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2024 Pakistan Super League players draft
The player draft for the 2024 Pakistan Super League was held on 13 December 2023 at the National Cricket Academy, Lahore.[1][2] Before the draft, teams were allowed to retain a maximum of eight players and make transfers.[3][4] BackgroundThe Pakistan Cricket Board announced that Quetta Gladiators will have the first pick in the draft.[5] A total of 485 foreign players registered for the tournament.[6] Each team had the right to exercise one wildcard pick. Each team had a right-to-match card which allowed franchises to buy back a maximum of one player they have released by paying a set fee in each category.[4] TransfersHasan Ali and Islamabad's first round silver pick were traded from Islamabad United to Karachi Kings in return for Imad Wasim and Karachi's second round silver pick.[7][8] Iftikhar Ahmed and Quetta's first round platinum pick were traded from Quetta Gladiators to Multan Sultans in exchange for Rilee Rossouw and Multan's first round silver pick.[9][10] Naseem Shah and Quetta's third round platinum pick were traded from Quetta Gladiators to Islamabad United in exchange for Mohammad Wasim, Abrar Ahmed and Islamabad's first round platinum pick.[11][12] Shan Masood and Multan's fourth round silver pick were traded from Multan Sultans to Karachi Kings in exchange for Faisal Akram and Karachi's first round silver pick.[13] Karachi and Multan also swapped their first round diamond picks.[14] Retained playersOn 7 December 2023, the retained player's list was announced.[4] The franchises were allowed to retain a maximum of eight players from the previous season. All the franchises fully utilized their quota of player retentions apart from Multan Sultans.[4]
Draft picksThe draft took place at the National Cricket Academy on 13 December 2023.[15]
ReplacementsA supplementary and replacement player draft took place through a conference call on 29 January 2024, in which franchises were allowed to select two additional supplementary players and replacement players for any partially or fully unavailable players.[16][17][18] Quetta reserved their pick in the fourth supplementary round.[19] A second replacement draft was held on 16 February 2024.[20][21]
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