HBL PSL 2025 Draft: Full Squads of All 6 Teams! Warner, Williamson, Chapman, Joseph & Mitchell to Debut.
Warner, Williamson, Joseph and Mitchell to make their debut in HBL PSL 2025
• All six franchises have assembled their squads at the glittering HBL PSL 2025 Player Draft ceremony
• 116 players from 10 countries make up the six HBL PSL franchises’ rosters; HBL PSL 2025 is scheduled to take place between 8 April and 19 May 2025
• The official hashtag for the Player Draft is #DECADEOFHBLPSL. All Media houses are advised to use the hashtag in bulletins, write-ups and news stories
Lahore, 13 January 2025:
New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell became the first pick of the HBL PSL 2025 player Draft as the two-time winners Lahore Qalandars roped him in to bolster their batting order here at the Huzoori Bagh in Lahore Fort on Monday afternoon. Mitchell, who has played 70 T20Is, will make his HBL PSL debut later this year.
Left handed batter David Warner was pouched by 2020 HBL PSL champions Karachi Kings as they made use of the second pick in the first Platinum round. Warner, with his wealth of experience including 12,727 T20 runs in 392 T20 matches, will also be among the list of notable debutants this season.
Peshawar Zalmi used the Right to Match option for Tom Kohler-Cadmore, who was picked by Quetta Gladiators. Kohler-Cadmore has represented Zalmi for the last four HBL PSL seasons. Gladiators then picked up New Zealand’s Mark Chapman, who has played 81 T20Is in his 10-year long international career and is a dual international as well.
Michael Bracewell and Matthew Short were the last two picks in the Platinum one round as they were gleaned by Multan Sultans and Islamabad United, respectively. Bracewell, an all-format player for New Zealand has played 149 T20s having scored 2744 runs and taken 66 wickets.
29-year-old Short will add to Islamabad’s explosive batting line-up as they look to add a fourth HBL PSL Trophy to their cabinet later this year.
In the Platinum round two, Quetta Gladiators and Karachi Kings had two picks each. Gladiators used their Wild Card pick option to snare all-rounder Faheem Ashraf to their squad.
Aggressive Kiwi opening batter Finn Allen was the other player Quetta picked in this round. Allen, 25, has played 47 T20Is for New Zealan
The HBL PSL 2025 Player Draft has concluded, and all 6 teams have finalized their squads.#AreebCricketWorld #DECADEOFHBLPSL #HBLPSL #psl10 #psldraft #psl2025 #HBLPSL2025 #HBLPSL10