2021 Kashmir Premier League players draft

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2021 KPL Draft
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General information
Sport Cricket
Date(s)3 July 2021
LocationTulip Banquet Hall
Islamabad, Pakistan
Overview
League Kashmir Premier League
Teams6
First selection Herschelle Gibbs, Overseas Warriors
2022  

The players draft for the 2021 Kashmir Premier League took place on 3 July 2021 at the Tulip Banquet Hall in Islamabad. [1] A total of 413 players signed up for the KPL. The players were divided into 7 categories: Icon, Overseas, Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver and Emerging. [2] The emerging category was further divided into Overseas Kashmiris, Local Kashmiris and Non-Kashmiris. [3] Each team chose 1 Icon player, 1 Overseas player, 1 Platinum player, 2 Diamond players, 2 Gold players, 3 Silver players and 5 Emerging players. The participants in the draft ceremony included Chairman of the Kashmir Committee Shehryar Afridi, Senator Faisal Javed, President of the KPL: Arif Malik and CEO of the KPL: Chaudhary Shahzad Akhtar. [4]

Contents

Players signed up per country

CountryNumber of Players
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 364
Flag of England.svg  England 25
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 9
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 1
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 1
Total413

Draft picks

Herschelle Gibbs was the first player to be picked in the draft. [5] Shan Masood was the first non-foreign player to be picked in the draft. The icon players had already been signed prior to the draft.

CategoryPick No.TeamNationalityName
Overseas1 Overseas Warriors Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Herschelle Gibbs
2 Bagh Stallions Flag of England.svg  England Phil Mustard
3 Rawalakot Hawks Flag of England.svg  England Matt Prior
4 Mirpur Royals Flag of England.svg  England Owais Shah
5 Muzaffarabad Tigers Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan
6 Kotli Lions Flag of England.svg  England Monty Panesar
Platinum1 Bagh Stallions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Shan Masood
2 Kotli Lions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Kamran Akmal
3 Muzaffarabad Tigers Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Sohail Tanvir
4 Mirpur Royals Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Sharjeel Khan
5 Overseas Warriors Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Haider Ali
6 Rawalakot Hawks Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Mohammad Hasnain
Diamond1 Muzaffarabad Tigers Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Sohaib Maqsood
2 Kotli Lions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Asif Ali
3 Bagh Stallions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Iftikhar Ahmed
4 Mirpur Royals Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Khushdil Shah
5 Rawalakot Hawks Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Hussain Talat
6 Overseas Warriors Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Sohail Khan
7 Rawalakot Hawks Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Ahmed Shehzad
8 Overseas Warriors Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Azam Khan
9 Kotli Lions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Usman Qadir
10 Muzaffarabad Tigers Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Mohammad Wasim
11 Mirpur Royals Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Mohammad Irfan
12 Bagh Stallions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Umaid Asif
Gold1 Overseas Warriors Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Muhammad Musa
2 Rawalakot Hawks Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Danish Aziz
3 Muzaffarabad Tigers Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Arshad Iqbal
4 Bagh Stallions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rohail Nazir
5 Mirpur Royals Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Salman Irshad
6 Kotli Lions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Imran Khan
7 Rawalakot Hawks Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Waqas Maqsood
8 Muzaffarabad Tigers Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Zeeshan Ashraf
9 Bagh Stallions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Mohammad Ilyas
10 Kotli Lions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Akif Javed
11 Mirpur Royals Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Amad Butt
12 Overseas Warriors Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Haris Sohail
Silver1 Rawalakot Hawks Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Zafar Gohar
2 Kotli Lions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Khalid Usman
3 Muzaffarabad Tigers Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Sohail Akhtar
4 Overseas Warriors Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Qasim Akram
5 Bagh Stallions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Mohammad Imran
6 Mirpur Royals Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Mukhtar Ahmed
7 Muzaffarabad Tigers Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Usama Mir
8 Overseas Warriors Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Hammad Azam
9 Kotli Lions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Irfanullah Shah
10 Bagh Stallions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Zeeshan Malik
11 Rawalakot Hawks Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Bismillah Khan
12 Mirpur Royals Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Abrar Ahmed
13 Rawalakot Hawks Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Mohammad Imran Randhawa
14 Kotli Lions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Junaid Ali
15 Overseas Warriors Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Abbas Afridi
16 Muzaffarabad Tigers Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Anwar Ali
17 Mirpur Royals Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Muhammad Akhlaq
18 Bagh Stallions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Usman Mughal
Emerging1 Kotli Lions Flag of the United States.svg  United States Abdullah Syed
2 Bagh Stallions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Zeeshan Zameer
3 Rawalakot Hawks Flag of England.svg  England Kashif Ali
4 Overseas Warriors Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rashid Naseer
5 Muzaffarabad Tigers Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Arsalan Arif
6 Mirpur Royals Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Shadab Majeed
7 Bagh Stallions Flag of England.svg  England Furqan Shafique
8 Mirpur Royals Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Danyal Allah Ditta
9 Muzaffarabad Tigers Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Tahir Hussain
10 Overseas Warriors Flag of England.svg  England Uthman Ali Khan
11 Kotli Lions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Syed Hashim Ali
12 Rawalakot Hawks Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Faisal Altaf
13 Kotli Lions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Hasan Raza
14 Bagh Stallions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Sufyan Moqeem
15 Mirpur Royals Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Mohammad Taha
16 Rawalakot Hawks Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Zaman Khan
17 Overseas Warriors Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Naveed Malik
18 Muzaffarabad Tigers Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq
19 Overseas Warriors Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Waleed Ahmed
20 Kotli Lions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Yasir Jan
21 Mirpur Royals Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Ibtesam-ul-Haq
22 Muzaffarabad Tigers Flag of England.svg  England Usman Arshad
23 Rawalakot Hawks Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Samiullah Afridi
24 Bagh Stallions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Mohammad Junaid
25 Kotli Lions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Abdul Rehman
26 Muzaffarabad Tigers Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Taimoor Sultan
27 Rawalakot Hawks Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Shahid Ilyas
28 Bagh Stallions Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Aamir Sohail
29 Mirpur Royals Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Ammad Alam
30 Overseas Warriors Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Raza-ul-Mustafa

