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Pakistan Super League 8 | Full Details, Squad Lists, All Drafts Picks, Captains


image-lbnp4dedLive Draft updates for the Pakistan Super League season 8 (Source: OneCricket)

The Pakistan Super League has been one of the biggest premier T20 tournaments after the Indian Premier League with a lot of viewers and fans eagerly waiting to find out the fate of their favourite players and what franchises they win represent in the upcoming edition of the tournament.

Welcome to the PSL Live Draft as we will take you through the entire draft process starting from the Platinum category to the Diamond, Gold, Silver, Emerging and Supplementary categories throughout the day. Stay tuned as we will keep you updated with every detail.

For those who are unfamiliar with the rules and regulations of the PSL Draft, here is a quick summary. The six franchises will name their picks one after the other in a predetermined order in over six categories with each team getting a total of 18 picks

There are 6 categories in total, Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver, Emerging and Supplementary.  The first 3 categories will see teams picks three players from each section. The Gold category has 5 picks per franchise while the Emerging and Supplementary categories have 2 picks each.


The Draft

image-lbouit0eThe PSL Draft 2023 will see the defending champions Lahore Qalandars will get the 1st pick (Source: Twitter)

We are live with the PSL draft as franchises will soon start announcing their picks from each category. There are some big names up for grabs and this will be a very important phase to meticulously plan out if teams wish to have a successful season.

The teams have already retained some players before the draft and will look to fill out their players accordingly.

Lahore Qalandars: Rashid Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, David Wiese, Abdullah Shafique, Harry Brook, Kamran Ghulam, Zaman Khan

Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam, Sherfane Rutherford, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Haris, Aamir Jamal, Salman Irshad, Tom-Kohler Cadmore

Karachi Kings: Haider Ali, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Shoaib Malik, Aamir Yamin, Mir Hamza, Sharjeel Khan, Qasim Akram

Islamabad United: Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Azam Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Colin Munro, Paul Stirling  

Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan, Khushdil Shah, Rilee Rossouw, Shan Masood, Shahnawaz Dahani, Tim David, Abbas Afridi, Ihsanullah

Quetta Gladiators: Mohammad Nawaz, Iftikhar Ahmed, Jason Roy, Mohammad Hasnain, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Naveen ul Haq, Umar Akmal, Will Smeed

We are just minutes away from the PSL Draft, stay tuned as we will join you with the live updates with every passing second..

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Platinum Category

image-lbp5zcq9Big Picks from the Platinum category (Source: OneCricket)

1st Set

  • Lahore Qalandars have the first draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Fakhar Zaman.
  • Quetta Gladiators have the second draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Wanindu Hasaranga.
  • Multan Sultan have the third draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Naseem Shah. (The Wild Card has been used and the player will remain with Quetta Gladiators)
  • Multan Sultan have the third draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft David Miller.

image-lbp6071vFirst picks for the franchises in the PSL draft (Source: OneCricket)

  • Karachi Kings have the fourth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Matthew Wade.
  • Islamabad United have the fifth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Alex Hales.
  • Peshawar Zalmi have the sixth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Bhanuka Rajapaksa.

2nd Set

image-lbp6sxj6Big Picks from the Platinum category closing round (Source: OneCricket)

  • Peshawar Zalmi have the first draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Rovman Powell.
  • Islamabad United have the second draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
  • Karachi Kings have the third draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Imran Tahir.
  • Multan Sultans have the fourth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Joshua Little. (Multan Sultan have used their Wildcard for the Irish bowler)

That is the end of the Diamond category and all the six franchises have picked their first three names with the first three rounds over, we will now be moving into the Diamond category. The same rules will apply with teams picking players in designated order over 3 sets.


Diamond Category

1st Set

image-lbp77e1pBest Picks from the Diamond category in the PSL draft (Source: OneCricket)

  • Islamabad United have the first draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Fazalhaq Farooqi.
  • Peshawar Zalmi have the second draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
  • Lahore Qalandars have the third draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Hussain Talat. (The franchise have used their Wildcard to pick to draft the local all-rounder)
  • Quetta Gladiators have the fourth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Odean Smith.
  • Karachi Kings have the fifth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft James Vince.
  • Karachi Kings have the sixth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft James Fuller.

Thats the end of the Diamond category with teams getting their big names from the first two categories, with six names in their ranks we are done with 1/3rd half of the draft as we now head towards the Gold category which will be last time where these franchises have 3 picks each.


