The most awaited for PSL 2017 event took place in Dubai at The Dome, Dubai Sports City. The event started with a short performance to represent all the teams starting off with Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Lahore Qalandars, Peshawar Zalmi, and last but not the least, Quetta Gladiators followed by a little jog down memory lane with a clip to celebrate the first PSL season, Pakistan’s very own league.
The biggest highlight for all of Pakistan was when PCB Chairman Najam Sethi confirmed, Final will take place in Lahore!
Lahore Qalandars has the opportunity to select the first player to be drafted into PSL 2017, and they went with one of the new talents of the season, the well-known player, Brendon MCullum.
Player’s Draft List
Here are the teams and the players they have drafted:
The teams selected players from the following categories:
Platinum Round
DRAFT: Round 1
- Lahore Qalandars: Brendon McCullum
- Karachi Kings: Chris Gayle
- Peshawar Zalmi: Shahid Afridi
- Quetta Gladiators:Kevin Pietersen
- Islamabad United: Misbah-ul-Haq
DRAFT: Round 2
- Lahore Qalandars: Sunil Narine
- Karachi Kings: Kieron Pollard
- Peshawar Zalmi: Eoin Morgan
- Quetta Gladiators: Sarfraz Ahmed
- Islamabad United: Shane Watson
DRAFT: Round 3
- Lahore Qalandars: Umer Akmal
- Karachi Kings: Shoaib Malik
- Peshawar Zalmi: Wahab Riaz
- Quetta Gladiators: Ahmed Shahzad
- Islamabad United: Andre Russell
Diamond Round
Draft Round 1
- Lahore Qalandars: Sohail Tanveer
- Karachi Kings: Muhammad Amir
- Peshawar Zalmi: Shakib Al Hasan
- Quetta Gladiators: Carlos Brathwaite
- Islamabad United: Sharjeel Khan
Draft Round 2
- Lahore Qalandars: DJ Bravo
- Karachi Kings: Ravi Bopara
- Peshawar Zalmi: Darren Sammy
- Quetta Gladiators: Luke Wright
- Islamabad United: M. Irfan
Draft Round 3
- Lahore Qalandars: Yasir Shah
- Karachi Kings: Kumar Sangakkara
- Peshawar Zalmi: M. Hafeez
- Quetta Gladiators: Anwar Ali
- Islamabad United: Samuel Badree
Here is the #HBLPSLDraft Pick Order!
ONLY 1 DAY LEFT! The #JourneyToHBLPSL starts tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/4PpZWVkQna— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) October 18, 2016
Rules & Regulations
Rules and Regulations are as followed:
– Team that placed last in the first edition will have the first pick in all rounds. The sequence of picks, thus, would be like this: Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta and Islamabad.
– Each team can pick a certain number of players from each category due to a spending cap in individual categories and overall.
– Each franchise’s spending cap has been increased by 10% from the first edition when it was US$1.2m (time to pick up that calculator).
Full Event
Watch the full event here:
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