PSL Player Draft LIVE – Pakistan Super League Draft: The players’ draft for Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2023 has come to an end in Karachi. Around 500 local and foreign players were part of the draft and fighting out for 61 slots. In big catches, Islamabad United has picked Moeen Ali. Adil Rashid has gone to Multan Sultans while Quetta Gladiators have got the prized catch of Wanindu Hasranga & Martin Guptill: Follow PSL 2023 Draft LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
BIG PICKS in PSL 2023 Draft – Highlights
- Adil Rashid to Multan Sultans
- Jimmy Neesham to Peshawar Zalmi
- Islamabad pick mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed, Moeen Ali
- Australia’s wicketkeeper-batter Matthew Wade has joined Karachi Kings.
- Multan Sultans decided to pick Naseem Shah but Gladiators used the Right to Match card to retain the pacer in their squad.
- Last year’s top run-getter Fakhar Zaman returns to Lahore Qalandars in the first round of Platinum category.
- The final two picks in the diamond category were with Karachi Kings, who have picked England’s James Vince and James Fuller.
- Gladiators have picked West Indies’ Odean Smith in the diamond category.
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Supplementary category – Round 2
- Quetta Gladiators – Omair Bin Yousuf
- Karachi Kings – Tabraiz Shamsi
- Lahore Qalandars – Jalat Khan
- Multan Sultans – Arafat Minhas
- Karachi Kings – Mohammad Umar
- Islamabad United – Mubasir Khan
Supplementary category – Round 1
- Peshawar Zalmi – James Neesham
- Multan Sultans – Adil Rashid
- Quetta Gladiators – Martin Guptill
- Peshawar Zalmi – The Yellow Storm skipped their turn.
- Lahore Qalandars – Jordan Cox
- Islamabad United – Moeen Ali
Emerging category
- Karachi Kings – Irfan Khan Niazi
- Peshawar Zalmi – Sufyan Muqeem
- Islamabad United – Zeeshan Zameer
- Quetta Gladiators – Abdul Wahid Bangalzai
- Lahore Qalandars – Shawaiz Irfan
- Islamabad United – Hassan Nawaz
- Peshawar Zalmi – Haseebullah Khan
- Quetta Gladiators – Aimal Khan
Teams can pick up to three each from the Platinum, Diamond and Gold categories, five from Silver, two from Emerging and two from Supplementary, growing their squad size to at least 18; during the preceding trade and retention window, each side could assemble up to eight players.
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The franchises will have Right-to-Match cards to win back players they had released.
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Five out of six PSL teams had retained eight players, while Peshawar Zalmi retained seven players last month when the retention and transfer windows were closed.
These teams will now complete a squad of 18 — which will have three players each in platinum, diamond, and gold categories, five in silver category, two in emerging and up to two in supplementary categories.
Teams can have up to three foreign players in the first three categories — platinum, diamond, and gold — among them one overseas player is mandatory in platinum and diamond.
In a squad of 16, teams have to pick five overseas players, while in 18, they can have six foreign players.
PSL 2023 Full Squads:
Islamabad United Full Squad: Retained: Shadab Khan (Platinum). Asif Ali (Brand Ambassador) and Mohammad Wasim Jnr (Diamond). Azam Khan, Faheem Ashraf and Hasan Ali (Gold). Colin Munro and Paul Stirling (Silver).
Draft Picks: Mubasir Khan, Moeen Ali, Zeeshan Zameer, Hassan Nawaz, Rumman Raees, Sohaib Maqsood, Abrar Ahmed, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Alex Hales
Karachi Kings Full Squad: Retained: Haider Ali (Platinum). Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir and Shoaib Malik (Diamond). Aamir Yamin, Mir Hamza and Sharjeel Khan (Silver). Qasim Akram (Emerging)
Draft Picks: Matthew Wade, Imran Tahir, James Vince, James Fuller, Andrew Tye, Tayyab Tahir, Mohammad Akhlaq, Irfan Khan Niazi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Mohammad Umar
Lahore Qalandars Full Squad: Retained: Rashid Khan and Shaheen Shah Afridi (Platinum). David Wiese (Diamond). Abdullah Shafique (Gold). Harry Brook and Kamran Ghulam (Silver). Zaman Khan (Emerging).
Draft Picks: Fakhar Zaman, Hussain Talat, Sikandar Raza, Liam Dawson, Dilbar Hussain, Mirza Tahir Baig, Ahmed Danlyal, Shawaiz Irfan, Jordan Cox, Jalat Khan
Multan Sultans Full Squad: Retained: Mohammad Rizwan (Platinum). Khushdil Shah, Rilee Rossouw and Shan Masood (Diamond). Shahnawaz Dahani (Brand Ambassador) and Tim David (Gold). Abbas Afridi and Ihsanullah (Emerging).
Draft Picks: David Miller, Josh Little, Akeal Hosein, Usama Mir, Usman Khan, Sameen Gul, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Sarwar, Adil Rashid, Arafat Minhas
Peshawar Zalmi Full Squad: Retained/Traded: Babar Azam (Platinum). Sherfane Rutherford and Wahab Riaz (Diamond). Mohammad Haris (Gold). Aamir Jamal (Brand Ambassador), Salman Irshad and Tom-Kohler Cadmore (Silver).
Draft Picks: Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Rovman Powell, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Danish Aziz, Arshad Iqbal, Saim Ayub, Usman Qadir, Suifyan Muqeem, Haseeb Ullah, Jimmy Neesham
Quetta Gladiators Full Squad: Retained: Mohammad Nawaz (Platinum). Iftikhar Ahmed and Jason Roy (Diamond). Mohammad Hasnain and Sarfaraz Ahmed (Gold). Naveen ul Haq, Umar Akmal (Mentor) and Will Smeed (Silver)
Draft Picks: Wanindu Hasaranga, Naseem Shah, Odean Smith, Ahsan Ali, Umaid Asif, Muhammad Zahid, Abdul Bangalzai, Aimal Khan, Martin Guptill, Omair Bin Yousuf
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