PSL 8 players draft schedule unveiled with inclusion of star foreign players
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KARACHI: More than 500 overseas players, including Australians Matthew Wade and Aaron Finch, have signed themselves up for the players’ draft — set to take place on December 15 in the port city — of the eighth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
According to the list of players, available with *Geo News*, the largest contingent of players who have registered for PSL are from England as around 138 Englishmen will be up to be drafted by franchises for PSL's latest edition.
Forty-six players from Afghanistan, 16 from Australia, 30 players from Bangladesh, six from New Zealand, 26 from South Africa, 62 from Sri Lanka, 11 from Zimbabwe, and around 40 players from West Indies have gotten themselves registered for the players' draft.
Aaron Finch, Matthew Wade, Shakib Al Hasan, Alex Hales, David Willey, Dawid Malan, Moeen Ali, Jimmy Neesham, David Miller, Adil Rasheed, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Kieron Pollard, Mujeeb ur Rehman, Mohammad Nabi, Martin Guptil, Lungi Ngidi and Colin De Grandhomme are in the platinum category.
Meanwhile, Imran Tahir, Saqib Mehmood, James Vince, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiq ur Rahim, Hazratullah Zazai, Will Jacks, Reeza Hendricks, Shai Hope, Sikandar Raza, Fawad Ahmed, and Carlos Brathwaite are in Diamond category.
South Africans Junior Dala and Temba Bavuma are registered in the Gold category for the PSL players’ draft.
