After being selected in the draft held on Wednesday in Lahore, South Africa’s Reeza Hendricks and Australia’s Daniel Sams, an all-arounder, will play in their first Premier League matches. The Karachi Kings selected Sams, the Multan Sultans selected Hendricks, and Peshawar Zalmi selected Ngidi as a backup.
South Africa batsman Rassie van der Dussen, who was chosen in the platinum category alongside Fakhar Zaman by the reigning champion Lahore Qalandars, will be making a return to the PSL. Sahibzada Farhan, the National T20 Cup’s top run scorer from 2023–24, was also signed by Qalandars.
In addition to Hendricks, the losing finalist Sultans of the previous year also included England all-rounder David Willey and batter Dawid Malan. Tymal Mills and Jordan Cox, two English players, were heavily invested in by Islamabad United. Sams’ team was augmented by Kieron Pollard, Tim Seifert, and Muhammad Nawaz from Karachi Kings.
Hard-hitting Asif Ali and Afghan wristspinner Noor Ahmad join Ngidi at Zalmi. In addition to choosing Muhammad Amir, Quetta Gladiators also brought in the West Indies duo of Akeal Hosein and Sherfane Rutherford.
Six criteria were used for player selection in the PSL 2024 draft. Platinum, diamond, gold, silver, rising, and additional were among them. Teams were required to occupy three positions in the gold, diamond, and platinum categories. After that, they had to complete five in the emerging and silver categories and two in the supplementary. In order to complete their 18-player squads, the six PSL teams filled the voids with 485 overseas players who had initially registered to participate in the draft.
Complete squads:
The Lahore Qalandars consist of the following: Mohammad Imran, Ahsan Bhatti, Dan Lawrence (England), Jahandad Khan, Syed Faridoun Mahmood (both Emerging), Shai Hope (West Indies), and Kamran Ghulam (both Supplementary). Shaheen Shah Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, Rassie van der Dussen (South Africa) (all Platinum), Haris Rauf (Brand Ambassador), David Wiese (Namibia), and Sahibzada Farhan (Wildcard) (all Diamond), Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe), Abdullah Shafique, Zaman Khan (all Gold), Mirza Tahir Baig (successful relegation request), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Mohammad Imran, Ahsan Bhatti, Dan Lawrence (England) (all Silver),
Islamabad United: Salman Ali Agha, Qasim Akram, Shahab Khan (Silver), Hunain Shah, Ubaid Shah (both Emerging), Shamyl Hussain and Tom Curran (England) (both Supplementary), Faheem Ashraf (Brand Ambassador), Alex Hales (England), Colin Munro (New Zealand) (all Gold), Rumman Raees (successful relegation request), Matthew Forde (West Indies), Salman Ali Agha, Qasim Akram, Shahab Khan (Silver), Hunain Shah, Ubaid Shah (both Emerging), and Alex Hales (England) (all Diamond).
Mohammad Rizwan, Iftikhar Ahmed, David Willey (England) (all Platinum); Khushdil Shah, Usama Mir, Dawid Malan (England) (all Diamond); Abbas Afridi, Reeza Hendricks (South Africa), Reece Topley (England) (all Gold); Ihsanullah (Brand Ambassador); Tayyab Tahir, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Ali, Usman Khan (UAE) (all Silver); Faisal Akram, Yasir Khan (both Emerging); Chris Jordan (England) and Aftab Ibrahim (both Supplementary).
Kieron Pollard (West Indies), Daniel Sams (Australia), Mohammad Nawaz (all Platinum), James Vince (England), Hasan Ali, Tim Seifert (New Zealand) (all Diamond), Shan Masood (Brand Ambassador), Shoaib Malik (Mentor), Tabraiz Shamsi (South Africa) (all Gold), Mir Hamza (successful relegation request), Muhammad Akhlaq, Mohammad Amir Khan, Anwar Ali, and Arafat Minhas (all Silver), Muhammad Irfan Khan, Sirajuddin (both Emerging), Saad Baig and Jamie Overton (England) (both Supplementary).
The Quetta Gladiators are: Rilee Rossouw (South Africa); Sherfane Rutherford (West Indies); Mohammad Amir (Platinum); Mohammad Wasim Jr.; Jason Roy (England); Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) (all Diamond); Sarfaraz Ahmed (Brand Ambassador); Abrar Ahmed; Mohammad Hasnain (all Gold); Will Smeed (England); Saud Shakeel, Sajjad Ali Jnr.; Usman Qadir, Omair Bin Yousuf (all Silver); Adil Naz, Khawaja Nafay (both Emerging); Akeal Hosein (West Indies); and Sohail Khan (supplementary).
Babar Azam, Rovman Powell (West Indies), Noor Ahmad (Afghanistan) (all Platinum), Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore (England), Asif Ali (all Diamond), Mohammad Haris (Brand Ambassador), Aamir Jamal, Naveen-ul-Haq (Afghanistan) (all Gold), Khurram Shahzad, Salman Irshad, Arif Yaqoob, Umair Afridi, Daniel Mousley (England) (Silver), Haseebullah, Mohammad Zeeshan (both Emerging), Lungi Ngidi (South Africa), and Mehran Mumtaz (both Supplementary)..
