Shahid Afridi The First Player To Be Chosen Amongst 10 BBL Players On The Opening Day

PSL Draft week took a strong start on Monday, December 21 st
Shahid Afridi the first player to be chosen amongst 10 BBL players on the
opening day
Pakistan Super League will be hosted in Sharjah and Dubai from the 4 th of February
to the 23rd of February. The local players that are picked up as supplementary, may
or may not be called up for the respective teams. Their contract will only be
enforced the day they join their team at the venue.
The entire format of PSL consisted of 310 players that were each divided into 5
categories (Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver and Emerging) relative to their value in
the international cricket, ascending from $10,000 for the Emerging players to
$140,000 for the Platinum players. Every team had to pick 3 players from the
Platinum, Diamond and Gold category, while they had to choose 2 from the
emerging category.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) started off by picking up Platinum, Diamond and
Gold categories on Monday, while the players in the Silver and Emerging categories
were inducted in the five franchises yesterday. Each team will feature a minimum of
4 foreign players.
It was no surprise that Pakistans Twenty20 captain, Shahid Afridi, was the first pick
on the day on Monday. He was quickly picked up by Peshawar Zalmi, who traded
their selection with Islamabad before the draft opening to get the allrounder. Shoaib
Malik was the other Pakistani allrounder that was bagged as an icon player by
Karachi.
Quetta Gladiators were successful in bagging up the England star performer Kevin
Peterson. But the most interesting pick was that of West Indian powerhouse Chris
Gayle. Muhammad Amir will return to the scene and is picked up by Karachi as soon
as he was available.
Islamabad United were able pick up Australian allrounder Shane Watson. The other
Australian that is picked up is the former Australian wicketkeeper for Tests and ODIs
Brad Haddin. This Australian duo are currently playing in the KFC Big Bash League
and will join their teams in the first edition of PSL.
In some other major signings, Karachi bagged Bangladeshs Shakib Al Hasan,
Lahore Qalandars picked up the leading wicket taker of IPL 2015 Dwayne Bravo,
Islamabad pocketed the player of the tournament of IPL 2015 Andre Russell and
Peshawar went for the West Indian winning captain of World T20 Darren Sammy.
The sale of commercial rights for title sponsorship, broadcast and franchises has
already been finalized by Pakistan Super League.
PCB said in a statement that a draft system was favored over a player auction to
ensure a level playing field because each team had to choose a particular number
of players from every category. As a result, every team spent an equal amount in
drafting players. That is why all five teams will feature top players.
The following are the draft picks for the 5 teams:
Karachi Kings
Shoaib Malik, Shakib ul Hasan (BAN), Sohail Tanvir, Imad Wasim, Ravi Bopara (ENG),
Lendl Simmons (WI), Mohammad Aamir, Bilawal Bhatti, James Vince (ENG), Iftikhar
Ahmad, Nauman Anwar, Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN), Usama Mir, Sohail Khan, Mir
Hamza, Saifullah Bangash
Supplementary: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Shahzaib Hassan, Fawad Alam

South Africa Mickey Arthur (Head Coach)
Pakistan Mushtaq Ahmed (Bowling Coach)
Lahore Qalandars
Chris Gayle (WI), Dwayne Bravo (WI), Umar Akmal, Mohammad Rizwan, Yasir Shah,
Sohaib Maqsood, Mustafizur Rehman (BAN), Kevon Cooper (WI), Cameron Delport
(RSA), Zafar Gohar, Hammad Azam, Zia-ul-Haq, Zohaib Khan, Azhar Ali, Naved
Yasin, Adnan Rasool
Supplementary: Abdul Razzaq, Mukhtar Ahmad, Ehsan Adil, Imran Butt
Paddy Upton (Head Coach)
Peshawar Zalmi
Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Darren Sammy (WI), Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Hafeez,
Chris Jordan(ENG), Tamim Iqbal (BAN), Junaid Khan, Jim Allenby (ENG), Aamer Yamin,
Dawid Malan (ENG), Imran Khan Jr, Shahid Yousuf, Abdur Rehman, Musadiq Ahmed,
Hassan Ali
Supplementary: Brad Hodge, Israrullah, Taj Wali

Abdul Rehman (Manager)
Mohammad Akram (Head Coach/Director Team)
Andy Flower (Batting Coach/Mentor)
Grant Luden (Fielding Coach/Fitness Trainer)
Bradley Ian Robinson (Physiotherapist)
Islamabad United
Shane Watson (AUS), Andre Russell (WI), Misbah ul Haq, Samuel Badree (WI),
Mohammad Irfan, Brad Haddin (AUS), Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Sami, Khalid Latif,
Babar Azam, Imran Khalid, Kamran Ghulam, Umar Amin, Sam Billings (ENG),
Rumman Raees, Amad Butt
Supplementary: Ashar Zaidi, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Siddiq
Dean Jones (Head Coach)
Shoaib Akhtar (Bowling Coach)
Quetta Gladiators
Kevin Pietersen (ENG), Sarfraz Ahmed, Ahmed Shehzad, Anwar Ali, Jason Holder
(WI), Luke Wright (ENG), Zulfiqar Babar, Umar Gul, Elton Chigumbura (ZIM), Bilal
Asif, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Nawaz, Saad Nasim, Mohammad Nabi (AFG), Akbar-
ur-Rehman, Bismillah Khan
Supplementary: Kumar Sangakkara, Aizaz Cheema, Ramiz Raja Jr.

Moin Khan (Head Coach)
Ian Pont (Bowling Coach)

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PSL Draft week took a strong start on Monday, December 21 st

Supplementary: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Shahzaib Hassan, Fawad Alam

Supplementary: Brad Hodge, Israrullah, Taj Wali

Supplementary: Kumar Sangakkara, Aizaz Cheema, Ramiz Raja Jr.

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