Welcome to ProSports by ProPakistani’s live coverage of Pakistan Super League 8’s draft ceremony. Here we will keep you up to date with all the picks so you don’t miss out on any signing.
There are some massive names in this edition’s draft and all six franchises will be eager to get their hands on those big-name players. The draft will officially begin at 5 pm today.
Before that, let’s have a look at how the existing squads have stacked up after retentions and captaincy decisions by respective franchises.
Here are the players retained by each team:
Islamabad United
| Shadab Khan (Platinum) | Asif Ali (Diamond) | Wasim Jnr (Diamond) | Hasan Ali (Gold) |
| Azam Khan (Gold) | Faheem Ashraf (Gold) | Colin Munro (Silver) | Paul Stirling (Silver) |
Peshawar Zalmi
| Babar Azam (Platinum) | Wahab Riaz (Diamond) | Sherfane Rutherford (Diamond) | Mohammad Haris (Gold) |
| Amir Jamal (Silver) | Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Silver) | Salman Irshad (Silver) | – |
Quetta Gladiators
| Mohammad Nawaz (Platinum) | Jason Roy (Diamond) | Iftikhar Ahmad (Diamond) | Mohammad Hasnain (Gold) |
| Sarfaraz Ahmad (Gold) | Umar Akmal (Silver) | Naveen-ul-Haq (Silver) | Will Smeed (Silver) |
Karachi Kings
| Haider Ali (Platinum) | Shoaib Malik (Diamond) | Imad Wasim (Diamond) | Mohammad Amir (Diamond) |
| Sharjeel Khan (Silver) | Mir Hamza (Silver) | Amir Yamin (Silver) | Qasim Akram (Emerging) |
Multan Sultans
| Mohammad Rizwan (Platinum) | Shan Masood (Diamond) | Khushdil Shah (Diamond) | Rilee Rossouw (Diamond) |
| Shahnawaz Dahani (Gold) | Tim David (Gold) | Ihsanullah | Abbas Afridi |
Lahore Qalandars
| Shaheen Afridi (Platinum) | Rashid Khan (Platinum) | Haris Rauf (Diamond) | David Wiese (Diamond) |
| Abdullah Shafiq (Gold) | Kamran Ghulam (Silver) | Harry Brook (Silver) | Zaman Khan (Emerging) |
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