[6]

Draft summary

The following is the summary of the teams.

Category Bagh Stallions Kotli Lions Mirpur Royals Muzaffarabad Tigers Overseas Warriors Rawalakot Hawks
Icon
Overseas
Platinum
Diamond
Gold
Silver
Emerging

Post draft signings

PlayersPre-Draft Category
Flag of Pakistan.svg Asad Shafiq Platinum
Flag of Pakistan.svg Usman Shinwari
Flag of Pakistan.svg Aamer Yamin Gold
Flag of Pakistan.svg Agha Salman
Flag of Pakistan.svg Kamran Ghulam
Flag of Pakistan.svg Sameen Gul
Flag of Pakistan.svg Umar Amin
Flag of Pakistan.svg Adil Amin Silver
Flag of Pakistan.svg Ahsan Ali
Flag of Pakistan.svg Asif Afridi
Flag of Pakistan.svg Hasan Khan
Flag of Pakistan.svg Kashif Bhatti
Flag of Pakistan.svg Khurram Shahzad
Flag of Pakistan.svg Mohammad Haris
Flag of Pakistan.svg Saif Badar
Flag of Pakistan.svg Basit AliEmerging
Flag of Pakistan.svg Faizan Saleem
Flag of Pakistan.svg Malik Nisar
Flag of Pakistan.svg Mujtaba Ghayyas
Flag of Pakistan.svg Nadeem Khalil
Flag of Pakistan.svg Najeebullah Afridi
Flag of Pakistan.svg Raja Farhan Khan
Flag of Pakistan.svg Raja Shahzad
Flag of Pakistan.svg Usman Yousuf

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