The Quetta Gladiators Squad for PSL 2016: Quetta Gladiators squad for PSL 2016 is one of PSL franchise representing the city Quetta, Baluchistan and is sponsored by Omar Associates. Quetta Gladiators squad supposed to be popular one as it is called by dark horse in PSL 2016. This squad is finalized for the inaugural season of Pakistan Super League 2016. Squad can embrace a complete of 16 players include 5 foreign and 11 local players. Team was established in 2015 and make announcement to take part in PSL 2016. . The 16 member’s squad is headed by the young star Sarfraz Ahmed may be reliable batsman of Pakistan International team. More details on Quetta Gladiators Squad for PSL 2016.
Pakistan Super League is most awaited cricket event for whole Pakistan in 2016. In 2015 the Pakistan Cricket board PCB declared first Pakistan Super League held in Feb 2016.PSL 2016 tournament is accommodated by UAE and sadly it couldn't be started at the home-land of Pakistan due to intense security reasons. It is started from Feb 4, 2016 with an opening match between Islamabad and Quetta in Dubai, Sharjah.
Sponsor and owner of Quetta Gladiators Squad for PSL 2016
The Quetta franchise that represents the Baluchistan province has been owned and sponsored by Omar Associates for $1.1 million (USD). Omar association is a Karachi based company and owned by Nadeem Omar, director of Omar Association. There have been less number of bids placed for this franchise that meant that Omar Associates were able to leave with 10-year rights to the franchise for less money to spend as compared to the four alternative franchises.
Management and team
Quetta Gladiators is sponsored by Omar Associates and that they appointed five foreign players and eleven native players to form their squad very sturdy and robust. Caption of the Quetta Squad is a wicket-keeper and reliable batsman Sarfraz Ahmed from Pakistan International team. Sarfraz Ahmed made his entrance in International cricket in 2007 against India at Jaipur in one Day International match. In T20 format, he created his debut against England in Dubai in 2010. Quetta Gladiators is one among the strongest squads in Pakistan Super League 2016. For batting department, team Quetta Gladiators is retentive the players like best coming one down English batsman Kevin Pietersen, young legend skipper batter Sarfraz Ahmed, nestling Ahmed Shehzad, great Luke Wright, famous Elton Chigumbura, and middle order batman’s Asad Shafiq. This is often the strongest batting aspect as all the batsmen are professional and highly skilled. In the bowling line up, team Quetta Gladiator has all-rounder Jason Holder from West Indies, Anwar Ali, and horse Umar Gull.
Quetta Gladiators have already appointed their work employees prior to the player auctions. Former Pakistan cricketer Moin Khan has been hired the top coach whereas Ian Pont and Julien Fountain appointed as assistant coach and fielding coach respectively. Kumar Sangakkara with other Indian cricket team players, Aizaz Cheema and Rameez Raja Jnr are supplementary animations and players of this squad.
Player Category
There are 16 players in this squad and hired according to the 5 different categories. Platinum cost $190,000, Diamond cost $65,000, Gold cost $45,000, silver cost $28,000 and emerging ($25,000) are 5 categories. The following list show the ranking of 16 squad cricketers within categories:
Platinum
Kevin Pietersen, Sarfraz Ahmed and Ahmed Shehzad are three member lies in platinum category.
Diamond
Anwar Ali, Jason Holder and Luke Wright will pay according to Diamond category.
Gold
Zulfiqar Babar, Umar Gul and Elton Chigumbura are members of this category.
Silver
Bilal Asif, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Nabi, Akbar-ur-Rehman, Saad Nasim, Bismillah Khan and Mohammad Nawaz will pay according to Silver category.
