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Sport | Cricket |
Date(s) | 13 December 2023 |
Location | National Cricket Academy Lahore, Pakistan |
Overview | |
League | Pakistan Super League |
Teams | 6 |
First selection | David Willey, Multan Sultans |
The player draft for the 2024 Pakistan Super League was held on 13 December 2023 at the National Cricket Academy, Lahore.[1][2] Before the draft, teams were allowed to retain a maximum of eight players and make transfers.[3][4]
The Pakistan Cricket Board announced that Quetta Gladiators will have the first pick in the draft.[5] A total of 485 foreign players registered for the tournament.[6]
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 have released by paying a set fee in each category.[4]
Hasan Ali and Islamabad's first round silver pick were traded from Islamabad United to Karachi Kings in return for Imad Wasim and Karachi's second round silver pick.[7][8] Iftikhar Ahmed and Quetta's first round platinum pick were traded from Quetta Gladiators to Multan Sultans in exchange for Rilee Rossouw and Multan's first round silver pick.[9][10] Naseem Shah and Quetta's third round platinum pick were traded from Quetta Gladiators to Islamabad United in exchange for Mohammad Wasim, Abrar Ahmed and Islamabad's first round platinum pick.[11][12] Shan Masood and Multan's fourth round silver pick were traded from Multan Sultans to Karachi Kings in exchange for Faisal Akram and Karachi's first round silver pick.[13] Karachi and Multan also swapped their first round diamond picks.[14]
On 7 December 2023, the retained player's list was announced.[4] 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 Multan Sultans.[4]
Class | Islamabad United | Karachi Kings | Lahore Qalandars | Multan Sultans | Peshawar Zalmi | Quetta Gladiators |
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The draft took place at the National Cricket Academy on 13 December 2023.[15]
Class | Islamabad United | Karachi Kings | Lahore Qalandars | Multan Sultans | Peshawar Zalmi | Quetta Gladiators |
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A supplementary and replacement player draft took place through a conference call on 29 January 2024, in which franchises were allowed to select two additional supplementary players and replacement players for any partially or fully unavailable players.[16][17][18] Quetta reserved their pick in the fourth supplementary round.[19] A second replacement draft was held on 16 February 2024.[20][21]
Class | IU | KK | LQ | MS | PZ | QG |
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Player | Team | Replaced with | Unavailability | Reason |
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Lungi Ngidi | PZ | Waqar Salamkheil | Full | NOC issues |
Khurram Shahzad | Arshad Iqbal | Partial | Injury | |
Noor Ahmad | Gus Atkinson | Full | National duty | |
Naveen-ul-Haq | Aimal Khan | Partial | ||
Dan Lawrence | LQ | Lorcan Tucker | ||
Rashid Khan | George Linde | Full | Injury | |
Tom Curran | IU | Muhammad Waseem | ||
Kieron Pollard | KK | Zahid Mahmood | Partial | — |
Tim Seifert | Fawad Ali | National duty | ||
Wanindu Hasaranga | QG | Bismillah Khan Umar Amin | ||
Gus Atkinson | PZ | Shamar Joseph | ||
Jamie Overton | KK | Blessing Muzarabani | Full | NOC issues |
Bhanuka Rajapaksa | LQ | Salman Fayyaz | Partial | National duty |
Reece Topley | MS | Olly Stone | Injury | |
Sufiyan Muqeem | PZ | Paul Walter | Full | |
Shai Hope | LQ | Carlos Brathwaite | Partial | — |
Muhammad Waseem | IU | Martin Guptill | Full | National duty |
Ihsanullah | MS | Ali Majid | Injury | |
Saad Baig | KK | Zahid Mahmood | ||
Waqar Salamkheil | PZ | Hussain Talat | — | |
Olly Stone | MS | Richard Ngarava | Injury | |
Tabraiz Shamsi | KK | Imran Tahir | Domestic duty | |
Rassie van der Dussen | LQ | Sam Billings |