PSL Draft 2019: Complete list of players picked by each team

The Pakistan Super League 2019 draft took place just a few hours ago in Islamabad, Pakistan. Over 600 foreign and local players were available for the draft. However, while Islamabad United could buy just 6 players, the other 5 teams could buy 8 each.

There were plenty of big names up for grabs in the draft, including AB de Villiers, Steven Smith, Chris Lynn, Brendon McCullum, Corey Anderson, to name a few.

Local players such as Shahid Afridi, Shaheen Afridi, Hussain Talat, and Anwar Ali, too, were a part of the pool of players listed.

Out of the 6 teams which took part last season, the Multan Sultans had their contract terminated earlier this year, and hence, the team was known as the "sixth team" during the draft.

Since the Lahore Qalandars finished at the bottom of the table last time around, they got the first pick and it was no surprise who they picked.

Here is the complete list of players who were drafted in by each team at the PSL draft this year:

#1 Lahore Qalandars

Last season's bottom-placed team had the first pick and they went on to pick South Africa's AB de Villiers, who announced his retirement from international cricket earlier this year.

They also picked Pakistan's Mohammed Hafeez, who has been having a great season so far.

Fakhar Zaman, Anton Devcich, and Yasir Shah were amongst the players retained.

Squad: Hasan Khan, Rahat Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Yasir Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Anton Devcich, Agha Salman, Sohail Akhtar, AB de Villiers, Mohammad Hafeez (c), Carlos Brathwaite, Corey Anderson, Sandeep Lamichhane, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Imran, Umair Masood, Brendan Taylor, Gauhar Ali, Aizaz Cheema, and Haris Rauf.

The last four players in the squad are supplementary players. They will come into the squad only if any of the usual 16 get injured.

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#2 Islamabad United

Luke Ronchi will hope to continue his good form

Last season's champions, Islamabad United, had the last pick in the draft and hence, could not pick from the top of the crop.

They retained 10 players prior to the draft - the most by any team and hence could only pick a total of 6 players in the draft.

England's Ian Bell, New Zealand's Samit Patel, and Australia's Cameron Delport were amongst the foreigners picked in the draft. Players like Faheem Ashraf, Luke Ronchi, and Shadab Khan, to name a few, were retained.

Squad: Luke Ronchi, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Asif Ali, Mohammad Sami, Rumman Raees, Hussain Talat, Waqas Maqsood, Sahibzada Farhan, Zafar Gohar, Ian Bell, Samit Patel, Phil Salt, Cameron Delport, Mohammad Musa, Nasir Nawaz, Wayne Parnell, Zahir Khan, Amad Butt, and Rizwan Hussain.

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#3 Karachi Kings

Colin Munro

The Kings finished fourth on the table last time around and hence got the third pick in the players draft this season.

Colin Ingram, Colin Munro, Mohammad Amir, Babar Azam, and Usman Khan were 5 amongst the 8 players retained by the side. During the draft, they went on to purchase the services of Zimbabwe's Sikandar Raza and local hero Usman Khan.

Squad: Imad Wasim (c), Colin Munro, Mohammad Amir, Babar Azam, Colin Ingram, Usman Khan Shinwari, Mohammad Rizwan, Ravi Bopara, Sikandar Raza, Awais Zia, Usama Mir, Aaron Summers, Sohail Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Ali Imran, Abrar Ahmed, Aamer Yamin, Ben Dunk, Liam Livingstone, and Jaahid Ali.

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#4 Peshawar Zalmi

Darren Sammy

Peshawar Zalmi finished as the runners-up last time around, losing to Islamabad United in the final.

Captain Darren Sammy and Liam Dawson were the overseas retentions by the squad whereas Wahab Riaz, Hasan Ali, and Kamran Akmal were the local retentions.

During the draft, they went on to pick Kieron Pollard, the big-hitting Windies all-rounder. They also purchased the services of Misbah-ul-Haq and Dawid Malan.

Squad: Darren Sammy, Wahab Riaz, Hasan Ali, Kamran Akmal, Liam Dawson, Umaid Asif, Khalid Usman, Sameen Gul, Kieron Pollard, Misbah-ul-Haq, Dawid Malan, Umar Amin, Wayne Madsen, Sohaib Maqsood, Jamal Anwar, Nabi Gul, Chris Jordan, Waqar Salamkheil, Ibtisam Sheikh, and Samiullah Afridi.

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#5 Quetta Gladiators

Sarfraz Ahmed

The Gladiators finished fourth on the table last time around and hence had the third pick in the players draft.

Earlier in the season, they had traded in Umar Akmal and Sunil Narine from the Lahore Qalandars.

During the draft, they purchased the services of Dwayne Bravo and Pakistan opener Ahmed Shehzad.

Squad: Sarfraz Ahmed, Sohail Tanvir, Sunil Narine, Umar Akmal, Shane Watson, Mohammad Nawaz, Rilee Rossouw, Anwar Ali, Saud Shakeel, Dwayne Bravo, Fawad Ahmed, Mohammad Asghar, Danish Aziz, Ahsan Ali, Ghulam Mudassar, Naseem Shah, Harry Gurney, Ahmed Shehzad, Azam Khan, and Jalat Khan.

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#6 Sixth team

Steve Smith

The unnamed team, formerly known as the Multan Sultans, had the second pick of the draft since they finished fifth on the table last time around.

They made a few big picks in the draft, including Australian Steve Smith, who is still serving his ban from international cricket. They also picked up former Pakistani Shahid Afridi. Joe Denly and Nicolas Pooran were the other foreigners picked in the squad.

The name of the team is yet to be finalised.

Squad: Shoaib Malik (c), Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan, Shan Masood, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Irfan, Umar Siddiq, Mohammad Junaid, Steve Smith, Shahid Afridi, Joe Denly, Qais Ahmad, Nicolas Pooran, Laurie Evans, Nauman Ali, Mohammad Ilyas, Daniel Christian, Tom Moores, Ali Shafiq, and Shakeel Ansar.

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