2023 Pakistan Super League players draft

The player draft for the 2023 Pakistan Super League was held on 15 December 2022.{{cite web |last1=Sports |first1=A. |title=PSL 8 Draft to take place in Karachi on December 15 |url=https://a-sports.tv/psl-8-draft-to-take-place-in-karachi-on-december-15/ |website=ASports.tv |date=23 November 2022}}{{Cite web |title=PSL-8 from February 15 next year |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/954936-psl-8-from-february-15-next-year |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Jan |first=Imad Ali |date=2022-10-15 |title=PSL 8 Draft Likely to Take Place Days After T20 World Cup Final |url=https://propakistani.pk/2022/10/15/psl-8-draft-likely-to-take-place-days-after-t20-world-cup-final/ |access-date=2022-10-22 |language=en-US}} Before the draft teams were allowed to retain a maximum of eight players and make transfers.{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Manoj |date=2022-11-11 |title=PSL 2023: Full list of players retained |url=https://www.crictracker.com/cricket-news/psl-2023-full-list-of-players-retained-5754/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=CricTracker |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Waris |first=Sarah |date=2022-11-12 |title=PSL 2023: Full List Of Retentions And Players Trades Ahead Of The Pakistan Super League |url=https://wisden.com/stories/global-t20-leagues/pakistan-super-league-2023/psl-2023-retentions-and-players-traded-pakistan-super-league |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Wisden |language=en-GB}}

Background

Ramiz Raja had hinted that the draft would be replaced by an auction, but the format was retained.{{Cite web |title=Ramiz Raja wants PSL to move from draft to auction |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/pcb-chairman-ramiz-raja-wants-psl-to-move-from-draft-to-auction-1305561 |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=ESPNcricinfo}} The PCB announced that Lahore Qalandars will have the first pick.{{Cite web |title=Pick order for HBL PSL 2023 Player Draft finalised |url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/pick-order-for-hbl-psl-2023-player-draft-finalised.html |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.pcb.com.pk |language=en-US}}

Each team had the right to exercise one wildcard pick. Each team had a right-to-match card which allowed franchises to buy back a maximum of one player they had released by paying a set fee in each category:{{Cite web |last=CricLovers |date=2022-12-18 |title=Top 8 Expensive Players In PSL 2023 [ Top Paid PSL Players ] |url=https://cricketworlds.net/psl-expensive-players/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Cricket Worlds |language=en-US}}

Platinum ($130,000-$170,000)
Diamond ($60,000-$80,000)
Gold ($40,000-$50,000)
Silver ($25,000)
Emerging ($7,500)

Transfers

Babar Azam and a supplementary round pick were traded from Karachi Kings to Peshawar Zalmi in return for Shoaib Malik and Haider Ali.{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/babar-azam-moves-to-peshawar-zalmi.html|title=Babar Azam moves to Peshawar Zalmi|website=Pakistan Cricket Board|date=11 November 2022|accessdate=11 November 2022}}

Retained players

On 11 November 2022, the retained player's list was announced. The franchises were allowed to retain a maximum of eight players from the previous season. All the franchises fully utilized their quota of player retentions apart from Peshawar Zalmi.{{Cite web |title=Karachi Kings trade Babar Azam to Peshawar Zalmi, get Haider Ali and Shoaib Malik in return |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/psl-2023-karachi-kings-trade-babar-azam-to-peshawar-zalmi-to-get-haider-ali-and-shoaib-malik-1344535 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}

class="wikitable" ! Class !Islamabad United !Karachi Kings !Lahore Qalandars !Multan Sultans !Peshawar Zalmi !Quetta Gladiators
Platinum \| Shadab Khan \| Haider Ali \| Shaheen Afridi Rashid Khan \| Mohammad Rizwan \| Babar Azam \| Mohammad Nawaz
Diamond \| Asif Ali Mohammad Wasim \| Imad Wasim Mohammad Amir Shoaib Malik \| Haris Rauf David Wiese \| Khushdil Shah Shan Masood Rilee Rossouw \| Wahab Riaz Sherfane Rutherford \| Iftikhar Ahmed Jason Roy
Gold \| Azam Khan Faheem Ashraf Hasan Ali \| \| Abdullah Shafique \| Shahnawaz Dahani Tim David \| Mohammad Haris \| Mohammad Hasnain Sarfaraz Ahmed
Silver \| Colin Munro (mentor) Paul Stirling \| Aamer Yamin Mir Hamza Sharjeel Khan \| Kamran Ghulam Harry Brook \| \| Aamer Jamal Salman Irshad Tom Kohler-Cadmore \| Umar Akmal (mentor) Naveen-ul-Haq Will Smeed
Emerging \| \| Qasim Akram \| Zaman Khan \| Abbas Afridi Ihsanullah \| \|

