The player auction for the 2026 Pakistan Super League was held on 11 February 2026 in Lahore. It was the first time in PSL history that selection was done through a player auction system for the eleventh season, replacing the draft method that had been used since the league began in 2016.
Background Ahead of the 2026 season, the PSL expanded from six to eight teams following the auction of two new franchises Hyderabad Kingsmen and Rawalpindiz. The Pakistan Cricket Board, along with all eight franchises, agreed to replace the draft system with a player auction starting from the 11th season, allowing franchises to bid openly for players for the first time in PSL history.
Previously, since its inaugural season in 2016, the PSL had been using a player draft system to form team squads till the ten seasons. Under this system, players were grouped into fixed categories (Platinum, Gold, Silver etc), and franchises selected players in a set order rather than through open bidding.
Signing and auction rules Team purse was capped at and allowed be extended to to allow direct signing of one foreign player who has not featured in previous season. All eight PSL franchises bid openly for players with all bids and minimum incremental increases in Pakistani rupees. Players entered the auction with set base prices at four tiers:
Minimum bid increments vary by price level, with franchises free to bid above the prescribed minimum amounts. Franchises were allowed to select 16 to 20 players, including five to seven overseas players depending on squad size, and must include at least two uncapped Under‑23 players, with one featured in the playing XI. Players selected at the auction enter two‑year contracts with their franchises. Franchises may also directly sign one foreign player who did not play in the previous season outside of the auction process. These signings would be outside of team purse which can be extended to accommodate such direct signings.
Each franchise was allowed to retain a maximum of four players from its existing squad, limited to one player per category, if mutual agreements were reached before the auction. Previously, teams could retain up to eight players and had additional mechanisms such as the right‑to‑match (RTM) option, mentor roles, and brand ambassador places under the draft system. The PCB abolished the RTM option, mentor and brand ambassador provisions for PSL 11.
The two newly inducted franchises were permitted to pre‑select and retain up to four players each from the available pool before the main auction, to match the retention numbers of the existing six franchises.
Retentions Franchise were allowed to retain upto four players, one in each category before the auction, new franchises were allowed to sign four players to match the retentions of other six franchises. Player Name Category Salary Team Saim Ayub Platinum Hyderabad Kingsmen Shadab Khan Platinum Islamabad United Shaheen Shah Afridi Platinum Lahore Qalandars Babar Azam Platinum Peshawar Zalmi Abrar Ahmed Platinum Quetta Gladiators Mohammad Nawaz Platinum Multan Sultans Usman Tariq Diamond Quetta Gladiators Mohammad Rizwan Platinum Rawalpindiz Hassan Ali Platinum Karachi Kings Usman Khan Diamond Hyderabad Kingsmen Sufiyan Muqeem Diamond Peshawar Zalmi Hassan Nawaz Gold Quetta Gladiators Salman Mirza Diamond Multan Sultans Khushdil Shah Gold Karachi Kings Abbas Afridi Diamond Karachi Kings Sam Billings Diamond Rawalpindiz Sikandar Raza Gold Lahore Qalandars Abdul Samad Gold Peshawar Zalmi Ahmed Daniyal Gold Multan Sultans Abdullah Shafique Diamond Lahore Qalandars Akif Javed Gold Hyderabad Kingsmen Ali Raza Emerging Peshawar Zalmi Andries Gous Silver Islamabad United Salman Irshad Gold Islamabad United Zaman Khan Gold Rawalpindiz Shamyl Hussain Emerging Quetta Gladiators Saad Masood Emerging Multan Sultans Mohammad Naeem Silver Lahore Qalandars Saad Baig Emerging Karachi Kings Yasir Khan Emerging Rawalpindiz
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Direct signings Teams were allowed to directly sign one foreign player before the auction who has not played in the previous season on PSL. These signings were outside of the team purse and were up to PKR 55m. Player Name Salary Team Steve Smith Multan Sultans Moeen Ali Karachi Kings Mustafizur Rahman Lahore Qalandars Devon Conway Islamabad United Aaron Hardie Peshawar Zalmi Marnus Labuschagne Hyderabad Kingsmen Alzarri Joseph Quetta Gladiators
