The Player Draft for the 2nd season of the Pakistan Super League was held at Dubai on 19 October 2016. A total of 414 players, including Pakistani and foreign cricketers, were divided into five different categories: Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver and Emerging. The salary-spending cap for a franchise was US$1.2 million, including the signing of players, coaches and support staff. Each team was allowed to pick eight foreign and 12 domestic players in a squad of up to 20.
Player contracts and salaries Each player who participates in the PSL is categorized in a group according to their "value", from Platinum class players at the top end through to Emerging class players at the bottom. Salaries in the league are generally determined by the category the player falls into. During the 2017 Pakistan Super League, Platinum class players would earn a base salary of US$140,000, Diamond class players US$70,000, Gold class players $50,000, Silver class $25,000 and Emerging players $10,000.
Supplementary players are picked by teams but are not paid unless they join the squad for the tournament at which point their contracts will commence. For Supplementary players there is no contractual base salary.
Transfers The Pakistan Super League player transfer window was between 15 July and 15 September 2016. The following transfers took place.
PlayerFromTo Chris Gayle Lahore Qalandars Karachi Kings Sohail Tanvir Karachi Kings Lahore Qalandars Babar Azam Islamabad United Karachi Kings Sohaib Maqsood Lahore Qalandars Peshawar Zalmi Aamer Yamin Peshawar Zalmi Lahore Qalandars Shakib Al Hasan Karachi Kings Peshawar Zalmi
Retained Players Following is the list of players retained by their franchises from the previous season.
CategoryIslamabad UnitedQuetta GladiatorsPeshawar ZalmiKarachi KingsLahore Qalandars Platinum Misbah-ul-Haq Sarfraz Ahmed Shahid Afridi Shoaib Malik Umar Akmal Shane Watson Kevin Pieterson Wahab Riaz Chris Gayle Andre Russell Ahmed Shahzad Diamond Sharjeel Khan Luke Wright Darren Sammy Mohammad Amir Dwayne Bravo Mohammad Irfan Anwar Ali Mohammad Hafeez Ravi Bopara Sohail Tanvir Samuel Badree Shakib Al Hasan Gold Khalid Latif Umar Gul Tamim Iqbal Imad Wasim Mohammad Rizwan Mohammad Sami Zulfiqar Babar Kamran Akmal Babar Azam Cameron Delport Brad Haddin Silver Sam Billings Mohammad Nawaz Junaid Khan Sohail Khan Azhar Ali Saeed Ajmal Asad Shafiq Imran Khan Shahzaib Hassan Zafar Gohar Asif Ali Saad Nasim Sohaib Maqsood Saifullah Bangash Aamer Yamin Rumman Raees Mohammad Nabi Imran Khalid Emerging Amad Butt Hassan Ali Hussain Talat Mohammad Asghar Supplementary Dwayne Smith Bismillah Khan Usama Mir
New Picks Following is the list of players picked by different teams.
CategoryIslamabad UnitedQuetta GladiatorsPeshawar ZalmiKarachi KingsLahore Qalandars Platinum Eoin Morgan Kieron Pollard Brendon McCullum Sunil Narine Diamond Carlos Brathwaite Kumar Sangakkara Yasir Shah Gold Tymal Mills Chris Jordan Ryan McLaren Anton Devcich Silver Umar Amin Ifthikhar Ahmed Khurram Manzoor Fakhar Zaman Haris Sohail Kashif Bhatti Bilawal Bhatti Emerging Hasan Khan Abdul Ameer Ghulam Mudassar Noor Wali Abrar Ahmed Usman Qadir Supplementary Ben Duckett David Willey Alex Hales Mahela Jayawardene Grant Elliott Shadab Khan Rovman Powell Mohammad Shahzad Rahat Ali Shaun Tait Zohaib Khan Mir Hamza Irfan Khan Ammad Alam Saif Badar Khushdil Shah Mohammad Irfan
Replacements PlayerTeamReplaced with Carlos Brathwaite Quetta Gladiators Thisara Perera David Willey Quetta Gladiators Rilee Rossouw Rovman Powell Quetta Gladiators Nathan McCullum Mohammad Nabi Quetta Gladiators Mahmudullah Abrar Ahmed Karachi Kings Usman Khan Anton Devcich Lahore Qalandars James Franklin Jaahid Ali Lahore Qalandars Chris Green Dwayne Bravo Lahore Qalandars Jason Roy Andre Russell Islamabad United Steven Finn Ben Duckett Islamabad United Nicholas Pooran Alex Hales Peshawar Zalmi Marlon Samuels Shakib Al Hasan Peshawar Zalmi Samit Patel
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