The Pakistan Super League (PSL) is ready for its ninth season. The PSL 9 Draft 2024 will be held at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore on 13 December 2023. The event is tentatively scheduled from 8 February to 24 March 2024. What is the PSL draft? how is it different from the IPL Auction? Here’s all you need to know about the draft process of the upcoming PSL edition.
What is Draft System?
PSL uses the draft system to pick players. Unlike Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, the PSL draft has been set in such a way that each has to pick players from five categories; Platinum, Diamond and Gold, Silver and Emerging. They need to have a minimum of four Pakistan and four foreign players. Each side could have 16 to 20 players.
PSL 9 Draft Pick orders
The pick order for the Player Draft was finalized earlier this month. The Quetta Gladiators will pick the first in the draft. The Platinum category’s first-round selection order was determined by the inverse order of the previous season’s standings.
Platinum category pick order
| Team | Pick order |
| Quetta Gladiators | 1st |
| Karachi Kings | 2nd |
| Islamabad United | 3rd |
| Peshawar Zalmi | 4th |
| Multan Sultans | 5th |
| Lahore Qalandars | 6th |
PSL 9 Draft Total Foreign Players
According to media reports, record 254 foreign players have registered for the PSL 9 draft.
PSL 2024 Retained Players List
Ahead of the PSL 2024, five franchises have retained eight players. Peshawar Zalmi is the only franchise that has retained 7 players.
Lahore Qalandars: Rashid Khan, Abdullah Shafique, Harry Brook, Kamran Ghulam, Zaman Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, David Wiese
Karachi Kings: Haider Ali, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Shoaib Malik, Aamir Yamin, Mir Hamza, Sharjeel Khan, Qasim Akram.
Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam, Salman Irshad, Tom-Kohler Cadmore, Sherfane Rutherford, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Haris, Aamir Jamal
Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan, Khushdil Shah, Rilee Rossouw, Shan Masood, Shahnawaz Dahani, Tim David, Abbas Afridi, and Ihsanullah.
Islamabad United: Shadab Khan (Platinum). Asif Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Azam Khan, Faheem Ashraf, and Hasan Ali. Colin Munro and Paul Stirling.
Quetta Gladiators: Mohammad Nawaz, Umar Akmal, Will Smeed, Iftikhar Ahmed, Jason Roy, Mohammad Hasnain, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Naveen ul Haq