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Auction The auction for the full squad was held on 11 February 2026 at Lahore. 888 players including local and foreign registered for the auction at 4 different base prices. Player Name Base price (PKR) Sold price (PKR) Team Faheem Ashraf Islamabad United David Warner Karachi Kings Rilee Rossouw Quetta Gladiators Mohammad Ali Hyderabad Kingsmen Haris Rauf Lahore Qalandars Naseem Shah Rawalpindiz Azam Khan Karachi Kings Sahibzada Farhan Multan Sultans Rishad Hossain Rawalpindiz Mehran Mumtaz Islamabad United Faisal Akram Quetta Gladiators Aamir Jamal Peshawar Zalmi Arafat Minhas Quetta Gladiators Usama Mir Lahore Qalandars Jahandad Khan Quetta Gladiators Salman Ali Agha Karachi Kings Fakhar Zaman Lahore Qalandars Daryl Mitchell Rawalpindiz Max Bryant Islamabad United Khurram Shahzad Peshawar Zalmi Mohammad Amir Rawalpindiz Ubaid Shah Lahore Qalandars Kusal Perera Hyderabad Kingsmen Mohammad Haris Peshawar Zalmi Khawaja Nafay Quetta Gladiators Haseebullah Khan Lahore Qalandars Shahid Aziz Karachi Kings Irfan Khan Niazi Hyderabad Kingsmen Abdullah Fazal Rawalpindiz Mark Chapman Islamabad United Ashton Turner Multan Sultans Mohammad Wasim Jr. Islamabad United Mir Hamza Karachi Kings Adam Zampa Karachi Kings Peter Siddle Multan Sultans Tabraiz Shamsi Multan Sultans Amad Butt Rawalpindiz Wasim Akram Jr. Quetta Gladiators Khan Zaib Quetta Gladiators Mir Hamza Sajjad Islamabad United Mohammad Hamza Sohail Karachi Kings Bismillah Khan Quetta Gladiators Khalid Usman Peshawar Zalmi Aqib Ilyas Karachi Kings Mohammad Farooq Lahore Qalandars Sameer Minhas Islamabad United Saqib Khan Quetta Gladiators Sameen Gul Islamabad United Abdul Subhan Peshawar Zalmi Brett Hampton Quetta Gladiators Hassan Khan Hyderabad Kingsmen Shayan Jahangir Hyderabad Kingsmen Samuel Harper Quetta Gladiators Shamar Joseph Islamabad United Bevon Jacobs Quetta Gladiators Lachlan Shaw Multan Sultans Delano Potgieter Multan Sultans Khuzaima Bin Tanveer Karachi Kings Ottniel Baartman Hyderabad Kingsmen Hammad Azam Hyderabad Kingsmen James Vince Peshawar Zalmi Riley Meredith Hyderabad Kingsmen Michael Bracewell Peshawar Zalmi Dasun Shanaka Lahore Qalandars Kusal Mendis Peshawar Zalmi Imad Wasim Islamabad United Richard Gleeson Islamabad United Johnson Charles Karachi Kings Iftikhar Ahmed Peshawar Zalmi Josh Philippe Multan Sultans Saud Shakeel Quetta Gladiators Shan Masood Multan Sultans Dian Forrester Rawalpindiz Ben McDermott Quetta Gladiators Muhammad Waseem Karachi Kings Laurie Evans Rawalpindiz Nahid Rana Peshawar Zalmi Parvez Hossain Lahore Qalandars Asif Afridi Rawalpindiz Asif Ali Lahore Qalandars Haider Ali Islamabad United Hussain Talat Lahore Qalandars Ihsanullah Karachi Kings Kamran Ghulam Rawalpindiz Mohammad Hasnain Lahore Qalandars Sharjeel Khan Hyderabad Kingsmen Tayyab Tahir Lahore Qalandars Dipendra Singh Airee Islamabad United Asif Mehmood Hyderabad Kingsmen Fawad Ali Rawalpindiz Hunain Shah Hyderabad Kingsmen Mohammad Amir Khan Rawalpindiz Momin Qamar Multan Sultans Muhammad Awais Zafar Multan Sultans Rizwan Mehmood Hyderabad Kingsmen Shahzaib Khan Rawalpindiz Tom Curran Quetta Gladiators Gudakesh Motie Lahore Qalandars Mirza Tahir Baig Peshawar Zalmi Saad Ali Hyderabad Kingsmen Rizwanullah Karachi Kings Tayyab Arif Hyderabad Kingsmen
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Transfer and Trade
Coaching staff Role Islamabad United Karachi Kings Kingsmen Hyderabad Lahore Qalandars Peshawar Zalmi Quetta Gladiators Multan Sultans Rawalpindi Pindiz Team Manager Rehan ul Haq Haider Azhar Sameen Rana Ahad Khan Azam Khan Hassan Cheema Head coach Luke Ronchi Ravi Bopara Jason Gillespie Russell Domingo Ottis Gibson Moin Khan Tim Paine Assistant coach Jacob Oram Craig White Azhar Mahmood Batting coach Misbah-ul-HaqIqbal Imam Bowling coach Azhar Mehmood Wahab Riaz Fielding coach Grant Bradburn Analyst Freddie Wilde
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Withdrawn players Player TeamReason Replaced by Ref. Rahmanullah Gurbaz Peshawar Zalmi Personal commitment Aaron Hardie Shamar Joseph Islamabad United Under mutual consent Blessing Muzarabani Gudakesh Motie Lahore Qalandars Travel Issues & Fatigue Dunith Wellalage Blessing Muzarabani Islamabad United To play 2026 IPL Muhammad Jawadullah Spencer Johnson Quetta Gladiators To play 2026 IPL Ali Khan Dasun Shanaka Lahore Qalandars To play 2026 IPL Daniel Sams Ottniel Baartman Hyderabad Kingsmen Maheesh Theekshana Jake Fraser-McGurk Rawalpindiz Personal commitments Cole McConchie Parvez Hossain Emon Lahore Qalandars Shoulder injury Charith Asalanka Bevon Jacobs Quetta Gladiators National duty Dinesh Chandimal Muhammad Waseem Karachi Kings National duty Jason Roy Dipendra Singh Airee Islamabad United National duty Pavan Rathnayake
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