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2021 KPL Draft
General information
SportCricket
Date(s)3 July 2021
LocationTulip Banquet Hall
Islamabad, Pakistan
Overview
LeagueKashmir Premier League
Teams6
First selectionHerschelle Gibbs, Overseas Warriors
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The players draft for the 2021 Kashmir Premier League took place on 3 July 2021 at the Tulip Banquet Hall in Islamabad.[1] 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.[2] The emerging category was further divided into Overseas Kashmiris, Local Kashmiris and Non-Kashmiris.[3] 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. Many people attended the draft including Chairman of the Kashmir Committee Shehryar Khan Afridi, Senator Faisal Javed, President of the KPL: Arif Malik and CEO of the KPL: Chaudhary Shahzad Akhtar.[4]

Players signed up per country

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Country Number of Players
 Pakistan 364
 England 25
 United Arab Emirates 9
 South Africa 3
 Australia 2
 Canada 2
 Bahrain 1
 Germany 1
 Hong Kong 1
 Italy 1
 Sri Lanka 1
 Turkey 1
 United States 1
 West Indies 1
Total 413

Draft picks

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Herschelle Gibbs was the first player to be picked in the draft.[5] 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.

Category Pick No. Team Nationality Name
Overseas 1 Overseas Warriors  South Africa Herschelle Gibbs
2 Bagh Stallions  England Phil Mustard
3 Rawalakot Hawks  England Matt Prior
4 Mirpur Royals  England Owais Shah
5 Muzaffarabad Tigers  Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan
6 Kotli Lions  England Monty Panesar
Platinum 1 Bagh Stallions  Pakistan Shan Masood
2 Kotli Lions  Pakistan Kamran Akmal
3 Muzaffarabad Tigers  Pakistan Sohail Tanvir
4 Mirpur Royals  Pakistan Sharjeel Khan
5 Overseas Warriors  Pakistan Haider Ali
6 Rawalakot Hawks  Pakistan Mohammad Hasnain
Diamond 1 Muzaffarabad Tigers  Pakistan Sohaib Maqsood
2 Kotli Lions  Pakistan Asif Ali
3 Bagh Stallions  Pakistan Iftikhar Ahmed
4 Mirpur Royals  Pakistan Khushdil Shah
5 Rawalakot Hawks  Pakistan Hussain Talat
6 Overseas Warriors  Pakistan Sohail Khan
7 Rawalakot Hawks  Pakistan Ahmed Shehzad
8 Overseas Warriors  Pakistan Azam Khan
9 Kotli Lions  Pakistan Usman Qadir
10 Muzaffarabad Tigers  Pakistan Mohammad Wasim
11 Mirpur Royals  Pakistan Mohammad Irfan
12 Bagh Stallions  Pakistan Umaid Asif
Gold 1 Overseas Warriors  Pakistan Muhammad Musa
2 Rawalakot Hawks  Pakistan Danish Aziz
3 Muzaffarabad Tigers  Pakistan Arshad Iqbal
4 Bagh Stallions  Pakistan Rohail Nazir
5 Mirpur Royals  Pakistan Salman Irshad
6 Kotli Lions  Pakistan Imran Khan
7 Rawalakot Hawks  Pakistan Waqas Maqsood
8 Muzaffarabad Tigers  Pakistan Zeeshan Ashraf
9 Bagh Stallions  Pakistan Mohammad Ilyas
10 Kotli Lions  Pakistan Akif Javed
11 Mirpur Royals  Pakistan Amad Butt
12 Overseas Warriors  Pakistan Haris Sohail
Silver 1 Rawalakot Hawks  Pakistan Zafar Gohar
2 Kotli Lions  Pakistan Khalid Usman
3 Muzaffarabad Tigers  Pakistan Sohail Akhtar
4 Overseas Warriors  Pakistan Qasim Akram
5 Bagh Stallions  Pakistan Mohammad Imran
6 Mirpur Royals  Pakistan Mukhtar Ahmed
7 Muzaffarabad Tigers  Pakistan Usama Mir
8 Overseas Warriors  Pakistan Hammad Azam
9 Kotli Lions  Pakistan Irfanullah Shah
10 Bagh Stallions  Pakistan Zeeshan Malik
11 Rawalakot Hawks  Pakistan Bismillah Khan
12 Mirpur Royals  Pakistan Abrar Ahmed
13 Rawalakot Hawks  Pakistan Mohammad Imran Randhawa
14 Kotli Lions  Pakistan Junaid Ali
15 Overseas Warriors  Pakistan Abbas Afridi
16 Muzaffarabad Tigers  Pakistan Anwar Ali
17 Mirpur Royals  Pakistan Muhammad Akhlaq
18 Bagh Stallions  Pakistan Usman Mughal
Emerging 1 Kotli Lions  United States Abdullah Syed
2 Bagh Stallions  Pakistan Zeeshan Zameer
3 Rawalakot Hawks  England Kashif Ali
4 Overseas Warriors  Pakistan Rashid Naseer
5 Muzaffarabad Tigers  Pakistan Arsalan Arif
6 Mirpur Royals  Pakistan Shadab Majeed
7 Bagh Stallions  England Furqan Shafique
8 Mirpur Royals  Pakistan Danyal Allah Ditta
9 Muzaffarabad Tigers  Pakistan Tahir Hussain
10 Overseas Warriors  England Uthman Ali Khan
11 Kotli Lions  Pakistan Syed Hashim Ali
12 Rawalakot Hawks  United Arab Emirates Faisal Altaf
13 Kotli Lions  Pakistan Hasan Raza
14 Bagh Stallions  Pakistan Sufyan Moqeem
15 Mirpur Royals  Pakistan Mohammad Taha
16 Rawalakot Hawks  Pakistan Zaman Khan
17 Overseas Warriors  Pakistan Naveed Malik
18 Muzaffarabad Tigers  Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq
19 Overseas Warriors  Pakistan Waleed Ahmed
20 Kotli Lions  Pakistan Yasir Jan
21 Mirpur Royals  Pakistan Ibtesam-ul-Haq
22 Muzaffarabad Tigers  England Usman Arshad
23 Rawalakot Hawks  Pakistan Samiullah Afridi
24 Bagh Stallions  Pakistan Mohammad Junaid
25 Kotli Lions  Pakistan Abdul Rehman
26 Muzaffarabad Tigers  Pakistan Taimoor Sultan
27 Rawalakot Hawks  Pakistan Shahid Ilyas
28 Bagh Stallions  Pakistan Aamir Sohail
29 Mirpur Royals  Pakistan Ammad Alam
30 Overseas Warriors  Pakistan Raza-ul-Mustafa

