Rawalpindi Team Secure Australion Batter as Direct Signing for PSL 11
In the historic player auction for PSL 2026, all teams selected their best squads while staying within their remaining purse. However, some team franchises still had part of their purse remaining and also the option of a direct pick.
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Team Rawalpindi Direct Pick
Rawalpindi utilized this opportunity and included Australian top-order batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk in their squad for PSL Season 11. He is a very good batsman in the T20 format. However, he was not picked by any team through the auction. He was available for one crore, and at that time all franchises did not include him in their team.
However, Rawalpindi used their remaining purse through a direct signing and have now included him in their squad, and you will see him batting in the upcoming season.
Rawalpindi Team PSL 2026
Rawalpindi team was actually not part of PSL 11. In the auction held for Multan Sultans, Walt Technology won the bid and bought the Multan franchise for 245 crore rupees annually. After that, a statement came from the owners of Walt Technology that they would align its name with Rawalpindi.
Rawalpindi Retentions
Along with this, they also announced their retained players list, in which Mohammad Rizwan was picked in the Platinum category, Sam Billings in Diamond, Saman Khan in Gold category, and Yasir Khan in Silver category, completing their four retentions. However, they still had the option of a direct pick remaining.
Also Check: The PSL 11 Complete Squad
Rawalpindi Squad PSL 11
Rawalpindi made aggressive bidding in the first PSL auction, and if we say that at this time Rawalpindi has the best squad of PSL 11, it would not be wrong.
They have Mohammad Rizwan, Sam Billings, Salman Khan, and Yasir Khan in retentions, and the big names picked in the auction include Naseem Shah, Rashad Hussain, Daryl Mitchell, Mohammad Amir, Abdullah Fazal, Imad Butt, Diyan Forrester, Lahori Evans, Asif Afridi, Kamran Ghulam, Fawad Ali, Mohammad Amir Khan, Shahzaib Khan, and now after the direct pick announcement, Jake Fraser-McGurk will also be part of the Rawalpindi squad.
