2016 Pakistan Super League players draft

PSL player drafts

The player draft for the inaugural season of the Pakistan Super League was held at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on 21–22 December 2015.[1] A total of 308 players and 30 coaches, including Pakistani and Foreigners were divided into 5 different categories Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver and Emerging.[2] Each franchise had a salary-spending cap of $1.2 million, including the signing of players, coaches and support staff. There were five icon players and each team was allowed to pick one icon and six foreigners in a 20-man squad (16 active and 4 supplementary).[3]

## Players picked

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Following is the list of players picked by different teams.

Shahid Afridi was the first player to be picked in draft.[4] Shane Watson was the first foreign player to be picked in draft.[5][6] Players were paid according to their categories:

Icon - $200,000, Platinum - $140,000, Diamond - $70,000, Gold - $50,000, Silver - $25,000, Emerging - $10,000

Category  | Islamabad United | Karachi Kings | Lahore Qalandars | Peshawar Zalmi | Quetta Gladiators

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Icon  |

* Shane Watson

* Shoaib Malik

* Chris Gayle

* Shahid Afridi

* Kevin Pietersen

Platinum  |

* Misbah Ul Haq
* Andre Russell

* Sohail Tanvir
* Shakib Al Hasan

* Umar Akmal
* Dwayne Bravo

* Wahab Riaz
* Darren Sammy

* Sarfaraz Ahmed
* Ahmed Shehzad

Diamond  |

* Mohammad Irfan
* Samuel Badree
* Brad Haddin

* Imad Wasim
* Lendl Simmons
* Ravi Bopara

* Sohaib Maqsood
* Muhammad Rizwan
* Yasir Shah

* Mohammad Hafeez
* Kamran Akmal
* Chris Jordan

* Anwar Ali
* Luke Wright
* Jason Holder

Gold  |

* Khalid Latif
* Mohammad Sami
* Sharjeel Khan

* Bilawal Bhatti
* Mohammad Amir
* James Vince

* Cameron Delport
* Kevon Cooper
* Mustafizur Rahman

* Junaid Khan
* Jim Allenby
* Tamim Iqbal

* Umar Gul
* Zulfiqar Babar
* Elton Chigumbura

Silver  |

* Umar Amin
* Kamran Ghulam
* Imran Khalid
* Babar Azam
* Sam Billings

* Sohail Khan
* Usama Mir
* Nauman Anwar
* Iftikhar Ahmed
* Mushfiqur Rahim

* Azhar Ali
* Zohaib Khan
* Zia Ul Haq
* Hammad Azam
* Zafar Gohar

* Abdur Rehman
* Shahid Yousaf
* Imran Khan Jr
* Aamer Yamin
* Dawid Malan

* Asad Shafiq
* Saad Nasim
* Mohammad Nawaz
* Bilal Asif
* Mohammad Nabi

Emerging  |

* Rumman Raees
* Amad Butt

* Saifullah Bangash
* Mir Hamza

* Adnan Rasool
* Naved Yasin

* Hassan Ali
* Musadiq Ahmed

* Bismillah Khan
* Akbar Ur Rehman

Supplementary  |

* Ashar Zaidi
* Saeed Ajmal
* Hussain Talat
* Umar Siddiq

* Shahzaib Hasan
* Fawad Alam
* TM Dilshan

* Mukhtar Ahmed
* Abdul Razzaq
* Ehsan Adil
* Imran Butt

* Taj Wali
* Israrullah
* Brad Hodge
* Mohammad Asghar

* Rameez Raja Jr
* Aizaz Cheema
* Kumar Sangakkara

Supplementary players are those who picked by their team as extra players and their contracts will start only after they join their teams when one of the main team player gets injured or is unavailable to play.

## Post-Draft Signings

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These Players were signed by franchises after the draft.

Player  | Team  | Post- Draft Category

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Dwayne Smith | IU  | Platinum
Nathan McCullum | QG  | Platinum
Ryan ten Doeschate | KK  | Diamond
Ajantha Mendis | LQ  | Diamond
Shaun Tait | PZ  | Diamond
Grant Elliott | QG  | Diamond
Azhar Mahmood | IU  | Diamond
Owais Shah | KK  | Gold
Riki Wessels | KK  | Silver
Jonny Bairstow | PZ  | Silver

## References

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1. ^ "Pakistan Super League players draft on Dec 21–22". DailyTimes. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
2. ^ PSL details
3. ^ "Pakistan Super League: Draft pick order decided, logo launched". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
4. ^ "Shahid Afridi becomes first player to be picked in Pakistan Super League (PSL)". Cricket Country. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
5. ^ "Shahid Afridi becomes first player to be picked in Pakistan Super League (PSL)". Cricket Country. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
6. ^ "Pakistan Super League, Day 1: Younis Khan unsold as Misbah ul-Haq picked by Islamabad United". Zee News. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

## External links

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* Tournament Site – ESPNcricinfo

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