Players Categories

Players Categories 

PSL 2016 Players Draft List 1) Platinum Category 
2) Diamond category
3) Gold  category
4) Silver category
5) Emergingcategory

Icon Players

PCB/PSL have selected five icon players where each team of PSL can only select one each. These include Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik from Pakistan along with West Indies opener Chris Gayle, England batsman Kevin Pietersen and Australian all-rounder Shane Watson. These five players will receive $200,000 (2 Crores in Pakistani Rs, as Pakistani players will be paid in Rupees only).

Update: Islamabad won the first pick in players’ draft followed by Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta and Lahore.

The five icons will be followed by 25 players in the Platinum category, who will be receiving $140,000. The other categories are Diamond ($70,000), Gold ($50,000), Silver ($25,000) and Emerging ($10,000).

A comprehensive list of all Pakistani and foreign (International) T20 players taking part in Pakistan Super League PSL T20 2016 in the first season in UAE. The list has been compiled based on confirmation by PCB and official sources.

Official list of Players under all categories

A total of 308 top foreign and local cricketers will be available at the Pakistan Super League Draft, scheduled to be held on December 21 and 22, 2015.

PSL Player List Draft

List of Top Players from International Cricket that have agreed to participate in the Super League:

Australia: James Faulkner, Shaun Tait, Andrew Symonds, Shane Watson, Brad Hodge, Brad Haddin, Brad Hogg

Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal

England: James Anderson,Luke Fletcher, James Taylor, Ian Bell, Jade Dernbach, Chris Jordan, Monty Panesar, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Luke Wright, Michael Carberry, Kevin Pietersen, Alastair Cook, Steven Finn , Chris Woakes

Ireland: Kevin O’Brien, Paul Stirling

New Zealand: Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Jesse Ryder, James Franklin, Ross Taylor, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Mitchell McClenaghan

Netherlands: Ryan ten Doeschate

South Africa: Robin Peterson, Jacques Kallis, Johan Botha, Richard Levi

Sri Lanka: Angelo Mathews, Lasith Malinga, Thisara Perera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Ajantha Mendis, Kumar Sangakkara

West Indies: Chris Gayle, Kerion Pollard, Darren Sammy, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Sunil Narine, Dwayane Bravo, Jason Holder, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Smith, Samuel Badree, Denesh Ramdin, Tino Best

Zimbabwe: Hamilton Masakadza, Brendan Taylor, Elton Chigumbura, Chamunorwa Chibhabha

Platinum Category Players

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday announced the names of players placed in the platinum category for the inaugural edition of upcoming Pakistan Super League (PSL). According to details, seven Pakistani players along with 18 foreign players are placed in platinum category.

The Pakistani players who are in the top category include

Misbah-ul-Haq
Shahid Afridi
Shoaib Malik
Mohammad Hafeez
Younis Khan
Wahab Riaz
Mohammad Irfan

The overseas players who are included in the platinum category include

Chris Gayle
Sunil Narine
Dwayne Bravo
Darren Sammy
Andre Russell
Kieron Pollard
Dwayne Smith
Shane Watson
Brad Haddin
Mahela Jayawardene
Kumar Sangakkara
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Lasith Malinga
Angelo Mathews
Kevin Pietersen
James Anderson
Ian Bell
Alastair Cook

List of National & Foreign Coaches

Top international coaches from different countries have signed up on the Pakistan Super League roster.

Eric Simons, Darren Berry, Chris Adams, Andy Moles, Gordon Greenidge, Mickey Arthur, Chaminda Vaas, Robin Singh, Dean Jones, Michael Bevan, Venkatesh Prasad, Abdul Rehman, Graham Ford, Stuart Law, Otis Gibson, Ray Jennings, Shane Jurgensen, Mohammad Akram, Sanath Jayasuriya