Big Bash League 2022: Rashid Khan, Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo among the many newest BBL Draft nominees

T20 superstars Rashid Khan, Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo are the newest to place of their nominations for the inaugural Big Bash League Player Draft.

Rashid Khan might be retained by Adelaide Strikers (Courtesy: Reuters)

HIGHLIGHTSThere are excessive possibilities that Rashid Khan may head again to AdelaideBravo and Pollard have been doing nicely within the T20 BlastGreater than 100 nominations have already been filed for the inaugural draft

Afghanistan star Rashid Khan and West Indies all-rounder duo Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard have nominated themselves for the inaugural Big Bash League Draft forward of the 2022 season.

Khan, Pollard and Bravo, who’ve performed a mixed 1476 T20 matches, scored 20,065 runs and brought 1371 scalps, had been introduced as the newest marquee nominations for the Draft, alongside former South African skipper Faf du Plessis.

According to a report by cricket.com.au, the Afghanistan spinner is sort of sure to be retained by Adelaide Strikers, with head coach Jason Gillespie indicating that the franchise will do all the pieces of their energy to retain the 23-year-old.

Pollard and Bravo made their final KFC BBL appearances in 2017-18 and 2018-19 respectively, and are free to be picked by any of the franchises.

Both males are coming off the again of robust performances within the Natwest T20 Blast the place Pollard helped Surrey attain the quarterfinals and Bravo picked up 9 wickets for the Worcestershire Rapids.

Apart from Khan, there are 5 extra Afghanistan gamers who’ve put of their nominations for the upcoming Draft. Dashing opener Hazratullah Zazai and Qais Ahmed are two main names with the latter being eligible for retention by Melbourne Stars.

The inaugural Draft has already obtained greater than 100 participant nominations with New Zealand’s Colin Munro additionally being up for retention. The Kiwi batter performed an important function final season because the Perth Scorchers received the title.

Left-arm pacer Sheldon Cottrell joined Bravo and Pollard as 14 gamers have filed their nominations from West Indies.

Trent Woodhill, the BBL’s Player Acquisition and Cricket Consultant, stated that the nominations from Khan, Bravo and Pollard confirmed the eye the league has obtained because the conception of the Draft.

“To receive nominations from players such as Rashid Khan, Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo demonstrates the attention on the BBL in the global marketplace thanks to the draft,” Woodhill stated.

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