The ninth edition of the Pakistan Super League is scheduled to be played across February and March 2024. Here is all you need to know about the PSL 2024 draft, including the schedule, and the overseas player registrations.
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PSL 09 is tentatively scheduled to be held between February 8 to March 24, 2024. The draft for the ninth edition is supposed to be held in December 2023, with the schedule, the pick order, and overseas players registration, all finalised.
PSL 2024 draft: Date, time, venue
The PSL 2024 draft will be held on December 13 in Lahore. The venue for the draft for the ninth edition of the Pakistan Super League will be the National Cricket Academy in Lahore. The exact time of the event is yet to be announced.
The pick order for the draft, however, has been finalised with Quetta Gladiators supposed to make the first pick in the PSL 2024 draft.
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PSL 2024 draft: List of overseas players registered for Pakistan Super League 2024 draft
A whopping 485 overseas players have registered for the PSL 2024 draft from across 22 countries. These are some of the world’s leading cricketers, including – but not limited to – Dawid Malan, Reeza Hendricks, Maheesh Theekshana, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, and Kieron Pollard.
Here’s a country-wise breakdown of some of the most prominent overseas players in the draft in the Platinum and Diamond categories.
Afghanistan
Platinum: Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Diamond: Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi
Australia
Platinum: Daniel Sams, Ashton Agar
Diamond: Ben McDermott
England
Platinum: Ben Duckett, Chris Jordan, David Willey, Dawid Malan, Luke Wood, Reece Topley, Tom Curran, Tymal Mills
Diamond: Dan Lawrence, Gus Atkinson, Jordan Cox, Liam Dawson, Matthew Potts, Ollie Pope, Richard Gleeson, Sam Hain
New Zealand
Platinum: James Neesham
Diamond: Tim Seifert, Martin Guptill, Chad Bowes
South Africa
Platinum: Rassie van der Dussen, Imran Tahir
Diamond: George Linde, Lungi Ngidi, Reeza Hendricks, Wayne Parnell, Sisanda Magala
West Indies
Platinum: Kieron Pollard, Rovman Powell, Romario Shepherd, Brandon King, Kyle Mayers
Diamond: Fabian Allen, Johnson Charles, Rahkeem Cornwall, Roston Chase, Shai Hope, Hayden Walsh Jr
Sri Lanka
Platinum: Maheesh Theekshana, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka
Diamond: Dilshan Madushanka, Charith Asalanka, Dushmantha Chameera, Sadeera Samarawickrama
Nepal
Platinum: Sandeep Lamichhane
Bangladesh
Diamond: Litton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mahmudullah
