2023 Pakistan Super League players draft
The player draft for the 2023 Pakistan Super League was held on 15 December 2022. Before the draft teams were allowed to retain a maximum of eight players and make transfers.
Background
Ramiz Raja had hinted that the draft would be replaced by an auction, but the format was retained. The PCB announced that Lahore Qalandars will have the first pick.Each team had the right to exercise one wildcard pick. Each team had a right-to-match card which allowed franchises to buy back one player they had released by paying a set fee in each category:
- Platinum
- Diamond
- Gold
- Silver
- Emerging
Transfers
Babar Azam and a supplementary round pick were traded from Karachi Kings to Peshawar Zalmi in return for Shoaib Malik and Haider Ali.Retained players
On 11 November 2022, the retained players' list was announced. The franchises were allowed to retain a maximum of eight players from the previous season. All the franchises fully utilized their quota of player retentions apart from Peshawar Zalmi.Draft picks
More than 493 foreign players were registered for the draft. For the emerging category, players should be under 23 years of age as of 1 January 2023 and could have either played less than 10 PSL matches in previous seasons or not have been selected in the national squad.Replacements
A replacement player draft took place through a conference call on 24 January 2023, in which franchises were also allowed to select two supplementary players. Peshawar had reserved their pick in the first supplementary round and named Khurram Shahzad as their pick. Lahore and Peshawar reserved their picks in the second supplementary round. Islamabad, Multan, Peshawar and Quetta reserved picks in the replacement draft. Further replacements were announced on 7 February 2023.| Class | IU | KK | LQ | MS | PZ | QG |
| Supplementary |
| Player | Team | Replaced with | Availability | Reason |
| Rashid Khan | LQ | Sam Billings | Partial | National duty |
| Rovman Powell | PZ | Richard Gleeson | Partial | National duty |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | IU | Gus Atkinson | Partial | National duty |
| Alex Hales | IU | Tymal Mills | Partial | National duty |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman | PZ | Peter Hatzoglou | Partial | National duty |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | QG | Nuwan Thushara | Partial | National duty |
| Jordan Cox | LQ | Kusal Mendis | Partial | National duty |
| Harry Brook | LQ | Shane Dadswell | Full | National duty |
| Adil Rashid | MS | Wayne Parnell | Full | National duty |
| David Miller | MS | Izharulhaq Naveed Johnson Charles | Partial | National duty |
| Odean Smith | QG | Dwaine Pretorius | Partial | National duty |
| Jason Roy | QG | Najibullah Zadran | Partial | National duty |
| Tabraiz Shamsi | KK | Faisal Akram | Partial | National duty |
| Moeen Ali | IU | Rassie van der Dussen | Partial | National duty |
| James Vince | KK | Adam Rossington | Partial | National duty |
| Kusal Mendis | LQ | Shai Hope | Full | NOC issue |
| Ahsan Ali | QG | Mohammad Hafeez | Full | Injury |
| Shahnawaz Dahani | MS | Mohammad Ilyas | Full | Injury |
| Wayne Parnell | MS | Carlos Brathwaite | Full | Injury |
| Sherfane Rutherford | PZ | Dasun Shanaka | Full | Injury |
| Mir Hamza | KK | Akif Javed | Full | Injury |
| Shakib Al Hasan | PZ | Azmatullah Omarzai | Partial | Family emergency |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | QG | Qais Ahmad | Full | NOC issue |
| Sarfaraz Ahmed | QG | Bismillah Khan | Partial | Injury |
| Josh Little | MS | Sheldon Cottrell | Full | Injury |
| - | MS | - | - | - |