Marnus Labuschagne — the Australian Test batter who captained the Kingsmen to the PSL final
When the Hyderabad Kingsmen announced Marnus Labuschagne as their directly-signed overseas player and captain for the PSL 2026 debut season, the reaction across Pakistan cricket Twitter was a single word: why? Labuschagne is the best Test batter in the world by ranking, but he came into the PSL with a T20I average of 24 and almost no domestic T20 captaincy experience.
