The 2018 Pakistan Super League player draft was the player draft for third season of the Pakistan Super League, held on 12 November 2017 in Lahore.[1] [2] Each franchise was allowed to pick 16 players from total 501 players; including Pakistani and foreign cricketers who took part in the draft. They divided into five different categories; Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver and Emerging and Supplementary.[3] This was Multan Sultans' inaugural season, they were allowed to pick 9 players prior to the draft.
The list for the names of 9 retained players in each five teams was announced on 5 October 2017. The new team Multan Sultans picked their 9 pre-draft players from the players released by other franchises, and their names were announced on 10 October.[4] [5] [6]
Class | Islamabad United | Karachi Kings | Lahore Qalandars | Multan Sultans | Peshawar Zalmi | Quetta Gladiators |
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Platinum | ||||||
Diamond | ||||||
Gold | ||||||
Silver | ||||||
Emerging | ||||||
On 3 October 2017, Shahid Afridi's transfer from Zalmi to Kings was confirmed, occupying one Gold and two Silver picks, which was named as the biggest trade of the season.[7] It was also announced on 5 October that the gold pick Mohammad Rizwan had been picked by Kings in trade for the gold pick Sohail Khan to Qalandars.[8] On 6 October, it was reported that United bought Iftikhar Ahmed from Zalmi in exchange of supplementary pick in second round of draft.
Further players; who played in 2017 PSL, were released by their franchises, who are:[9] [10]
On 30 September, Chairman PCB Najam Sethi announced that following players are the new top signings for the league:[11] [12]
On 14 October, some more names for the new signed in players were revealed:[13]
It was reported on 20 October that the two players from the China national cricket team were signed in by franchise Zalmi:[14] [15]
A total of 501 players; 193 Pakistani and 308 overseas were a part of the draft. Earlier, each franchise had a purse of, but then PCB decided to increase the salary cap of each franchise by on 13 November. They were allowed to stack up their squad with a maximum of 21 players by picking them from the categories in following order with a varying range and limit in price:[16]
Following players were picked by the franchises in the draft:[19]
Following players were picked in PSL replacement draft.[20] [21] [22] [23]
Player | Team | Replaced with | Notes | |
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Carlos Brathwaite | Quetta Gladiators | Jofra Archer | unavailable due to national duties | |
Mahmudullah | Quetta Gladiators | John Hastings | unavailable due to national duties | |
Mitchell Johnson | Karachi Kings | Tymal Mills | withdrawn (personal reason) | |
Luke Wright | Karachi Kings | Joe Denly | withdrawn (fitness issues) | |
Colin Munro | Karachi Kings | Lendl Simmons | Domestic commitments | |
Angelo Mathews | Lahore Qalandars | Anton Devcich | Injured | |
Shakib Al Hasan | Peshawar Zalmi | Sabbir Rahman | Injured | |
Chris Lynn | Lahore Qalandars | Kyle Abbott | Injured |