New details have surfaced for all Pakistan Super Leauge fans! The first PSL 3 Players Draft is just around the corner!
According to Wisden India, the PSL 2018 Players Draft will be divided into 2 phases, the first to take place in mid-November.
“There were complaints that overage players featured in some of the teams and to overcome that a full process is devised and separate drafts will also allow some of the teams to finish with their talent hunt programmes for emerging players,” sources informed Wisden Pakistan.
PSL 3 Players Draft Date
The first draft will take place on November 12th. The draft for emerging players will take place in early 2018, expected in early January, whereas the tournament is expected to stretch across a duration of February-March.
New Franchise and Additions
While many new foreign players have been selected for PSL, a new franchise called Multan Sultans has also been introduced.
The 5 existing franchises, Karachi Kings, Peshawar Zalmi, Quetta Gladiators, Lahore Qalandars and Islamabad United, were allowed to retain nine players each and asked to release the other nine. The new team has since recruited nine players from among the ones let go.
PSL Squads Before the Draft
Quetta Gladiators
Players Retained: Sarfraz Ahmed, Kevin Pietersen, Rilee Rossouw, Mohammad Nawaz, Anwar Ali, Mahmudullah, Umar Amin, Mir Hamza, Asad Shafiq.
Islamabad United
Players Retained: Mohammad Sami, Andre Russell, Rumman Raees, Shadab Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Samuel Badree, Iftikhar Ahmed, Amad Butt, Asif Ali.
Lahore Qalandars
Players Retained: Umar Akmal, Sunil Narine, Brendon McCullum, Fakhar Zaman, Yasir Shah, Cameron Delport, Aamer Yamin, Bilawal Bhatti
Players Traded: Sohail Khan in for Mohammad Rizwan who leaves for Karachi Kings
Karachi Kings
Players Retained: Usman Khan, Usama Mir, Khurram Manzoor, Ravi Bopara, Imad Wasim, Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir
Players Traded: Mohammad Rizwan in for Sohail Khan who leaves for Lahore Qalandars
Shahid Afridi from Peshawar Zalmi
Peshawar Zalmi
Players Retained: Mohammad Hafeez, Wahab Riaz, Shakib al Hasan, Kamran Akmal, Darren Sammy, Hasan Ali, Haris Sohail, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Asghar.
Multan Sultans
Shoaib Malik, Kieron Pollard, Kumar Sangakkara, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Irfan Khan, Kashif Bhatti
| Teams | PSL 2018 Teams Squad players list |
|---|---|
| Islamabad United | Mohammad Sami, Andre Russell, Rumman Raees, Shadab Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Samuel Badree, Iftikhar Ahmed, Amad Butt, Asif Ali |
| Karachi Kings | Usman Khan, Usama Mir, Khurram Manzoor, Ravi Bopara, Imad Wasim, Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Shahid Afridi |
| Peshawar Zalmi | Mohammad Hafeez, Wahab Riaz, Shakib al Hasan, Kamran Akmal, Darren Sammy, Hasan Ali, Haris Sohail, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Asghar. |
| Quetta Gladiators | Sarfraz Ahmed, Kevin Pietersen, Rilee Rossouw, Mohammad Nawaz, Anwar Ali, Mahmudullah, Umar Amin, Mir Hamza, Asad Shafiq |
| Lahore Qalandars | Umar Akmal, Sunil Narine, Brendon McCullum, Fakhar Zaman, Yasir Shah, Cameron Delport, Aamer Yamin, Bilawal Bhatti, Sohail Khan |
| Multan Sultans | Shoaib Malik, Kieron Pollard, Kumar Sangakkara, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Irfan Khan, Kashif Bhatti |
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