Welcome to the live coverage of the Pakistan Super League 8 draught on ProSports by Daily Nation Pakistan. To ensure you don’t miss out on any signings, we will keep you informed of all the picks here.
The draught for this edition features some huge names, and all six organisations will be vying for those star athletes. Today at five o’clock, the draught will start in earnest.
Before that, let’s take a look at how the current teams fared after the individual franchises made judgments regarding captaincy and retention.
- Peshawar Zalmi have roped in Arshad Iqbal as their second pick of the gold category.
- Lahore Qalandars have included the spinner Liam Dawson in their gold group of players.
- Karachi Kings have picked Andrew Tye in gold category to boost their bowling unit.
- Multan Sultans have included West Indies’ spinner Akeal Hosein to their setup.
- Lahore Qalandars have selected Zimbabwe’s experienced all-rounder Sikandar Raza in gold category.
- Quetta Gladiators have reclaimed Ahsan Ali as their gold pick.
- Peshawar Zalmi have gone for the local talent as they picked all-rounder Danish Aziz.
- In their second pick of the diamond category, Karachi Kings have picked English all-rounder James Fuller.
- Karachi Kings have selected English batter James Vince to fill their opening slot.
- Quetta Gladiators have picked West Indies’ pacer Odean Smith in diamond category.
- Lahore Qalandars have used their wild card to include the all-rounder, Hussain Talat in their squad.
- Peshawar Zalmi have also selected an Afghan bowler, Mujeeb-ur-Rehman to supplement their bowling unit.
- Islamabad United have roped in Afghan pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi as their first diamond pick.
- Multan Sultans have chosen Irish player Josh Little using their wild card.
- Rovman Powell is Peshawar Zalmi’s second pick from the platinum category.
- Islamabad United have repicked Afghan wicket-keeper batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
- Multan Sultans’ experienced leg-spinner Imran Tahir has now gone to Karachi Kings in platinum category.
- Peshawar Zalmi have chosen Sri Lanka’s Bhanuka Rajapaksa as their platinum pick.
- Islamabad United have selected their opener for long time, Alex Hales again.
- Australia’s explosive wicket-keeper batter Matthew Wade is now a part of Karachi Kings’ platinum players.
- Multan Sultans have now chosen David Miller as their second option after Naseem Shah.
- Multan Sultans used their wild card to pick speedster Naseem Shah. However, Quetta Gladiators have reclaimed him using the right to match.
- Sri Lankan all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga has been roped in by Quetta Gladiators as their first pick.
- Lahore Qalandars have reselected their opening batter Fakhar Zaman in the round one of Platinum category.
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Before that, let’s have a look at how the existing squads have stacked up after retentions and captaincy decisions by respective franchises.
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Here are the players retained by each team:
Islamabad United
Shadab Khan (Platinum) | Asif Ali (Diamond) | Wasim Jnr (Diamond) | Hasan Ali (Gold) |
Azam Khan (Gold) | Faheem Ashraf (Gold) | Colin Munro (Silver) | Paul Stirling (Silver) |
Peshawar Zalmi
Babar Azam (Platinum) | Wahab Riaz (Diamond) | Sherfane Rutherford (Diamond) | Mohammad Haris (Gold) |
Amir Jamal (Silver) | Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Silver) | Salman Irshad (Silver) | – |
Quetta Gladiators
Mohammad Nawaz (Platinum) | Jason Roy (Diamond) | Iftikhar Ahmad (Diamond) | Mohammad Hasnain (Gold) |
Sarfaraz Ahmad (Gold) | Umar Akmal (Silver) | Naveen-ul-Haq (Silver) | Will Smeed (Silver) |
Karachi Kings
Haider Ali (Platinum) | Shoaib Malik (Diamond) | Imad Wasim (Diamond) | Mohammad Amir (Diamond) |
Sharjeel Khan (Silver) | Mir Hamza (Silver) | Amir Yamin (Silver) | Qasim Akram (Emerging) |
Multan Sultans
Mohammad Rizwan (Platinum) | Shan Masood (Diamond) | Khushdil Shah (Diamond) | Rilee Rossouw (Diamond) |
Shahnawaz Dahani (Gold) | Tim David (Gold) | Ihsanullah | Abbas Afridi |
Lahore Qalandars
Shaheen Afridi (Platinum) | Rashid Khan (Platinum) | Haris Rauf (Diamond) | David Wiese (Diamond) |
Abdullah Shafiq (Gold) | Kamran Ghulam (Silver) | Harry Brook (Silver) | Zaman Khan (Emerging) |