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]
Background
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]
On 11 November 2022, the retained player's list was announced.[9] 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]
More than 493 foreign players were registered for the draft.[9][10] 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]
^Right To Match card (RTM): Player was picked by another franchise in the draft but their franchise from the previous season used their Right To Match card to bring them back in their squad.
Replacements
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]
