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The Pakistan batter Ahmad Shahzad blasted the PSL franchises in a startling post on X, stating that they have made a “deliberate effort” to snub him from the tournament. The 32-year-old went on to state that he is parting ways and saying goodbye to the Pakistan Super League for his self-respect.
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During the recently concluded draft for the PSL 2024, the six franchises in the competition picked a lot of players across six categories, namely Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver, Emerging, and Supplementary. But, Ahmad Shahzad, who had taken part in the recent National T20 Cup in Pakistan as the part of Lahore Region Whites team, wasn’t picked by any of the franchises for the next season of the PSL starting early next year.
Ahmad Shahzad had last played in the PSL in 2020 with the Quetta Gladiators while Multan Sultans were his other team in the league too. After not getting picked for the franchise tournament next year, he sent out a statement on his official X account, which read, “A heartfelt goodbye to Pakistan Super League! I'm writing this note which I thought I wouldn't be writing this year. Another PSL draft goes by and same old story - didn't get picked. God knows why! But they plan, and Allah plans. Indeed ALLAH is the best of Planners…”
“I have tried really hard by giving it all in domestic circuit consistently in last few years, and did reasonably well in the National T20 Cup just before the PSL draft. There seems a deliberate effort to keep me out, even when franchises have opted for other performers with inferior numbers than me. But when everything is pre-planned so it doesn't really matter. I don't know whose responsibility it is to get top domestic performers in the PSL then. But I exactly know the reasons why I'm not made part of the PSL - the whole country, and my fans will know it very soon,” he added.
