Back at the end of December 2023, the Pakistan Super League 2024 player auctions threw in plenty of surprises with many big names bagging huge contracts, while other stars went unsold.

Players from across the world registered to be a part of the ninth edition of PSL as the six franchises Karachi Kings, Peshawar Zalmi, Lahore Qalandars, Quetta Gladiators, Islamabad United and Multan Sultans finalised their squads for the start of the new season on February 17.

Ahead of the auction for PSL 2024, all registered players were drafted into different categories with each category representing the value of the players.

There were a total of five different categories for the PSL 9 player auction. These different categories were the Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver and Emerging categories.

Each category has different prices for players with cricketers in the Platinum category being the most expensive and those in the Emerging category being the least costly.

The prices for players in the Platinum is $104,866 USD, while Diamond category players have been priced at $52,433 USD. Players from the Gold and Silver categories have been priced at $37,452 USD and $18,726 USD, while talents from the Emerging category will cost $7,490 USD.

It’s also worth noting that the PSL franchises can choose a maximum of three players from the Platinum, Diamond, and Gold categories. Meanwhile, as many as five players can be picked from the Silver category, whereas five talents from the Emerald category can be a part of a team.

With that in mind, here’s a closer look at the PSL Price List 2024 and which players are a part of which category.

PSL Price List 2024: Know the costliest Pakistan Super League players

Platinum category

The most expensive players in PSL, including Pakistan’s star batter Babar Azam is a part of this category along with other top international players. A maximum of three players from this category can be picked by each franchise.

Player

Franchise

Price In Dollars USD

Babar Azam

Peshawar Zalmi

$104,866

Kieron Pollard

Multan Sultan

$104,866

Hasan Ali

Islamabad United

$104,866

Asif Ali

Islamabad United

$104,866

Chris Jordan

Karachi Kings

$104,866

Shaheen Shah Afridi

Lahore Qalandars

$104,866

Wahab Riaz

Peshawar Zalmi

$104,866

Liam Livingstone

Peshawar Zalmi

$104,866

Sarfraz Ahmed

Quetta Gladiators

$104,866

Imad Wasim

Karachi Kings

$104,866

Chris Jordan

Karachi Kings

$104,866

Colin Munro

Islamabad United

$104,866

Rashid Khan

Lahore Qalandars

$104,866

Fakhar Zaman

Lahore Qalandars

$104,866

James Vince

Quetta Gladiators

$104,866

Jason Roy

Quetta Gladiators

$104,866

Hazrat Ullah Zazai

Peshawar Zalmi

$104,866

Rille Rossouw

Multan Sultans

$104,866

Mohammad Rizwan

Multan Sultans

$104,866

Tim David

Multan Sultans

$104,866

Diamond category

Like the platinum category, the diamond category also allows a maximum of three players from this pool of players to be chosen by any franchise.

Player

Franchise

Price In Dollars USD

Mohammad Hafeez

Lahore Qalandars

$52,433

Haris Rauf

Lahore Qalandars

$52,433

David Wiese

Lahore Qalandars

$52,433

Shadab Khan

Islamabad United

$52,433

Faheem Ashraf

Islamabad United

$52,433

Marchant de Lange

Islamabad United

$52,433

Imran Tahir

Multan Sultans

$52,433

Sohaib Maqsood

Multan Sultans

$52,433

David Willey

Multan Sultans

$52,433

Mohammad Nawaz

Quetta Gladiators

$52,433

Iftikhar Ahmad

Quetta Gladiators

$52,433

James Faulkner

Quetta Gladiators

$52,433

Shimron Hetmyer

Quetta Gladiators

$52,433

Shoaib Malik

Karachi Kings

$52,433

Sherfane Rutherford

Peshawar Zalmi

$52,433

Haider Ali

Karachi Kings

$52,433

Mohammad Amir

Karachi Kings

$52,433

M. Nabi

Karachi Kings

$52,433

Lewis Gregory

Karachi Kings

$52,433

Gold category

While a total of three players can be chosen by each franchise from the gold category as well, it’s worth noting that in the latest draft Lahore Qalandars were granted an extra pick through the alternate round.

Player

Franchise

Price In Dollars USD

Alex Hales

Islamabad United

$37,452

Mohammad Wasim Jr.