class="wikitable"

! Class

Platinum

|

Shadab Khan

|

Haider Ali

|

Mohammad Rizwan

|

Babar Azam

|

Mohammad Nawaz

Diamond

|

Gold

|

Abdullah Shafique

|

Mohammad Haris

|

Silver

|

Colin Munro (mentor)
Paul Stirling

|

Emerging

|

Qasim Akram

|

Zaman Khan

|

Draft picks

More than 493 foreign players were registered for the draft. For the emerging category, players should be under 23 years of age as of 1 January 2023 and could have either played less than 10 PSL matches in previous seasons or not have been selected in the national squad.{{Cite web |title=As it happened - PSL 2023 player draft |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/live-blog/psl-2023-player-draft-as-it-happened-1349680 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}

class="wikitable" ! Class !Islamabad United !Karachi Kings !Lahore Qalandars !Multan Sultans !Peshawar Zalmi !Quetta Gladiators
Platinum \| Alex Hales Rahmanullah Gurbaz \| Matthew Wade Imran Tahir \| Fakhar Zaman \| David Miller Josh Little \| Bhanuka Rajapaksa Rovman Powell \| Wanindu Hasaranga Naseem Shah{{efn\|name=RTM\|Right To Match card (RTM): Player was picked by another franchise in the draft but their franchise from the previous season used their Right To Match card to bring them back in their squad.}}
Diamond \| Fazalhaq Farooqi \| James Vince James Fuller \| Hussain Talat \| \| Mujeeb Ur Rahman \| Odean Smith
Gold \| \| Andrew Tye \| Sikandar Raza Liam Dawson \| Akeal Hosein \| Danish Aziz Arshad Iqbal \| Ahsan Ali
Silver \| Abrar Ahmed Sohaib Maqsood Rumman Raees \| Tayyab Tahir Muhammad Akhlaq \| Dilbar Hussain Mirza Tahir Baig Ahmed Daniyal \| Usama Mir Usman Khan Sameen Gul Anwar Ali Mohammad Sarwar \| Saim Ayub Usman Qadir \| Umaid Asif Muhammad Zahid
Emerging \| Zeeshan Zameer Hassan Nawaz \| Irfan Khan \| Shawaiz Irfan \| \| Sufiyan Muqeem Haseebullah Khan \| Abdul Bangalzai Aimal Khan
Supplementary \| Moeen Ali Mubasir Khan \| Tabraiz Shamsi Mohammad Umar \| Jordan Cox Jalat Khan \| Adil Rashid Arafat Minhas \| James Neesham Khurram Shahzad \| Martin Guptill Omair Yousuf

class="wikitable"

! Class

Platinum

|

Fakhar Zaman

|

Wanindu Hasaranga
Naseem Shah{{efn|name=RTM|Right To Match card (RTM): Player was picked by another franchise in the draft but their franchise from the previous season used their Right To Match card to bring them back in their squad.}}

