PSL 9 Draft Foreign & Local Player List, Date, Timings, PSL Draft 2024 Pick Order
PCB is finalizing the arrangements to conduct the PSL 9 draft event at the NCA this year. The draft event will take place in Lahore because the headquarters of PCB is located there. If there is one league that is able to successfully manage player drafting it would be PSL without a shadow of a doubt. There are many other leagues that are currently following this draft structure but their draft event always has many issues with technological problems while PCB has been doing it very successfully for the past 8 years without a single issue.
PSL Draft 2024 Complete Picks
Below are the live PSL 9 picks as they happen which are being updated by our team live from National Academy, Lahore.
Below are the live PSL 2024 draft picks as they happen which are being updated by our team live from National Academy, Lahore.
Player | Category | Franchise |
David Willey | Platinum | Multan Sultans |
Kieron Pollard | Platinum | Karachi Kings |
Sherfane Rutherford | Platinum | Quetta Gladiators |
Noor Ahmed | Platinum | Peshawar Zalmi |
Mohammad Amir | Platinum | Quetta Gladiators |
Fakhar Zaman | Platinum | Lahore Qalandars |
Rassie van der Dussen | Platinum | Lahore Qalandars |
Jordan Cox | Platinum | Islamabad United |
Daniel Sams | Platinum | Karachi Kings |
Mohammad Nawaz | Platinum | Karachi Kings |
Dawid Malan | Diamond | Multan Sultans |
Asif Ali | Diamond | Peshawar Zalmi |
Tymal Mills | Diamond | Islamabad United |
Tim Seifert | Diamond | Karachi Kings |
Sahibzada Farhan | Diamond | Lahore Qalandars |
Naveen-ul-Haq | Gold | Peshawar Zalmi |
Reece Topley | Gold | Multan Sultans |
Reeza Hendricks | Gold | Multan Sultans |
Saud Shakeel | Silver | Quetta Gladiators |
Tayyab Tahir | Silver | Multan Sultans |
Salman Irshad | Silver | Peshawar Zalmi |
Muhammad Imran Jnr. | Silver | Lahore Qalandars |
Shahnawaz Dahani | Silver | Multan Sultans |
Mohammad Amir Khan | Silver | Karachi Kings |
Arif Yaqoob | Silver | Peshawar Zalmi |
Matthew Forde | Silver | Islamabad United |
Salman Ali Agha | Silver | Islamabad United |
Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti | Silver | Lahore Qalandars |
Sajjad Ali Jnr | Silver | Quetta Gladiators |
Mohammad Ali | Silver | Multan Sultans |
Usman Qadir | Silver | Quetta Gladiators |
Dan Lawrence | Silver | Lahore Qalandars |
Usman Khan | Silver | Multan Sultans |
Umair Afridi | Silver | Peshawar Zalmi |
Omair Bin Yousuf | Silver | Quetta Gladiators |
Qasim Akram | Silver | Islamabad United |
Anwar Ali | Silver | Karachi Kings |
Arafat Minhas | Silver | Karachi Kings |
Dan Mousley | Silver | Peshawar Zalmi |
Shahab Khan | Silver | Islamabad United |
Yasir Khan | Emerging | Multan Sultans |
Hunain Shah | Emerging | Islamabad United |
Mohammad Zeeshan | Emerging | Peshawar Zalmi |
Jahandad Khan | Emerging | Lahore Qalandars |
Adil Naz | Emerging | Quetta Gladiators |
Sirajuddin | Emerging | Karachi Kings |
Khawaja Mohammad Nafay | Emerging | Quetta Gladiators |
Syed Faridoun Mahmood | Emerging | Lahore Qalandars |
Ubaid Shah | Emerging | Islamabad United |
Shai Hope | Supplementary | Lahore Qalandars |
Chris Jordan | Supplementary | Multan Sultans |
Akeal Hosein | Supplementary | Quetta Gladiators |
Shamyl Hussain | Supplementary | Islamabad United |
Lungi Ngidi | Supplementary | Peshawar Zalmi |
Saad Baig | Supplementary | Karachi Kings |
Mehran Mumtaz | Supplementary | Peshawar Zalmi |
Kamran Ghulam | Supplementary | Lahore Qalandars |
Aftab Ibrahim | Supplementary | Multan Sultans |
Tom Curran | Supplementary | Islamabad United |
Jamie Overton | Supplementary | Karachi Kings |
Sohail Khan | Supplementary | Quetta Gladiators |
PSL 9 Draft Date & Time
As per the media sources, the draft initially was supposed to take place on the 18th of November 2023 but due to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, PCB has delayed the draft event by a month. The confirmed date for the PSL draft 2024 is the 13th of December, 2023.
