Updated 13-Jan-2025 • Published 13-Jan-2025
PSL 2025 draft - Williamson among seven New Zealanders drafted; Warner, Mitchell among Platinum picks
Overview
- Click here for all PSL 2025 news
- PSL 2025 is set to clash with IPL 2025
- PCB has confirmed PSL expansion from 2026 with two new teams
Sign-off
Right, so as we look to have taken an extended break from before the rest of the emerging rounds, we close off this blog. We've had lots of good player availability this time around, and a draft which appears to have run for several hours. Thanks for joining us, and see you soon!
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Hassan Nawaz to Quetta Gladiators
The first emerging pick of the round
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Lahore Qalandars go for wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Akhlaq
That rounds up the silver category
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Josh Little to Multan Sultans
We get the Irish fast bowler back at the PSL with Multan Sultans again
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Kyle Jamieson to Lahore Qalandars!
Bit of star power from 2021 to supplement Qalandars' squad
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Gudakesh Motie goes to Multan Sultans
The left-arm spinner is currently in Pakistan with West Indies Test squad
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Islamabad United pick an American
Wicketkeeper batter Andries Gous gets chosen. The former South Africa U19 player has become an efficient T20 globetrotter, and becomes the second American in PSL history, after fast bowler Ali Khan
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Lahore Qalandars pick Tayyab Tahir but...
Multan Sultans owner says they will use their right to match, and retain Tayyab Tahir
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Haseebullah Khan joins Quetta Gladiators
He toured South Africa with Pakistan's Test side and has played T20I cricket
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Peshawar Zalmi go with Australian batter Max Bryant
He's been doing well at the BBL with the Brisbane Heat this year
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Karachi Kings pick Mir Hamza
This should be a popular pick in Karachi
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Zalmi picks Nahid Rana
Express pace from abroad remains in high demand. Nahid Rana put Pakistan to the sword in the sides' Test series last year, and it's clear he hasn't been forgotten.
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Kamran Ghulam goes to Multan Sultans
He leaves the Qalandars to go to the Sultans
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Karachi Kings pick Aamer Jamal
The former Peshawar Zalmi allrounder goes blue
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Ben Dwarshiuis to Islamabad United
An Australian allrounder joins the three-time champions
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Mohammad Hasnain to Multan Sultans
Express fast bowler Mohammad Hasnain goes to Multan Sultans. Their owner Ali Tareen was vocal about how Ihsanullah may never be able to be an express quick anymore, but Hasnain certainly is
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Peshawar play their wildcard for Abdul Samad
The Pakistani power-hitter goes to Zalmi
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Mohammad Ali to Zalmi rounds out the Diamond round
"We do need a fast bowler and he's been in terrific form in the past," Mohammad Akram says. "We've been waiting for him."
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Islamabad United go for Jason Holder
They follow up their pick of Matthew Short in the Platinum category with a pace-bowling West Indian all-rounder
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Corbin Bosch goes to Zalmi
Pakistan fans were recently acquainted with the South African quick during the side's Test series in South Africa
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Khushdil Shah goes to Karachi Kings
Haider Azhar, the former Multan Sultans general manager, has a bit of a dig at his old team as he says it was "a surprise his team let go of him". To Karachi Kings he goes
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Kane Williamson goes unpicked in the Platinum round
It isn't his best format, of course, but remains notable that Kane Williamson, an absolute giant of this generation, did not get interest in the Platinum round, especially in a round where New Zealanders were picked hand over fist. As we gear up for the Diamon round, will KW get any interest?
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David Warner to Karachi Kings lights up the first round
Perhaps the most eye-catching pick of the Platinum round, we get the former Australian opener playing the PSL for the first time when he links up with Karachi Kings
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Karachi Kings pick Abbas Afridi
And that brings to an end the Platinum phase of the draft.
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Tom Kohler-Cadmore and the ECB's new NOC policy
TKS is a PSL regular who has spent the last four years with the Zalmi. Yet to win an England cap but has become a regular on the franchise circuit. He plays his county cricket for Somerset - and may be caught in the crossfire of the ECB's new NOC policy.
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Quetta Gladiators pick Finn Allen
My goodness, it's New Zealanders galore! Finn Allen joins Quetta Gladiators as their next pick in the Platinum Category
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Adam Milne to Karachi Kings
PSL or Super Smash? We get an express New Zealand quick joining Karachi now
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Michael Bracewell goes to Multan Sultans
It's a Kiwi-centric draft so far, and Multan Sultans have added to it
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Mark Chapman to Quetta Gladiators
Chapman has done well in white-ball cricket in the past during New Zealand's many tours of Pakistan, but this is his first time with the PSL
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Tom-Kohler Cadmore picked by Quetta Gladiators but...
Peshawar Zalmi use their right to match! And that means he reprises his role with Zalmi
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Lahore Qalandars have picked Daryl Mitchell
"He performed really well in Pakistan recently," Shaheen says. "And we need that kind of middle order batter"
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The location of this draft
While we wait for the draft to begin, a bit of a history lesson. The draft's being held at the Hazuri Bagh, built in 1818 in the style of the Mughal Gardens. It was built by Ranjit Singh, who is now buried in Lahore to celebrate his conquest of the Koh-i-Noor Diamond during his conquest of the north of the Indian sub-continent.
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Multan Sultans owner: I wanted PSL in the IPL window
Multan Sultans' owner Ali Tareen says he always wanted the PSL to be held in the window where the IPL is played, because the players available are guaranteed to be available for the entirety of the event. "Players being available for a few games, I just hated it," he says
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PSL over a decade
This, of course, is a landmark year for the PSL. It'll be the tenth year of a tournament that started off while it wasn't possible to host it in Pakistan. Ever since, it's become one of Pakistan's biggest sporting events, and managed to attract high-profile players from around the world.
Challenges do remain, with the PSL still unsure of the window it should operate in, and has of course now moved directly into a slot where it clashes with the IPL. This year also marks the final year of the 10-year lease that each individual owner took on for the PSL, with renegotiations set to happen after this season.
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The PSL draft gets underway!
The PSL draft is getting underway now. We've begun with the Lahore Qalandars' owners and Sana Mir talking about the value of the PSL over the years
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