2016 Pakistan Super League players draft

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]

For the current draft, see 2020 Pakistan Super League players draft.

Players per country
Country Number of Players Country Number of Players Country Number of Players
 Pakistan 137  England 59  West Indies 38
 Sri Lanka 22  Australia 10  Bangladesh 10
 South Africa 7  Zimbabwe 6  New Zealand 5
 Ireland 4  Afghanistan 3  Canada 2
 Scotland 2  United States 2  United Arab Emirates 1

Players picked

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]

Icon
($200,000)
  1. Shahid Afridi
  2. Shoaib Malik
  3. Shane Watson
  4. Chris Gayle
  5. Kevin Pietersen

Platinum
($140,000)
  1. Sohail Tanvir
  2. Umar Akmal
  3. Misbah-ul-Haq
  4. Wahab Riaz
  5. Ahmed Shehzad
  6. Sarfraz Ahmed
  7. Dwayne Bravo
  8. Darren Sammy
  9. Andre Russell
  10. Shakib Al Hasan

Diamond
($70,000)
  1. Mohammad Hafeez
  2. Anwar Ali
  3. Kamran Akmal
  4. Mohammad Irfan
  5. Sohaib Maqsood
  6. Muhammad Rizwan
  7. Immad Wasim
  8. Lendl Simmons
  9. Samuel Badree
  10. Ravi Bopara
  11. Luke Wright
  12. Brad Haddin

Gold
($50,000)
  1. Khalid Latif
  2. Bilawal Bhatti
  3. Junaid Khan
  4. Mohammad Sami
  5. Umar Gul
  6. Sharjeel Khan
  7. Zulfiqar Babar
  8. Mohammad Amir
  9. James Vince
  10. Cameron Delport
  11. Jim Allenby
  12. Elton Chigumbura
  13. Kevon Cooper
  14. Tamim Iqbal

Silver
($25,000)
  1. Azhar Ali
  2. Asad Shafiq
  3. Sohail Khan
  4. Abdur Rehman
  5. Usama Mir
  6. Shahid Yousuf
  7. Umar Amin
  8. Saad Nasim
  9. Zohaib Khan
  10. Imran Khan Jr.
  11. Kamran Ghulam
  12. Mohammad Nawaz
  13. Zia ul Haq
  14. Hammad Azam
  15. Nauman Anwar
  16. Imran Khalid
  17. Zafar Gohar
  18. Bilal Asif
  19. Aamir Yamin
  20. Iftikhar Ahmed
  21. Babar Azam
  22. Mushfiqur Rahim
  23. Dawid Malan
  24. Sam Billings
  25. Mohammad Nabi

Emerging
($10,000)
  1. Adnan Rasool
  2. Bismillah Khan
  3. Hasan Ali
  4. Saifullah Bangash
  5. Amad Butt
  6. Naved Yasin
  7. Akbar-ur-Rehman
  8. Musadiq Ahmad
  9. Dawood Bashir
  10. Ruman Raees

Supplementary

Supplementary players are those who picked by their team as extra players and their contracts will start only after they join their teams.

Players Pre-Draft Category Players Pre-Draft Category Players Pre-Draft Category
Rameez Raja Jr. Emerging Aizaz Cheema Silver Saeed Ajmal Diamond
Taj Wali Emerging Shahzaib Hasan Gold Ehsan Adil Gold
Israrullah Emerging Fawad Alam Gold Brad Hodge Diamond
Mukhtar Ahmed Silver Ashar Zaidi Silver TM Dilshan Platinum
Abdul Razzaq Silver Kumar Sangakkara Platinum

Post draft signings


Players Pre-Draft Category Players Pre-Draft Category
Ajantha Mendis Diamond Dwayne Smith Platinum
Shaun Tait Diamond Riki Wessels Silver
Grant Elliott Diamond Azhar Mahmood Diamond
Owais Shah Gold Nathan McCullum
Ryan ten Doeschate Jonny Bairstow

Management and staff

This is the list of coaches and other supportive staff hired by 5 franchises.[7]

Islamabad United
Peshawar Zalmi
  • Mohammad Akram (Head Coach)
  • Andy Flower (Batting Consultant)
  • Abdul Rehman (Manager)
  • Grant Luden (Fielding Coach/ Fitness Trainer)
  • Ibrahim Qureshi (Assistant Trainer)
  • Bradly Lan Robinson (Physiotherapists)
  • Usman Hashmi (Analyst)
Karachi Kings
Quetta Gladiators
Lahore Qalandars

References
  1. "Pakistan Super League players draft on Dec 21-22". DailyTimes. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  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 2016-02-06.
  5. "Shahid Afridi becomes first player to be picked in Pakistan Super League (PSL)". Cricket Country. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  6. "Pakistan Super League, Day 1: Younis Khan unsold as Misbah ul-Haq picked by Islamabad United". Zee News. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  7. "England's Andy Flower to coach 'Peshawar Zalmi'". Business Recorder. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  8. http://tribune.com.pk/story/1088518/aaqib-javed-resigns-from-uae-coaching-joins-psl-franchise/, ""The Express Tribune"" 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2016-04-21
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