Islamabad United

$37,452

Azam Khan

Islamabad United

$37,452

Aamer Yamin

Karachi Kings

$37,452

Joe Clarke

Karachi Kings

$37,452

Sharjeel Khan

Karachi Kings

$37,452

Abdullah Shafique

Lahore Qalandars

$37,452

Phil Salt

Lahore Qalandars

$37,452

Harry Brook

Lahore Qalandars

$37,452

Ben Dunk

Lahore Qalandars

$37,452

Shahid Afridi

Quetta Gladiators

$37,452

Mohammad Hasnain

Quetta Gladiators

$37,452

Naseem Shah

Quetta Gladiators

$37,452

Khushdil Shah

Multan Sultans

$37,452

Shahnawaz Dhani

Multan Sultans

$37,452

Shan Masood

Multan Sultans

$37,452

Saqib Mehmood

Peshawar Zalmi

$37,452

Hussain Talat

Peshawar Zalmi

$37,452

Usman Qadir

Peshawar Zalmi

$37,452

Silver category

While a maximum of five players can be picked by franchises from the silver category, these numbers were raised in the PSL mini draft and below is a comprehensive list of all players from the category. 

Player

Franchise

Price In Dollars USD

Paul Stirling

Islamabad United

$18,726

Muhammad Akhlaq

Islamabad United

$18,726

Reece Topley

Islamabad United

$18,726

Danish Aziz

Islamabad United

$18,726

Zafar Gohar

Islamabad United

$18,726

Musa Khan

Islamabad United

$18,726

Zahir Khan

Islamabad United

$18,726

Umar Akmal

Quetta Gladiators

$18,726

Sohail Tanvir

Quetta Gladiators

$18,726

Ben Duckett

Quetta Gladiators

$18,726

Khurram Shehzad

Quetta Gladiators

$18,726

Luke Wood

Quetta Gladiators

$18,726

Will Smeed

Quetta Gladiators

$18,726

Ali Imran

Quetta Gladiators

$18,726

Muhammad Ilyas

Karachi Kings

$18,726

Umaid Asif

Karachi Kings

$18,726

Rohail Nazir

Karachi Kings

$18,726

Muhammad Imran Jr.

Karachi Kings

$18,726

Sahibzada Farhan

Karachi Kings

$18,726

Jordan Thompson

Karachi Kings

$18,726

Rumman Raees

Multan Sultans

$18,726

Asif Afridi

Multan Sultans

$18,726

Anwar Ali

Multan Sultans

$18,726

Rovman Powell

Multan Sultans

$18,726

Imran Khan Sr.

Multan Sultans

$18,726

Rizwan Hussain

Multan Sultans

$18,726

Johnson Charles

Multan Sultans

$18,726

Dominic Drakes

Multan Sultans

$18,726

Sohail Akhtar

Lahore Qalandars

$18,726

Ahmad Daniyal

Lahore Qalandars

$18,726

Zeeshan Ashraf

Lahore Qalandars

$18,726

Dean Foxcroft

Lahore Qalandars

$18,726

Kamran Ghulam

Lahore Qalandars

$18,726

Mohammad Imran

Randhawa

Lahore Qalandars

$18,726

Akif Javed

Lahore Qalandars

$18,726

Tom Kohler-Cadmore

Peshawar Zalmi

$18,726

Salman Irshad

Peshawar Zalmi

$18,726

Arshad Iqbal

Peshawar Zalmi

$18,726

Sameen Gul

Peshawar Zalmi

$18,726

Kamran Akmal

Peshawar Zalmi

$18,726

Emerging category

Players in the emerging category as the name suggests, are the best-performing domestic talents from Pakistan who are rewarded for their performances by getting a chance to be a part of the PSL from this category. 

Player

Franchise

Price In Dollars USD

Mubasir Khan

Islamabad United

$7,490

Zeeshan Zameer

Islamabad United

$7,490

Mohammad Huraira

Islamabad United

$7,490

Zaman Khan

Lahore Qalandars

$7,490

Maaz Khan

Lahore Qalandars

$7,490

Muhammad Ashar Qureshi

Quetta Gladiators

$7,490

Abdul Wahid Bangalzai

Quetta Gladiators

$7,490

Ghulam Mudassar

Quetta Gladiators

$7,490

Faisal Akram

Karachi Kings

$7,490

Qasim Akram

Karachi Kings

$7,490

Mohammad Taha Khan

Karachi Kings

$7,490

Sirajuddin

Peshawar Zalmi

$7,490

Muhammad Amir Khan

Peshawar Zalmi

$7,490

Mohammad Umer

Peshawar Zalmi

$7,490

Abbas Afridi

Multan Sultan

$7,490

Amir Azmat

Multan Sultan

$7,490

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