2017 Pakistan Super League players draft

The Player Draft for the 2nd season of the Pakistan Super League was held at Dubai on 19 October 2016.[1][2] A total of 414 players, including Pakistani and foreign cricketers, were divided into five different categories: Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver and Emerging.[3][4] The salary-spending cap for a franchise was US$1.2 million, including the signing of players, coaches and support staff.[5] Each team was allowed to pick eight foreign and 12 domestic players in a squad of up to 20.[6]

Player contracts and salaries

Each player who participates in the PSL is categorized in a group according to their "value", from Platinum class players at the top end through to Emerging class players at the bottom. Salaries in the league are generally determined by the category the player falls into. During the 2017 Pakistan Super League Platinum class players will earn a base salary of US$140,000, Diamond class players US$70,000, Gold class players $50,000, Silver class $25,000 and Emerging players $10,000.

Supplementary players are picked by teams but are not paid unless they join the squad for the tournament at which point their contracts will commence. For Supplementary players there is no contractual base salary.

Transfers

The Pakistan Super League player transfer window was between 15 July and 15 September 2016. The following transfers took place.[7]

Player From To
Chris Gayle Lahore Qalandars Karachi Kings
Sohail Tanvir Karachi Kings Lahore Qalandars
Babar Azam Islamabad United Karachi Kings
Sohaib Maqsood Lahore Qalandars Peshawar Zalmi
Aamer Yamin Peshawar Zalmi Lahore Qalandars
Shakib Al Hasan Karachi Kings Peshawar Zalmi

Retained Players

Following is the list of players retained by their franchises from previous season.[8][9]

Category Islamabad United Quetta Gladiators Peshawar Zalmi Karachi Kings Lahore Qalandars
Platinum Misbah-ul-Haq Sarfraz Ahmed Shahid Afridi Shoaib Malik Umar Akmal
Shane Watson Kevin Pieterson Wahab Riaz Chris Gayle[lower-alpha 1]
Andre Russell Ahmed Shahzad
Diamond Sharjeel Khan Luke Wright Darren Sammy Mohammad Amir Dwayne Bravo
Mohammad Irfan Anwar Ali Mohammad Hafeez Ravi Bopara Sohail Tanvir[lower-alpha 1]
Samuel Badree Shakib Al Hasan[lower-alpha 1]
Gold Khalid Latif Umar Gul Tamim Iqbal Imad Wasim Mohammad Rizwan
Mohammad Sami Zulfiqar Babar Kamran Akmal Babar Azam[lower-alpha 1] Cameron Delport
Brad Haddin
Silver Sam Billings Mohammad Nawaz Junaid Khan Sohail Khan Azhar Ali
Saeed Ajmal Asad Shafiq Imran Khan Shahzaib Hassan Zafar Gohar
Asif Ali Saad Nasim Sohaib Maqsood[lower-alpha 1] Saifullah Bangash Aamer Yamin[lower-alpha 1]
Rumman Raees Mohammad Nabi
Imran Khalid
Emerging Amad Butt Hassan Ali
Hussain Talat Mohammad Asghar
Supplementary Dwayne Smith Bismillah Khan Usama Mir
  1. Acquired by trade before draft

New Picks

Following is the list of players picked by different teams.[8][10]

Category Islamabad United Quetta Gladiators Peshawar Zalmi Karachi Kings Lahore Qalandars
Platinum Eoin MorganKieron PollardBrendon McCullum
Sunil Narine
Diamond Carlos BrathwaiteKumar SangakkaraYasir Shah
Gold Tymal MillsChris JordanRyan McLarenAnton Devcich
Silver Umar AminIfthikhar AhmedKhurram ManzoorFakhar Zaman
Haris SohailKashif BhattiBilawal Bhatti
Emerging Hasan KhanAbdul AmeerGhulam Mudassar
Noor WaliAbrar AhmedUsman Qadir
Supplementary[lower-alpha 1] Ben DuckettDavid WilleyAlex HalesMahela JayawardeneGrant Elliott
Shadab KhanRovman PowellMohammad ShahzadRahat AliShaun Tait
Zohaib KhanMir HamzaIrfan KhanAmmad AlamSaif Badar
Khushdil ShahMohammad Irfan
  1. Supplementary players are those who are picked by their teams as extra players and whose contracts will start only after they join their teams.

Players per country

The number of players who appeared in the draft from each country is as follows:[3]

Number of Players Country
185  Pakistan
70  England
52  West Indies
27  Sri Lanka
15  Australia
10  Bangladesh
15  South Africa
7  New Zealand
9  Afghanistan
24 Other Countries

Replacements
Player Team Replaced with
Carlos Brathwaite Quetta Gladiators Thisara Perera
David Willey Quetta Gladiators Rilee Rossouw
Rovman Powell Quetta Gladiators Nathan McCullum
Mohammad Nabi Quetta Gladiators Mahmudullah
Abrar Ahmed Karachi Kings Usman Khan
Anton Devcich Lahore Qalandars James Franklin
Jaahid Ali Lahore Qalandars Chris Green
Dwayne Bravo Lahore Qalandars Jason Roy
Andre Russell Islamabad United Steven Finn
Ben Duckett Islamabad United Nicholas Pooran
Alex Hales Peshawar Zalmi Marlon Samuels
Shakib Al Hasan Peshawar Zalmi Samit Patel

References
  1. "Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif included in PSL draft list".
  2. "Sangakkara, Gayle join Karachi Kings for PSL 2017".
  3. "Butt, Asif named in players' draft for PSL".
  4. Sport, Dawn (7 October 2016). "Salman Butt drafted into PSL gold category, eager to play tournament".
  5. "Mohammad Asif, Salman Butt included in PSL players' draft – Cricket – Dunya News".
  6. "Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif named in players' draft for Pakistan Super League". 8 October 2016.
  7. "Karachi Kings snap up Chris Gayle ahead of PSL 2017".
  8. "Watson, Haddin snapped up in PSL draft".
  9. "Chris Gayle traded to Karachi kings, Qalandars bought in McCullum". Sports 360. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  10. "All you need to know about PSL 2017 draft".
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