The Pakistan Super League Player Draft 2018 (PSL T20) will take place on November 20 in Islamabad. Ahead of the upcoming draft, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has released a list of players under various categories who will be available for the selection. Meanwhile, each franchise can retain up to a maximum of ten players from the previous squad and have a deadline of November 13 for it. The related players will go back in the PSL T20 2018 Draft pool.

Over 600 foreign and local players are part of the PSL Player Draft which has been divided into Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver and Emerging rosters. Interestingly, top cricketers like AB de Villiers and Steve Smith will feature in the PSL T20 for the first time. Apart from them, Chris Lynn, Brendon McCullum, Corey Anderson, Colin Munro, Luke Ronchi, Dwayne Bravo, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Imran Tahir, Mitchell McClenaghan, Thisara Perera, Rashid Khan, and Colin Ingram will be available in the PSL T20 Draft as well. PCB Terminates Agreement with PSL Franchise Multan Sultans

Each franchise will be allowed a maximum of 16 players in their squad, that is three players from Platinum, three from Diamond and as many from Gold while five from Silver and two Emerging players. The PSL T20 2019 is scheduled to begin from February 14 onwards.

List of Players for PSL T20 Draft:

Foreign players in the Platinum category: AB de Villiers, Steve Smith, Chris Lynn, Brendon McCullum, Corey Anderson, Colin Munro, Luke Ronchi, Dwayne Bravo, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Imran Tahir, Mitchell McClenaghan, Thisara Perera, Rashid Khan, Colin Ingram. Steve Smith Ready to Play PSL Matches in UAE

Gold Category (Foreign): Michael Klinger, Harry Gurney, Marlon Samuels, Alzarri Joseph, D Bell-Drummond, Morne Van Wyk, Sundar Raza, Liam Dawson, Mohammad Shahzad, Devendra Bishoo, Ollie Robinson, Olly Stone, John Hastings, Samit Patel, Sean Williams, Chadwick Walton, Phil Salt, Phil Mustard, Ben Laughlin, Anton Devcich, Steven Finn, Veerasammy Permaul, Jamie Porter, Andre Mccarthy, Jamie Overton, James Franklin, Kevin O’Brien, Obed Mccoy, Lewis Gregory, Niroshan Dickwella, Danny Briggs, Denesh Ramdin, Lakshan Sandakan, Andre Fletcher, Asghar Afghan, James Vince, Jack Brooks, Nicholas Pooran, Miguel Cummins, Krishmar Santokie, Marchant De Lange, Fawad Ahmed, Graeme Cremer, Jake Ball, Ronsford Beaton, Sandeep Lamichhane, Dawid Malan, Brendan Taylor, Dais Ahmad, Keemo Paul, Upul Tharanga, Cameron Delport, Ben Dunk, Sabbir Rahaman, Chris Green, Akila Dananjaya, Jordan Clark, Ali Khan, Ravi Bopara, Ariful Haole, Rizwan Cheema, Benny Howell,, Ryan Ten Doeschate, Oshane Thomas, Zakir Hassan, Tatenda Taibu, Matt Parkinson, David Wiese, Jerome Taylor, George Dockrell, Irfan Karim, Ross Whiteley, Hardus Viljoen, Khary Pierre, Sam Hain, Jade Dernbach, Wayne Madsen, Kyle Abbott, Shane Dowrich, Adam Lyth, Johnson Charles.

Gold Category (Local): Hussain Talat, Anwar Ali, Ehsan Adil, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Asghar, Imran Khan Sr, Khurram Manzoor, Harris Sohail, Salman Butt, Mukhtar Ahmed, Umar Akmal, Azhar Ali, Zulfiqar Babar, Bilal Asif, Sami Aslam, Sohaib Maqsood, Sohail Khan, Imran Farhat, Umer Gul, Aamir Yamin, Fawad Alam, Shan Masood, Bilawal Bhatti, Imam Ul Haq, Asad Shafiq, Shaheen Afridi, Abdul Rallaq, Rahat Ali, Ahmad Shahzad, Umar Amin, Aizaz Cheema.

Diamond Players (Foreign): Ian Bell, Mohammad Nabi, Craig Overton, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Joe Denly, Solomon Mire, Daniel Christian, Paul Stirling, Lasith Malinga, Kemar Roach, Luke Wright, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Alex Hales, Wayne Parnell, Tymal Mills, Carlos Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Lendl Simmons, Darren Sammy, Rovman Powell, Dwayne Smith, Shimron Hetmeyer, Samuel Badree, Sam Billings, Ben Cutting, Mark Wood, Rilee Rossouw, Tim Bresnan. No Misbah-ul-Haq in Pakistan Super League from Next Season

Diamond Players (Local): Mohammad Sami, Rumman Raees, Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Usman Shinwari, Sohail Tanvir, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Yasir Shah.

Meanwhile, PCB has terminated the franchise agreement of the Multan Sultans PSL team. Multan Sultans was added as the sixth team in last year’s PSL. For now, PCB will take control of the team and will pick the players for the team at the draft. The cricket board will later sell the rights of the franchise and the team will be based and named as per the new owners.

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