The player draft for the

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was held on 13 December 2023 at the National Cricket Academy, Lahore. Before the draft, teams were allowed to retain a maximum of eight players and make transfers.

Background

The Pakistan Cricket Board announced that Quetta Gladiators will have the first pick in the draft. A total of 485 foreign players registered for the tournament. Each team had the right to exercise one wildcard pick. Each team had a right-to-match card which allowed franchises to buy back a maximum of one player they have released by paying a set fee in each category.

Transfers

Hasan Ali and Islamabad's first round silver pick were traded from Islamabad United to Karachi Kings in return for Imad Wasim and Karachi's second round silver pick. Iftikhar Ahmed and Quetta's first round platinum pick were traded from Quetta Gladiators to Multan Sultans in exchange for Rilee Rossouw and Multan's first round silver pick.

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and Quetta's third round platinum pick were traded from Quetta Gladiators to Islamabad United in exchange for Mohammad Wasim, Abrar Ahmed and Islamabad's first round platinum pick.

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and Multan's fourth round silver pick were traded from Multan Sultans to Karachi Kings in exchange for

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and Karachi's first round silver pick. Karachi and Multan also swapped their first round diamond picks.

Retained players

On 7 December 2023, the retained player's list was announced. The franchises were allowed to retain a maximum of eight players from the previous season. All the franchises fully utilized their quota of player retentions apart from Multan Sultans.

Draft picks

The draft took place at the National Cricket Academy on 13 December 2023.

Replacements

A supplementary and replacement player draft took place through a conference call on 29 January 2024, in which franchises were allowed to select two additional supplementary players and replacement players for any partially or fully unavailable players. Quetta reserved their pick in the fourth supplementary round. A second replacement draft was held on 16 February 2024.

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