PSL 8: Karachi Kings get Shoaib Malik as Babar Azam moves to Zalmi

Karachi Kings’ star for past PSL seasons and the most successful batter in the history of the Pakistan Super League, Babar Azam, will move to Peshawar Zalmi for PSL 8, while Haider Ali and Shoaib Malik will move to Karachi Kings. In one of the biggest trades of the tournament, 2017 champions Peshawar Zalmi snapped Babar in the Platinum category and the first pick in the supplementary round for Haider Ali and Shoaib Malik who move to Karachi Kings, the winners of the 2020 edition, in Platinum and Diamond categories, respectively, before the trade and retention window closed on Friday evening.