2023 Pakistan Super League players draft

The players draft for the 2023 PSL

The player draft for the 2023 Pakistan Super League was held on 15 December 2022.[1][2][3] Before the draft teams were allowed to retain a maximum of eight players and make transfers.[4][5]

## Background

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Ramiz Raja had hinted that the draft would be replaced by an auction, but the format was retained.[6] The PCB announced that Lahore Qalandars will have the first pick.[7]

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 had released by paying a set fee in each category:[8]

* Platinum ($130,000-$170,000)
* Diamond ($60,000-$80,000)
* Gold ($40,000-$50,000)
* Silver ($25,000)
* Emerging ($7,500)

## Transfers

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Babar Azam and a supplementary round pick were traded from Karachi Kings to Peshawar Zalmi in return for Shoaib Malik and Haider Ali.[9]

## Retained players

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On 11 November 2022, the retained player's list was announced.[9] 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 Peshawar Zalmi.[10]

Class  | Islamabad United | Karachi Kings | Lahore Qalandars | Multan Sultans | Peshawar Zalmi | Quetta Gladiators

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Platinum  |

* Shadab Khan

* Haider Ali

* Shaheen Afridi
* Rashid Khan

* Mohammad Rizwan

* Babar Azam

* Mohammad Nawaz

Diamond  |

* Asif Ali
* Mohammad Wasim

* Imad Wasim
* Mohammad Amir
* Shoaib Malik

* Haris Rauf
* David Wiese

* Khushdil Shah
* Shan Masood
* Rilee Rossouw

* Wahab Riaz
* Sherfane Rutherford

* Iftikhar Ahmed
* Jason Roy

Gold  |

* Azam Khan
* Faheem Ashraf
* Hasan Ali

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* Abdullah Shafique

* Shahnawaz Dahani
* Tim David

* Mohammad Haris

* Mohammad Hasnain
* Sarfaraz Ahmed

Silver  |

* Colin Munro (mentor)
* Paul Stirling

* Aamer Yamin
* Mir Hamza
* Sharjeel Khan

* Kamran Ghulam
* Harry Brook

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* Aamer Jamal
* Salman Irshad
* Tom Kohler-Cadmore

* Umar Akmal (mentor)
* Naveen-ul-Haq
* Will Smeed

Emerging  |  |

* Qasim Akram

* Zaman Khan

* Abbas Afridi
* Ihsanullah

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## Draft picks

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More than 493 foreign players were registered for the draft.[9][10] For the emerging category, players should be under 23 years of age as of 1 January 2023 and could have either played less than 10 PSL matches in previous seasons or not have been selected in the national squad.[11]

Class  | Islamabad United | Karachi Kings | Lahore Qalandars | Multan Sultans | Peshawar Zalmi | Quetta Gladiators

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Platinum  |

* Alex Hales
* Rahmanullah Gurbaz

* Matthew Wade
* Imran Tahir

* Fakhar Zaman

* David Miller
* Josh Little

* Bhanuka Rajapaksa
* Rovman Powell

* Wanindu Hasaranga
* Naseem Shah[a]

Diamond  |

* Fazalhaq Farooqi

* James Vince
* James Fuller

* Hussain Talat

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* Mujeeb Ur Rahman

* Odean Smith

Gold  |  |

* Andrew Tye

* Sikandar Raza
* Liam Dawson

* Akeal Hosein

* Danish Aziz
* Arshad Iqbal

* Ahsan Ali

Silver  |

* Abrar Ahmed
* Sohaib Maqsood
* Rumman Raees

* Tayyab Tahir
* Muhammad Akhlaq

* Dilbar Hussain
* Mirza Tahir Baig
* Ahmed Daniyal

* Usama Mir
* Usman Khan
* Sameen Gul
* Anwar Ali
* Mohammad Sarwar

* Saim Ayub
* Usman Qadir

* Umaid Asif
* Muhammad Zahid

Emerging  |

* Zeeshan Zameer
* Hassan Nawaz

* Irfan Khan

* Shawaiz Irfan

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* Sufiyan Muqeem
* Haseebullah Khan

* Abdul Bangalzai
* Aimal Khan

Supplementary  |

* Moeen Ali
* Mubasir Khan

* Tabraiz Shamsi
* Mohammad Umar

* Jordan Cox
* Jalat Khan

* Adil Rashid
* Arafat Minhas

* James Neesham
* Khurram Shahzad

* Martin Guptill
* Omair Yousuf

1. ^ 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

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A replacement player draft took place through a conference call on 24 January 2023, in which franchises were also allowed to select two supplementary players.[12][13][14] Peshawar had reserved their pick in the first supplementary round and named Khurram Shahzad as their pick.[15] Lahore and Peshawar reserved their picks in the second supplementary round. Islamabad, Multan, Peshawar and Quetta reserved picks in the replacement draft.[16] Further replacements were announced on 7 February 2023.[17]

Class  | IU  | KK  | LQ  | MS  | PZ  | QG

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Supplementary  |

* Tom Curran
* Zafar Gohar

* Ben Cutting
* Muhammad Musa

* Ahsan Hafeez

* Kieron Pollard
* Amad Butt

* Haris Sohail
* Shakib Al Hasan

* ~~Qais Ahmad~~ [a]
* Saud Shakeel
* Yasir Khan

1. ^ Qais Ahmed was later changed to a replacement pick for Wanindu Hasaranga.

