PSL 10: Participation of Warner, Smith, and Williamson remains unconfirmed

The Pakistan Super League (PSL) is set to hold its highly anticipated player draft for the 10th edition on January 11, 2025, in Gwadar, Balochistan. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has released the preliminary list of foreign players who are available for selection, though some changes could still occur. Authorities are awaiting confirmations from star players like David Warner, Steven Smith, and Kane Williamson, though their names are already included in the list. 

The inclusion of Chris Woakes and Jonny Bairstow is contingent on obtaining No Objection Certificates (NOCs) from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Players from all Test-playing nations, except for India, are eligible to participate in the draft.

Notably, this season will see the highest-ever payouts in the league's history for star cricketers. According to the initial list, notable names in the Platinum category include David Warner, Shaun Abbott, Steven Smith, Mustafizur Rahman, Daryl Mitchell, Kane Williamson, Chris Woakes, Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Tom Curran, and Tom Kohler-Cadmore. 

Shakib Al Hasan, Kusal Mendis, and David Willey are placed in the Diamond category, while Usman Khawaja and Levery Evans feature in the Gold category. Mohammad Nabi and Tanveer Sangha are also in the Diamond category.

Other players registered for the draft include Benjamin Warthus, Mahmudullah, Dan Foxcraft, Corbin Bosh, George Linde, Nandre Berger, Angelo Mathews, Oshaka Fernando, Dasun Shanaka, Dinoth Villalage, Pathum Nissanka, Mohammad Wasim, David Pine, David Malan, Brendan King, Blessing Muzarabani, Joshua Brown, Nikhil Chaudhry, Hassan Mahmood, Rashad Hussain, Tanzim Hassan Saqib, Taskin Ahmed, Tauheed Haridoye, Mark Adair, Paul Stirling, Gerhard Erasmus, Ben Lester, Johnson Charles, Evan Jones, Jedwin George Peters, Hanno Viljoen, Megal Pretorius, Peter Williams, Adrian Mulder, Ruben Andrew Herman, Temba Bavuma, Thomas Philip Kabir, Tristan Les, Adam Rossington, Brendan McMullen, James Fuller, Ryan Burl, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Byers Swinpoel, Darrell Dupawalin, Dawood Ahmadzai, Fareedon Dawoodzai, Gulbadeen Naib, Ibrahim Zadran, Mohammad Shehzad, Najibullah Zadran, Zaheer Khan Paktin, Alex Rose, James Beasley, Patrick Dolley, Litton Das, Mahdi Hassan, Naheed Rana, Najm-ul-Hussain Shanto, Rapon Mondal, Sumya Sarkar, Tej Islam, Aaron Johnson, Andrew Bulbrain, Curtis Campher, Lorcan Tucker, Ross Adair, Thomas Dreka, Brett Hampton, Chad Boiss, Cole McConchie, Max Cho, Michael Ray, Tom Bruce, Janid Dawood, Junior Dala, Asitha Fernando, Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Dilshan Madhushantha, Dinesh Chandimal, Dushan Hemanta, Benny Howell, Chris Sole, George Garton, Jake Jaros, Mark Watt, Nathan Sutter, Ross Whitely, Willem Smith, Aaron Jones, Alec Ethenze, Amir Jengo, Goutakesh Moti, Jediah Bleds, Jewel Andrew, Johan Jerima, Joshua Bishop, Joshua James, Kadim Eleni, Casey Carti, Khari Perry, Mark Dial, Michael Govia, Michael Lewis, Odin Smith, Devon Myers, Nicholas Welch, Amir Hamza Hotak, Ijaz Ahmadzai, Shahidullah Kamal, Waheedullah Zadran, Yama Arab, Ziaur Rahman Akbar, Joshua Van Herdin, Barry McCarthy, Dave Knall, Conner Estravezine, Jordan Herrmann, T Shepo Moriki, Waqar Allah Isaaq, Benjamin Minetti, Blake McDonald, Cameron McClure, Harry Dixon, Jackson Smith, James Seymour, Joshua Kane, McKenzie Harvey, Max Berthysel, Michael Perry, Roventhakielputha, Samuel Hazlett, Steven McGuffin, Thomas Rogers, Thornton Henry, Afif Hussain, Alis Islam, Jaqar Ali, Qamar Islam, Anam Haque, Sabir Rahman, Sharif Islam, Muhammad Saifuddin, Maked Islam, Nossom Ahmad, Nazim Islam, Roni Talakdar, Royil Miya, Saif Hassan, Shamim Hussain, Shahid Islam, Tanzid Hassan, Harsh Thacker, Kiro Sharma, Ejaz Khan, Babar Hayat, Ahsan Khan, Ahsan Nawaz, Haroon Arshad, Grant Stuart, Syed Zain Abbas Naqvi, Verndip Singh, Arjun Saud, Asif Sheikh, Max O'Dood, Musa Ahmed, Paul Van Meckeren, Rolf Van Der Merwe, Tija Nadamonro, Vivienne Kingma, Dale Phillips, Dean Cleaver, Jaden Lennox, Ketan Clark, Muhammad Abbas, Nick Kelly, Peter Young Husband, Aqib Ilyas, Bilal Khan, Mehran Khan, Muhammad Imran, Hamza Khan, Bamani Zinzi, Ashan Bandara, Kasen Rajitha, Lahiru Adara Egalagamae, Jemamiyagi, Akif Raja, Aryan Lakra, Asif Khan, Basil Hamid, Ethan De Souza, Hazrat Luqman, Khazima Bin Tanveer, Muhammad Akasha Tahir, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Amir Khan, Rahul Chopra, Shahid Iqbal Bhatti, Syed Muhammad Haider Shah, Jake Taylor, Tazim Ali, Akrisht Gomal, Ali Sheikh, Joshua Trump, Matthew Trump, Mukhtar Ahmed, Noman Anwar, Stephen Wagg, Steven Taylor, Shashant Modani, Zia Shehzad, Abhijeet Man Singh, Akim Agasti, Akim Jordan, Chandrapal Hem Raj, Colin Archibald, Jomal Wreaken, Jordan Johnson, Junior Sinclaire, Krima Gor, Kevin Sinclaire, Kelvin Anderson, Kirk McKenzie, Matthew Nando, Nathan Edward, Rewoldo Clark, Romario Roach, Sheron Lewis, Shedrick Discart, Shimar Brooks, Sheldon Cottrell, Zeeshan Motara, Solomon Mir, Tanaka Chiyunga, Tananshey Mochwaya, Tenotenda Mposa.