Pakistan Super League Players – PSL Players have been divided across five categories — Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver, and Emerging.
Each of the five PSL teams will have squad of 16 players which will include 5 foreigner players and 11 Pakistani players. Out of 11 Pakistani players 2 of them will be emerging players.
First session of the event will have total 80 players. These will include 25 foreigner players and 55 local players.
Karachi Kings Players
Peshawar Zalmi Players
Quetta Gladiators Players
Lahore Qalandars Players
Islamabad United Players
The incentives for players are as follows:
- Diamond: $100,000
- Platinum: $70,000
- Gold: $50,000
- Silver: $25,000
- Emerging: $5,000–$10,000
Many international players have shown interest in taking part in the first session of the PSL. Some of the foreigner superstars are following :
Australia :
- Brad Haddin.
- Shane Watson.
- Brad Hodge.
- Shaun Tait.
- Brad Hogg.
- James Faulkner.
- Andrew Symonds.
England :
- Kevin Pietersen.
- James Anderson.
- Ian Bell.
- James Taylor.
- Azhar Mehmood.
- Steven Finn.
- Jade Dernbach.
- Tim Bresnan.
- Chris Jordan.
- Luke Wright.
- Monty Panesar.
- Chris Woakes.
- Ravi Bopara.
- Michael Carberry.
New Zealand :
- Martin Guptill.
- Grant Elliott.
- James Franklin.
- Kane Williamson.
- Jesse Ryder.
West Indies :
- Chris Gayle.
- Darren Sammy.
- Kerion Pollard.
- Marlon Samuels.
- Andre Russell.
- Dwayane Bravo.
- Sunil Narine.
- Lendl Simmons.
- Dwayne Smith.
- Jason Holder.
- Denesh Ramdin.
- Samuel Badree.
- Tino Best.
Sri Lanka :
- Kumar Sangakkara.
- Mahela Jayawardene.
- Tillakaratne Dilshan.
- Lasith Malinga.
- Angelo Mathews.
- Thisara Perera.
- Ajantha Mendis.
South Africa :
- Jacques Kallis.
- Robin Peterson.
- Johan Botha.
Bangladesh :
- Shakib Al Hasan.
- Tamim Iqbal.
Zimbabwe :
- Brendan Taylor.
- Elton Chigumbura.
- Hamilton Masakadza.
- Chamunorwa Chibhabha.
Former Pakistani captains Ramiz Raja and Wasim Akram are the brand ambassadors of the event for the next three years.
The league will not use auction system for the selection of players as many other T20 leagues uses but this event will use a draft system to select players.