Rilee Rossouw has changed Sarfaraz Ahmed as the captain of Quetta Gladiators ahead of the ninth season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). Rossouw can be assisted by Saud Shakeel who has been appointed as the vice-captain of the aspect.
Rossouw’s appointment brings an finish to Sarfaraz’s eight-year-long tenure as captain of Gladiators which noticed him win the coveted trophy as soon as throughout the 2019 season.
As per stories, there was deliberation among the many members of Quetta Gladiators’ staff administration and it was finally determined that Rossouw was the best candidate for captaincy in comparison with Shakeel.
Though the South African would not have any expertise main a T20 aspect, his file in PSL is the very best for an abroad batter within the historical past of the match.
Rossouw has amassed 1867 runs within the historical past of the PSL at a formidable strike fee of 146.54. He averages 34.57 within the match and has racked up 200 and 10 half-centuries.
Handing captaincy to Rossouw is amongst a bunch of modifications made by Gladiators within the lead-up to the 2024 season. They have appointed Shane Watson as their head coach after shifting Moin Khan to a directorial place and likewise roped in Shaun Tait as fast-bowling coach.
It appears that Gladiators had made up their thoughts relating to a change in captaincy earlier than the official announcement got here to the fore.
The proprietor of Gladiators Nadeem Omar had expressed his concern over Sarfaraz’s poor run of type as skipper and needed a clean change of baton in phrases of management.
“Sarfaraz has been off the boil over the last couple of years. There are a lot of reasons for that – the way he was unceremoniously ousted by the PCB didn’t help, especially when he had a few more years. We won’t dump him unceremoniously. We haven’t decided yet, but we’ll give him full honours. Sarfaraz told me he would be happy to step aside if Quetta wants to make a change. We have a call with Shane Watson in a couple of days, and then we’ll decide,” Nadeem mentioned on the Relukattay podcast.
