The player draft for the 2023 Pakistan Super League was held on 15 December 2022.[1] [2] [3] Before the draft teams were allowed to retain a maximum of eight players and make transfers.[4] [5]
Ramiz Raja had hinted that the draft would be replaced by an auction, but the format was retained.[6] The PCB announced that Lahore Qalandars will have the first pick.[7]
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 had released by paying a set fee in each category:[8]
Babar Azam and a supplementary round pick were traded from Karachi Kings to Peshawar Zalmi in return for Shoaib Malik and Haider Ali.[9]
On 11 November 2022, 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 Peshawar Zalmi.[10]
| Class | Islamabad United | Karachi Kings | Lahore Qalandars | Multan Sultans | Peshawar Zalmi | Quetta Gladiators |
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More than 493 foreign players were registered for the draft. For the emerging category, players should be under 23 years of age as of 1 January 2023 and could have either played less than 10 PSL matches in previous seasons or not have been selected in the national squad.[11]
| Class | Islamabad United | Karachi Kings | Lahore Qalandars | Multan Sultans | Peshawar Zalmi | Quetta Gladiators | |
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A replacement player draft took place through a conference call on 24 January 2023, in which franchises were also allowed to select two supplementary players.[12] [13] [14] Peshawar had reserved their pick in the first supplementary round and named Khurram Shahzad as their pick.[15] Lahore and Peshawar reserved their picks in the second supplementary round. Islamabad, Multan, Peshawar and Quetta reserved picks in the replacement draft.[16] Further replacements were announced on 7 February 2023.[17]
| Player | Team | Replaced with | Availability | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashid Khan | LQ | Sam Billings | Partial | National duty |
| Rovman Powell | PZ | Richard Gleeson | ||
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | IU | Gus Atkinson | ||
| Alex Hales | Tymal Mills | |||
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman | PZ | Peter Hatzoglou | ||
| Naveen-ul-Haq | QG | Nuwan Thushara | ||
| Jordan Cox | LQ | Kusal Mendis | ||
| Harry Brook | Shane Dadswell | Full | ||
| Adil Rashid | MS | Wayne Parnell | ||
| David Miller | Izharulhaq Naveed Johnson Charles | Partial | ||
| Odean Smith | QG | Dwaine Pretorius | ||
| Jason Roy | Najibullah Zadran | |||
| Tabraiz Shamsi | KK | Faisal Akram | ||
| Moeen Ali | IU | Rassie van der Dussen | ||
| James Vince | KK | Adam Rossington | ||
| Kusal Mendis | LQ | Shai Hope | Full | NOC issue |
| Ahsan Ali | QG | Mohammad Hafeez | Injury | |
| Shahnawaz Dahani | MS | Mohammad Ilyas | ||
| Wayne Parnell | Carlos Brathwaite | |||
| Sherfane Rutherford | PZ | Dasun Shanaka | ||
| Mir Hamza | KK | Akif Javed | ||
| Shakib Al Hasan | PZ | Azmatullah Omarzai | Partial | Family emergency |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | QG | Qais Ahmad | Full | NOC issue |
| Sarfaraz Ahmed | Bismillah Khan | Partial | Injury | |
| Josh Little | MS | Sheldon Cottrell | Full | |