The Pakistan Super League - PSL Draft 2024 is a much-awaited event that marks the beginning of an exciting cricketing journey. During this draft, franchises meticulously assemble their squads for the upcoming season, making strategic picks to create a competitive team. With international and domestic players up for grabs, the draft unveils the rosters of all six teams, setting the stage for an action-packed and enthralling PSL 2024 season. Cricket enthusiasts worldwide eagerly anticipate this event, as it promises to bring together some of the finest talents in T20 cricket, ready to showcase their skills and battle for glory on the grand stage of PSL 9.

PSL 2024 Draft

Preparations are well underway for HBL PSL 9, with the Pick Order for the Player Draft now set. Quetta Gladiators have secured the first pick in the upcoming HBL Pakistan Super League 2024 Player Draft. Karachi Kings and two-time champions Islamabad United follow with the second and third picks. Peshawar Zalmi and last season’s runners-up Multan Sultans will make the fourth and fifth picks, respectively, while the winners of the last two editions, Lahore Qalandars, will wrap up the first round with the sixth pick.

The selection order for each category's first round is designed to balance fairness, with a different franchise taking the lead pick in each category. Quetta Gladiators initiate the Platinum picks, Karachi Kings kick off the Diamond picks, Peshawar Zalmi start the Gold picks, Multan Sultans lead the Silver category, Islamabad United make the first Emerging category pick, and Lahore Qalandars begin the Supplementary picks.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has already opened the registration window for foreign players for this flagship event, tentatively scheduled from 8 February to 24 March, 2024.

Ahead of finalizing retentions, franchisees will submit relegation requests for players. After these requests are in, teams have the opportunity to match a player's base category. Players not matched in their base category may be relegated to a lower category.

The HBL PSL 9 Draft is tentatively planned to occur in mid-December, immediately following the conclusion of the National T20

PSL 2023 Draft

The player draft for the 2023 Pakistan Super League was held on 15 December 2022. Before the draft teams were allowed to retain a maximum of eight players and make transfers

Ramiz Raja had hinted that the draft would be replaced by an auction, but the format was retained. The PCB announced that Lahore Qalandars will have the first pick

Each team had the right to exercise one wildcard pick. Each team had a right-to-match card which allowed franchises to buy back a maximum of one player they had released by paying a set fee in each category:

• Platinum ($130,000-$170,000)
• Diamond ($60,000-$80,000)
• Gold ($40,000-$50,000)
• Silver ($25,000)
• Emerging ($7,500)