LAHORE: The drafting session of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020 players will be held in Lahore today.
The drafting session will be held at 04:45 pm where teams will be selected for different categories.
The PSL franchises have set their eyes on picking players such as Jason Roy, Chris Lynn, Colin Ingram, and Dale Steyn during players’ draft for the fifth edition.
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Five teams will pick seven players for the the top-most and highly-paid category, Platinum. However, Peshawar Zalmi would not pick anyone from the top categories as they decided to retain Wahab Riaz, Hassan Ali, and Keiron Pollard in Platinum.
There will be five picks in the first round of platinum and two in the second one.
In the Diamond category, Zalmi would have the first pick, followed by Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Gladiators, and Multan Sultans.
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In the Gold category, Karachi Kings would have two picks, while the other teams would have one each. Following the Platinum, Diamond, and Gold categories, teams would also pick players in the Silver, Emerging, and Supplementary categories to complete their squad of 18 players.
It is mandatory for the teams to have at least three foreigners among the nine top-picked/retained ones.
The PSL’s fifth edition is slated to be played in February 2020 in four cities of Pakistan.
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