We all are set to witness for another HBL Pakistan Super League player draft as PCB and PSL governing council have announced date for second edition of championship’s players draft. The 2017 PSL players draft is scheduled to take place on 19 October in Dubai. Players are categorized into 4 categories Platinum, Diamond, Gold and Silver.
Five teams Karachi Kings, Islamabad United, Peshawar Zalmi, Lahore Qalandars and Quetta Gladiators will take part in the players draft on October 19. Lahore Qalandars were at the bottom after first PSL edition, hence as per rules they will pick 20 players first in the draft.
Before the start of players draft, some trading has been done between the franchises. First HBL PSL 2017 trade was between Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi. Shoaib Maqsood was traded to Peshawar Zalmi in the exchange of Aamir Yamin to Lahore Qalandars. Karachi Kings also traded Babar Azam from Islamabad United.
The biggest trade of Pakistan Super League 2017 is Chris Gayle’s inclusion to Karachi Kings from Lahore Qalandars. Lahore occupied Sohail Tanvir for Gayle’s exchange in the off-season trading window.
Let’s have a look at the list of players who will feature in players draft for PSL 2017. The frat will stream live on Pakistan Super League’s official youtube channel.
PSL 2017 Players Draft Categories
| Platinum | Diamond | Gold | Silver |
| Shane Watson | Benjamin Hilfenhaus | M. Shahzad Mohammadi | Dawlat Zadran |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Brad Haddin | Ben Laughlin | Mohammad Nabi |
| Alex Hales | Adil Rashid | Clint McKay | Shuvagata Hom |
| Eoin Morgan | Chris Jordan | Shaun Tait | Soumya Sarkar |
| Jason Roy | Jake Ball | James Allenby | Nikhill Dutta |
| Kevin Pietersen | James Anderson | Tamim Iqbal | Mark Wood |
| Stuart Broad | Luke Wright | Shahriar Nafees | Max Waller |
| Brendon McCullum | Moeen Ali | Gary Ballance | Michael Burgess |
| Kumar Sangakkara | Ravi Bopara | Harry Gurney | Michael Richardson |
| Mahela Jayawardene | Steven Finn | James Vince | Upul Tharanga |
| Andre Russell | James Franklin | Liam Plunkett | Shane Dowrich |
| Chris Gayle | Nathan McCullum | Michael Lumb | Nicholas Pooran |
| Darren Sammy | Albie Morkel | Tymal Mills | Ben Duckett |
| Dwayne Bravo | David Wiese | Anton Devcich | Aiden Blizzard |
| Dwayne Smith | Robin Pietersen | Jesse Ryder | Evan Gulbis |
| Kieron Pollard | Wayne Parnell | Beuran Eric Hendricks | Mark Cosgrove |
| Marlon Samuels | Nuwan Kulasekara | Cameron Delport | Adam Lyth |
| Sunil Narine | Thisara Perera | Dane Paterson | Daniel Bell-Drummond |
| Ahmed Shehzad | Tillakaratne Dilshan | Henry Davids | David Malan |
| Misbah-Ul-Haq | Carlos Braithwaite | Richard Levi | James Foster |
| Mohammad Hafeez | Jason Holder | Rory Kleinveldt | Kevin O’Brien |
| Sarfraz Ahmed | Samuel Badree | Ryan McLaren | James Fuller |
| Shahid Afridi | Anwar Ali | Dhamika Prasad | Dasun Shanaka |
| Shoaib Malik | Kamran Akmal | Dushmantha Chameera | Alzarri Joseph |
| Umar Akmal | Mohammad Irfan | Lahiru Thirimanne | Fawad Alam |
| Wahab Riaz | Mohammad Rizwan | Milinda Siriwardana | Faisal Mubashir |
| Younis Khan | Mohammad Amir | Sachitra Senanayake | Fakhar Zaman |
| Lasith Malinga | Sharjeel Khan | Denesh Ramdin | Bilal Asif |
| End…. | Sohail Tanvir | Johnson Charles | Hasan Ali |
| Yasir Shah | Leon Johnson | Imamul Haq | |
| End…. | Rayad Emrit | Imran Ali | |
| Sulieman Benn | Imran Farhat | ||
| Brendan Taylor | Imran Khalid | ||
| Elton Chigumbura | Imran Khan Jr | ||
| Sikandar Raza | Imran Khan Sr | ||
| Aizaz Cheema | M. Ikhlaq | ||
| Asad Shafiq | Mahran Ibrahim | ||
| Azhar Ali | Majid Ali | ||
| Babar Azam | Nasir Jamshed | ||
| Ehsan Adil | Nauman Anwer | ||
| Junaid Khan | Naveed Malik | ||
| Khalid Latif | Naveed Yasin | ||
| Mohammad Nawaz | Nayyer Abbas | ||
| Rahat Ali | Osama Mir | ||
| Sohail Khan | Ramiz Aziz | ||
| Salman Butt | Ruman Raees | ||
| ETC…. | ETC…. |