Big Names Register for PSL 8 Draft as PCB Discloses Foreign Cricketers for Silver Category

The much-anticipated event, HBL PSL 8 Draft for the eighth edition of the Pakistan Super League, is all set to take place on December 15th after facing a delay in the original schedule. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been taking every measure to make PSL 8 a big success, which will be the second time the event will entirely be staged within the cricket-loving nation.

With the preparations going on in a full-swing manner, the PCB, on Wednesday, named over 240 international cricketers in the Silver Category for the PSL 8 Draft. And as expected, it incorporates big names from across the world.

As per the details, renowned players like Saad Bin Zafar, Max O’Dowd, Colin Ackermann, Ravi Bopara, Gerhard Erasmus, and many others have made themselves available for the marquee league. Apart from the Silver Category featuring foreign cricketers, other categories, too, have a plethora of names of foreigners, making the tournament even star-studded. 

Let’s have a glance at which 243 foreign cricketers have registered themselves in the silver category for the PSL 8 Draft.

International cricketers in silver category for PSL 8 Draft

  1. Abdul Rahmani
  2. Abdul Shakoor
  3. Abdul Wasi Noori
  4. Abu Sayem
  5. Afif Hossain
  6. Aftab Alam
  7. Ahmed Raza
  8. Aizaz Khan
  9. Akila Dhananjaya
  10. Akshay Puri
  11. Al-Amin Hossain
  12. Alex Blake
  13. Alex Lees
  14. Ali Orr
  15. Alick Athanaze
  16. Alishan Sharafu
  17. Allah Mohammad
  18. Amir Hamza Hotak
  19. Amir Jangoo
  20. Amjad Khan Cull
  21. Anamul Haque
  22. Ansh Tandon
  23. Arjun Nair
  24. Arjun Saud
  25. Arron Lilley
  26. Aryan Dutt
  27. Aryan Lakra
  28. Asadullah Matani
  29. Asif Khan
  30. Atif Sheikh
  31. Avishek Mitra
  32. Azmatullah Omarzai
  33. Babar Hayat
  34. Bahar Ali Shinwari
  35. Basil Hameed
  36. Ben Aitchison
  37. Blake Coburn
  38. Brett DOIiveira
  39. Brooke Guestm
  40. Callum Parkinson
  41. Cameron Steel
  42. Chad Classen
  43. C Wickramasingha
  44. Chandrapaul Hemraj
  45. Charles Jordan
  46. Che Simmons
  47. Christopher Wood
  48. Chundangapoyil
  49. Colin Ackermann
  50. Colin Jr Kezron
  51. Conor McKerr
  52. Craig Wallace
  53. Craig Miles
  54. Darwish Rasooli
  55. Delray Rawlins
  56. Devon Thomas
  57. Dhananjaya Lakshan
  58. Dillon Pennington
  59. Dilon Heyliger
  60. Dinesh Nakrani
  61. Dominic Leech
  62. Dunith Wellalage
  63. Dushan Hemantha
  64. Ed Pollock
  65. Eddie Byrom
  66. Ehsan Khan
  67. Ewart Nicholson
  68. Fahad Nawaz
  69. Farid Ahmed Malik
  70. Fateh Singh
  71. Fayyaz Ah med
  72. Fazal Zazai
  73. Feroze Khushi
  74. Fidel Edwards
  75. Frederick Klaassen
  76. George Thomas
  77. Gerhard Erasmus
  78. Graham Clark
  79. Cudakesh Motie
  80. Guramar Singh Virdi
  81. Hamid Hassan
  82. Hamza Tahir
  83. Hamza Tariq
  84. Harry Tector
  85. Haseeb Hameed
  86. Hassan Eisakhil
  87. Ian Holland
  88. Ibrahim Masood
  89. Ijaz Anmadzai
  90. Imran Mir
  91. Jack Haynes
  92. Jack Leaning
  93. Jacob Bethell
  94. Jamal Richards
  95. Jaskaran Malhotra
  96. Jatinder Singh
  97. Jeavor Royal
  98. Jesse Bootan
  99. Joe Cracknell
  100. Joe Weatherley
  101. Joey Evison
  102. Jon Russ Jaggesar
  103. Jonathan Wells
  104. Joshua Bishop
  105. Joshua Davey
  106. Joshua James
  107. Joshua Kann
  108. Jubair Hossain
  109. Junaid Siddique
