Kiwi cricketers steal limelight at HBL PSL Player Draft

New Zealand cricketers stole the limelight during the player draft for Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 10, held in Lahore on Monday.

Among the 10 platinum picks, five were from New Zealand, including Daryll Mitchell (Lahore Qalandars), Mark Chapman (Quetta Gladiators), Michael Bracewell (Multan Sultans), Adam Milne (Karachi Kings), and Finn Allen (Quetta Gladiators).

Although Kane Williamson was not selected in the platinum round, Karachi Kings secured him in the supplementary category, alongside Australian opener David Warner, who was chosen in the platinum round.

Defending champions Islamabad United selected Australian Mathew Short in the platinum category, while all-rounders Faheem Ashraf and Abbas Afridi were picked by Quetta Gladiators and Karachi Kings, respectively, in the platinum category.

Quetta attempted to pick Tom Kohler-Cadmore, but Peshawar Zalmi exercised their Right to Match (RTM) option to secure the Englishman in the platinum category.

Complete squads

Lahore Qalandars

Platinum: Fakhar Zaman, Shaheen Afridi, Daryl Mitchell

Diamond: Haris Rauf, Sikandar Raza, Kusal Perera

Gold: Abdullah Shafique, Jahandad Khan, Zaman Khan

Silver: David Wiese, Asif Afridi, Asif Ali, Mohammad Akhlaq, Rishad Hossain

Emerging: Momin Qamar, Muhammad Azab

Supplementary: Muhammad Naeem, Salman Ali Mirza, Tom Curran, Sam Billings

Peshawar Zalmi

Platinum: Babar Azam, Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore

Diamond: Mohammad Haris, Corbin Bosch, Mohammad Ali

Gold: Hussain Talat, Nahid Rana, Abdul Samad

Silver: Arif Yaqoob, Mehran Mumtaz, Sufyan Moqim, Max Bryant, Najibullah Zadran

Emerging: Ali Raza, Maaz Sadaqat

Supplementary: Ahmed Daniyal, Alzarri Joseph

Multan Sultans

Platinum: Mohammad Rizwan, Usama Mir, Michael Bracewell

Diamond: David Willey, Iftikhar Ahmed, Usman Khan

Gold: Chris Jordan, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain

Silver: Faisal Akram, Akif Javed, Gudakesh Motie, Josh Little, Tayyab Tahir

Emerging: Shahid Aziz, Ubaid Shah

Supplementary: Aamer Azmat, Johnson Charles, Yasir Khan, Muhammad Amir Barki

Islamabad United

Platinum: Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan, Matthew Short

Diamond: Azam Khan, Imad Wasim, Jason Holder

Gold: Haider Ali, Salman Ali Agha, Benjamin Dwarshuis

Silver: Colin Munro, Rumman Raees, Andries Gous, Mohammad Nawaz, Salman Irshad

Emerging: Hunain Shah, Saad Masood

Supplementary: Rassie van der Dussen, Riley Meredith

Karachi Kings

Platinum: Abbas Afridi, Adam Milne, David Warner

Diamond: Hasan Ali, James Vince, Khushdil Shah

Gold: Irfan Khan Niazi, Shan Masood, Aamer Jamal

Silver: Arafat Minhas, Tim Seifert, Zahid Mahmood, Litton Das, Mir Hamza

Emerging: Fawad Ali, Riazullah

Supplementary: Kane Williamson, Mirza Mamoon, Mohammad Nabi, Omair Bin Yousuf

Quetta Gladiators

Platinum: Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Faheem Ashraf

Diamond: Abrar Ahmad, Mohammad Amir, Rilee Rossouw

Gold: Akeal Hosein, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Saud Shakeel

Silver: Khawaja Nafay, Usman Tariq, Haseebullah Khan, Khurram Shahzad, Kyle Jamieson

Emerging: Mohammad Zeeshan, Hassan Nawaz

Supplementary: Shoaib Malik, Danish Aziz, Kusal Mendis, Sean Abbott