The players draft for the 2021 Kashmir Premier League took place on 3 July 2021 at the Tulip Banquet Hall in Islamabad. A total of 413 players signed up for the KPL. The players were divided into 7 categories: Icon, Overseas, Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver and Emerging. The emerging category was further divided into Overseas Kashmiris, Local Kashmiris and Non-Kashmiris. Each team chose 1 Icon player, 1 Overseas player, 1 Platinum player, 2 Diamond players, 2 Gold players, 3 Silver players and 5 Emerging players. The participants in the draft ceremony included Chairman of the Kashmir Committee Shehryar Afridi, Senator Faisal Javed, President of the KPL: Arif Malik and CEO of the KPL: Chaudhary Shahzad Akhtar.
Players signed up per country Country Number of Players 364 25 9 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1Total413
Draft picks
Herschelle Gibbs was the first player to be picked in the draft. Shan Masood was the first non-foreign player to be picked in the draft. The icon players had already been signed prior to the draft.
CategoryPick No.TeamNationalityNameOverseas1Overseas WarriorsHerschelle Gibbs2Bagh StallionsPhil Mustard3Rawalakot HawksMatt Prior4Mirpur RoyalsOwais Shah5Muzaffarabad TigersTillakaratne Dilshan6Kotli LionsMonty PanesarPlatinum1Bagh StallionsShan Masood2Kotli LionsKamran Akmal3Muzaffarabad TigersSohail Tanvir4Mirpur RoyalsSharjeel Khan5Overseas WarriorsHaider Ali6Rawalakot HawksMohammad HasnainDiamond1Muzaffarabad TigersSohaib Maqsood2Kotli LionsAsif Ali3Bagh StallionsIftikhar Ahmed4Mirpur RoyalsKhushdil Shah5Rawalakot HawksHussain Talat6Overseas WarriorsSohail Khan7Rawalakot HawksAhmed Shehzad8Overseas WarriorsAzam Khan9Kotli LionsUsman Qadir10Muzaffarabad TigersMohammad Wasim11Mirpur RoyalsMohammad Irfan12Bagh StallionsUmaid AsifGold1Overseas WarriorsMuhammad Musa2Rawalakot HawksDanish Aziz3Muzaffarabad TigersArshad Iqbal4Bagh StallionsRohail Nazir5Mirpur RoyalsSalman Irshad6Kotli LionsImran Khan7Rawalakot HawksWaqas Maqsood8Muzaffarabad TigersZeeshan Ashraf9Bagh StallionsMohammad Ilyas10Kotli LionsAkif Javed11Mirpur RoyalsAmad Butt12Overseas WarriorsHaris SohailSilver1Rawalakot HawksZafar Gohar2Kotli LionsKhalid Usman3Muzaffarabad TigersSohail Akhtar4Overseas WarriorsQasim Akram5Bagh StallionsMohammad Imran6Mirpur RoyalsMukhtar Ahmed7Muzaffarabad TigersUsama Mir8Overseas WarriorsHammad Azam9Kotli LionsIrfanullah Shah10Bagh StallionsZeeshan Malik11Rawalakot HawksBismillah Khan12Mirpur RoyalsAbrar Ahmed13Rawalakot HawksMohammad Imran Randhawa14Kotli LionsJunaid Ali15Overseas WarriorsAbbas Afridi16Muzaffarabad TigersAnwar Ali17Mirpur RoyalsMuhammad Akhlaq18Bagh StallionsUsman MughalEmerging1Kotli LionsAbdullah Syed2Bagh StallionsZeeshan Zameer3Rawalakot HawksKashif Ali4Overseas WarriorsRashid Naseer5Muzaffarabad TigersArsalan Arif6Mirpur RoyalsShadab Majeed7Bagh StallionsFurqan Shafique8Mirpur RoyalsDanyal Allah Ditta9Muzaffarabad TigersTahir Hussain10Overseas WarriorsUthman Ali Khan11Kotli LionsSyed Hashim Ali12Rawalakot HawksFaisal Altaf13Kotli LionsHasan Raza14Bagh StallionsSufyan Moqeem15Mirpur RoyalsMohammad Taha16Rawalakot HawksZaman Khan17Overseas WarriorsNaveed Malik18Muzaffarabad TigersInzamam-ul-Haq19Overseas WarriorsWaleed Ahmed20Kotli LionsYasir Jan21Mirpur RoyalsIbtesam-ul-Haq22Muzaffarabad TigersUsman Arshad23Rawalakot HawksSamiullah Afridi24Bagh StallionsMohammad Junaid25Kotli LionsAbdul Rehman26Muzaffarabad TigersTaimoor Sultan27Rawalakot HawksShahid Ilyas28Bagh StallionsAamir Sohail29Mirpur RoyalsAmmad Alam30Overseas WarriorsRaza-ul-Mustafa
Draft summary The following is the summary of the teams.
CategoryIcon Shadab Khan Fakhar Zaman Shoaib Malik Mohammad Hafeez Imad Wasim Shahid AfridiOverseas Phil Mustard Monty Panesar Owais Shah Tillakaratne Dilshan Herschelle Gibbs Matt PriorPlatinum Shan Masood Kamran Akmal Sharjeel Khan Sohail Tanvir Haider Ali Mohammad HasnainDiamond Iftikhar Ahmed Umaid Asif Asif Ali Usman Qadir Khushdil Shah Mohammad Irfan Mohammad Wasim Sohaib Maqsood Azam Khan Sohail Khan Ahmed Shehzad Hussain TalatGold Mohammad Ilyas Rohail Nazir Akif Javed Imran Khan Amad Butt Salman Irshad Arshad Iqbal Zeeshan Ashraf Haris Sohail Muhammad Musa Sahibzada Farhan Danish AzizSilver Mohammad Imran Zeeshan Malik Usman Mughal Irfanullah Shah Junaid Ali Khalid Usman Abrar Ahmed Muhammad Akhlaq Mukhtar Ahmed Anwar Ali Sohail Akhtar Usama Mir Asif Afridi Nasir Nawaz Qasim Akram Mohammad Imran Randhawa Mohammad Irfan Zafar GoharEmerging Aamir Sohail Furqan Shafique Mohammad Junaid Sufyan Moqeem Zeeshan Zameer Abdul Rehman Abdullah Syed Hasan Raza Syed Hashim Ali Yasir Jan Ammad Alam Danyal Allah Ditta Ibtesam-ul-Haq Mohammad Taha Shadab Majeed Arsalan Arif Inzamam-ul-Haq Taimoor Sultan Tahir Hussain Usman Arshad Naveed Malik Rashid Naseer Raza-ul-Mustafa Uthman Ali Khan Waleed Ahmed Faisal Altaf Kashif Ali Samiullah Afridi Shahid Ilyas Zaman Khan
Post draft signings Players Pre-Draft Category Asad ShafiqPlatinum Usman Shinwari Aamer YaminGold Agha Salman Kamran Ghulam Sameen Gul Umar Amin Adil AminSilver Ahsan Ali Asif Afridi Hasan Khan Kashif Bhatti Khurram Shahzad Mohammad Haris Saif Badar Basit AliEmerging Faizan Saleem Malik Nisar Mujtaba Ghayyas Nadeem Khalil Najeebullah Afridi Raja Farhan Khan Raja Shahzad Usman Yousuf
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