More than 500 overseas players register for PSL 8

Over 500 overseas players, including Australians Matthew Wade and Aaron Finch, have signed up for the players’ draft of the eighth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The players’ draft for PSL 8 is scheduled to be held in Karachi on December 15.  

According to the list of players, the largest contingent of players who have registered for the PSL are from England, with around 138 Englishmen available to be drafted by franchises for the PSL’s latest edition.  

Forty-six players from Afghanistan, 16 from Australia, 30 from Bangladesh, six from New Zealand, 26 from South Africa, 62 from Sri Lanka, 11 from Zimbabwe, and around 40 from the West Indies have gotten themselves registered for the players’ draft.

Aaron Finch, Matthew Wade, Shakib Al Hasan, Alex Hales, David Willey, Dawid Malan, Moeen Ali, Jimmy Neesham, David Miller, Adil Rasheed, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Kieron Pollard, Mujeeb ur Rehman, Mohammad Nabi, Martin Guptil, Lungi Ngidi and Colin De Grandhomme are in the platinum category.