Date: December 13, 2023
Time: 04:00 PM (PST)
Venue: National Cricket Academy, Lahore
All the team franchise owners, coaches, captains, and team managers are expected to be present at the event where psl draft 2024 player list will be officially revealed from which all six franchises are going to select the best players.
CHECK: PSL 2024 All Team Squads & Full Players List (Updated)
PSL Draft 2024 Pick Order
As per the PCB media release, psl 9 draft schedule was announced by using a statistical tool whose main purpose was to give all franchises an equal opportunity based on the team retentions they had and all six teams can get the strongest possible lineups. The pick order for psl draft 2024 player list is as follows.
All HBL PSL 9 draft players will be picked as per the pick order mentioned above in the picture. Multan Sultans will start the proceedings in the draft with a platinum pick.
PSL 9 Relegation Requests
PCB allows all franchises to make use of relegation requests which helps some franchises to do better retentions. A relegation request allows the franchise to meet the player’s base category. If the player’s base category is not matched then franchises have the option to relegate a player below his base category. This process needs to have full confidence and agreement with the player before making it official.
This year before the PSL 2024 draft event, Lahore Qalandars, Karachi Kings & Islamabad United have each relegated one player before the draft.
Franchise | Player |
Lahore Qalandars | Mirza Tahir Baig |
Karachi Kings | Mir Hamza |
Islamabad United | Rumman Raees |
PSL 9 Successful Trades
In past few weeks, there have been numerous rumors about certain International stars being moved from one franchise to another and one of them is now official confirmed.
Imad Wasim who has been the captain of Karachi Kings for long time has left the franchise to move to his real city based franchise Islamabad United while Hassan Ali who himself moved from Peshawar Zalmi to Islamabad a few years has made a move once again and joined Karachi Kings.
Another major trade has been confirmed between the Quetta and Multan franchises. Multan traded Riliee to Iftikhar in this mega trade. Both teams looked at their team combinations and the trade is perfectly matched up.
After weeks of different talks between franchises after Naseem Shah informed his franchise that he wanted to move the deal finally struck between the Islamabad and Quetta franchises. Quetta has released Naseem Shah while in return Islamabad has released Abrar Ahmed & Mohammad Wasim Jnr. Naseem’s injury may rule him out from the start of PSL 2024.
Player Name | Franchise Name |
Hassan Ali | Karachi Kings |
Iftikhar Ahmed | Multan Sultans |
Naseem Shah | Islamabad United |
Imad Wasim | Islamabad United |
Rilee Rossouw | Quetta Gladiators |
Mohammad Wasim Jnr | Quetta Gladiators |
Abrar Ahmed | Quetta Gladiators |
Shan Masood | Karachi Kings |
Faisal Akram | Multan Sultans |
Reports suggests that Mohammad Amir is also leaving Karachi Kings but franchise could not get a good trade deal so it might mean Amir if not retained by KK will go to the open draft and whichever franchise gets the chance early will go for him.
PSL 9 Right to Match Card (RTM)
Last year, the Right to match card was introduced by the PCB after many requests from all franchises. RT card allows the franchise to buy back a maximum of one player who they really need in their line up but due to retention rules, they cannot retain them. We know Lahore Qalandars likely to use RTM card to get Fakhar Zaman back into their line up who was instrumental in helping them WIN the PSL trophy last year.
PSL 2024 Total Foreign Players
The media sources reveal that around 493 foreign players from both full member and associate nations have entered their names for the PSL 8 draft event. Out of which, 81 players registered in the diamond category while 27 players are available to be picked in the Platinum category. The total hbl psl 8 draft players from countries are as follows.
Country | Total No. of Players Registered |
England | 158 |
Sri Lanka | 40 |
Afghanistan | 36 |
West Indies | 58 |
Bangladesh | 21 |
South Africa | 30 |
Australia | 16 |
Zimbabwe | 11 |
Ireland | 9 |
The huge interest shown by the foreign players for PSL 8 draft means the league is progressing quickly to be among the best and it also provides all six franchises a good headache to have with so many excellent options available to strengthen their lineups.
PSL 2024 Draft Overseas Platinum Players List
The 27 top professional players from full member-playing nations have registered their names in the Platinum Category. Take a look at psl 2023 draft foreign players list below.
Australia: Daniel Sams, Ashton Agar
England: Ben Duckett, Chris Jordan, David Willey, Dawid Malan, Luke Wood, Reece Topley, Tom Curran, Tymal Mills
West Indies: Kieron Pollard, Rovman Powell, Romario Shepherd, Brandon King and Kyle Mayers
Sri Lanka: Maheesh Theekshana, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka
New Zealand: James Neesham
Afghanistan: Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
South Africa: Rassie van der Dussen, Imran Tahir
Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan
Nepal: Sandeep Lamichhane
PSL 2024 Draft Overseas Diamond Players List
Below is the list of psl 2023 draft foreign players list who have registered in the diamond category. In this category, each player is given USD 85,000 as match fees which is substantially huge for many players playing in the circuit.