Player  | Team  | Replaced with  | Availability  | Reason

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Rashid Khan  | LQ  | Sam Billings | Partial  | National duty
Rovman Powell  | PZ  | Richard Gleeson
Rahmanullah Gurbaz  | IU  | Gus Atkinson
Alex Hales  | Tymal Mills
Mujeeb Ur Rahman  | PZ  | Peter Hatzoglou
Naveen-ul-Haq  | QG  | Nuwan Thushara
Jordan Cox  | LQ  | Kusal Mendis
Harry Brook  | Shane Dadswell | Full
Adil Rashid  | MS  | Wayne Parnell
David Miller  | Izharulhaq Naveed
Johnson Charles[a] | Partial
Odean Smith  | QG  | Dwaine Pretorius
Jason Roy  | ~~Will Jacks~~
Najibullah Zadran[b]
Tabraiz Shamsi  | KK  | Faisal Akram
Moeen Ali  | IU  | Rassie van der Dussen
James Vince  | KK  | Adam Rossington
Kusal Mendis  | LQ  | Shai Hope | Full  | NOC issue
Ahsan Ali  | QG  | Mohammad Hafeez | Injury
Shahnawaz Dahani  | MS  | Mohammad Ilyas
Wayne Parnell  | Carlos Brathwaite
Sherfane Rutherford  | PZ  | Dasun Shanaka
Mir Hamza  | KK  | Akif Javed
Shakib Al Hasan  | PZ  | Azmatullah Omarzai | Partial  | Family emergency
Wanindu Hasaranga  | QG  | Qais Ahmad | Full  | NOC issue
Sarfaraz Ahmed  | Bismillah Khan | Partial  | Injury
Josh Little  | MS  | Sheldon Cottrell | Full

## Notes

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1. ^ Naveed partially replaced Miller for the group stage matches while Charles fully replaced Miller for the playoff matches.
2. ^ Najibullah Zadran was later made the replacement for Jason Roy.

## References

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1. ^ Sports, A. (23 November 2022). "PSL 8 Draft to take place in Karachi on December 15". ASports.tv.
2. ^ "PSL-8 from February 15 next year". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
3. ^ Jan, Imad Ali (2022-10-15). "PSL 8 Draft Likely to Take Place Days After T20 World Cup Final". Retrieved 2022-10-22.
4. ^ Kumar, Manoj (2022-11-11). "PSL 2023: Full list of players retained". CricTracker. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
5. ^ Waris, Sarah (2022-11-12). "PSL 2023: Full List Of Retentions And Players Trades Ahead Of The Pakistan Super League". Wisden. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
6. ^ "Ramiz Raja wants PSL to move from draft to auction". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
7. ^ "Pick order for HBL PSL 2023 Player Draft finalised". www.pcb.com.pk. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
8. ^ CricLovers (2022-12-18). "Top 8 Expensive Players In PSL 2023 [ Top Paid PSL Players ]". Cricket Worlds. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
9. ^ a b c "Babar Azam moves to Peshawar Zalmi". Pakistan Cricket Board. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
10. ^ a b "Karachi Kings trade Babar Azam to Peshawar Zalmi, get Haider Ali and Shoaib Malik in return". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
11. ^ "As it happened - PSL 2023 player draft". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
12. ^ "Kieron Pollard, Haris Sohail, Ben Cutting among picks at PSL replacement draft". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
13. ^ "Teams strengthen rosters in HBL PSL 8 replacement draft". www.pcb.com.pk. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
14. ^ "Franchises finalise squads in PSL Replacement Draft 2023". www.geosuper.tv. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
15. ^ "PSL 2023: Kieron Pollard, Will Jacks and Sam Billings join after supplementary and replacement draft | The Cricketer". www.thecricketer.com. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
16. ^ Husain, Adil (2023-01-25). "PSL 2023 Replacement Draft LIVE: Adil Rashid & Harry Brook opt out of Pakistan Super League due to England commitments, set to play IPL 2023, Follow LIVE". www.insidesport.in. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
17. ^ "HBL PSL 8 replacement update". www.pcb.com.pk. Retrieved 2023-02-07.

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