As of today, December 15, 2022, the official draft pick event for HBL PSL 8 was hosted by PCB in Karachi. This mega event led us to HBL PSL 8 draft pick results by six major teams participating in PSL 2023. The draft lists of platinum, diamond, gold, silver and emerging category players announced on the official PSL twitter page are as follows:
TODAY: HBL PSL 8 DRAFT PICK RESULTS
The draft pick-up ceremony had two platinum category rounds, one diamond category round, one gold category round, three silver category rounds, one emerging category round, and two rounds for the supplementary category. In addition, each team had to pick according to HBL PSL 8 draft pick order in each round.
ROUND 1 (PLATINUM CATEGORY)
Lahore Qalandars being the defending champions first chose its player from the platinum category. The remaining teams picked their players as given in the following section. After round 1 at the HBL PSL 8 draft pick-up event, the following players were drafted by the respective franchises
ROUND 1 PICKS (PLATINUM CATEGORY)
| LAHORE QALANDARS | FAKHAR ZAMAN |
| QUETTA GLADIATORS | WANINDU HASARANGA |
| MULTAN SULTANS | DAVID MILLER |
| KARACHI KINGS | MATHEW WADE |
| ISLAMABAD UNITED | ALEX HALES |
| PESHAWAR ZALMI | BHANUKA RAJAPASKA |
OFFICIAL TWEET
ROUND 2 (PLATINUM)
In the second round of the platinum category, Lahore Qalandars didn’t have any picks because they had already retained two platinum category players and picked one in the first round. The remaining teams picked their players in the following order.
ROUND 2 PICKS (PLATINUM CATEGORY)
| QUETTA GLADIATORS | NASEEM SHAH |
| PESHAWAR ZALMI | ROVMAN POVELL |
| ISLAMABAD UNITED | RAHMANULLAH GURBAZ |
| KARACHI KINGS | IMRAN TAHIR |
| MULTAN SULTANS | JOSH LITTLE |
OFFICIAL TWEET
DIAMOND ROUND
The diamond round happened following the two platinum category pick rounds in which the six teams picked their players according to the pick-up order.
DIAMOND CATEGORY ROUND PICKS
| ISLAMABAD UNITED | FAZALHAQ FAROOQI |
| PESHAWAR ZALMI | MUJEEB UR RAHMAN |
| LAHORE QALANDARS | HUSSAIN TALAT |
| QUETTA GLADIATORS | ODEAN SMITH |
| KARACHI KINGS | JAMES VINCE |
| KARACHI KINGS | JAMES FULLER |
GOLD ROUND
After two platinum and a diamond categories pick rounds, the participating teams in PSL 2023 chose their gold category players in the following order. Islamabad United wasn’t part of this round because they have already retained three gold-category players. On the other hand, Peshawar Zalmi chose two more players from the gold category in this round as they have retained only one gold-category player before the draft.
GOLD CATEGORY ROUND PICKS
| PESHAWAR ZALMI | DANISH AZIZ |
| QUETTA GLADIATORS | AHSAN ALI |
| LAHORE QALANDARS | SIKANDAR RAZA |
| MULTAN SULTANS | AKEAL HOSEIN |
| KARACHI KINGS | ANDREW TYE |
| LAHORE QALANDARS | LIAM DAWSON |
OFFICIAL TWEET
ROUND 1 (SILVER)
A total of three silver category pick rounds were included in the PSL 2023 draft. The first round ended as follows:
ROUND 1 PICKS (SILVER CATEGORY)
| ISLAMABAD UNITED | ABRAR AHMED |
| QUETTA GLADIATORS | UMAID ASIF |
| KARACHI KINGS | TAYYAB TAHIR |
| MULTAN SULTANS | USAMA MIR |
| PESHAWAR ZALMI | SAIM AYUB |
| LAHORE QALANDARS | DILBAR HUSSAIN |
OFFICIAL TWEET
ROUND 2 (SILVER)
ROUND 2 PICKS (SILVER CATEGORY)
| PESHAWAR ZALMI | USMAN QADIR |
| ISLAMABAD UNITED | SOHAIB MAQSOOD |
| MULTAN SULTANS | USMAN KHAN |
| KARACHI KINGS | MOHAMMAD AKHLAQ |
| LAHORE QALANDARS | MIRZA TAHIR BAIG |
| QUETTA GLADIATORS | MOHAMMAD ZAHID |
OFFICIAL TWEET
ROUND 3 (SILVER)
ROUND 3 PICKS (SILVER CATEGORY)
| LAHORE QALANDARS | AHMED DANIYAL |
| MULTAN SULTANS | SAMEEN GUL |
| ISLAMABAD UNITED | RUMMAN RAEES |
| MULTAN SULTANS | ANWAR ALI |
| MULTAN SULTANS | MOHAMMAD SARWAR AFRIDI |
OFFICIAL TWEET
EMERGING CATEGORY ROUND
The emerging category round was held after three silver rounds and turned out to be as follows:
EMERGING CATEGORY ROUND PICKS
| KARACHI KINGS | IRFAN KHAN NIAZI |
| PESHAWAR ZALMI | SUFIYAN MUQEEM |
| ISLAMABAD UNITED | ZEESHAN ZAMEER |
| QUETTA GLADIATORS | ABDUL WAHID BANGALZAI |
| LAHORE QALANDARS | SHAWAIZ IRFAN |
OFFICIAL TWEET
ROUND 2 (EMERGING)
EMERGING CATEGORY ROUND PICKS
| ISLAMABAD UNITED | HASSAN NAWAZ |
| PESHAWAR ZALMI | HASEEBULLAH KHAN |
| QUETTA GLADIATORS | AIMAL KHAN |
OFFICIAL TWEET
ROUND 1 (SUPPLEMENTARY)
SUPPLEMENTARY CATEGORY ROUND 1 PICKS
| PESHAWAR ZALMI | JIMMY NEESHAM |
| MULTAN SULTANS | ADIL RAHID |
| QUETTA GLADIATORS | MARTIN GUPTILL |
| LAHORE QALANDARS | JORDAN COX |
| ISLAMABAD UNITED | MOEEN ALI |
OFFICIAL TWEET
ROUND 2 (SUPPLEMENTARY)
SUPPLEMENTARY CATEGORY ROUND 2 PICKS
| QUETTA GLADIATORS | OMAIR BIN YOUSUF |
| KARACHI KINGS | TABRAIZ SHAMSI |
| LAHORE QALANDARS | JALAT KHAN |
| MULTAN SULTANS | ARAFAT MINHAS |
| KARACHI KINGS | MUHAMMAD UMAR |
| ISLAMABAD UNITED | MUBASIR KHAN |
OFFICIAL TWEET
Supplementary category round 2 was the last round from this event and in such a way the HBL PSL 8 draft concludes. Now, fans look out for the amazing performances from the picked players.