Australia: Ben McDermott
England: Dan Lawrence, Gus Atkinson, Jordan Cox, Liam Dawson, Matthew Potts, Ollie Pope, Richard Gleeson, Sam Hain
West Indies: Fabian Allen, Johnson Charles, Rahkeem Cornwall, Roston Chase, Shai Hope, Hayden Walsh
Sri Lanka: Dilshan Madushanka, Charith Asalanka, Dushmantha Chameera, Sadeera Samarawickrama
New Zealand: Tim Seifert, Martin Guptill, Chad Bowes
Afghanistan: Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi
South Africa: George Linde, Lungi Ngidi, Reeza Hendricks, Wayne Parnell, Sisanda Magala
Bangladesh: Litton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mahmudullah
PSL 2024 Retained Players List
All six franchises had the option to retain eight players from the PSL 8 squads. Multan Sultans is the only franchise that has retained 7 players while the rest of the other teams have announced a maximum of eight retentions. A complete psl 2024 retained player list is as follows.
Karachi Kings: James Vince and Hasan Ali (Diamond), Shan Masood (Brand Ambassador), Shoaib Malik (Mentor) and Tabraiz Shamsi (all Gold), Mir Hamza (Successful relegation request) and Muhammad Akhlaq (both Silver), Muhammad Irfan Khan (Emerging).
Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan and Iftikhar Ahmed (both Platinum), Khushdil Shah and Usama Mir (both Diamond), Abbas Afridi (Gold), Ihsanullah (Brand Ambassador, Silver), Faisal Akram (Emerging).
Lahore Qalandars: Shaheen Shah Afridi (Platinum), Haris Rauf (Brand Ambassador) and David Wiese (both Diamond), Sikandar Raza, Abdullah Shafique and Zaman Khan (all Gold), Mirza Tahir Baig (Successful relegation request) and Rashid Khan (both Silver).
Islamabad United: Shadab Khan and Naseem Shah (both Platinum), Imad Wasim (Mentor) and Azam Khan (both Diamond), Faheem Ashraf (Brand Ambassador), Alex Hales and Colin Munro (all Gold), Rumman Raees (Successful relegation request in Silver).
Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam and Rovman Powell (both Platinum), Saim Ayub and Tom Kohler-Cadmore (all Diamond), Mohammad Haris (Brand Ambassador) and Aamir Jamal (both Gold), Khurram Shahzad (Silver), Haseebullah (Emerging).
Quetta Gladiators: Rilee Rossouw (Platinum), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Jason Roy and Wanindu Hasaranga (all Diamond), Sarfaraz Ahmed (Brand Ambassador) Abrar Ahmed and Mohammad Hasnain (all Gold), Will Smeed (Silver).
How Many Total Players can each squad get?
Each team was given the option to retain up to eight players from the last year’s squad. PCB has allowed all franchises to draft 18 players in their lineup so each team can have many options available in case of injuries or international duties.
An 18-member squad comprises 3 platinum, 3 diamond, 3 gold, 5 silver, 2 emerging & 2 supplementary.
How To Watch PSL 9 Draft Online?
All cricket fans from Pakistan will be able to watch psl 2024 draft live streaming on PTV Sports, Ten Sports & A Sports HD. Fans can download the ARYZAP app to watch psl 9 draft live coverage on all smart devices.
Thanks for all details
But I have a Question
Can any team use RTM after trade?
Can Karachi kings use RTM on Imad?
No.
RTM can be used for players who are picked in the draft event.
Example: Fakhar Zaman can be picked by Multan who got the 1st Platinum pick but Lahore can utilize their RTM card and get Fakhar back into their team.
In that case Multan’s pick will be waisted ? or they would have a chance to pick any other player of same category.
If RTM is used, then the franchise again gets the opportunity to pick a new player but the tricky part is they only get 2nd chance when another franchise decides to use RTM, and by that time other great players are already picked.
I expect Multan to go for a foreign player in the 1st pick.
I am Interested psl playing Emerging Category
if Multans Sultans pick Fakhar Zaman and Lahore use RTM and get Fakhar back in their team then can Multan use their RTM to take Fakhar back again or not?
No.
For the franchise to use RTM, a player must have played an earlier season with them.
Another interesting thing is both Karachi and Quetta must pick a Local player in the platinum category and as per the list only Fakhar Zaman is available. I suspect both KK and QG will use a wildcard to upgrade a player to Platinum from Diamond or lower categories.
Ahsan ali
All rounder