PSL 9 draft: Foreign players in gold, silver categories revealed

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has revealed a list of foreign players enlisted in the Gold and Silver categories for the upcoming Pakistan Super League (PSL) season nine's draft.

Notable inclusions in the prestigious Gold category feature prominent players like Joe Denly, Lewis Gregory, Niroshan Dickwella, Dhananjaya De Silva, and Ben Cutting.

🌍 Foreign Gold Player Pool 🌍

For HBL PSL Player Draft 2024 is officially out…

💃✨💃✨#HBLPSL9 #HBLPSLDraft pic.twitter.com/2RshPWsI2G

— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) December 11, 2023

🌐 Foreign Silver Player Pool 🌐

For HBL PSL Player Draft 2024 is officially out…

🔥🌚🔥🌚#HBLPSL9 #HBLPSLDraft pic.twitter.com/RN7Hnrgsf6

— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) December 11, 2023

Meanwhile, four hundred and eighty five international players from 22 nations have registered for the HBL PSL Player Draft 2024 scheduled to take place on 13 December at the National Cricket Academy, Lahore. 46 players are in the Platinum category while 76 players have signed up in the Diamond category.

Some of the prominent players in the Platinum category include: Daniel Sams, Ashton Agar (both Australia), Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (all Afghanistan), Ben Duckett, Chris Jordan, David Willey, Dawid Malan, Luke Wood, Reece Topley, Tom Curran, Tymal Mills (all England), Sandeep Lamichhane (Nepal), James Neesham (New Zealand), Rassie van der Dussen, Imran Tahir (both South Africa), Maheesh Theekshana, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (all Sri Lanka), Kieron Pollard, Rovman Powell, Romario Shepherd, Brandon King and Kyle Mayers (all West Indies)

The notable players to feature in Diamond category include: Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi (both Afghanistan), Ben McDermott (Australia), Litton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mahmudullah (all Bangladesh), Dan Lawrence, Gus Atkinson, Jordan Cox, Liam Dawson, Matthew Potts, Ollie Pope, Richard Gleeson, Sam Hain (all England), Tim Seifert, Martin Guptill, Chad Bowes (all New Zealand), George Linde, Lungi Ngidi, Reeza Hendricks, Wayne Parnell, Sisanda Magala (all South Africa), Dilshan Madushanka, Charith Asalanka, Dushmantha Chameera, Sadeera Samarawickrama (all Sri Lanka), Fabian Allen, Johnson Charles, Rahkeem Cornwall, Roston Chase, Shai Hope, Hayden Walsh (all West Indies)