2025 Pakistan Super League players draft

The players draft for the 2025 Pakistan Super League

General information

Sport| Cricket
Date(s)| 13 January 2025
Location| Hazuri Bagh,
Lahore, Pakistan
Overview
League| Pakistan Super League
Teams| 6
First selection| Daryl Mitchell, Lahore Qalandars

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The player draft for the tenth edition of the Pakistan Super League took place on 13 January 2025.[1][2]

On 4 January 2025, the Pakistan Cricket Board opened the registration window for foreign players and the trade window.[3]

## Retained players

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On 04 January 2025, 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 Karachi Kings, Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi.

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

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Platinum  |

* Shadab Khan
* Naseem Shah

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* Shaheen Afridi
* Fakhar Zaman

* Mohammad Rizwan
* Usama Mir

* Babar Azam
* Saim Ayub

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Diamond  |

* Imad Wasim (mentor)
* Azam Khan

* Hasan Ali
* James Vince

* Haris Rauf
* Sikandar Raza

* David Willey (mentor)
* Iftikhar Ahmed
* Usman Khan

* Mohammad Haris

* Mohammad Amir (mentor)
* Abrar Ahmed
* Rilee Rossouw

Gold  |

* Haider Ali
* Salman Ali Agha

* Shan Masood
* Irfan Khan

* Abdullah Shafique
* Zaman Khan
* Jahandad Khan

* Chris Jordan

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* Saud Shakeel
* Mohammad Wasim Jr.
* Akeal Hosein

Silver  |

* Colin Munro
* Rumman Raees

* Arafat Minhas
* Tim Seifert
* Zahid Mahmood

* David Wiese

* Faisal Akram

* Sufiyan Muqeem
* Arif Yaqoob
* Mehran Mumtaz

* Khawaja Nafay
* Usman Tariq

Emerging  | —  | —  | —  | —  |

* Ali Raza

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## Draft picks

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The draft took place at Hazuri Bagh on 13 January 2025.[5]

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

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Platinum  |

* Matthew Short

* David Warner
* Adam Milne
* Abbas Afridi[a]

* Daryl Mitchell

* Michael Bracewell

* Tom Kohler-Cadmore[b]

* Mark Chapman
* Faheem Ashraf[a]
* Finn Allen

Diamond  |

* Jason Holder

* Khushdil Shah

* Kusal Perera

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* Corbin Bosch
* Mohammad Ali

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Gold  |

* Ben Dwarshuis

* Aamir Jamal

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* Mohammad Hasnain
* Kamran Ghulam

* Abdul Samad[a]
* Nahid Rana
* Hussain Talat

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Silver  |

* Salman Irshad
* Mohammad Nawaz
* Andries Gous

* Mir Hamza
* Litton Das

* Asif Afridi
* Asif Ali
* Rishad Hossain
* Muhammad Akhlaq

* Akif Javed
* Tayyab Tahir[b]
* Gudakesh Motie
* Josh Little

* Max Bryant
* Najibullah Zadran

* Khurram Shehzad
* Haseebullah Khan
* Kyle Jamieson

Emerging  |

* Saad Masood
* Hunain Shah

* Riazullah
* Fawad Ali

* Momin Qamar
* Mohammad Azab

* Shahid Aziz
* Ubaid Shah

* Maaz Sadaqat

* Hassan Nawaz
* Mohammad Zeeshan

Supplementary  |

* Riley Meredith
* Rassie van der Dussen
* Mohammad Shehzad[c]
* Sahibzada Farhan[c]

* Kane Williamson
* Mohammad Nabi
* Omair Yousuf
* Mirza Mamoon

* Tom Curran
* Sam Billings
* Salman Mirza
* Muhammad Naeem

* Johnson Charles
* Shai Hope
* Yasir Khan
* Muhammad Amir Barki

* Alzarri Joseph
* Ahmed Daniyal
* Mitchell Owen[c]

* Kusal Mendis
* Sean Abbott
* Shoaib Malik
* Danish Aziz

1. ^ a b c Wild Card: The player's category was changed through their franchise's Wild Card.
2. ^ a b 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.
3. ^ a b c The player was signed post-draft.

## Replacements

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A replacement player draft took place online on 24 March 2024, in which franchises were allowed to select replacement players for any partially or fully unavailable players.[6][7] Peshawar reserved their replacement pick for Nahid Rana and Quetta reserved their replacement pick for Mark Chapman.[8]

Player  | Team  | Replaced with  | Unavailability  | Reason

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Corbin Bosch | PZ  | George Linde | Full  | Withdrawal
Rassie van der Dussen | IU  | Alex Carey | Partial  | Personal reasons
Kane Williamson | KK  | Saad Baig  | NOC issues[9]
Litton Das | Ben McDermott | Full  | Injured[9]
Nahid Rana | PZ  | Reserved  | Partial  | NOC issues
Mark Chapman | QG
Johnson Charles | MS  | Ashton Turner | Full  | Injured[10]
Alex Carey | IU  | Reserved  | Full  | National Commitment
Matthew Short | IU  | Kyle Mayers | Full  | Injured
Gudakesh Motie | MS  | Curtis Campher | Full  | Personal Reasons

## References

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1. ^ "PSL draft to take place on January 11". ESPNcricinfo. 10 December 2024.
2. ^ Yaqoob, Mohammad (11 December 2024). "PSL players draft set for Jan 11 with IPL rejects on radar". DAWN.
3. ^ "PSL windows for foreign players' registration opened". DAWN. 13 December 2024.
4. ^ "Players retention for HBL PSL 2025 announced". PSL T20. 4 January 2025.
5. ^ "Teams complete squads as PSL 10 Player Draft concludes". A Sports. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
6. ^ "PSL X: Franchises Announce Key Replacements for Unavailable Stars". Retrieved 24 March 2025.
7. ^ "Warner to lead Karachi Kings in PSL 2025". Retrieved 24 March 2025.
8. ^ "HBL PSL X replacement update". www.pcb.com.pk. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
9. ^ a b "Karachi Kings announce replacements ahead of their HBL PSL 10 opener". Cricket Pakistan. 12 April 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
10. ^ Faizan Lakhani (11 April 2025). "Ashton Turner replaces Johnson Charles in Multan Sultans squad for PSL 10". Geo Super. Retrieved 11 April 2025.

## External link

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