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Australia’s Matthew Wade, a wicket-keeper and batter, was selected by Karachi Kings in the Platinum Category for the eighth season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) on Thursday.
Wade, who played a key role in Australia’s victory over Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2021 semifinal, will make his PSL debut.
Wade’s three consecutive sixes off Pakistani pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi secured Australia’s spot in the T20 World Cup 2021 championship game.
The left-handed batter scored 41 runs in just 17 balls in that game.
“Wait o’ Wade! The finisher is here,” wrote the Karachi Kings on their official Twitter handle.
𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒐’ 𝑾𝑨𝑫𝑬! ✋ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆! ☝
The Aussie wicket-keeper batter Matthew Wade joins the #KingsSquad 😎
YehHaiKarachi | #HBLPSLDraft | #HBLPSL8 pic.twitter.com/1AK15Q6zUP
— Karachi Kings (@KarachiKingsARY) December 15, 2022
Meanwhile, fans came out with hilarious tweets while remembering his heroics against Shaheen and fancying a face-off between the two players when Karachi Kings meet the Shaheen-led Lahore Qalandars in the PSL 8.
Here’s how they reacted:
Kk picked wade !!!
Lq vs Kk rivalry retains 🔥
Shaheen vs Wade , world isn’t ready for this . pic.twitter.com/juBJ9YcTvg— Sumra 🇵🇰 (@Binte__Khalid) December 15, 2022
— Khursheed Ahmed Janjhi (@Khurshe74692488) December 15, 2022
The PSL 8 is scheduled to take place next year from February 9 to March 19 in Karachi, Multan, Rawalpindi, and Lahore.
