Lahore Qalandars announced the name of their captain for PSL 5, a surprising decision

Lahore Qalandars announced the name of their captain for PSL 5, big news for cricket fans

Batsman Sohail Akhtar will lead the team, last year all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez led the team.

Lahore Qalandars officially announced the name of their captain for PSL 5, batsman Sohail Akhtar will lead the team, last year all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez led the team. According to the details, sources claim that Lahore Qalandars have formally announced to change their captain for PSL 5. Lahore Qalandars named all-rounder Muhammad Hafeez as the captain in the last tournament.

However, Mohammad Hafeez got injured and was out of the tournament after just a few matches. Now according to the report of a private TV channel, Sohail Akhtar, who captained Lahore Qalandars in other tournaments besides PSL, has been made the team captain for PSL 5 as well.

All-rounder Muhammad Hafeez will assist the new captain of the team. On the other hand, the stage of selection of players for Pakistan Super League 5 has started.

When the draftnik process began on Friday, the first pick in the platinum category went to Quetta Gladiators who selected England’s World Cup winner Jason Roy. The second pick belonged to Lahore Qalandars who hired Australian Chris Lynn. Qalandars had also selected Chris Lynn in their first pick a year ago but the aggressive Australian batsman was out of the league due to injury.

Multan Sultan had the third pick in the platinum category and they chose English all-rounder Moeen Ali, while Islamabad United picked South African fast bowler Dale Steyn in this category. Karachi Kings made an excellent choice and selected the famous English batsman Alex Hales in the platinum category. Multan Sultan chose South Africa’s Riley Rossouw in their second pick in the platinum category. Rossouw has participated in all editions of the Pakistan Super League but represented Quetta Gladiators in all seasons, but this time he is playing for a new franchise. will be seen in action from

Islamabad United added Colin Ingram to the team in preference to the South African cricketer in the second platinum category as well. When the Diamond category started, Peshawar Zalmi signed Tom Benton while Islamabad United signed Colin Munro, who was seen in action for Karachi Kings last year. Karachi Kings chose Chris Jordan who was demoted from Platinum to Diamond category and previously represented Peshawar Zalmi in the league.

Quetta Gladiators selected Australian all-rounder Ben Cutting, while Multan opted for 27-year-old Zeeshan Ashraf, preferring the silver category instead of the diamond category, trying the first wild card entry. After that, Multan Sultans hired former Karachi Kings star and English all-rounder Ravi Bopara, while Peshawar Zalmi made ex-national cricketer Shoaib Malik a part of the team.

When it was Lahore Qalandars’ turn, they included English all-rounder Patel in the team while Roman Raees returned to Islamabad United. Sohail Tanveer suffered a major setback and after being demoted two ranks from Platinum to Gold category where he was selected by Multan Sultans. When it was the turn of Karachi Kings, they did not take any time to get the services of Sharjeel Khan, included in the gold category. Peshawar Zalmi kept faith with Liam Dawson and retained him in their team while Quetta Gladiators followed suit and re-signed Fawad Ahmed.