 00:53:33,240 --> 00:53:35,560 Everybody in that Discourse server is absolutely hilarious. 1117 00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:38,920 We got a meme channel. I just launched an edits channel 1118 00:53:38,960 --> 00:53:41,200 where people can come in and post edits. 1119 00:53:41,800 --> 00:53:44,400 I sometimes find myself doomscrolling on these edits. 1120 00:53:44,400 --> 00:53:46,120 Some of them are extremely well made. 1121 00:53:46,720 --> 00:53:51,000 Join in on the conversation, give your feedback, and get an 1122 00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:52,760 opportunity to, you know, interrupt this as well. 1123 00:53:52,960 --> 00:53:55,880 And three words, meme review coming. 1124 00:53:56,360 --> 00:53:59,600 So Discord, keep your eyes open. All right, guys, we're tuning 1125 00:53:59,600 --> 00:54:00,800 out. It's been over 15 minutes since 1126 00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:02,800 we've been chatting. Bashar, thank you very much for 1127 00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:06,120 your time and your, your you put a lot of hours in to basically 1128 00:54:06,120 --> 00:54:08,040 understand it and then relay it back to me and and to the 1129 00:54:08,040 --> 00:54:09,560 viewers. Appreciate you. 1130 00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:11,720 Thank you guys for tuning in. We'll see you guys in the next 1131 00:54:11,720 --> 00:54:12,000 episode.