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Several days ago, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed that Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2019 player draft will be held today, on 20th Nov 2018.
This rules for PSL 2019 are slightly different as opposed to the previous years. During the previous years, the teams had the choice to retain a certain number of players in each category since it was an expansion year. However, this year, the teams are allowed to retain up to 10 players across any category of their choice.
The complete draft for PSL 2019 can be found here.
PSL 2019 Draft Guide
A total of 663 players, which include local and foreign players as well, are available for the draft. The pricing of each category is as follows:
Platinum Category — $570,000 (Rs. 76 million)
- Base Price: $160,000
- Maximum Price: $250,000
- Each team can pick 3 players from this category with no more than two local or foreigners.
Diamond Category — $250,000 (Rs. 33.6 million)
- Base Price: $80,000
- Maximum Price: $100,000
- Teams can choose 3 players from this category as well
Gold Category — $180,000 (Rs. 24.1 million)
- Base Price: $50,000
- Maximum Price: $70,000
- Total of 3 players can be chosen from this category by each franchise
Silver Category — $140,000 (Rs. 18.8 million)
- Base Price: $24,000
- Maximum Price:Â $40,000
- Franchises can choose 5 players from this category
Emerging Category — $25,000 (Rs. 3.3 million)
- 2 emerging players can be bought by each team for a total of $25,000 with prices of $12,000 and $13,000 respectively
Supplement Category — $175,000 (Rs. 23.5 million)
- Each franchise has an option to purchase a maximum of 4 additional players for a total of $175,000. The supplementary round picks will all be active members of the squad. This category does not have a minimum or a maximum payroll.
Multan Sultans is No More!
As reported previously, Multan Sultan’s 8-year ownership right was terminated by the PCB after the franchise failed to pay their annual fee of $5.2 million.
Instead of eliminating the team from the 2019 PSL, PCB has repossessed the ownership rights and will put the franchise up for sale before the start of next year’s PSL.
The new owners will be able to choose the name and the city of the franchise. As of now, the board has complete control over the operations, players and coach contracts which will be handed to the next owner.
For more information regarding the matter, check our coverage here.
Current Status of Each PSL Franchise
The retention window closed on 13th November this year. For an overview, here is how things stand:
- Islamabad United
- Retained Players: 10
- Picks Left From Draft: 6
- Karachi Kings
- Retained Players: 10
- Picks Left From Draft: 6
- Quetta Gladiators
- Retained Players: 9
- Picks Left From Draft: 7
- Lahore Qalandars
- Retained Players: 10
- Picks Left From Draft: 6
- Peshawar Zalmi
- Retained Players: 10
- Picks Left From Draft: 6
- The Sixth Team — Previously Known as Multan Sultans
- Retained Players: 10
- Picks Left From Draft: 6
The details of players retained and released players are as following:
Islamabad United |
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| Retained Players | Released Players |
| Shadab Khan — Platinum | Andre Russell |
| Luke Ronchi — Platinum | Misbah-ul-Haq |
| Faheem Ashraf — Platinum | Samuel Badree |
| Mohammad Sami — Diamond | Iftikhar Ahmed |
| Asif Ali — Diamond | Amad Butt |
| Rumman Raees — Gold | JP Duminy |
| Hussain Talat — Silver, Ambassador | Sam Billings |
| Sahibzada Farhan — Silver | Alex Hales |
| Zafar Gohar — Silver | David Willey |
| Waqas Maqsood — Silver | Mohammad Hasan |
| Mohammad Hasnain | |
| Traded: None Relegation: Rumman Raees — from Diamond to Gold |
