Six renowned foreign players register for PSL 8 Draft

The draft is likely to take place in third week of November

November 05, 2022
Malan (L) and Hasaranga (R) are among the players who have signed up — ICC

LAHORE: Six renowned foreign players have registered for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season eight draft, according to sources.

South Africa’s David Miller, England’s Jason Roy and Dawid Malan, Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan and Sri Lanka’s Dasun Shanaka and Wanindu Hasaranga are some of the players who have signed up for the draft for PSL 8 so far.

The PSL has already confirmed Miller and Roy’s participation in the draft on its official social media platforms.

It must be noted that the draft is likely to take place in the third week of November, 2022.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has already revealed the pick order for the draft, where defending champions Lahore Qalandars will make the first pick.

Quetta Gladiators and Multan Sultans will have second and third picks. The fourth and fifth picks will be done by Karachi Kings and Islamabad United. Meanwhile, Peshawar Zalmi will make the sixth pick.

The next 17 rounds were decided through a special statistical tool.

The PCB has also completed the local player category renewal process for the upcoming edition of the league.

“The teams will now put forward relegation requests for the players before finalising retentions. After relegation requests are floated, all teams are given an opportunity to meet the player’s base category. If the player’s base category is not matched, the player may be relegated to a category below his base category,” the PCB said in a press release.

Next year’s event will be staged at four venues, Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan, and will run from 9 February to 19 March 2023. 

Sohail Imran is a senior reporter for Geo News.

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