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2018 Pakistan Super League players draft[1] The 2018 Pakistan Super League player draft was the player draft for third season of the Pakistan Super League, held on 12 November 2017 in Lahore.[2][3] Each franchise was allowed to pick 16 players from total 501 players; including Pakistani and foreign cricketers who took part in the draft. They divided into five different categories; Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver and Emerging and Supplementary.[4] This was Multan Sultans' inaugural season, they were allowed to pick 9 players prior to the draft. Retained playersThe list for the names of 9 retained players in each five teams was announced on 5 October 2017. The new team Multan Sultans picked their 9 pre-draft players from the players released by other franchises, and their names were announced on 10 October.[5][6][7]
TransfersOn 3 October 2017, Shahid Afridi's transfer from Zalmi to Kings was confirmed, occupying one Gold and two Silver picks, which was named as the biggest trade of the season.[8] It was also announced on 5 October that the gold pick Mohammad Rizwan had been picked by Kings in trade for the gold pick Sohail Khan to Qalandars.[9] On 6 October, it was reported that United bought Iftikhar Ahmed from Zalmi in exchange of supplementary pick in second round of draft.[10] Players releasedFurther players; who played in 2017 PSL, were released by their franchises, who are:[11][10]
New playersOn 30 September, Chairman PCB Najam Sethi announced that following players are the new top signings for the league:[12][13] On 14 October, some more names for the new signed in players were revealed:[14] It was reported on 20 October that the two players from the China national cricket team were signed in by franchise Zalmi:[15][16] Draft picksA total of 501 players; 193 Pakistani and 308 overseas were a part of the draft. Earlier, each franchise had a purse of US$1.2 million, but then PCB decided to increase the salary cap of each franchise by US$25,000 on 13 November. They were allowed to stack up their squad with a maximum of 21 players by picking them from the categories in following order with a varying range and limit in price:[17]
Following players were picked by the franchises in the draft:[20] ReplacementsFollowing players were picked in PSL replacement draft.[21][22][23][24]
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