PCB announce new date for PSL 10 Player Draft

The highly anticipated player draft for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 10 has been rescheduled, with changes to both the date and venue. Originally set to take place in the scenic port city of Gwadar, Balochistan, on Saturday, January 11, 2025, the draft will now be held in Lahore on January 13.

Sources confirmed that the decision to move the venue and delay the event was due to logistical challenges that made hosting the draft in Gwadar unfeasible.

Ahead of the players' draft, the six PSL franchises announced their player retentions on January 4. Each franchise was allowed to retain up to eight players from their previous squad. While most teams made full use of their retention slots, Karachi Kings, Multan Sultans, and Peshawar Zalmi opted to retain seven players each.

Here are the full retentions for PSL 10:

Islamabad United: Shadab Khan and Naseem Shah (both Platinum), Imad Wasim (mentor), Azam Khan (Diamond), Salman Ali Agha (Brand Ambassador), Haider Ali (Gold), Colin Munro and Rumman Raees (Silver)

Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan and Usama Mir (Platinum), David Willey (mentor), Iftikhar Ahmed (Brand Ambassador), Usman Khan (Diamond), Chris Jordan (Gold), Faisal Akram (Silver)

Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam and Saim Ayub (Platinum), Mohammad Haris (Diamond), Arif Yaqoob, Mehran Mumtaz, and Sufyan Moqim (Brand Ambassador) (Silver), Ali Raza (Emerging)

Quetta Gladiators: Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Amir (mentor), and Rilee Rossouw (Diamond), Akeal Hosein, Saud Shakeel (Brand Ambassador), Mohammad Wasim Jnr (Gold), Khawaja Muhammad Nafay and Usman Tariq (Silver)

Karachi Kings: Hasan Ali and James Vince (Diamond), Muhammad Irfan Khan and Shan Masood (Gold), Arafat Minhas (Brand Ambassador), Tim Seifert and Zahid Mehmood (Silver)

Lahore Qalandars: Shaheen Shah Afridi and Fakhar Zaman (Platinum), Haris Rauf (Brand Ambassador), Sikandar Raza (Diamond), Abdullah Shafique, Jahandad Khan, Zaman Khan (Gold), David Wiese (Silver)

Additionally, several players successfully requested category relegations, including Rumman Raees (Islamabad United), Hasan Ali, Shan Masood, and Zahid Mehmood (all Karachi Kings), Abdullah Shafique (Lahore Qalandars), and Faisal Akram (Multan Sultans).