# 2024 Pakistan Super League players draft

The player draft for the 2024 Pakistan Super League was held on 13 December 2023 at the National Cricket Academy, Lahore. Before the draft, teams were allowed to retain a maximum of eight players and make transfers.

## Background

The Pakistan Cricket Board announced that Quetta Gladiators will have the first pick in the draft. A total of 485 foreign players registered for the tournament.
Each team had the right to exercise one wildcard pick. Each team had a right-to-match card which allowed franchises to buy back a maximum of one player they have released by paying a set fee in each category.

## Transfers

Hasan Ali and Islamabad's first round silver pick were traded from Islamabad United to Karachi Kings in return for Imad Wasim and Karachi's second round silver pick. Iftikhar Ahmed and Quetta's first round platinum pick were traded from Quetta Gladiators to Multan Sultans in exchange for Rilee Rossouw and Multan's first round silver pick. Naseem Shah and Quetta's third round platinum pick were traded from Quetta Gladiators to Islamabad United in exchange for Mohammad Wasim, Abrar Ahmed and Islamabad's first round platinum pick. Shan Masood and Multan's fourth round silver pick were traded from Multan Sultans to Karachi Kings in exchange for Faisal Akram and Karachi's first round silver pick. Karachi and Multan also swapped their first round diamond picks.

## Retained players

On 7 December 2023, the retained player's list was announced. The franchises were allowed to retain a maximum of eight players from the previous season. All the franchises fully utilized their quota of player retentions apart from Multan Sultans.
| Class | Islamabad United | Karachi Kings | Lahore Qalandars | Multan Sultans | Peshawar Zalmi | Quetta Gladiators |
| Platinum | Shadab Khan Naseem Shah | | Shaheen Afridi | Mohammad Rizwan Iftikhar Ahmed | Babar Azam Rovman Powell | Rilee Rossouw |
| Diamond | Azam Khan Imad Wasim (mentor) | James Vince Hasan Ali | Haris Rauf David Wiese | Khushdil Shah Usama Mir | Saim Ayub Tom Kohler-Cadmore | Mohammad Wasim Jr. Jason Roy Wanindu Hasaranga |
| Gold | Faheem Ashraf Alex Hales Colin Munro | Shan Masood Shoaib Malik (mentor) Tabraiz Shamsi | Sikandar Raza Abdullah Shafique Zaman Khan | Abbas Afridi | Mohammad Haris Aamer Jamal | Mohammad Hasnain Abrar Ahmed Sarfaraz Ahmed |
| Silver | Rumman Raees | Mir Hamza Muhammad Akhlaq | Mirza Tahir Baig Rashid Khan | Ihsanullah | Khurram Shahzad | Will Smeed |
| Emerging | | Irfan Khan | | Faisal Akram | Haseebullah Khan | |

## Draft picks

The draft took place at the National Cricket Academy on 13 December 2023.
| Class | Islamabad United | Karachi Kings | Lahore Qalandars | Multan Sultans | Peshawar Zalmi | Quetta Gladiators |
| Platinum | Jordan Cox | Kieron Pollard Daniel Sams Mohammad Nawaz | Fakhar Zaman Rassie van der Dussen | David Willey | Noor Ahmad | Sherfane Rutherford Mohammad Amir |
| Diamond | Tymal Mills | Tim Seifert | Sahibzada Farhan | Dawid Malan | Asif Ali | |
| Gold | | | | Reeza Hendricks Reece Topley | Naveen-ul-Haq | |
| Silver | Matthew Forde Salman Ali Agha Qasim Akram Shahab Khan | Mohammad Amir Khan Anwar Ali Arafat Minhas | Mohammad Imran Dan Lawrence Ahsan Hafeez | Tayyab Tahir Shahnawaz Dahani Mohammad Ali Usman Khan | Salman Irshad Arif Yaqoob Umair Afridi Daniel Mousley | Saud Shakeel Sajjad Ali Usman Qadir Omair Yousuf |
| Emerging | Hunain Shah Ubaid Shah | Sirajuddin | Jahandad Khan Syed Faridoun | Yasir Khan | Mohammad Zeeshan | Adil Naz Khawaja Nafay |
| Supplementary | Shamyl Hussain Tom Curran | Saad Baig Jamie Overton | Shai Hope Kamran Ghulam | Chris Jordan Aftab Ibrahim | Lungi Ngidi Mehran Mumtaz | Akeal Hosein Sohail Khan |
* 1 2 Wild Card: The player's category was promoted through their franchise's Wild Card.
* 1 2 Right To Match card (RTM): Player was picked by another franchise in the draft but their franchise from the previous season used their Right To Match card to bring them back in their squad.

## Replacements

A supplementary and replacement player draft took place through a conference call on 29 January 2024, in which franchises were allowed to select two additional supplementary players and replacement players for any partially or fully unavailable players. Quetta reserved their pick in the fourth supplementary round. A second replacement draft was held on 16 February 2024.
| Class | IU | KK | LQ | MS | PZ | QG |
| Supplementary | Obed McCoy Haider Ali | Leus du Plooy Mohammad Rohid | Bhanuka Rajapaksa Tayyab Abbas | Johnson Charles Mohammad Shehzad | Luke Wood Sufiyan Muqeem | Laurie Evans Usman Tariq |
| Player | Team | Replaced with | Unavailability | Reason |
| Lungi Ngidi | PZ | Waqar Salamkheil | Full | NOC issues |
| Khurram Shahzad | PZ | Arshad Iqbal | Partial | Injury |
| Noor Ahmad | PZ | Gus Atkinson | Full | National duty |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | PZ | Aimal Khan | Partial | National duty |
| Dan Lawrence | LQ | Lorcan Tucker | Partial | National duty |
| Rashid Khan | LQ | George Linde | Full | Injury |
| Tom Curran | IU | Muhammad Waseem | Full | Injury |
| Kieron Pollard | KK | Zahid Mahmood | Partial | — |
| Tim Seifert | KK | Fawad Ali | Partial | National duty |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | QG | Bismillah Khan Umar Amin | Partial | National duty |
| Gus Atkinson | PZ | Shamar Joseph | Partial | National duty |
| Jamie Overton | KK | Blessing Muzarabani | Full | NOC issues |
| Bhanuka Rajapaksa | LQ | Salman Fayyaz | Partial | National duty |
| Reece Topley | MS | Olly Stone | Partial | Injury |
| Sufiyan Muqeem | PZ | Paul Walter | Full | Injury |
| Shai Hope | LQ | Carlos Brathwaite | Partial | — |
| Muhammad Waseem | IU | Martin Guptill | Full | National duty |
| Ihsanullah | MS | Ali Majid | Full | Injury |
| Saad Baig | KK | Zahid Mahmood | Full | Injury |
| Waqar Salamkheil | PZ | Hussain Talat | Full | — |
| Olly Stone | MS | Richard Ngarava | Full | Injury |
| Tabraiz Shamsi | KK | Imran Tahir | Full | Domestic duty |
| Rassie van der Dussen | LQ | Sam Billings | Full | Domestic duty |