LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday announced that the player auction for the 11th edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) will be held on February 11.
Earlier this week, the PCB had announced that the upcoming season of the country’s premier cricket league would adopt an auction model, replacing the previous draft system.On Sunday, the cricket board conducted a detailed workshop for the upcoming PSL player auction at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, which was presided over by PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi and attended by representatives from all eight franchises, PSL officials, and members of the T20 World Cup squad.
During the workshop, the management shared a detailed presentation on the mechanics of the retention and the auction process and consulted with all the participants, the PCB said in a press release. “It was agreed that the HBL PSL Player Auction will take place on Wednesday, 11 February.”
The PCB further revealed the base prices of the players, saying that “auction price and minimum incremental bids for the players were to be in Pakistani Rupees”.The base price of the top bracket was set at Rs42 million, Rs22m, Rs11m and Rs6m. The cricket board said the minimum incremental bid for each base price would follow as:
Rs250,000 for bid amounts under Rs11m
Rs500,000 for bid amounts under Rs22m
Rs1m for bid amounts under Rs42m
Rs15m for bid amounts above Rs42m
“The franchises are free to bid higher than the above mentioned minimum incremental bid for each base price,” the PCB said.It added that the squad composition would be a “minimum of 16 players and a maximum of 20 players per franchise”.
The number of foreign players would be five to seven, depending on the squad size. It would be mandatory for the franchises to include a minimum of three and a maximum of four foreign players in the playing XI.