Diamond

|

Fazalhaq Farooqi

|

Hussain Talat

|

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

|

Odean Smith

Gold

|

Andrew Tye

|

Akeal Hosein

|

Ahsan Ali

Silver

|

Umaid Asif
Muhammad Zahid

Emerging

|

Irfan Khan

|

Shawaiz Irfan

|

Sufiyan Muqeem
Haseebullah Khan

|

Abdul Bangalzai
Aimal Khan

Supplementary

|

Jordan Cox
Jalat Khan

|

Replacements

A replacement player draft took place through a conference call on 24 January 2023, in which franchises were also allowed to select two supplementary players.{{Cite web |title=Kieron Pollard, Haris Sohail, Ben Cutting among picks at PSL replacement draft |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/pakistan-super-league-pollard-haris-cutting-curran-picked-at-replacement-draft-1355878 |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}{{Cite web |title=Teams strengthen rosters in HBL PSL 8 replacement draft |url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/teams-strengthen-rosters-in-hbl-psl-8-replacement-draft.html |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=www.pcb.com.pk |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Franchises finalise squads in PSL Replacement Draft 2023 |url=https://www.geosuper.tv/latest/22137-live-blog-pakistan-super-league-replacement-draft-2023 |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=www.geosuper.tv |language=en-US}} Peshawar had reserved their pick in the first supplementary round and named Khurram Shahzad as their pick.{{Cite web |title=PSL 2023: Kieron Pollard, Will Jacks and Sam Billings join after supplementary and replacement draft {{!}} The Cricketer |url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/psl/kieron_pollard_will_jacks_sam_billings_psl_franchises_finishing_touches_squads.html |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=www.thecricketer.com |language=en}} Lahore and Peshawar reserved their picks in the second supplementary round. Islamabad, Multan, Peshawar and Quetta reserved picks in the replacement draft.{{Cite web |last=Husain |first=Adil |date=2023-01-25 |title=PSL 2023 Replacement Draft LIVE: Adil Rashid & Harry Brook opt out of Pakistan Super League due to England commitments, set to play IPL 2023, Follow LIVE |url=https://www.insidesport.in/psl-2023-replacement-draft-live-adil-rashid-harry-brook-opt-out-of-pakistan-super-league-due-to-england-commitments-set-to-play-ipl-2023-instead-follow-live-updates/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=www.insidesport.in |language=en-US}} Further replacements were announced on 7 February 2023.{{Cite web |title=HBL PSL 8 replacement update |url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/hbl-psl-8-replacement-update.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.pcb.com.pk |language=en-US}}

class="wikitable" ! Class ! IU ! KK ! LQ ! MS ! PZ ! QG
Supplementary \| Tom Curran Zafar Gohar \| Ben Cutting Muhammad Musa \| Ahsan Hafeez \| Kieron Pollard Amad Butt \| Haris Sohail Shakib Al Hasan \| {{Strike\|Qais Ahmad}}{{efn\|name=Changed\|Qais Ahmed was later changed to a replacement pick for Wanindu Hasaranga.}} Saud Shakeel Yasir Khan

class="wikitable"

! Class

! IU

! KK

! LQ

! MS

! PZ

! QG

Supplementary

|

Ahsan Hafeez

|

{{Strike|Qais Ahmad}}{{efn|name=Changed|Qais Ahmed was later changed to a replacement pick for Wanindu Hasaranga.}}
Saud Shakeel
Yasir Khan

class="wikitable"

! Player

! Team

! Replaced with

! Availability

! Reason

Rashid Khan

! LQ

| Sam Billings

|rowspan=7|Partial

|rowspan=15|National duty

Rovman Powell

! PZ

| Richard Gleeson

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

! rowspan=2|IU

| Gus Atkinson

Alex Hales

| Tymal Mills

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

! PZ

| Peter Hatzoglou

Naveen-ul-Haq

! QG

| Nuwan Thushara

Jordan Cox

!rowspan=2|LQ

| Kusal Mendis

Harry Brook

| Shane Dadswell

|rowspan=2|Full

Adil Rashid

! rowspan=2|MS

| Wayne Parnell

David Miller

| Izharulhaq Naveed
Johnson Charles{{efn|name=Miller|Naveed partially replaced Miller for the group stage matches while Charles fully replaced Miller for the playoff matches.}}

|rowspan=6|Partial

Odean Smith

!rowspan=2|QG

| Dwaine Pretorius

Jason Roy

| {{Strike|Will Jacks}}
Najibullah Zadran{{efn|name=Change|Najibullah Zadran was later made the replacement for Jason Roy.}}

Tabraiz Shamsi

! KK

| Faisal Akram

Moeen Ali

! IU

| Rassie van der Dussen