The make-up of PSL 2018 squads
The five incumbent teams were allowed to retain nine players each. The newest franchise, Multan Sultans, were allowed to pick, without any riders, their nine pre-draft players from the pool of players released by other franchises in the lead up to the draft today.
Each team had a purse of USD 1.2 million. Platinum category players will earn between $140,000 and $200,000. Diamond category players had a minimum price of $70,000 whereas the Gold category players had a minimum price of $50,000. The minimum cap for Silver category players and Emerging Category players was kept at $22,000 and $10,000 respectively.
Franchises were allowed to pick one player each from Platinum, Diamond and Gold categories, while selecting two each from the Silver and Emerging Players list to stack up their squad with a maximum of 20 players.
Each team had a purse of USD 1.2 million. Platinum category players will earn between $140,000 and $200,000. Diamond category players had a minimum price of $70,000 whereas the Gold category players had a minimum price of $50,000. The minimum cap for Silver category players and Emerging Category players was kept at $22,000 and $10,000 respectively.
Franchises were allowed to pick one player each from Platinum, Diamond and Gold categories, while selecting two each from the Silver and Emerging Players list to stack up their squad with a maximum of 20 players.
West Indies Players drafted
Karachi Kings
None
Lahore Qalandars
Sunil Narine, retained
Islamabad United
Andre Russell, Samuel Badree retained
Quetta Gladiators
Draft pick Carlos Brathwaite
Peshawar Zalmi
Darren Sammy (captain)
Draft picks..... Dwayne Bravo, Andre Fletcher, Evin Lewis
Multan Sultans
Kieron Pollard
Draft Picks ....Darren Bravo,Nicholas Pooran,