Pakistan Super League franchises completed their line-ups for the 11th edition of the league as the first-ever player auction concluded at Lahore’s Expo Centre on Wednesday.
The event marks the first-ever auction in the history of the franchise league, replacing the draft system — the player selection process used during the first 10 editions since its inception in 2016.
The change in players' selection model comes as the PSL gears up for an expansion with the addition of two new franchises — Sialkot Stallionz and Hyderabad Houston Kingsmen.
Consequently, a total of 879 local and foreign cricketers registered for the historic auction, who have been slotted into five different categories — Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver and Emerging — by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
The eight teams will also be forming their squads by picking players of their choosing from the aforementioned categories, with a maximum purse amount set at $1.6 million.
However, contrary to the draft system, the auction model does not have a pick order, meaning the franchises can openly engage in a bidding war for a player.
The players selected by franchises from certain categories, along with the amounts they were signed for, are below:
Karachi Kings: Adam Zampa (Rs45 million) (Platinum)
Sialkot Stallionz: Peter Siddle (Rs25 million) (Diamond C Fast Bowlers)
Sialkot Stallionz: Tabraiz Shamsi (Rs22 million) (Diamond D Spinners)
Released Bowlers (Spinners) 1
Rawalpindi: Rishad Hossain (Rs30 million)
Islamabad United: Mehran Mumtaz (Rs12 million)
Quetta Gladiators: Faisal Akram (Rs12.5 million)
Released Wicketkeepers 1
Sialkot Stallionz: Sahibzada Farhan (Rs57 million)
Karachi Kings: Azam Khan (Rs32.5 million)
Released Bowlers 1
Rawalpindi: Naseem Shah (Rs86.5 million)
Hyderabad Houston Kingsmen: Mohammad Ali (Rs21.5 million)
Lahore Qalandars: Haris Rauf (Rs76 million)
Released Batters 1
Karachi Kings: David Warner (Rs79 million)
Quetta Gladiators: Rilee Rossouw (Rs55 million)
Sialkot Stallionz: Jahanzaib Sultan (Rs6 million)
Released All-rounders 1
Islamabad United: Faheem Ashraf (Rs85 million)
Released All-rounders 2
Peshawar Zalmi: Aamir Jamal (Rs19 million)
Quetta Gladiator: Arafat Minhas (Rs11 million)
Lahore Qalandars: Usama Mir: (Rs35 million)
Quetta Gladiators: Jahandad Khan (Rs25 million)
Karachi Kings: Salman Ali Agha (Rs58.5 million)
Released Batters 2
Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman (Rs79.5 million)
Rawalpindi: Darly Mitchell (Rs80.05 million)
Islamabad United: Max Bryant (Rs19.5 million)
Released Bowlers 2
Peshawar Zalmi: Khuuram Shahzad (Rs27 million)
Rawalpindi: Mohammad Amir (Rs54 million)
Lahore Qalandars: Ubaid Shah (Rs27 million)
Released Wicketkeepers 2
Hyderabad Houston Kingsmen: Kusal Perera (Rs31 million)
Peshawar Zalmi: Mohammad Haris (Rs22 million)
Quetta Gladiators: Khawaja Nafay (Rs65 million)
Lahore Qalandars: Haseebullah Khan (Rs11 million)
Released All-rounders 2
Karachi Kings: Shahid Aziz (Rs9.25 million)
Released Bowlers 3
Karachi Kings: Mir Hamza (Rs24 million)
Islamabad United: Mohammad Wasim Jr (Rs41 million)
Released Batters 3
Sialkot Stallionz: Ashton Turner (Rs42 million)
Islamabad United: Mark Chapman (Rs70 million)
