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PSL 2025 Draft Updates: Kane Williamson and David Warner To Make Debut In PSL 2025

Warner, Williamson, Joseph, and Mitchell to make their debut in the upcoming 10th season of HBL PSL 2025 

The draft of the upcoming 10th season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) was conducted successfully on Monday, January 13 at Huzoori Bagh in Lahore Fort. The six teams selected various renowned players of international crickets with 116 players from 10 countries on the rosters of the 10th season. 

The tenth season of the PSL is set to kick off on April 8 with the finals on May 19. The two-time champion Lahore Qalaandars roped New Zealand batsman Daryl Mitchell as their first pick in the draft. 2020 Champions Kings acquired former Australia batter David Warner, the second pick in the first Platinum round. 

Legendary New Zealand batter Kane Williamson was picked by Karachi Kings in the supplementary Round 1 after finding no place in the Platinum round. Karachi Kings also signed Kiwi pacer Adam Milne. 

Meanwhile, US batsman-wicketkeeper Andries Gous was another remarkable pick in the draft as he is the second player from the country to be picked in PSL following fast bowler Ali Khan, who was signed by Karachi Kings for the 2020 campaign. 

Full squad of All six Franchises for PSL 2025

Islamabad United

Platinum: Matthew Short, Naseem Shah and Shadab Khan 

Diamond: Imad Wasim (mentor) and Azam Khan, Jason Holder

Gold: Ben Dwarhuis, Salman Irshad, Salman Ali Agha (Brand Ambassador) and Haider Ali

Silver: Andries Gous, Colin Munro, Muhammad Nawaz and Rumman Raees

Emerging: Hunain Shah, Saad Masood 

Supplementary:  Riley Meredith and Rassie van der Dussen

Peshawar Zalmi

Platinum: Babar Azam, Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore

Diamond: Corbin Bosch, Mohammad Ali and Mohammad Haris

Gold: Abdul Samad, Hussain Talat and Nahid Rana

Silver: Arif Yaqoob, Najeebullah Zadran, Max Bryant, Mehran Mumtaz and Sufyan Moqim (Brand Ambassador)

Emerging: Ali Raza and Maaz Sadaqat

Supplementary: Ahmed Daniyal and Alzarri Joseph

Multan Sultans

Platinum: Michael Bracewell, Mohammad Rizwan and Usama Mir

Diamond: David Willey (mentor), Iftikhar Ahmed (Brand Ambassador) and Usman Khan

Gold: Chris Jordan, Kamran Ghulam and Mohammad Hasnain

Silver: Akif Javed, Gudakesh Motie, Josh Little, Faisal Akram and Tayyab Tahir

Emerging: Ubaid Shah and Shahid Aziz

Supplementary: Johnson Charles, Muhammad Amir Barki, Shai Hope and Yasir Khan

Quetta Gladiators

Platinum: Faheem Ashraf, Finn Allen and Mark Chapman 

Diamond: Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Amir (mentor) and Rilee Rossouw 

Gold: Akeal Hosein, Saud Shakeel (Brand Ambassador) and Mohammad Wasim Jnr 

Silver: Haseebullah Khan, Khawaja Muhammad Nafay, Kyle Jamieson, Khurram Shahzad and Usman Tariq

Emerging: Mohammad Zeeshan and Hasan Nawaz

Supplementary: Danish Aziz, Kusal Mendis, Sean Abbott and Shoaib Malik

Lahore Qalandars

Platinum: Daryl Mitchell, Fakhar Zaman and Shaheen Shah Afridi

Diamond: Haris Rauf (Brand Ambassador), Kusal Perera and Sikandar Raza

Gold: Abdullah Shafique, Jahandad Khan and Zaman Khan

Silver: Asif Afridi, Asif Ali, David Wiese, Muhammad Akhlaq and Rishad Hossain 

Emerging: Mohammad Azab and Momin Qamar

Supplementary: Mohammad Naeem, Sam Billings, Salman Ali Mirza and Tom Curran

Karachi Kings

Platinum: Adam Milne, David Warner and Mohammad Abbas Afridi

Diamond: Hasan Ali and James Vince, Khushdil Shah

Gold: Aamir Jamal, Muhammad Irfan Khan and Shan Masood

Silver: Arafat Minhas (Brand Ambassador), Litton Das, Mir Hamza, Tim Seifert and Zahid Mehmood

Emerging: Fawad Ali and RiazullahSupplementary: Kane Williamson, Mohammad Nabi, Omair Bin Yousuf, Mirza Mamoon

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