LAHORE: No franchise found Test cricketer Younis Khan attractive as player drafting for Pakistan Super League (PSL) inaugural edition finallised in National Cricket Academy in Lahore.
After being widely discussed on social media, famous all-rounder Abdul Razzaq and off-spinner Saeed Ajmal were chosen by Lahore Qalanders and Islamabad United respectively.
With 308 cricketers on board, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) kicked off players’ drafting for ‘Platinum’, ‘Diamond’ and ‘Gold’ categories yesterday.
PSL Teams
Islamabad United
Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan, Platinum)
Andre Russell (West Indies, Platinum)
Shane Watson (Australia, Platinum)
Samuel Badree (West Indies, Diamond)
Mohammad Irfan (Pakistan, Diamond)
Brad Haddin (Australia, Diamond)
Sharjeel Khan (Pakistan, Gold)
Mohammad Sami (Pakistan, Gold)
Khalid Latif (Pakistan, Gold)
Babar Azam (Pakistan, Silver)
Imran Khalid (Pakistan, Silver)
Kamran Ghulam (Pakistan, Silver)
Umar Amin (Pakistan, Silver)
Sam Billings (England, Silver)
Ruman Raees (Pakistan, Emerging)
Amad Butt (Pakistan, Emerging)
Ashar Zaidi (England, Supplementary)
Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan, Supplementary)
Hussain Talat (Pakistan, Supplementary)
Umar Siddiq (Pakistan, Supplementary)
Karachi Kings
Shoaib Malik (Pakistan, Platinum)
Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh, Platinum)
Sohail Tanvir (Pakistan, Platinum)
Immad Wasim (Pakistan, Diamond)
Ravi Bopara (England, Diamond)
Lendl Simmons (West Indies, Diamond)
Mohammad Amir (Pakistan, Gold)
Bilawal Bhatti (Pakistan, Gold)
James Vince (England, Gold)
Iftikhar Ahmed (Pakistan, Silver)
Nauman Anwar (Pakistan, Silver)
Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh, Silver)
Usama Mir (Pakistan, Silver)
Sohail Khan (Pakistan, Silver)
Mir Hamza (Pakistan, Emerging)
Saifullah Bangash (Pakistan, Emerging)
Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka, Supplementary)
Shahzaib Hasan (Pakistan, Supplementary)
Fawad Alam (Pakistan, Supplementary)
Lahore Qalandars
Chris Gayle (West Indies, Platinum)
Umar Akmal (Pakistan, Platinum)
Dwayne Bravo (West Indies, Platinum)
Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan, Diamond)
Yasir Shah (Pakistan, Diamond)
Sohaib Maqsood (Pakistan, Diamond)
Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh, Gold)
Kevon Cooper (West Indies, Gold)
Cameron Delport (South Africa, Gold)
Zafar Gohar (Pakistan, Silver)
Hammad Azam (Pakistan, Silver)
Zia-ul-Haq (Pakistan, Silver)
Zohaib Khan (Pakistan, Silver)
Azhar Ali (Pakistan, Silver)
Naved Yasin (Pakistan, Emerging)
Adnan Rasool (Pakistan, Emerging)
Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan, Supplementary)
Mukhtar Ahmed (Pakistan, Supplementary)
Ehsan Adil (Pakistan, Supplementary)
Imran Butt (Pakistan, Supplementary)
Peshawar Zalmi
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan, Platinum)
Wahab Riaz (Pakistan, Platinum)
Darren Sammy (West Indies, Platinum)
Kamran Akmal (Pakistan, Diamond)
Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan, Diamond)
Chris Jordan (England, Diamond)
Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh, Gold)
Junaid Khan (Pakistan, Gold)
James Allenby (Australia, Gold)
Aamir Yamin (Pakistan, Silver)
Dawid Malan (England, Silver)
Imran Khan Jr. (Pakistan, Silver)
Shahid Yousuf (Pakistan, Silver)
Abdur Rehman (Pakistan, Silver)
Musaddiq Ahmed Ali (Pakistan, Emerging)
Hasan Ali (Pakistan, Emerging)
Mohammad Asghar (Pakistan, Supplementary)
Brad Hodge (Australia, Supplementary)
Israrullah (Pakistan, Supplementary)
Taj Wali (Pakistan, Supplementary)
Quetta Gladiators
Kevin Pietersen (England, Platinum)
Ahmed Shehzad (Pakistan, Platinum)
Sarfraz Ahmed (Pakistan, Platinum)
Anwar Ali (Pakistan, Diamond)
Jason Holder (West Indies, Diamond)
Luke Wright (England, Diamond)
Zulfiqar Babar (Pakistan, Gold)
Umar Gul (Pakistan, Gold)
Elton Chigumbura (Zimbabwe, Gold)
Bilal Asif (Pakistan, Silver)
Asad Shafiq (Pakistan, Silver)
Mohammad Nawaz (Pakistan, Silver)
Saad Nasim (Pakistan, Silver)
Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan, Silver)
Akbar-ur-Rehman (Pakistan, Emerging)
Bismillah Khan (Pakistan, Emerging)
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, Supplementary)
Aizaz Cheema (Pakistan, Supplementary)
Ramiz Raja Jr. (Pakistan, Supplementary)
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