LAHORE: South Africa’s left-handed batter Rilee Rossouw has registered for the highly-anticipated player draft of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 10, the league announced on Friday.
The PSL made the announcement by sharing a compilation video, featuring Rossouw’s best shots during his previous appearances.
“South African hard-hitting left-hander Rilee Rossouw enters the HBL PSL Draft,” the PSL captioned the video.
Notably, Rossouw is one of the most established foreign player in the history of the league, having won the title twice with Quetta Gladiators and Multan Sultans, for whom he played four seasons each.
Over the course of eight editions, Rossouw played 84 matches and scored 2015 runs at a decent average of 31.98 and a staggering strike rate of 142.7. He has also hit two centuries and 10 half-centuries.
Notably, Rilee Rossouw is the 11th foreign player to have signed up for the upcoming 10th edition of the marquee league, joining New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell, Australia’s Alex Carey and Usman Khawaja, England’s Tom Curran, David Willey, Dawid Malan and Jason Roy, Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman and Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza.
It is pertinent to mention that the highly-anticipated player draft will be held in Balochistan for the first time, with Gwadar hosting the key event on January 11, 2025.
The pick order for the player draft has also been announced, with two-time champions Lahore Qalandars making the first pick in the opening round of the platinum category, followed by arch-rivals Karachi Kings.
2019 champions Quetta Gladiators will make the third pick, while Peshawar Zalmi will have the fourth.
Last season’s runners-up, Sultans, and reigning champions United will make the fifth and sixth picks, respectively.