PSL 7 Draft: Rashid Khan, Tabraiz Shamsi among 356 foreign players

PSL 7 Draft: Rashid Khan and Tabraiz Shamsi are among 356 foreign players that will be going to play the Pakistan Super League (PSL) seventh edition 2022.

As per the sources, around 356 foreign players will be part of the PSL 7 draft on 12th December. However, some top cricket names won’t be part of the PSL 7 due to international commitments.

Afghanistani spinner, Rashid Khan and South African spinner, Tabraiz Shamsi are among the top five T20I bowlers in the world. Players in the PSL 7 draft are from South Africa, England, West Indies, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Australia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Ireland among others.

PSL 7 Draft: Foreign Players

Platinum Category

South Africa: Tabraiz Shamsi, David Miller, Rilee Rossouw, Marchant de Lange

England: Tymal Mills, Jason Roy, James Vince, Liam Livingstone, David Willey

West Indies: Chris Gayle

New Zealand: Colin Munro

Sri Lanka: Isuru Udana, Thisara Perera

Afghanistan: Rashid Khan

Diamond Category

Australia: James Faulkner, Ben Cutting, Ben Dunk

England: Lewis Gregory, Alex Hales, Harry Brook, Joe Clarke, Samit Patel, Dan Lawrence

South Africa: Imran Tahir, Dane Vilas

Namibia: David Wiese

Sri Lanka: Kusal Mendis, Dushmantha Chameera

West Indies: Fabian Allen, Sherfane Rutherford

Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Najibullah Zadran, Qais Ahmad

Local players

Abdullah Shafique, Abid Ali, Ahmed Shehzad, Azhar Ali, Bilal Asif, Fawad Alam, Umar Akmal, Haris Sohail, Junaid Khan, Khurram Manzoor, Rumman Raees, Saud Shakeel, Tabish Khan and Yasir Shah are some of the players in the Gold category.

PSL 7 is set to take place from 27th January to 27th February. Karachi will host 15 matches in the first-leg, while Lahore will host the remaining 19 matches.