The players draft for the 2022 Kashmir Premier League in Azad Kashmir took place on 21 July 2022. The players were divided into 7 categories: Icon, Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver, Emerging and Kashmiri. Each team chose 2 platinum players, 2 diamond players, 2 gold players, 4 silver players, 2 emerging players and 5 Kashmiri players. The 2022 KPL did not feature foreign players.
Key Symbol Meaning Player was traded ♠ Player was part of the base squad of their team
Background All franchises announced their icon players prior to the draft. Kamran Akmal was announced as Bagh Stallions’ icon player. Sharjeel Khan was announced as Jammu Janbaz’s icon player. Former Pakistani captain, Sarfaraz Ahmed, was announced as Kotli Lions’ captain. Mirpur Royals retained Shoaib Malik as their icon player. Muzaffarabad Tigers also retained Mohammad Hafeez as their icon player. Overseas Warriors selected Asad Shafiq as their icon player. Rawalakot Hawks announced that Mohammad Amir would be their icon player. The PCB was giving permission to draft foreign players who retired at least 5 years ago but the franchises were not interested in drafting them. The KPL president, Arif Malik, confirmed that the centrally contracted players chosen for the Netherlands tour would not participate in the KPL but they were requesting if the remaining contracted players could play. The PCB later allowed Fawad Alam, Azhar Ali, Abid Ali, Nauman Ali, Haseebullah, Mohammad Huraira and Ali Usman to participate in the tournament. Later, Sarfaraz Ahmed was also granted permission to play in the KPL. Khurram Manzoor was announced as Kotli Lions’ icon player.
Base squads Each franchise released a “Base Squad” prior to the draft. These were the 4-5 players that each franchise was retaining. Muzaffarabad Tigers and Bagh Stallions traded Sohaib Maqsood for Iftikhar Ahmed in their base squads.
Kamran Akmal (Icon) Sohaib Maqsood (Platinum) Aamer Yamin (Diamond) Mohammad Imran (Gold) Sharjeel Khan (Icon) Shahid Afridi (Platinum) Sahibzada Farhan (Diamond) Umar Akmal (Diamond) Mehran Mumtaz (Kashmiri) Khurram Manzoor (Icon) Ahsan Ali (Diamond) Khurram Shahzad (Diamond) Irfanullah Shah (Gold) Khalid Usman (Gold) Shoaib Malik (Icon) Salman Irshad (Diamond) Muhammad Akhlaq (Gold) Abrar Ahmed (Gold) Mohammad Hafeez (Icon) Iftikhar Ahmed (Platinum) Anwar Ali (Diamond) Zeeshan Ashraf (Gold) Arshad Iqbal (Gold) Asad Shafiq (Icon) Azam Khan (Platinum) Kamran Ghulam (Platinum) Sohail Khan (Diamond) Mohammad Amir (Icon) Ahmed Shehzad (Platinum) Hussain Talat (Platinum) Zaman Khan (Diamond) Asif Afridi (Diamond)
Picks Every team had a “Wild Card” which allowed them to move a player’s category up by one or two categories. Each team also had a “Right to Match” card which allowed them to change a player’s category to the one they are picked in instead of the one they were listed in.
