The player draft for the inaugural season of the Pakistan Super League was held at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on 21–22 December 2015.[1] A total of 308 players and 30 coaches, including Pakistani and Foreigners were divided into 5 different categories Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver and Emerging.[2] Each franchise had a salary-spending cap of $1.2 million, including the signing of players, coaches and support staff. There were five icon players and each team was allowed to pick one icon and six foreigners in a 20-man squad (16 active and 4 supplementary).[3]
Players picked
Following is the list of players picked by different teams.
Shahid Afridi was the first player to be picked in draft.[4]Shane Watson was the first foreign player to be picked in draft.[5][6] Players were paid according to their categories:
Supplementary players are those who picked by their team as extra players and their contracts will start only after they join their teams when one of the main team player gets injured or is unavailable to play.
Post-Draft Signings
These Players were signed by franchises after the draft.
