The 2018 Pakistan Super League player draft was the player draft for third season of the Pakistan Super League, held on 12 November 2017 in Lahore.[1][2] Each franchise was allowed to pick 16 players from total 501 players; including Pakistani and foreign cricketers who took part in the draft. They divided into five different categories; Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver and Emerging and Supplementary.[3] This was Multan Sultans' inaugural season, they were allowed to pick 9 players prior to the draft.
Retained players
editThe list for the names of 9 retained players in each five teams was announced on 5 October 2017. The new team Multan Sultans picked their 9 pre-draft players from the players released by other franchises, and their names were announced on 10 October.[4][5][6]
Class | Islamabad United | Karachi Kings | Lahore Qalandars | Multan Sultans | Peshawar Zalmi | Quetta Gladiators |
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Platinum | ||||||
Diamond | ||||||
Gold | ||||||
Silver | ||||||
Emerging |
Transfers
editOn 3 October 2017, Shahid Afridi's transfer from Zalmi to Kings was confirmed, occupying one Gold and two Silver picks, which was named as the biggest trade of the season.[7] It was also announced on 5 October that the gold pick Mohammad Rizwan had been picked by Kings in trade for the gold pick Sohail Khan to Qalandars.[8] On 6 October, it was reported that United bought Iftikhar Ahmed from Zalmi in exchange of supplementary pick in second round of draft.[9]
Players released
editFurther players; who played in 2017 PSL, were released by their franchises, who are:[10][9]
Islamabad United | Karachi Kings | Lahore Qalandars | Peshawar Zalmi | Quetta Gladiators |
---|---|---|---|---|
New players
editOn 30 September, Chairman PCB Najam Sethi announced that following players are the new top signings for the league:[11][12]
On 14 October, some more names for the new signed in players were revealed:[13]
It was reported on 20 October that the two players from the China national cricket team were signed in by franchise Zalmi:[14][15]
Draft picks
editA total of 501 players; 193 Pakistani and 308 overseas were a part of the draft. Earlier, each franchise had a purse of US$1.2 million, but then PCB decided to increase the salary cap of each franchise by US$25,000 on 13 November. They were allowed to stack up their squad with a maximum of 21 players by picking them from the categories in following order with a varying range and limit in price:[16]
- one player each from:
- Platinum; US$140,000–230,000
- Diamond; minimum price of US$70,000–85,000
- Gold; US$50,000–60,000
- two players each from:
- Silver; US$22,000–33,000
- Emerging; US$10,000–12,000
- up to five players from Supplementary Rounds; they could be called in as replacements for those players who don't agree to play in Pakistan[17][18]
Following players were picked by the franchises in the draft:[19]
Replacements
editFollowing players were picked in PSL replacement draft.[20][21][22][23]
Player | Team | Replaced with | Notes |
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Carlos Brathwaite | Quetta Gladiators | Jofra Archer | unavailable due to national duties |
Mahmudullah | Quetta Gladiators | John Hastings | unavailable due to national duties |
Mitchell Johnson | Karachi Kings | Tymal Mills | withdrawn (personal reason) |
Luke Wright | Karachi Kings | Joe Denly | withdrawn (fitness issues) |
Colin Munro | Karachi Kings | Lendl Simmons | Domestic commitments |
Angelo Mathews | Lahore Qalandars | Anton Devcich | Injured |
Shakib Al Hasan | Peshawar Zalmi | Sabbir Rahman | Injured |
Chris Lynn | Lahore Qalandars | Kyle Abbott[23] | Injured |
Notes
editReferences
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- ^ "Biggest trade of the HBL PSL season 3!". Pakistan Super League. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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- ^ a b Umar Farooq (6 October 2017). "Multan announce draft picks, Malik and Pollard platinum players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
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- ^ Faizan Lakhani (14 October 2017). "PSL 2018: 13 more international stars join league". Geo News. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "Two Chinese national team cricketers to play in PSL 2018". Hindustan Times. 22 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ Faizan Lakhani (20 October 2017). "Chinese cricketers join Peshawar Zalmi". Dunya News. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
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- ^ Umar Farooq (14 November 2017). "PSL squad limit raised from 20 to 21". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "HBL PSL 2018 squad expansion". Pakistan Super League. 29 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ "Lynn, Tahir headline picks in PSL draft". CricBuzz. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ^ "Jofra Archer, Tymal Mills and Lendl Simmons snapped up by PSL franchises in PSL replacement draft". cricbuzz. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Karachi, Quetta and Lahore pick replacements for unavailable players". Samaa TV. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "Karachi Kings, other franchises pick replacements for unavailable foreign cricketers". ARY News. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ a b "PSL 2018: Lahore Qalandars name the replacement for injured Chris Lynn". Cricket Tracker. Retrieved 16 September 2020.