The Pakistan Super League (PSL) held its online Replacement Draft on Wednesday, during which all six franchises finalized their squads for the competition’s eighth season, which is scheduled to run from February 13 to March 19.
The PSL teams also selected players to fill in for cricketers who won’t be available for the entire season. In the two further rounds of the draught, each team could select a maximum of one foreign cricket player.
For the sports event, player retention decisions were made in November of last year, and the selection was held on December 15.
The opening match of Pakistan’s mega cricket tournament will take place at the Multan Cricket Stadium after a festive ceremony, featuring the defending champions Lahore Qalandars against the 2021 champions Multan Sultans.
In Pakistan, games will be played at four different locations: Rawalpindi will host 11, Karachi and Lahore will each host nine games, and Multan will host five.
Lahore Qalandars
- Rashid Khan
- Haris Rauf
- Shaheen Shah Afridi
- David Wiese
- Abdullah Shafique
- Kamran Ghulam
- Zaman Khan
- Fakhar Zaman
- Hussain Talat
- Sikandar Raza
- Liam Dawson
- Dilbar Hussain
- Mirza Tahir Baig
- Ahmed Danlyal
- Shawaiz Irfan
- Jordan Cox
- Jalat Khan
- Ahsan Bhatti
Partial replacements: Shane Dadswell and Sam Billings, Kusal Mendis
Islamabad United
- Shadab Khan
- Asif Ali
- Mohammad Wasim Jnr
- Azam Khan
- Faheem Ashraf
- Hasan Ali
- Colin Munro
- Paul Stirling
- Alex Hales
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz
- Fazalhaq Farooqi
- Abrar Ahmed
- Sohaib Maqsood
- Rumman Raees
- Zeeshan Zamir
- Hassan Nawaz
- Moeen Ali
- Mubasir Khan
- Tom Curran
- Zafar Gohar
Partial replacements: Tymal Mills and Gus Atkinson
Karachi Kings
- Haider Ali
- Imad Wasim
- Mohammad Amir
- Shoaib Malik
- Aamir Yamin
- Mir Hamza
- Sharjeel Khan
- Qasim Akram
- Matthew Wade
- Imran Tahir
- James Vince
- James Fuller
- Andrew Tye
- Tayyab Tahir
- Mohammad Akhlaq
- Muhammad Irfan Khan
- Tabraiz Shamsi
- Mohammad Umar
- Ben Cutting
- Musa Khan
Partial replacement: Faisal Akram
Multan Sultans
- Mohammad Rizwan
- Khushdil Shah
- Rilee Rossouw
- Shan Masood
- Shahnawaz Dahani
- Tim David
- Abbas Afridi
- Ihsanullah
- David Miller
- Josh Little
- Akeal Hosein
- Usama Mir
- Usman Khan
- Sameen Gul
- Anwar Ali
- Mohammad Sarwar
- Arafat Minhas
- Kieron Pollard
- Amad Butt
Partial replacements: Wayne Parnell and Izharulhaq Naveed
Peshawar Zalmi
- Babar Azam
- Sherfane Rutherford
- Wahab Riaz
- Mohammad Haris
- Aamir Jamal
- Salman Irshad
- Tom-Kohler Cadmore
- Bhanuka Rajapaksa
- Rovman Powell
- Mujeeb ur Rahman
- Danish Aziz
- Arshad Iqbal
- Saim Ayub
- Usman Qadir
- Sufyan Muqeem
- Haseeb Ullah
- Jimmy Neesham
- Haris Sohail
Partial replacement: Richard Gleeson
Quetta Gladiators
- Mohammad Nawaz
- Iftikhar Ahmed
- Jason Roy
- Mohammad Hasnain
- Sarfaraz Ahmed
- Naveen ul Haq
- Umar Akmal
- Will Smeed
- Wanindu Hasaranga
- Naseem Shah
- Odean Smith
- Ahsan Ali
- Umaid Asif
- Muhammad Zahid
- Abdul Bangalzai
- Aimal Khan
- Martin Guptill
- Omair Bin Yousuf
- Qais Ahmad
- Saud Shakeel
Partial replacements: Dwaine Pretorius, Will Jacks and Nuwan Thushara