CategoryPick No.TeamPlayerPlatinum1Jammu JanbazFaheem Ashraf 2 Rawalakot Hawks Ahmed Shehzad3Mirpur RoyalsImad Wasim 4Overseas WarriorsAzam Khan5Bagh StallionsRumman Raees6Kotli LionsDanish Aziz7Muzaffarabad TigersSohail Tanvir 8 Muzaffarabad Tigers Iftikhar Ahmed9Kotli LionsSarfaraz Ahmed 10 Bagh Stallions Sohaib Maqsood 11 Overseas Warriors Kamran Ghulam12Mirpur RoyalsHaris Sohail 13 Rawalakot Hawks Hussain Talat 14 Jammu Janbaz Shahid AfridiDiamond1Bagh StallionsUmar Amin 2 Kotli Lions Ahsan Ali3Muzaffarabad TigersHaseebullah Khan 4 Jammu Janbaz Umar Akmal 5 Rawalakot Hawks Asif Afridi6Mirpur RoyalsAli Imran7Overseas WarriorsImran Randhawa 8 Overseas Warriors Sohail Khan 9 Mirpur Royals Salman Irshad 10 Rawalakot Hawks Zaman Khan 11 Jammu Janbaz Sahibzada Farhan 12 Muzaffarabad Tigers Anwar Ali 13 Kotli Lions Khurram Shehzad 14 Bagh Stallions Aamer YaminGold 1 Kotli Lions Irfanullah Shah2Overseas WarriorsUmaid Asif3Bagh StallionsKashif Bhatti4Jammu JanbazUsama Mir 5 Mirpur Royals Abrar Ahmed6Rawalakot HawksAmad Butt 7 Muzaffarabad Tigers Zeeshan Ashraf 8 Mirpur Royals Muhammad Akhlaq 9 Muzaffarabad Tigers Arshad Iqbal10Overseas WarriorsSaif Badar 11 Bagh Stallions Mohammad Imran12Rawalakot HawksBismillah Khan13Jammu JanbazAkif Javed 14 Kotli Lions Khalid UsmanSilver1Rawalakot HawksZeeshan Malik2Jammu JanbazImran Khan3Muzaffarabad TigersMir Hamza4Kotli LionsMushtaq Kalhoro5Bagh StallionsMohammad Sarwar6Mirpur RoyalsKashif Ali7Overseas WarriorsAdil Amin8Rawalakot HawksMusadiq Ahmed9Jammu JanbazUmar Siddiq10Muzaffarabad TigersAhmed Safi Abdullah11Kotli LionsHassan Khan12Bagh StallionsSharoon Siraj13Mirpur RoyalsHamza Arshad14Overseas WarriorsBilal Asif15Mirpur RoyalsZubair Lodhi16Muzaffarabad TigersSalman Fayyaz17Overseas WarriorsAli Shafiq18Bagh StallionsAhmed Jamal19Rawalakot HawksFaisal Akram20Jammu JanbazAhmed Khan21Kotli LionsHanif Azad22Kotli LionsHasan Mohsin23Overseas WarriorsMuhammad Shehzad24Bagh StallionsAtizaz Habib Khan25Jammu JanbazShahzab26Mirpur RoyalsZaid Alam27Rawalakot HawksAmmad Alam28Muzaffarabad TigersTaimoor SultanEmerging1Overseas WarriorsUmer Zeeshan2Mirpur RoyalsHassan Nawaz3Rawalakot HawksSaeedullah4Jammu JanbazHamza Shah Afridi5Muzaffarabad TigersAaqib Liaquat6Kotli LionsImran Shah7Bagh StallionsMaaz Khan8Bagh StallionsSajjad Ali9Kotli LionsIrfan Ali Qasmi10Muzaffarabad TigersAmir Khan11Jammu JanbazSamiullah Afridi12Rawalakot HawksIhsanullah13Mirpur RoyalsAli Razzaq14Overseas WarriorsKhawaja Muhammad1Overseas WarriorsFarhan Shafiq2Mirpur RoyalsShadab Majeed3Rawalakot HawksZain-ul-Hassan 4 Jammu Janbaz Mehran Mumtaz5Muzaffarabad TigersAqib Ilyas6Kotli LionsZayyan Khan7Bagh StallionsHasan Raza8Kotli LionsBasit Ali9Jammu JanbazNaqash Basharat10Muzaffarabad TigersSaad Bin Zafar11Bagh StallionsDaniyal Allah Ditta12Mirpur RoyalsSufyan Moqim13Overseas WarriorsHannan Ahmed14Rawalakot HawksSaif Ali Zaib15Muzaffarabad TigersInzamam-ul-Haq16Mirpur RoyalsShan Khan17Jammu JanbazFaisal Altaf18Overseas WarriorsSyed Hashim Ali19Rawalakot HawksAtif Sheikh20Kotli LionsNaveed Malik21Bagh StallionsAamir Shehzad22Jammu JanbazNajam Naseer Kiyani23Mirpur RoyalsUmar Hayat24Bagh StallionsArsalan Arif25Rawalakot HawksRaja Farhan Khan26Overseas WarriorsSaad Asif27Muzaffarabad TigersUsman Maroof28Kotli LionsMujtaba Ghayas29Mirpur RoyalsFaizan Saleem30Kotli LionsNadeem Khalil31Bagh StallionsRaja Farhan32Overseas WarriorsMalik Nisar33Rawalakot HawksKashif Ali34Muzaffarabad TigersUsama Fazal35Jammu JanbazMuhammad Shehzad
