Quetta Gladiators announced the name of the new captain

consecutive PSL seasons, Sarfaraz Ahmed was dismissed from the captaincy. Quetta Gladiators, who missed out on winning the PSL title for 5 years, have appointed South African Riley Russo as the captain for PSL 9 in place of Sarfraz, while Saud Shakeel will be the vice-captain Quetta Gladiators announced the name of the new captain. According to the details, after failing in 4.

 

The owner of Quetta Gladiators, Nadeem Umar, has also confirmed that Sarfaraz Ahmed has been removed from the captaincy before the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season nine. Nadeem Umar said that Sarfaraz Ahmed wants to take a break from captaincy with new head coach Shane Watson who will decide who will lead the team after consulting the team management.

It is worth mentioning that Quetta played three finals under the leadership of Sarfraz and also won the title in 2019. However, the performance of Quetta Gladiators in the last 4 seasons under the captaincy of Sarfraz Ahmed was worst. In the last 4 seasons, Quetta Gladiators could not advance beyond the first stage in a single season. Nadeem Umar, meanwhile, is happy to see former Australian cricketer Shane Watson back as coach at the Gladiators and is keen to bring in former England captain Kevin Pietersen as well. He said that the old family of Quetta Gladiators has started coming back together, Kevin Pietersen should also come in some role with Quetta Gladiators.