Teams and their squads after day 2 of the PSL draft

The five franchises of the Pakistan Super League (PSL)- Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Peshawar Zalmi, Quetta Gladiators, Lahore Qalandars, completed their drafting process today.

The day one of PSL draft was eventful, with 21 overseas and 24 local players being picked from the Platinum, Diamond, and Gold categories. The second day of the drafting process saw the players from the Silver, Emerging, and Supplementary categories getting selected. It was a day mostly for upcoming talents who would try their best to make a mark in the league with their performances.

Kumar Sangakkara, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Saeed Ajmal, Fawad Alam, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq are some of the big names which were picked by the franchises today. The Karachi Kings and Quetta Gladiator picked only three supplementary players as opposed to the four that they could opt for.

The PSL is set to be hosted in Dubai and Sharjah from February 4 to February 23. Here are the full 16-member squads of each franchise after the conclusion of the draft.

Peshawar Zalmi

Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Darren Sammy, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Hafeez, Chris Jordan, Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Khan, James Allenby, Aamer Yamin, Dawid Malan, Imran Khan Jr., Shahid Yousuf, Abdur Rahman, Musadiq Ahmad, Hassan Ali.

Supplementary players – Asghar, Brad Hodge, Israrullah, Taj Wali

Karachi Kings

Shoaib Malik, Shakib Al Hasan, Sohail Tanvir, Imad Wasim, Ravi Bopara, Lendl Simmons, Mohammad Amir, Bilawal Bhatti, James Vince, Iftikhar Ahmed, Nauman Anwar, Mushfirqur Rahim, Usama Mir, Sohail Khan, Mir Hamza, Saifullah Bangash.

Supplementary players – Tillakaratne Dilshan, Shahzaid Hassan, Fawad Alam

Islamabad United

Shane Watson, Andre Russell, Misbah-ul-Haq, Samuel Badree, Mohammad Irfan, Brad Haddin, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Sami, Khalid Latif, Babar Azam, Imran Khalid, Kamran Ghulam, Umar Amin, Sam Billings, Rumman Raees, Amad Butt.

Supplementary players – Ashar Zaidi, Saeed Ajmal, Hussain Talat, Umar Siddique

Quetta Gladiators

Kevin Pietersen, Sarfraz Ahmed, Ahmed Shehzad, Anwar Ali, Jason Holder, Luke Wright, Zulfiqar Babar, Umar Gul, Elton Chigumbura, Bilal Asif, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Nawaz, Saad Nasim, Mohammad Nabi, Akbar-ur-Rehman, Bismillah Khan.

Supplementary players – Kumar Sangakkara, Aizaz Cheema, Ramiz Raja Jr.

Lahore Qualandar

Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Umar Akmal, Mohammad Rizwan, Yasir Shah, Sohaib Maqsood, Mustafizur Rahman, Kevon Cooper, Cameron Delport, Zafar Gohar, Hammad Azam, Zia-ul-Haq, Zohaib Khan, Azhar Ali, Naved Yasin, Adnan Rasool.

Supplementary players – Abdul Razzaq, Mukhtar Ahmed, Ehasan Adil, Imran Butt

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