Williamson picked after early snub

Daryl Mitchell, David Warner, Alzarri Joseph and Kane Williamson will play in the PSL for the first time after they were selected in the player draft. Mitchell, who has played 70 T20Is for New Zealand, was the first pick of the draft, and was picked up by Lahore Qalandars as a Platinum player. Warner will play for Karachi Kings alongside Williamson, while Joseph will play for Peshawar Zalmi.

The draft was held in Lahore and lasted seven hours, marking the improved player availability for this edition, with the league now only clashing with the IPL. The 2025 PSL will take place from early April to late May, with players who weren't picked up in the IPL auction able to put themselves forward for the competition in full.

Good day for overseas quicks

Seven New Zealand players were picked up, with Finn Allen, Adam Milne, Kyle Jamieson, Michael Bracewell and Mark Chapman joining Williamson and Mitchell among those picked up.

It was also a good pay day for overseas quicks. Sean Abbott found a deal with Quetta Gladiators, while Nahid Rana will play for Peshawar Zalmi. Corbin Bosch and Josh Little also found deals.

Full list: Every player picked up in the 2025 PSL draft

Lahore Qalandars: Daryl Mitchell, Fakhar Zaman, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Kusal Perera, Sikandar Raza, Abdullah Shafique, Jahandad Khan, Zaman Khan, Asif Afron, Asif Ali, David Wiese, Muhammad Akhilao, Rishad Hossain, Mohammad Azab, Momon Qamar, Tom Curran, Sam Billings, Salman Ali Mirza, Mohammad Naeem.

Karachi Kings: Adam Milne, David Warner, Abbas Afridi, Hasnan Ali, James Vince, Khushdil Shah, Aamir Jamal, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Shan Masood, Arafat Minhas, Litton Das, Mir Hamza, Tim Seifert, Zahid Mehmood, Fawad Ali, Riazullah, Kane Williamson, Mohammad Nabi, Omair Bin Yousuf, Mirza Mamoon.

Quetta Gladiators: Faheem Ashraf, Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Amir, Rilee Rossouw, Akeal Hosein, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Haseebullah Khan, Khawaja Nafay, Kyle Jamieson, Khurram Shahzad, Usman Tariq, Mohammad Zeeshan, Hasan Nawaz, Kusal Mendis, Sean Abbott, Shoaib Malik, Danish Aziz

Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam, Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Corbin Bosch, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Haris, Abdul Samad, Hussain Talat, Nahid Rana, Arif Yaqoob, Najeebullah Zadran, Max Bryant, Mehran Mumtaz, Sufyan Moqim, Ali Raza, Maaz Sadaqat, Alzarri Joseph, Ahmed Daniyal.

Multan Sultans: Michael Bracewell, Mohammad Rizwan, Usama Mir, David Willey, Iftikhar Ahmed, Usman Khan, Chris Jordan, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Akif Javed, Gudakesh Motie, Josh Little, Faisal Akram, Tayyab Tahir, Ubaid Shah, Shahid Aziz, Johnson Charles, Shai Hope, Yasir Khan, Muhammad Amir Barki.

Islamabad United: Matthew Short, Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Azam Khan, Jason Holder, Ben Dwarhuis, Salman Irshad, Salman Ali Agha, Haider Ali, Andries Gous, Colin Monro, Muhammad Nawaz, Rumman Raees, Hunain Shah, Saad Masood, Riley Meredith, Rassie van der Dussen.

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