Supplementary draft A supplementary draft was also held. Each team was allowed to select two supplementary players. The following are the picks:
TeamPlayerBagh StallionsAli Majid Abdul BangalzaiJammu JanbazAzaz Khan Akash AfridiKotli LionsAbdul RehmanMirpur RoyalsYasir Shah Raza-ul-MustafaMuzaffarabad TigersAhmed Daniyal Ameer HamzaOverseas WarriorsMuhammad Sameer Shayan RazaRawalakot HawksSohail Akhtar Sameen Gul
Draft summary CategoryIcon Kamran Akmal Sharjeel Khan Khurram Manzoor Shoaib Malik Mohammad Hafeez Asad Shafiq Mohammad AmirPlatinum Rumman Raees Sohaib Maqsood Faheem Ashraf Shahid Afridi Danish Aziz Sarfaraz Ahmed Haris Sohail Imad Wasim Iftikhar Ahmed Sohail Tanvir Azam Khan Kamran Ghulam Ahmed Shehzad Hussain TalatDiamond Aamer Yamin Umar Amin Sahibzada Farhan Umar Akmal Ahsan Ali Khurram Shehzad Ali Imran Salman Irshad Anwar Ali Haseebullah Khan Mohammad Imran Sohail Khan Zaman Khan Asif AfridiGold Mohammad Imran Kashif Bhatti Akif Javed Usama Mir Irfanullah Shah Khalid Usman Muhammad Akhlaq Abrar Ahmed Arshad Iqbal Zeeshan Ashraf Saif Badar Umaid Asif Amad Butt Bismillah KhanSilver Ahmed Jamal Atizaz Habib Khan Mohammad Sarwar Sharoon Siraj Ahmed Khan Imran Khan Shahzab Umar Siddiq Hanif Azad Hassan Khan Hasan Mohsin Mushtaq Kalhoro Hamza Arshad Kashif Ali Zaid Alam Zubair Lodhi Ahmed Safi Abdullah Mir Hamza Salman Fayyaz Taimoor Sultan Adil Amin Ali Shafiq Bilal Asif Muhammad Shehzad Ammad Alam Faisal Akram Musadiq Ahmed Zeeshan MalikEmerging Maaz Khan Sajjad Ali Hamza Shah Afridi Samiullah Imran Shah Irfan Ali Qasmi Ali Razzaq Hassan Nawaz Aaqib Liaquat Amir Khan Khawaja Muhammad Umer Zeeshan Saeedullah Ihsanullah Amir Shehzad Arsalan Arif Danyal Allah Ditta Hasan Raza Raja Farhan Faisal Altaf Mehran Mumtaz Mohammad Shehzad Naqash Basharat Najam Naseer Kiyani Basit Ali Mujtaba Ghayas Nadeem Khalil Naveed Malik Zayyan Khan Faizan Saleem Shadab Majeed Shan Khan Sufyan Moqeem Umar Hayat Aqib Ilyas Inzamam-ul-Haq Osama Fazil Saad Bin Zafar Usman Maroof Farhan Shafiq Hanan Ahmed Hashim Ali Malik Nisar Saad Asif Atif Sheikh Kashif Ali Raja Farhan Khan Saif Zaib Zain-ul-HassanSupplementary Ali Majid Abdul Bangalzai Azaz Khan Akash Afridi Abdul Rehman Yasir Shah Raza-ul-Mustafa Ahmed Daniyal Ameer Hamza Muhammad Sameer Shayan Raza Sohail Akhtar Sameen Gul
Post-draft signings Player Team Omair Yousuf Kotli Lions Mirwais Khan Arsalan Mehzood Mirpur Royals Izhar-ul-Haq Nosherwan Ibrahim Overseas Warriors
Replacements Player Team Replaced with Ahmed Jamal Bagh Stallions Aamer Jamal Raja Farhan Khan Awais Akram Atif Sheikh Rawalakot Hawks Babar Khaliq Kashif Ali Khawaja Muhammad Bilal Saif Zaib Rohaan Qadri Zain-ul-Hassan Rohail Nazir
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