  110. Junaid Siddiqui
  111. Justin Greaves
  112. Kadeem Alleyne
  113. Kairav Sharma
  114. Kaleem Sana
  115. Kamau Sadiki
  116. Kamil Mishara
  117. Kamindu Mendis
  118. Karima Gore
  119. Kashif Ali
  120. Kashif Daud
  121. Kavian Naress
  122. Kesrick Williams
  123. Kevin Koththigoda
  124. Khary Pierre
  125. Kyle Phillip
  126. Lahiru Dawattage
  127. Luc Benkenstein
  128. Luis Reece
  129. Luke Fletcher
  130. Luke Hollman
  131. Luke Wells
  132. Mark Deyal
  133. Matthew Cross
  134. Matthew Forde
  135. Matthew Spoors
  136. Matty Revis
  137. Max O’Dowd
  138. Mckenny Clarke
  139. Md Rubel Hossain
  140. Md Shoriful Islam
  141. Mehran Khan
  142. Michael Leask
  143. Michael Pepper
  144. Mohamed Rishwan
  145. M Aadil Alam
  146. M Mirttunjoy
  147. Monir Husain
  148. Muhammad Azhar
  149. Muhammad Farooq
  150. Muhammad Usman
  151. Munis Ansari
  152. Musa Ahmed
  153. Nadif Chowdhury
  154. Nasum Ahmed
  155. Nathan Edward
  156. Nathan Sowter
  157. Neil Rock
  158. Nicholas Welch
  159. Nick Hobson
  160. Nilansh Keswani
  161. Nipun Dhananjaya
  162. Nipun Ranshika
  163. Nitish Kumar
  164. Nizakat Khan
  165. Norman Vanua
  166. Nuwanidu Fernando
  167. Oli Carter
  168. Olipa Rogers
  169. Oliver Robinson
  170. Oshada Fernando
  171. Pat Brown
  172. Paul van Meekeren
  173. Pawan Sharraf
  174. Prabath Jayasuria
  175. Prem Sisodiya
  176. Rafsan Al Mahmud
  177. Rahim Mangal
  178. Rahul Bhatia
  179. Raja Akif Ullah
  180. Ramon Simmonds
  181. Ravi Bopara
  182. Rayad Emrit
  183. Rayyan Khan Pathan
  184. Richard Ngarava
  185. Richie Berrington
  186. Rob Yates
  187. Ronak Panoly
  188. Roshon Primus
  189. Ruaidhri Smith
  190. Ruyel Miah
  191. Ryan Burl
  192. Ryan Higgins
  193. Ryal Rickelton
  194. Saad Bin Zafar
  195. Sabbir Rahman Roman
  196. Safyaan Mohammed Sharif
  197. Saif Zaib
  198. Sami Sohail
  199. Samiullah Shinwari
  200. Sayed Shirzad
  201. Scott Edwards
  202. Seekkuge Prasanna
  203. Shaaron Anthony Lewis
  204. Shafiqullah Ghafari
  205. Shafiul Islam
  206. Shahidullah Kamal
  207. Shapoor Zadran
  208. Sharafuddin Ashraf
  209. Shariz Ahmad
  210. Sheraz Anmad
  211. Shevon Daniel
  212. Solomon Budinger
  213. Sompal Kami
  214. Soumya Sarkar
  215. Stephen Eskinazi
  216. Steven Mullaney
  217. Steven Taylor
  218. Subash Khakurel
  219. Sultan Ahmad
  220. Syed Abdullah
  221. Syed Haider Shah
  222. Terrance Hinds
  223. Thanuka Dabare
  224. Thilan Walallawita
  225. Thomas Bevan
  226. Thomas Rogers
  227. Tion Webster
  228. Tom Alsop
  229. Umair Ali Khan
  230. Umair Ali Khan
  231. Usman Khan
  232. Vikramjit Singh
  233. Virandeep Singh
  234. Vivian Kingma
  235. Vriitya Aravind
  236. Wagar Salamkheil
  237. Wagarullah Ishaq
  238. Yamin Ahmadzai
  239. Yannic Cariah
  240. Zahoor Khan
  241. Zain ul Hassan
  242. Zak Chappell
  243. Zia ur Rehman Akbar

Earlier, the board announced the pick order for the HBL PSL 8 Draft and the complete retention list. According to the pick order, the current champions Lahore Qalandars have the first pick. You can see the rest of the details here.

It is pertinent to mention here that the league is set to be staged at four venues, including Karachi, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, and Multan. As per the schedule shared by PCB so far, the event will take place between February 9th and March 19th, 2023. 

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