Gold Category

image-lbp762j2Top Picks from the Gold category in the PSL draft (Source: OneCricket)

  • Peshawar Zalmi have the first draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Danish Aziz.
  • Quetta Gladiators have the second draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Ahsan Ali.
  • Lahore Qalandars have the third draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Sikandar Raza.
  • Multan Sultans have the fourth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Akeal Hosein.
  • Karachi Kings have the fifth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Andrew Tye.
  • Lahore Qalandars have the sixth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Liam Dawson.
  • Peshawar Zalmi have the seventh draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Arshad Iqbal.

That's the end of the first 3 sets with three picks each for the franchises. Teams have now filled half of their squad and now we will head the Silver category where franchises will have the chance to pick 5 players each.


Silver Category

image-lbp98umtAbrar Ahmed was the biggest pick in the Silver category (Source: OneCricket)

  • Islamabad United have the first draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Abrar Ahmed.
  • Quetta Gladiators have the second draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Umaid Asif.
  • Karachi Kings have the third draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Tayyab Tahir.
  • Multan Sultans have the fourth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Usama Mir.
  • Peshawar Zalmi have the fifth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Saim Ayub (Peshawar have used the their Wildcard pick for the Pakistan U19 skipper).
  • Lahore Qalandars have the sixth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Dilbar Hossain.


  • Peshawar Zalmi have the seventh draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Usman Qadir.
  • Islamabad United have the eighth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Sohaib Maqsood.
  • Multan Sultans have the ninth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Usman Khan.
  • Karachi Kings have the tenth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Mohammad Akhlaq.
  • Lahore Qalandars have the eleventh draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Mirza Tahir Baig.
  • Quetta Gladiators have the twelfth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Muhammad Zahid.


  • Lahore Qalandars have the thirteenth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Ahmed Daniyal.
  • Multan Sultans have the fourteenth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Sameen Gul.
  • Islamabad United have the fifteenth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Rumman Raees.
  • Multan Sultans have the sixteenth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Anwar Ali.
  • Multan Sultans have the seventeenth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Mohammad Sarwar Afridi.

That spells the end for the Silver set of players, the teams looks complete now with majority of their teams drafted, there are just two categories left now with the Emerging and Supplementary players where teams have two picks each.


Emerging Category

  • Karachi Kings have the first draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Irfan Khan Niazi.
  • Peshawar Zalmi have the second draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Sufyan Muqeem.
  • Islamabad United have the third draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Zeeshan Zamir.
  • Quetta Gladiators have the fourth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Abdul Wahid Bangalzai.
  • Lahore Qalandars have the fifth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Shahwaiz Irfan.
  • Islamabad United have the sixth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Hasan Nawaz Tarar.
  • Peshawar Zalmi have the seventh draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Haseeb Ullah Khan.
  • Quetta Gladiators have the eighth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Aimal Khan.


Supplementary Category

  • Peshawar Zalmi have the first draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Jimmy Neesham.
  • Multan Sultans have the second draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Adil Rashid.
  • Quetta Gladiators have the third draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Martin Guptill.
  • Peshawar Zalmi have the fourth draft pick and the franchise have decided to skip on their current pick.
  • Lahore Qalandars have the fifth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Jordan Cox.
  • Islamabad United have the sixth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Moeen Ali.
  • Quetta Gladiators have the seventh draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Omair Bin Yousuf.
  • Karachi Kings have the eight draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Tabraiz Shamsi.
  • Lahore Qalandars have the ninth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Jalat Khan.
  • Multan Sultans have the tenth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Arafat Minhas.
  • Karachi Kings have the eleventh draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Mohammad Umar.
  • Islamabad United have the twelfth draft pick and the franchise have decided to draft Mubasir Khan.

This is all for the PSL Draft 2022, this is all from our side. Let's take a look at the updates squads from the draft that will take a part in the PSL Season 8 in the upcoming year.

Full Squads for PSL 8

image-lbpb37xfLahore Qalandars full squad updated for PSL 8 (Source: Twitter)

image-lbpb55m8Islamabad United full squad for PSL 8 (Source: Twitter)

image-lbpbb0v8Peshawar Zalmi full squad for PSL 8 (Source: Twitter)

image-lbpbc29kQuetta Gladiators full squad for PSL 8 (Source: Twitter)

image-lbpbiulxMultan Sultan full squad for PSL 8 (Source: Twitter)

image-lbpbk3yxKarachi Kings fill squad for PSL 8 (Source: Twitter)

That is all for the PSL Draft 2023, the teams are locked and we are in for an interesting season in the coming year. The defending champions look like a good side but with the draft, dynamics have changed this time around and we could see a new champion being crowned.


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