When the team line-ups were posted on Twitter, Archer’s nationality wasn’t mentioned. The nation wasn’t mentioned for all the Pakistani players as well. This indicates that Archer was considered to be one of the local players stirring up a major controversy. The officials possibly forgot to mention Archer’s nationality, who was included in the squad as the fourth overseas player.
Shane Watson(Australia), Kevin Pietersen(England) and Rilee Rossouw (South Africa) who were the other overseas players had their nation mentioned next to their names. The error was highlighted by Pakistani journalist Saj Sadiq, who wrote, “When you are unsure of Jofra Archer’s nationality so you just class him as Pakistani #PSL2018 #Cricket.” Archer has made it to the headlines recently with impressive performances in BBL and when he was picked by the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL.
