By Ubaid Awan
KARACHI, Pakistan
(TheSportsNEXT) December 18, 2012: A total of 51 Pakistani cricketers will
be up for grabs on Thursday when players auction for the second edition of the
Bangladesh Premier League will be held in Dhaka.
Apart from 51 Pakistani cricketers, 81 other international
cricketers will also be center of attraction in the players auction.
The cricketers have been distributed in four categories,
namely Golden Category, "A" Category, "B" Category and
"C" Category.
As per the details, former Pakistan skipper Shahid Khan
Afridi, explosive opening batsman Imran Nazir and Twenty20 specialist
off-spinner Saeed Ajmal have been graded in the Golden Category for the BPL
Players Auction.
Fast bowler Umar Gul, all-rounder Abdul Razzaq, left-arm
pacer Wahab Riaz, fast bowler Mohammad Sami, wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal
and his brother Umar Akmal have been placed in Category A for the BPL Players
Auction.
Other Pakistani cricketers including Khurram Manzoor,
Shahzaib Hasan, Umar Amin, Asad Ali, Zulfiqar Babar, Awais Zia, Azeem Ghumman,
and Fawad Alam have been grouped in Category B for the BPL Players Auction.
Category C is also over-populated with Pakistani cricketers
including Haris Sohail, Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Shahid Yousaf, Anwar Ali, Asad
Shafiq, Hammad Azam, Rao Iftikhar, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Bilawal Bhatti, Khalid
Latif, Junaid Zia, and Mansoor Amjad.
Interestingly enough, top Twenty20 Pakistani players
including Ahmed Shahzad, Muhammad Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Shoaib Malik, and Misbah-ul-Haq,
are not part of the BPL Players Auction.
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