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. A total of 414 players, including Pakistani and foreign cricketers, were divided into five different categories: Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver and Emerging. The salary-spending cap for a franchise was US$1.2 million, including the signing of players, coaches and support staff. Each team was allowed to pick eight foreign and 12 domestic players in a squad of up to 20.

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.
PlayerFromTo
Chris GayleLahore QalandarsKarachi Kings
Sohail TanvirKarachi KingsLahore Qalandars
Babar AzamIslamabad UnitedKarachi Kings
Sohaib MaqsoodLahore QalandarsPeshawar Zalmi
Aamer YaminPeshawar ZalmiLahore Qalandars
Shakib Al HasanKarachi KingsPeshawar Zalmi

Retained Players

Following is the list of players retained by their franchises from previous season.
CategoryIslamabad UnitedQuetta GladiatorsPeshawar ZalmiKarachi KingsLahore Qalandars
PlatinumMisbah-ul-HaqSarfraz AhmedShahid AfridiShoaib MalikUmar Akmal
PlatinumShane WatsonKevin PietersonWahab RiazChris Gayle
PlatinumAndre RussellAhmed Shahzad
DiamondSharjeel KhanLuke WrightDarren SammyMohammad AmirDwayne Bravo
DiamondMohammad IrfanAnwar AliMohammad HafeezRavi BoparaSohail Tanvir
DiamondSamuel BadreeShakib Al Hasan
GoldKhalid LatifUmar GulTamim IqbalImad WasimMohammad Rizwan
GoldMohammad SamiZulfiqar BabarKamran AkmalBabar AzamCameron Delport
GoldBrad Haddin
SilverSam BillingsMohammad NawazJunaid KhanSohail KhanAzhar Ali
SilverSaeed AjmalAsad ShafiqImran KhanShahzaib HassanZafar Gohar
SilverAsif AliSaad NasimSohaib MaqsoodSaifullah BangashAamer Yamin
SilverRumman RaeesMohammad Nabi
SilverImran Khalid
EmergingAmad ButtHassan Ali
EmergingHussain TalatMohammad Asghar
SupplementaryDwayne SmithBismillah KhanUsama Mir

New Picks

Following is the list of players picked by different teams.
CategoryIslamabad UnitedQuetta GladiatorsPeshawar ZalmiKarachi KingsLahore Qalandars
PlatinumEoin MorganKieron PollardBrendon McCullum
PlatinumSunil Narine
DiamondCarlos BrathwaiteKumar SangakkaraYasir Shah
GoldTymal MillsChris JordanRyan McLarenAnton Devcich
SilverUmar AminIfthikhar AhmedKhurram ManzoorFakhar Zaman
SilverHaris SohailKashif BhattiBilawal Bhatti
EmergingHasan KhanAbdul AmeerGhulam Mudassar
EmergingNoor WaliAbrar AhmedUsman Qadir
SupplementaryBen DuckettDavid WilleyAlex HalesMahela JayawardeneGrant Elliott
SupplementaryShadab KhanRovman PowellMohammad ShahzadRahat AliShaun Tait
SupplementaryZohaib KhanMir HamzaIrfan KhanAmmad AlamSaif Badar
SupplementaryKhushdil ShahMohammad Irfan

Players per country

The number of players who appeared in the draft from each country is as follows:
Number of PlayersCountry
185PAK
70ENG
52WIN
27SRI
15AUS
10BAN
15SA
7NZ
9AFG
24Other Countries

Replacements