Teams are getting ready for HBL PSL 9, and they’ve just figured out the order in which they’ll choose players in the draft. Quetta Gladiators get the first pick in the HBL Pakistan Super League 2024 Player Draft.
Karachi Kings and two-time champions Islamabad United will have the second and third picks. The fourth and fifth picks will be done by Peshawar Zalmi and last season’s runners-up Multan Sultans respectively while winners of the past two editions Lahore Qalandars will finish the first round with the sixth pick.
HBL PSL 9 Draft
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The order in which teams pick players in the first round of the Platinum category is based on the reverse order of how well they did in the previous season. To make it fair, different teams get the first pick in each category. Quetta Gladiators get the first pick in Platinum, Karachi Kings in Diamond, Peshawar Zalmi in Gold, Multan Sultans in Silver, Islamabad United in Emerging, and Lahore Qalandars in Supplementary.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has previously opened the registration window for foreign players. The flagship event is tentatively scheduled from 8 February to 24 March, 2024.
Teams in a sports franchise can now ask to move certain players to lower categories before deciding who to keep. Once a team suggests moving a player down, all teams get a chance to keep that player in their team by agreeing to the player’s original category. If no team agrees to keep the player in their original category, the player might end up in a lower category than before.
The HBL PSL 9 Draft is likely to happen in the middle of December, right after the National T20 ends.
