Rashid Khan, Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo are among the key players in the Big Bash League 2022-23 draft.
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The Big Bash League has showcased some of the finest T20 stars over the years and it is going to be no different in the upcoming edition, which gets underway in December. Rashid Khan, Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo along with former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis will be among the marquee players in the draft pool.
Rashid, a fan-favourite among Strikers supporters, is almost certain to return to Adelaide with head coach Jason Gillespie already indicating they will do everything they can to retain the Afghanistan leg-spinner, who has played 61 matches for the club, according to an official media release.
Pollard and Bravo, whose last KFC BBL appearances were in 2017-18 and 2018-19 respectively, are free to be picked up by any club and are not eligible to be snared on a retention pick. Both Trinidadians are fresh off a stint in England’s T20 Blast where Pollard helped Surrey reach the quarter-finals and Bravo collected nine wickets for the Worcestershire Rapids.
More than 100 player nominations have been received since the draft was announced three weeks ago, with New Zealander and championship winning Scorcher Colin Munro the other international currently available for retention, although more players are expected to be announced soon.
Afghanistan: Rashid Khan, Qais Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Waqarullah Ishaq, Izharulhaq Naveed, Naveen-ul-haq Murid, Hazratullah Zazai
Namibia: David Wiese
New Zealand: Colin Munro, Todd Astle
South Africa: Faf du Plessis, Marchant de Lange, Rilee Rossouw
West Indies: Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Sheldon Cottrell, Chemar Holder, Akeal Hosein, Evin Lewis, Anderson Phillip, Khary Pierre, Ravi Rampaul, Sherfane Rutherford, Jayden Seales, Kevin Sinclair, Tion Webster, Nyeem Young
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