The 2018 Pakistan Super League player draft was the player draft for third season of the

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, held on 12 November 2017 in

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. Each franchise was allowed to pick 16 players from total 501 players; including Pakistani and foreign cricketers who took part in the draft. They divided into five different categories; Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver and Emerging and Supplementary. This was

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' inaugural season, they were allowed to pick 9 players prior to the draft.

Retained players

The list for the names of 9 retained players in each five teams was announced on 5 October 2017. The new team

picked their 9 pre-draft players from the players released by other franchises, and their names were announced on 10 October.

Transfers

On 3 October 2017, Shahid Afridi's transfer from Zalmi to Kings was confirmed, occupying one Gold and two Silver picks, which was named as the biggest trade of the season. It was also announced on 5 October that the gold pick

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had been picked by Kings in trade for the gold pick

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to Qalandars. On 6 October, it was reported that United bought Iftikhar Ahmed from Zalmi in exchange of supplementary pick in second round of draft.

Players released

Further players; who played in 2017 PSL, were released by their franchises, who are:

New players

On 30 September, Chairman PCB

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announced that following players are the new top signings for the league: *

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* John Hastings *

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On 14 October, some more names for the new signed in players were revealed: *

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* James Vince *

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It was reported on 20 October that the two players from the

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were signed in by franchise Zalmi: * Li Jian * Zhang Yufei

Draft picks

A total of 501 players; 193 Pakistani and 308 overseas were a part of the draft. Earlier, each franchise had a purse of , but then PCB decided to increase the salary cap of each franchise by on 13 November. They were allowed to stack up their squad with a maximum of 21 players by picking them from the categories in following order with a varying range and limit in price: *one player each from: **Platinum; **Diamond; minimum price of **Gold; *two players each from: **Silver; **Emerging; *up to five players from Supplementary Rounds; they could be called in as replacements for those players who don't agree to play in Pakistan Following players were picked by the franchises in the draft:

Replacements

Following players were picked in PSL replacement draft.

Notes

References

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