The players draft for the 2021 Kashmir Premier League took place on 3 July 2021 at the Tulip Banquet Hall in Islamabad.[1] A total of 413 players signed up for the KPL. The players were divided into 7 categories: Icon, Overseas, Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver and Emerging.[2] The emerging category was further divided into Overseas Kashmiris, Local Kashmiris and Non-Kashmiris.[3] Each team chose 1 Icon player, 1 Overseas player, 1 Platinum player, 2 Diamond players, 2 Gold players, 3 Silver players and 5 Emerging players. Many people attended the draft including Chairman of the Kashmir Committee Shehryar Khan Afridi, Senator Faisal Javed, President of the KPL: Arif Malik and CEO of the KPL: Chaudhary Shahzad Akhtar.[4]
2021 KPL Draft | |
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General information | |
Sport | Cricket |
Date(s) | 3 July 2021 |
Location | Tulip Banquet Hall Islamabad, Pakistan |
Overview | |
League | Kashmir Premier League |
Teams | 6 |
First selection | Herschelle Gibbs, Overseas Warriors |
Players signed up per country edit
Country | Number of Players |
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Pakistan | 364 |
England | 25 |
United Arab Emirates | 9 |
South Africa | 3 |
Australia | 2 |
Canada | 2 |
Bahrain | 1 |
Germany | 1 |
Hong Kong | 1 |
Italy | 1 |
Sri Lanka | 1 |
Turkey | 1 |
United States | 1 |
West Indies | 1 |
Total | 413 |
Draft picks edit
Herschelle Gibbs was the first player to be picked in the draft.[5] Shan Masood was the first non-foreign player to be picked in the draft. The icon players had already been signed prior to the draft.
Draft summary edit
The following is the summary of the teams.
Category | Bagh Stallions | Kotli Lions | Mirpur Royals | Muzaffarabad Tigers | Overseas Warriors | Rawalakot Hawks |
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Silver | ||||||
Emerging |
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Post draft signings edit
Players | Pre-Draft Category |
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Asad Shafiq | Platinum |
Usman Shinwari | |
Aamer Yamin | Gold |
Agha Salman | |
Kamran Ghulam | |
Sameen Gul | |
Umar Amin | |
Adil Amin | Silver |
Ahsan Ali | |
Asif Afridi | |
Hasan Khan | |
Kashif Bhatti | |
Khurram Shahzad | |
Mohammad Haris | |
Saif Badar | |
Basit Ali | Emerging |
Faizan Saleem | |
Malik Nisar | |
Mujtaba Ghayyas | |
Nadeem Khalil | |
Najeebullah Afridi | |
Raja Farhan Khan | |
Raja Shahzad | |
Usman Yousuf |
References edit
- ^ "Kashmir Premier League Draft".
- ^ "Kashmir Premier League names categories for players' drafting". Khilari. 30 June 2021.
- ^ "Introducing the Emerging Category of players for the KPL Draft". kpl20.com.
- ^ "Kashmir Premier League kicks-off with mega draft event". Daily Pakistan. 5 July 2021.
- ^ "KPL 2021 Draft". Cricsload.
- ^ "Kashmir Premier League 2021 complete squads for all teams". cricketholicpk.com. 4 July 2021.