LAHORE: The player draft for the highly anticipated Pakistan Super League (PSL) 10 took place at Huzoori Bagh on Monday, where all six franchises finalized their squads for the upcoming edition.
Two-time champions Lahore Qalandars began the draft by selecting New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell as their only pick in the platinum category, having already retained their captain Shaheen Shah Afridi and Fakhar Zaman in the top tier.
The 2020 champions, Karachi Kings, selected Australia’s veteran opener David Warner before adding New Zealand’s Adam Milne and Pakistan’s Abbas Afridi – using a wild card – to their platinum picks. The Kings made a strong showing in the Supplementary rounds, bringing in senior players New Zealand’s Kane Williamson and Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi, both of whom had gone unpicked in the platinum and diamond categories, respectively.
Former champions Quetta Gladiators started with New Zealand’s Michael Bracewell in the platinum category, and then used a wild card to secure Faheem Ashraf. They later added Finn Allen to complete their platinum selections. The Gladiators further strengthened their squad by picking senior all-rounder Shoaib Malik in the Supplementary round, after he had gone undrafted in his designated category.
Peshawar Zalmi opted for the dynamic English batter Tom Kohler-Cadmore as their sole platinum pick, while Multan Sultans and Islamabad United picked New Zealand’s Michael Bracewell and Australia’s Matthew Short, respectively.
Final squads of PSL 10 teams:
Lahore Qalandars: Shaheen Shah Afridi, Fakhar Zaman and Daryl Mitchell (all platinum), Haris Rauf, Sikandar Raza and Kusal Perera (all diamond), Abdullah Shafique, Jahandad Khan and Zaman Khan (all gold), David Wiese, Asif Ali, Asif Afridi, Muhammad Akhlaq and Rishad Hossain (all silver), Momin Qamar and Momin Azab (both emerging), Muhammad Naeem, Salman Ali Mirza and Tom Curran (all supplementary).
Karachi Kings: David Warner, Abbas Afridi and Adam Milne (all platinum), James Vince, Hasan Ali, Khushdil Shah (all diamond), Shan Masood, Muhammad Irfan Khan and Aamir Jamal (all gold), Arafat Minhas (brand ambassador), Tim Seifert, Zahid Mahmood, Litton Das and Mir Hamza (all silver), Fawad Ali and Riazullah (both emerging), Omair Bin Yousuf, Kane Williamson, Mohammad Nabi and Mirza Mamoon (all supplementary).
Islamabad United: Shadab Khan, Naseem Shah and Matthew Short (all platinum), Azam Khan, Imad Wasim and Jason Holder (all diamond), Haider Ali, Salman Ali Agha and Ben Dwarshuis (all gold), Colin Munro, Rumman Raees, Andries Gous, Mohammad Nawaz and Salman Irshad (all silver), Hunain Shah and Saad Masood (both emerging), Rassie van der Dussen, Riley Meredith and Sam Billings (all supplementary).
Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan, Usama Mir and Michael Bracewell (all platinum), David Willey, Iftikhar Ahmed and Usman Khan (all diamond), Chris Jordan, Kamran Ghulam and Mohammad Hasnain (all gold), Faisal Akram, Akif Javed, Gudakesh Motie, Josh Little and Tayyab Tahir (all silver), Shahid Aziz and Ubaid Shah (both emerging), Muhammad Amir Barki, Johnson Charles and Yasir Khan (all supplementary).
Quetta Gladiators: Finn Allen, Faheem Ashraf and Mark Chapman (all platinum), Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Amir and Rilee Rossouw (all diamond), Akeal Hossein, Mohammad Wasim Jr and Saud Shakeel (all gold), Khawaja Nafay, Usman Tariq, Haseebullah Khan and Khurram Shahzad (all silver), Kyle Jamieson and Hasan Nawaz (both emerging), Mohammad Zeeshan, Danish Aziz, Kusal Mendis and Sean Abbott (all supplementary).
Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam, Saim Ayub and Tom Kohler-Cadmore (all platinum), Mohammad Haris, Corbin Bosch and Mohammad Ali (all diamond), Hussain Talat, Nahid Rana and Abdul Samad (all gold), Arif Yaqoob, Mehran Mumtaz, Sufiyan Muqeem and Najibullah Zadran (all silver), Ali Raza and Maaz Sadaqat (both emerging), Ahmed Daniyal and Alzarri Joseph (both supplementary).