# 2019 Pakistan Super League players draft

The players draft for the 2019 Pakistan Super League was held on 20 November 2018 at Islamabad. More than 630 players ware included in the draft, from which each franchise finalised a squad of 16 players along with 4 supplementary players. The tournament was the fourth season of Pakistan Super League, and took place between 14 February and 17 March 2019.

## Background

On 29 September 2018, the trade and retention window started. 89 players from Pakistan were announced in five renewed categories; 14 in platinum, 9 in diamond, 20 in gold, 34 in silver and 12 in emerging. 14 overseas players in Platinum category were announced on 4 October. The business window closed on 13 November.
It was reported that Ahmed Shehzad will remain a part of the draft, despite his four-month-ban on international game. It was also reported on 31 October that Misbah-ul-Haq decided not to play in fourth onward seasons of PSL, though he will continue to be part of the team United. However, on 19 November, he decided to play in the season and parted ways with United. Brendon McCullum also announced on 3 November that he will not play for Qalandars, and Mohammad Hafeez announced on 8 November his leave from Zalmi. Shahid Afridi also left the team Kings as they decided not to retain him.

## Transfers

On 16 October 2018, it was announced that Sohail Tanvir was transferred from Sultans to Gladiators for a Diamond pick. On 3 November, it was announced that Sunil Narine and Umar Akmal were transferred from Qalandars to Gladiators, in change of Hasan Khan, Rahat Ali and a platinum pick.

## Retained players

On 13 November 2018, PSL announced the retention players list with all six teams retaining a total of 51 players from previous season.
| Class | Islamabad United | Karachi Kings | Lahore Qalandars | Multan Sultans | Peshawar Zalmi | Quetta Gladiators |
| Platinum | Luke Ronchi Shadab Khan Faheem Ashraf | Colin Munro Mohammad Amir Babar Azam | Fakhar Zaman | Shoaib Malik | Wahab Riaz Hasan Ali | Sarfraz Ahmed Sunil Narine |
| Diamond | Asif Ali Mohammad Sami | Colin Ingram Imad Wasim Usman Khan Shinwari | Yasir Shah | Junaid Khan Mohammad Irfan | Darren Sammy Kamran Akmal | Shane Watson Sohail Tanvir Mohammad Nawaz |
| Gold | Rumman Raees | Mohammad Rizwan Ravi Bopara | Anton Devcich Rahat Ali | Shan Masood | Liam Dawson | Rilee Rossouw Umar Akmal |
| Silver | Hussain Talat Waqas Maqsood Sahibzada Farhan Zafar Gohar | | Shaheen Afridi Agha Salman Sohail Akhtar Hasan Khan | Mohammad Abbas Mohammad Irfan Umar Siddiq | Umaid Asif Khalid Usman | Anwar Ali Saud Shakeel |
| Emerging | | | | Mohammad Junaid | Sameen Gul | |

## Draft picks

Following is the list of players picked in the draft by the respective team:
| Class | Islamabad United | Karachi Kings | Lahore Qalandars | Multan Sultans | Peshawar Zalmi | Quetta Gladiators |
| Platinum | | | AB de Villiers | Steve Smith | Kieron Pollard | |
| Platinum | | | Mohammad Hafeez | Shahid Afridi | | Dwayne Bravo |
| Diamond | Ian Bell | | Carlos Brathwaite | Joe Denly | Misbah-ul-Haq | |
| Diamond | | | Corey Anderson | | | |
| Gold | Samit Patel | Sikandar Raza | Sandeep Lamichhane | Qais Ahmad | Dawid Malan | Fawad Ahmed |
| Gold | Phil Salt | | | Nicholas Pooran | Umar Amin | |
| Silver | Cameron Delport | Awais Zia | | Laurie Evans | Wayne Madsen | Mohammad Asghar |
| Silver | | Usama Mir | Haris Sohail | Nauman Ali | Sohaib Maqsood | Danish Aziz |
| Silver | | Aaron Summers | | | Jamal Anwar | Ahsan Ali |
| Silver | | Sohail Khan | | | | |
| Silver | | Iftikhar Ahmed | | | | |
| Emerging | Muhammad Musa | Ali Imran | Mohammad Imran | Mohammad Ilyas | Nabi Gul | Ghulam Mudassar |
| Emerging | Nasir Nawaz | Abrar Ahmed | Umair Masood | | | Naseem Shah |
| Supplementary | Wayne Parnell | Aamer Yamin | Brendan Taylor | Daniel Christian | Waqar Salamkheil | Harry Gurney |
| Supplementary | Zahir Khan | Ben Dunk | Gauhar Ali | Tom Moores | Chris Jordan | Ahmed Shehzad |
| Supplementary | Amad Butt | Liam Livingstone | Aizaz Cheema | Ali Shafiq | Ibtisam Sheikh | Azam Khan |
| Supplementary | Rizwan Hussain | Jaahid Ali | Haris Rauf | Shakeel Ansar | Samiullah Afridi | Jalat Khan |

## New players
### Platinum

* AB de Villiers
* Steve Smith
* Corey Anderson
* Dan Christian

### Diamond

* Craig Overton
* Ben Cutting
* Mujeeb Ur Rahman
* Solomon Mire
* Paul Stirling
* Kemar Roach
* Shimron Hetmyer
* Mark Wood

## Replacements

The replacement draft was held at Gaddafi Stadium on 24 January 2019. The teams were allowed to pick 21st member in the squad, and to replace the unavailable players with the available ones. Qalandars picked Saad Ali as 21st player and named Hardus Viljoen and David Wiese to play in partial absence of AB de Villiers, Carlos Brathwaite and Corey Anderson. Sultans expanded the squad with Hammad Azam, and picked Andre Russell and James Vince in place of injured Steve Smith and Joe Denly respectively. Gladiators' expansion pick was Mohammad Irfan, while Dwayne Smith will be playing during the absence of Dwayne Bravo. Kings picked Umer Khan as 21st player, and Zalmi replaced Waqar Salamkheil with Andre Fletcher. Meanwhile, Zalmi and United did not submit their squad expansion pick.
Few days before the tournament, Johnson Charles replaced Nicholas Pooran in Sultans squad, who became unavailable after being selected for the ODI series against England, and Mohammad Hasnain replaced Naseem Shah in Gladiators squad, after the latter suffered an injury. On 10 February, it was reported that Chris Green will be playing as a replacement for both Dan Christian and James Vince only for first week of the season, and when Andre Russell would leave after both players arrive, he will become replacement player for Russell in the squad. A day before the tournament, Zalmi picked Pakistani opener Imam-ul-Haq as their 21st player. Qalandars Captain Mohammad Hafeez suffered a thumb injury while bowling against Karachi Kings which resulted in him being ruled out of the season, he was replaced by Salman Butt. Lendl Simmons and Tymal Mills replaced Dawid Malan and Chris Jordan, respectively in Peshawar Zalmi squad, after both were selected in England's squad for the T20I series against West Indies. Riki Wessels replaced Ryan ten Doeschate in Qalandars' squad after the latter injured himself while bowling in a match against Peshawar Zalmi, while Asela Gunaratne replaced Corey Anderson as he was unavailable for Pakistan leg.