Rawalpindi: Abdullah Fazal (Rs6.75 million)
Hyderabad Houston Kingsmen: Muhammad Irfan Khan (Rs29 million)
Hyderabad Houston Kingsmen: Hammad Azam (Rs6 millions)
Sialkot Stallionz: Delano Potgieter (Rs6 million)
Sialkot Stallionz: Ottneil Baartman (Rs11 million)
Karachi Kings: Khuzaima Bin Tanveer (Rs9 millio)
Sialkot Stallionz: Lachlan Shaw (Rs6 million)
Quetta Gladiators: Bevon Jacobs (Rs6 million)
Islamabad United: Shamar Joseph (Rs11 million)
Quetta Gladiators: Samuel Harper (Rs6 million)
Hyderabad Houston Kingsmen: Shayan Jahangir (Rs6 million)
Hyderabad Houston Kingsmen: Hassan Khan (Rs18.5 million)
Quetta Gladiators: Brett Hampton (Rs6 million)
Peshawar Zalmi: Abdul Subhan (Rs6.25 million)
Islamabad United: Sameen Gul (Rs6 million)
Quetta Gladiators: Saqib Khan (Rs6 million)
Islamabad United: Sameer Minhas (Rs19 million)
Lahore Qalandars: Mohammad Farooq (Rs6 million)
Karachi Kings: Aqib Ilyas (Rs6 million)
Peshawar Zalmi: Khalid Usman (Rs6 million)
Karachi Kings: Mohammad Hamza Sohail (Rs6.25 million)
Quetta Gladiators: Bismillah Khan (Rs6 million)
Islamabad United: Mir Hamza Sajjad (Rs7 million)
Quetta Gladiators: Khan Zaib (Rs6 million)
Quetta Gladiators: Wasim Akram Jr (Rs7.75 million)
Rawalpindi: Amad Butt (Rs8 million)
Hyderabad Houston Kingsmen: Mohammad Tayyab Arif (Rs6 million)
Karachi Kings: Rizwanullah (Rs6 million)
Hyderabad Houston Kingsmen: Saad Ali (Rs6 million)
Peshawar Zalmi: Mirza Tahir Baig (Rs6 million)
Lahore Qalandars: Gudakesh Motie (Rs11 million)
Quetta Gladiators: Tom Curran (Rs42 million)
Rawalpindi: Shahzaib Khan (Rs6 million)
Hyderabad Houston Kingsmen: Rizwan Mehmood (Rs6 million)
Sialkot Stallionz: Muhammad Awais Zafar (Rs6 million)
Sialkot Stallionz: Momin Qamar (Rs10.7 million)
Rawalpindi: Mohammad Amir Khan (Rs6 million)
Hyderabad Houston Kingsmen: Hunain Shah (Rs6 million)
Rawalpindi: Fawad Ali (Rs6 million)
Hyderabad Houston Kingsmen: Asif Mehmood (Rs6 million)
Islamabad United: Dipendra Singh Airee (Rs6 million)
Lahore Qalandars: Tayyab Tahir (Rs6 million)
Hyderabad Houston Kingsmen: Sharjeel Khan (Rs6 million)
Islamabad United: Mohammad Hasnain (Rs7.75 million)
Rawalpindi: Kamran Ghulam (Rs6.5 million)
Karachi Kings: Ihsanullah (Rs10.5 million)
Lahore Qalandars: Hussain Talat (Rs7.75 million)
Islamabad United: Haider Ali (Rs15 million)
Lahore Qalandars: Asif Ali (Rs6 million)
Rawalpindi: Asif Afridi (Rs24 million)
Lahore Qalandars: Parvez Hossain Emon (Rs6 million)
Peshawar Zalmi: Nahid Rana (Rs6 million)
Rawalpindi: Laurie Evans (Rs11 million)
Karachi Kings: Muhammad Waseem (Rs11 million)
Quetta Gladiators: Ben McDermott (Rs11 million)
Sialkot Stallionz: Shan Masood (Rs6.5 million)
Quetta Gladiators: Saud Shakeel (Rs6.5 million)
Rawalipndi: Dian Forrester (Rs6 million)
Sialkot Stallionz: Josh Philippe (Rs23 million)
Peshawar Zalmi: Iftikhar Ahmed (Rs18 million)
Karachi Kings: Johnson Charles (Rs20 million)
Islamabad United: Richard Gleeson (Rs11 million)
Peshawar Zalmi: Michael Bracewell (Rs42 million)
Hyderabad Houston Kingsmen: Riley Meredith (Rs42 million)
Peshawar Zalmi: James Vince (Rs30 million)
Islamabad United: Imad Wasim (Rs22 million)
Peshawar Zalmi: Kusal Mendis (Rs42 million)
Lahore Qalandars: Dasun Shanaka (Rs7.5 million)
