KPL Draft 2022: Kashmir Premier League is around the corner and yesterday, KPL held its draft ceremony. Several big personalities were present at the venue including president Arif Malik, and CEO Chaudhry Shahzad Akhtar.
We will witness some of the cricketing greats including Shahid Khan Afridi, Shoiab Malik, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Sharjeel Khan and Mohammad Hafeez at the iconic Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium from August 11 to 26.
All seven franchises have finalized their 18-member squad for the second edition of the tournament.
KPL Draft 2022 picks
Bagh Stallions
Icon player: Kamran Akmal
Platinum: Sohaib Maqsood, Rumman Raees
Diamond: Amir Yamin, Umar Amin
Gold: Mohammad Imran Jr., Kashif Bhatti
Silver: Mohammad Sarwar, Mohammad Sharoon Siraj, Ahmed Jamal, Aiizaz Habib Khan
Emerging: Maaz Khan, Sajjad Ali
Kashmiri: Hasan raza, Daniyal Allah Ditta, Aamir Shehzad, Arsalan Arif, Raja Farhan
Kotli Lions
Icon player: Khurram Manzoor
Platinum: Danish Aziz, Sarfaraz Ahmed
Diamond: Ahsan Ali, Khurram Shehzad
Gold: Irfanullah Shah, Khalid Usman
Sliver: Mushtaq Ahmed Kalhoro, Hassaan Khan, Hanif Azad, Hasan Mosin
Emerging: Imran Shah, Irfan Ali Qasmi
Kashmiri: Zayan Khan, Basit Ali, Naveed Malik, Mujtaba Ghayas, Nadeem Khalil
Muzaffarabad Tigers
Icon player: Mohammad Hafeez
Platinum: Iftikhar Ahmed, Sohail Tanvir
Diamond: Anwar Ali, Haseebullah
Gold: Zeeshan Ashraf, Arshad Iqbal
Silver: Mir Hamza, Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Salman Fayyaz, Taimoor Sultan
Emerging: Aqib Liaquat, Aamir Khan
Kashmiri: Aqib Ilyas, Saad bin Zafar, Inzamam ul Haq, Usman Maroof, Usama Fazal
Rawalakot Hawks
Icon player: Mohammad amir
Platinum: Ahmed Shehzad, Hussain Talat
Diamond: Zaman Khan, Asif Afridi
Gold: Amad Butt, Bismillah Khan
Silver: Zeeshan Malik, Musaddiq Ahmed, Faisal Akram, Ammad Alam
Emerging: Saeedullah, Ihsanullah
Kashmiri: Zain ul Hasan, Saif Ali Zaib, Atif Sheikh, Roya Farhan Khan, Kashif Ali
Mirpur Royals
Icon player: Shoaib Malik
Platinum: Imad Wasim, Haris Sohail
Diamond: Salaman Irshad, Ali Imran
Gold: Mohammad Akhlaq, Abrar Ahmed
Silver: Kashif Ali, Mohammad Hamza Arshad, Zubair Khan Lodhi, Zaid Alam
Emerging: Hassan Nawaz, Ali Razzaq
Kashmiri: Shadab Majeed, Sufyan Moqim, Shan Khan, Umer Hayat, Faizan Saleem
Jammu Janbaz
Icon player: Sharjeel Khan
Platinum: Shahid Afridi, Faheem Ashraf
Diamond: Sahibzada Farhan, Umar Akmal
Gold: Umar Mir, Akif Javed
Silver: Imran Khan Sr., Umar Siddique, Shahbaz, Ahmed Khan
Emerging: Hamza Shah Afridi, Samiullah Afridi
Kashmiri: Mehran Mumtaz, Naqsah Barsharat, Faisal Altaf, Naseem Najam Kiyani, Mohammad Shehzad
Overseas Warriors
Icon player: Asad Shafiq
Platinum: Azam Khan, Kamran Ghulam
Diamond: Imran Randhawa, Sohail Khan
Gold: Umaid Asif, Saif Badar
Silver: Adil Amin, Bilal Asif, Ali Shafiq, Mohammad Shehzad
Emerging: Umar Zeeshan Lohya, Khawaja Mohammad
Kashmiri: Farhan Shafiq, Hannan Ahmed, Hashim Ali, Saad Asif, Malik Nasir