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Former Australian batsman Usman Khawaja, who returned to the PSL as a replacement player for Rawalpindi Pindiz, picked the top five players who impressed him the most this season. He selected four Pakistani players in that list.
Despite taking names of so many Pakistani cricketers, which also includes Current and former international players, Khawaja did not Name your favorite Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, or Shaheen Afridi in the list of most influential cricketers.
He acted for Rawalpindi Pindies and played three matches in season For them. After playing three games, he scored 75 runs while scoring a half century in one of the games. Pindiz finished last in the points table this season with only one consolation win.
Usman Khawaja has backed Pakistani youngster Sameer Minhas for a promising future in international cricket.
Many new players were included in PSL In In this weather of competitionand some actually performed till Best of their abilities. According to Usman Khawaja, one such player is Pakistani youngster Sameer Minhas.
Minhas has been a part of Pakistan’s recent U19 international tournament and has performed brilliantly with the bat. In his first season for Islamabad United, he scored 349 runs in 11 matches. in seasonWith three half-centuries.
His average of 38.77 and strike rate of 155 impressed the Australian great. He also argued that he is influential based on His young age and missing out on a few occasions is the nature of the T20 format.
Khwaja Ali seemed impressed by Raza’s immense talent.
After this he looked very impressed with immense talent shadow of Young fast bowler Ali Raza, who also entered his second PSL season after is being painted In under-19 games for Pakistan.
playing to win the title squad of Peshawar Zalmi, he has played In 14 more matches in his PSL career Is Took 22 wickets. In 2025, he played five matches and took 12 wickets, while he also took 10 wickets in 2026, even while lifting Hat-trick in this season of PSL.
Usman Khawaja was very impressed by Pakistan’s fast bowler bowling Continuous over the 150 km/h Mark And Was Kill Difficult length. Given his ability Raza indeed appears to be a very promising player for Pakistan Now! But the age of 18.
Usman Khawaja’s list of impressive players includes two 30+ players.
after has been named Two Pakistani youths, Usman Khawaja next named, 25-year-old Dianne Forrester young man From South Africa. After scoring 132 runs in the season, he performed brilliantly in the games he played for the Pindies.
However, Khawaja also named two big names from the Pakistan international side, Sahibzada Farhan and Iftikhar Ahmed. Whereas He considered Farhan’s talent and form to be the highest and ranked him To Make an immediate impact on international cricket.
He sarcastically mentioned Iftikhar Ahmed as another young player, while the 35-year-old’s turnaround and contributions to some of Zalmi’s wins really impressed the Australian. Khawaja was impressed by Iftikhar’s way of playing a role Contributed with the ball and not just with a few wickets but also with the wickets Some? Economical overs in the powerplay.
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