2021 KPL Draft | |
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General information | |
Sport | Cricket |
Date(s) | 3 July 2021 |
Location | Tulip Banquet Hall Islamabad, Pakistan |
Overview | |
League | Kashmir Premier League |
Teams | 6 |
First selection | Herschelle Gibbs, Overseas Warriors |
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. Many people attended the draft including Chairman of the Kashmir Committee Shehryar Khan Afridi, Senator Faisal Javed, President of the KPL: Arif Malik and CEO of the KPL: Chaudhary Shahzad Akhtar.[4]
Country | Number of Players |
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Pakistan | 364 |
England | 25 |
United Arab Emirates | 9 |
South Africa | 3 |
Australia | 2 |
Canada | 2 |
Bahrain | 1 |
Germany | 1 |
Hong Kong | 1 |
Italy | 1 |
Sri Lanka | 1 |
Turkey | 1 |
United States | 1 |
West Indies | 1 |
Total | 413 |
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.
The following is the summary of the teams.
Category | Bagh Stallions | Kotli Lions | Mirpur Royals | Muzaffarabad Tigers | Overseas Warriors | Rawalakot Hawks |
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Icon | ||||||
Overseas | ||||||
Platinum | ||||||
Diamond | ||||||
Gold | ||||||
Silver | ||||||
Emerging |
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Players | Pre-Draft Category |
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Asad Shafiq | Platinum |
Usman Shinwari | |
Aamer Yamin | Gold |
Agha Salman | |
Kamran Ghulam | |
Sameen Gul | |
Umar Amin | |
Adil Amin | Silver |
Ahsan Ali | |
Asif Afridi | |
Hasan Khan | |
Kashif Bhatti | |
Khurram Shahzad | |
Mohammad Haris | |
Saif Badar | |
Basit Ali | Emerging |
Faizan Saleem | |
Malik Nisar | |
Mujtaba Ghayyas | |
Nadeem Khalil | |
Najeebullah Afridi | |
Raja Farhan Khan | |
Raja Shahzad | |
Usman Yousuf |