If are you looking for the HBL PSL 2024 Player Draft Pick Order then you are in the right place. As the preparations for Pakistan Super League 2024 season 9 are ramping up, the PSL authority has now finalized the pick orders of HBL PSL player’s draft 2024 on 20th November 2024. The pick order of the first round of the platinum category of the HBL PSL player draft 2024 is determined by the reverse order of the team’s standings in the HBL PSL 2023 season.
Therefore, as per team Standings of the previous edition of HBL PSL, Quetta Gladiators (QG) will have the first pick and Karachi Kings (KK) will make the second pick in the first round of the platinum category of HBL PSL 2024 player draft. Consequently, the third and fourth picks will be done by Islamabad United (IU) and Peshawar Zalmi (PZ) respectively. The runner-up of the HBL PSL 8 Multan Sultan will have the fifth pick in the order and the winner of the previous edition of HBL PSL 8 Lahore Qalandars (LQ) will end the first round of the platinum category of the HBL PSL 9 2024 player draft by having sixth pick order in the draft.
In order to make the HBL PSL 2024 Player Draft Pick Order fairer and rightful, the Pakistan Super League authority has placed each of the 6 franchises to occupy the first pick in the first round of each of the 6 categories of the HBL PSL 2024 Player Draft. The first pick of the first round in the Platinum Category will be done by Quetta Gladiator (QG) while Karachi Kings (KK) will make their first pick of the first round in the Diamond Category.
Consequently, Peshawar Zalmi (PZ) will have their first pick in the first round in the Gold Category, and Multan Sultan (MS) will make their first pick in the first round in the Silver Category. Accordingly, Islamabad United (IU) occupies the first pick of the first round in the Emerging Category, and Lahore Qalandars (LQ) will have their first pick of the first round in the Supplementary Category of the HBL PSL 2024 Player Draft.
Let’s explore the pick orders of the HBL PSL 2024 Player Draft as per each franchise:
The table shows the HBL PSL 2024 Player Draft Pick Orders according to each franchise of each category of each round. The player draft covers all the categories according to the skills, status, and ability of the players i.e. Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver, Emerging, and Supplementary Categories. Players from all over the world will take part in the HBL PSL Draft 2024 along with national and local players of Pakistan. Management and think tanks of all the participating franchises will now sit and make plans to grab the players from the HBL PSL draft to strengthen their combinations and requirements to compete with other franchises of the tournament.
Each of the franchises will now submit demotion requests for players before finalizing their category-wise retentions. All of the franchises have the chance to match the base category of the players following the floating of demotion requests. If the Basic Category of Players according to the PSL Draft authority doesn’t match, players may be demoted to a category below their base category.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) along with the Pakistan Super League (PSL) authority has previously opened the window of registration for overseas players. The Player Draft for HBL PSL 9 2024 is tentatively announced to take place on 13th, December 2023 straightaway following the ending of the National T20 Cup. The HBL PSL Draft 2024 is very important in shaping up the squad of all franchises. Player’s availability is also considered by the franchises before picking them in the squad. The iconic T20 tournament HBL PSL 9 2024 is expected to start from 8th February 2024 to 24 March 2024 in Pakistan.