2016 Pakistan Super League players draft

The Player Draft for the inaugural season of the Pakistan Super League was held at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on 21-22 December 2015.[1] A total of 308 players and 30 coaches, including Pakistani and Foreigners were divided into 5 different categories Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver and Emerging.[2] Each franchise had a salary-spending cap of $1.2 million, including the signing of players, coaches and support staff. There were five icon players and each team was allowed to pick one icon and six foreigners in a 20 man squad (16 active and 4 supplementary).[3]

Players per country

Country Number of Players Country Number of Players Country Number of Players
 Pakistan 137  England 59  West Indies 38
 Sri Lanka 22  Australia 10  Bangladesh 10
 South Africa 7  Zimbabwe 6  New Zealand 5
 Ireland 4  Afghanistan 3  Canada 2
 Scotland 2  United States 2  United Arab Emirates 1

Players picked

Following is the list of players picked by different teams.

Shahid Afridi was the first player to be picked in draft.[4] Shane Watson was the first foreigner player to be picked in draft.[5][6]

Icon

($200,000)

Platinum

($140,000)

Diamond

($70,000)

Gold

($50,000)

Silver

($25,000)

Emerging

($10,000)

Supplementary

Supplementary players are those who picked by their team as extra players and their contracts will start only after they join their teams.

Players Pre-Draft Category Players Pre-Draft Category Players Pre-Draft Category
Pakistan Rameez Raja Jr. Emerging Pakistan Aizaz Cheema Silver PakistanSaeed Ajmal Diamond
Pakistan Taj Wali Emerging Pakistan Shahzaib Hasan Gold Pakistan Ehsan Adil Gold
Pakistan Israrullah Emerging Pakistan Fawad Alam Gold Australia Brad Hodge Diamond
Pakistan Mukhtar Ahmed Silver England Ashar Zaidi Silver Sri Lanka TM Dilshan Platinum
Pakistan Abdul Razzaq Silver Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara Platinum

Post draft signings

Players Pre-Draft Category Players Pre-Draft Category
Sri Lanka Ajantha Mendis Diamond West Indies Cricket Board Dwayne Smith Platinum
Australia Shaun Tait Diamond England Riki Wessels Silver
New Zealand Grant Elliott Diamond England Azhar Mehmood Diamond
England Owais Shah Gold New Zealand Nathan McCullum
Netherlands Ryan ten Doeschate England Jonny Bairstow

Management and staff

This is the list of coaches and other supportive staff hired by 5 franchises.[7]

Islamabad United
Peshawar Zalmi
Karachi Kings
Quetta Gladiators
Lahore Qalandars

References

External links

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