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Karachi Kings
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|---|---|
| Retained Players | Released Players |
| Mohammad Amir (Platinum) | Shahid Afridi |
| Babar Azam (Platinum) | Usama Mir |
| Colin Munro (Platinum) | Khurram Manzoor |
| Usman Khan (Diamond) | Mitchell Johnson |
| Colin Ingram (Diamond, Ambassador) | Luke Wright |
| Imad Wasim (Diamond) | David Wiese |
| Mohammad Rizwan (Gold) | Tabish Khan |
| Ravi Bopara (Gold) | Mohammad Irfan Jr. |
| Hasan Mohsin | |
| Eoin Morgan | |
| Saifullah Bangash | |
| Traded: None Relegated: None |
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Quetta Gladiators |
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|---|---|
| Retained Players | Released Players |
| Sarfraz Ahmed — Platinum | Mahmudullah |
| Sunil Narine — Platinum | Umar Amin |
| Shane Watson — Diamond, Mentor | Mir Hamza |
| ShoaSohailvir — Diamond | Asad Shafiq |
| Mohammad Nawaz — Diamond | Brathwaite |
| Rilee Rossouw — Gold, Ambassador | Rameez Raja Jr. |
| Umar Akmal — Gold | Saad Ali |
| Anwar Ali — Silver | Rashid Khan |
| Saud Shakil — Silver | Azam Khan |
| Kevin Pietersen | |
| Chris Green | |
| Kohler Cadmore | |
| Ben Lauglin | |
| Jason Roy | |
| John Hasting | |
| Carlos Brathwaite | |
| Faraz Ahmad Khan | |
| Traded: IN: Umar Akmal and Sunil Narine. OUT: Hassan Khan and Rahat Ali Quetta has given up their Platinum pick in the first round to Qalandars. The second round of silver category has also been swapped between both franchises. Relegation: Anwar Ali — from Gold to Silver |
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Peshawar Zalmi |
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|---|---|
| Retained Players | Released Players |
| Wahab Riaz — Platinum | Shakib ul Hasan |
| Hasan Ali — Platinum | Mohammad Hafeez |
| Darren Sammy — Platinum | Haris Sohail |
| Kamran Akmal — Diamond, Ambassador | Chris Jordan |
| Liam Dawson — Gold | Mohammad Asghar |
| Umad Asif — Silver | Dwayne Bravo |
| Khalid Usman — Silver | Tamim Iqbal |
| Sameen Gul — Emerging | Hammad Azam |
| Saad Nasim | |
| Taimoor Sultan | |
| Ibtisam Sheikh | |
| Andre Fletcher | |
| Evin Lewis | |
| Mohammad Arif | |
| Traded: None Relegation: Kamran Akram — from Platinum to Diamond. However, has been made Ambassador as compensation |
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Lahore Qalandars |
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|---|---|
| Retained Players | Released Players |
| Fakhar Zaman — Platinum | Brendon McCullum |
| Yasir Shah — Diamond | Cameron Delport |
| Shan Masood — Gold | Aamer Yamin |
| Anton Devcich — Gold | Bilawal Bhatti |
| Shaheen Shah Afridi — Silver, Ambassador | Ghulam Mudassar |
| Hasan Khan — Silver | Angelo Mathews |
| Agha Salman — Silver | Mitchel McClenaghan |
| Sohail Akhtar — Silver | Gulraiz Sadaf |
| Mohammad Junaid — Emerging | |
| Traded: IN: Hassan Ali and Rahat Ali — from Quetta Gladiators OUT: Umar Akmal and Sunil Narine Relegation: None |
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Sixth Team — Previously Known as Multan Sultans |
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|---|---|
| Retained Players | Released Players |
| Shoaib Malik — Platinum | Kieron Pollard |
| Junaid Khan — Diamond | Kumar Sangakkara |
| Mohammad Irfan — Diamond, Ambassador | Shoaib Maqsood |
| Shan Masood — Gold | Kashif Bhatti |
| Mohammad Abbas — Silver | Mohammad Abbas |
| Mohammad Irfan Khan — Silver | Nicholas Pooran |
| Umar Siddiq — Silver | Abdullah Shafiq |
| Mohammad Junaid — Emerging | Saif Badar |
| Hardus Vijoen | |
| Umar Gul | |
| Ross Whiteley | |
| Traded: Sold Sohail Tanvir to Quetta Gladiators for Diamond round pick Relegation:Â None |
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