2024 Pakistan Super League players draft

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General information
Sport Cricket
Date(s)13 December 2023
LocationNational Cricket Academy
Lahore, Pakistan
Overview
League Pakistan Super League
Teams6
First selection David Willey, Multan Sultans
←  2023

The player draft for the 2024 Pakistan Super League was held on 13 December 2023 at the National Cricket Academy, Lahore. [1] [2] Before the draft, teams were allowed to retain a maximum of eight players and make transfers. [3] [4]

Contents

Background

The Pakistan Cricket Board announced that Quetta Gladiators will have the first pick in the draft. [5] A total of 485 foreign players registered for the tournament. [6]

Each team had the right to exercise one wildcard pick. Each team had a right-to-match card which allowed franchises to buy back a maximum of one player they have released by paying a set fee in each category. [4]

Transfers

Hasan Ali and Islamabad's first round silver pick were traded from Islamabad United to Karachi Kings in return for Imad Wasim and Karachi's second round silver pick. [7] [8] Iftikhar Ahmed and Quetta's first round platinum pick were traded from Quetta Gladiators to Multan Sultans in exchange for Rilee Rossouw and Multan's first round silver pick. [9] [10] Naseem Shah and Quetta's third round platinum pick were traded from Quetta Gladiators to Islamabad United in exchange for Mohammad Wasim, Abrar Ahmed and Islamabad's first round platinum pick. [11] [12] Shan Masood and Multan's fourth round silver pick were traded from Multan Sultans to Karachi Kings in exchange for Faisal Akram and Karachi's first round silver pick. [13] Karachi and Multan also swapped their first round diamond picks. [14]

Retained players

On 7 December 2023, the retained player's list was announced. [4] The franchises were allowed to retain a maximum of eight players from the previous season. All the franchises fully utilized their quota of player retentions apart from Multan Sultans. [4]

Class Islamabad United Karachi Kings Lahore Qalandars Multan Sultans Peshawar Zalmi Quetta Gladiators
Platinum
Diamond
Gold
Silver
Emerging

Draft picks

The draft took place at the National Cricket Academy on 13 December 2023. [15]

Class Islamabad United Karachi Kings Lahore Qalandars Multan Sultans Peshawar Zalmi Quetta Gladiators
Platinum
Diamond
Gold
Silver
Emerging
  • Sirajuddin
Supplementary
  1. 1 2 Wild Card: The player's category was promoted through their franchise's Wild Card.
  2. 1 2 Right To Match card (RTM): Player was picked by another franchise in the draft but their franchise from the previous season used their Right To Match card to bring them back in their squad.

Replacements

A supplementary and replacement player draft took place through a conference call on 29 January 2024, in which franchises were allowed to select two additional supplementary players and replacement players for any partially or fully unavailable players. [16] [17] [18] Quetta reserved their pick in the fourth supplementary round. [19] A second replacement draft was held on 16 February 2024. [20] [21]

ClassIUKKLQMSPZQG
Supplementary
PlayerTeamReplaced withUnavailabilityReason
Lungi NgidiPZ Waqar Salamkheil FullNOC issues
Khurram Shahzad Arshad Iqbal PartialInjury
Noor Ahmad Gus Atkinson FullNational duty
Naveen-ul-HaqAimal KhanPartial
Dan LawrenceLQ Lorcan Tucker
Rashid Khan George Linde FullInjury
Tom CurranIU Muhammad Waseem
Kieron PollardKK Zahid Mahmood Partial—
Tim SeifertFawad AliNational duty
Wanindu HasarangaQG Bismillah Khan
Umar Amin
Gus AtkinsonPZ Shamar Joseph
Jamie OvertonKK Blessing Muzarabani FullNOC issues
Bhanuka RajapaksaLQ Salman Fayyaz PartialNational duty
Reece TopleyMS Olly Stone Injury
Sufiyan MuqeemPZ Paul Walter Full
Shai HopeLQ Carlos Brathwaite Partial—
Muhammad WaseemIU Martin Guptill FullNational duty
IhsanullahMS Ali Majid Injury
Saad BaigKK Zahid Mahmood
Waqar SalamkheilPZ Hussain Talat —
Olly StoneMS Richard Ngarava Injury
Tabraiz ShamsiKK Imran Tahir Domestic duty
Rassie van der DussenLQ Sam Billings

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