Lahore: A total of 501 foreign and local cricketers will be available for selection at the HBL Pakistan Super League Player Draft 2017, scheduled to take place on Sunday in Lahore.
Teams have already retained nine players each and will go into the PSL Player Draft 2017 to pick one Platinum, one Diamond, one Gold, two Silver and two Emerging players each in order to complete their squads of 16, a spokesman of the Pakistan Cricket Board said on Friday.
“Teams may also pick up to four players in the Supplementary rounds,” he said adding each team will have a salary cap of $1.2 million (Dh4.4 million) for a squad of 20 players.
The spokesman said top names such as Chris Lynn, JP Duminy, Imran Tahir, Carlos Brathwaite, Shane Watson, Dwayne Bravo, Jimmy Neesham, Angelo Mathews, Mustafizur Rahman, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mitchell Johnson, Colin Munro, Luke Ronchi, Adil Rashid, Wayne Parnell, Thisara Perera and Colin Ingram will be up for selection at the draft.
Promising cricketers from the Pakistan Under-19 set-up and top performers of the recently concluded U-19 Pentangular Cup have been added to the Emerging roster, he said.
The players up for selection at this year’s draft are divided into five primary categories.
“Starting this year, teams may also nominate Talent Hunt Discovery picks. These nominations comprise of players unearthed during talent hunt programs who do not qualify as Emerging players,” he added.
The PSL 2017-18 will also witness the debut of Multan Sultans, making it a six-team affair along with Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Lahore Qalandars, Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators.
