Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2019 Draft: Complete Squads for all six franchises

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) organized a player’s draft for the upcoming fourth edition of Pakistan Super League that will begin in February next year. A total of 663 players were available for acquisition in the auction for the six franchises taking part in the competition next season.

Certainly, there is still ambiguity concerning Pakistan Super League as the sixth side is yet to be named for the competition. PCB terminated franchise Multan Sultans contract as owner Schon Properties failed to pay $5.2 million annual fee as stated in the terms and conditions related to franchises participating in the Pakistan Super League.

Lahore Qalandars prove to be biggest beneficiaries this time around as they bought South Africa’s AB De Villiers for the coming season. All-rounder Mohammad Hafeez was also picked up by Lahore after they released Umar Akmal ahead of players draft auction.

The sixth side picked up Steve Smith and Shahid Afridi for the coming season of PSL. All the six franchises could have three players in the platinum, diamond and gold categories. Five players can be picked in the silver category. Franchises also need to take emerging players from a given pool of players and also four reserve players in case of injuries or non-availability during the season.

Pakistan Super League (PSL): Draft

Platinum Round

Lahore Qalandars was given the opportunity to first select their player in the platinum category. The franchise made a great decision and picked up AB De Villiers and Mohammad Hafeez in the round. Qalandars also retained Fakhar Zaman for the coming season.

The sixth team went for Steve Smith, Shahid Afridi, and Shoaib Malik in this round. Quetta Gladiators picked up West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo and retained Captain Sarfaraz Ahmed for the next year’s competition. Sunil Narine also will play for Quetta next season.

Most popular franchise Peshawar Zalmi also bought Kieron Pollard for the coming season and retained their premier pace duo of Hasan Ali and Wahab Riaz in the squad. Karachi Kings and Islamabad United decided to go the opposite way and retained their top players for the coming season.

Diamond Round

All-rounder Carlos Brathwaite was picked up Lahore Qalandars for next season. New Zealand’s Corey Anderson will also play for Lahore next season. Yasir Shah has been retained by the franchise in the Diamond category for next season.

Left-arm pacer Junaid Khan was retained by The Sixth Team. Joe Denly was bought by the Sixth Team in the Diamond round. Peshawar Zalmi made a big move and purchased Misbah-ul-Haq in this category.

Islamabad United bought England batsman Ian Bell for the coming season. Asif Ali and Mohammad Sami were retained by the franchise in this round. Karachi Kings and Quetta Gladiators did not make any acquisitions in this round and retained their three players for the next year’s competition.

Gold Round

Nepal’s leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane was bought by Lahore Qalandars in this round. The Sixth Team selected Qais Ahmed for next season. Quetta picked Australian leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed for coming season. Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza was picked up by Karachi Kings.

Umer Amin and Dawid Malan were notable acquisitions made by Peshawar during this round. Philip Salt and Samit Patel were picked up Islamabad United during this category.

Silver Round

In this round, Islamabad United made a move to buy Cameron Delport for the next PSL season. The left-arm spinner Mohammad Asghar was picked by Quetta Gladiators in this round. Peshawar Zalmi picked up Sohaib Maqsood for the coming season.

Pakistan Super League (PSL) Teams

Here are the complete squads after completion of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Season 4 draft.

Lahore Qalandars

Fakhar Zaman, AB De Villiers, Corey Anderson,  Sandeep Lamichhane, Agha Salman, Shaheen Afridi, Carlos Brathwaite, Mohammad Imran, Mohammad Hafeez, Brendon Taylor (S), Yasir Shah, Aizaz Cheema, Haris Rauf, Sohail Akhtar, Anton Devcich, Hassan Khan, Haris Sohail, Umair Masood/RWP, Gauhar Ali, Rahat Ali

Peshawar Zalmi

Misbah-ul-Haq, Wahab Riaz, Hasan Ali, Chris Jordan, Kieron Pollard, Darren Sammy, Kamran Akmal, Wayne Madsen, Sohaib Maqsood, Khalid Usman, Dawid Malan, Liam Dawson, Umaid Asif, Umar Amin, Sameen Gul, Nabi Gul, Jamal Anwar, Ibtisam Sheikh, Samiullah, Waqar Sulaimankhel.

Karachi Kings

Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Ravi Bopara, Colin Ingram, Imad Wasim, Iftikhar Ahmed, Awais Zia, Usama Mir, Sikandar Raza, Babar Azam, Colin Munro, Aamir Yamin, Abrar Ahmed, Sohail Khan, Aaron Summers, Liam Livingston, Jahid Ali, Ben Dunk, Ali Imran.

Islamabad United

Sahibzada Farhan, Luke Ronchi, Shadab Khan, Hussain Talat, Asif Ali, Ian Bell, Rumman Raees, Cameron Delport, Mohammad Sami, Faheem Ashraf, Samit Patel, Philip Salt, Waqas Masood, Zafar Gohar, Nasir Nawaz, Mohammad Musa, Zahir Khan, Ammad Butt, Rizwan Hussain, Wayne Parnell.

The Sixth Team (formerly Multan Sultans)

Steve Smith, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Irfan, Irfan Khan, Junaid Khan, Shan Masood, Joe Denly, Qais Ahmed, Laurie Evans, M Junaid, Tom Moores, Ali Shafiq, Shakil Ansar, Nicholas Pooran, Daniel Christian, Mohammad Ilyas, Mohammad Abbas, Nauman Ali, Umar Siddiq.

Quetta Gladiators 

Sarfaraz Ahmed, Sunil Narine, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Asghar, Ahmed Shahzad, Danish Aziz, Harry Gurney, Rilee Rossouw, Umar Akmal, Anwar Ali, Fawad Ahmed, Ahsan Ali, Ghulam Mudassir, Naseem Shah, Jalat Khan, Azam Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Saud Shakeel.