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Draft summary

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The following is the summary of the teams.

Category Bagh Stallions Kotli Lions Mirpur Royals Muzaffarabad Tigers Overseas Warriors Rawalakot Hawks
Icon
Overseas
Platinum
Diamond
Gold
Silver
Emerging

Post draft signings

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Players Pre-Draft Category
Pakistan Asad Shafiq Platinum
Pakistan Usman Shinwari
Pakistan Aamer Yamin Gold
Pakistan Agha Salman
Pakistan Kamran Ghulam
Pakistan Sameen Gul
Pakistan Umar Amin
Pakistan Adil Amin Silver
Pakistan Ahsan Ali
Pakistan Asif Afridi
Pakistan Hasan Khan
Pakistan Kashif Bhatti
Pakistan Khurram Shahzad
Pakistan Mohammad Haris
Pakistan Saif Badar
Pakistan Basit Ali Emerging
Pakistan Faizan Saleem
Pakistan Malik Nisar
Pakistan Mujtaba Ghayyas
Pakistan Nadeem Khalil
Pakistan Najeebullah Afridi
Pakistan Raja Farhan Khan
Pakistan Raja Shahzad
Pakistan Usman Yousuf

References

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  1. ^ "Kashmir Premier League Draft".
  2. ^ "Kashmir Premier League names categories for players' drafting". Khilari. 30 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Introducing the Emerging Category of players for the KPL Draft". kpl20.com.
  4. ^ "Kashmir Premier League kicks-off with mega draft event". Daily Pakistan. 5 July 2021.
  5. ^ "KPL 2021 Draft". Cricsload.
  6. ^ "Kashmir Premier League 2021 complete squads for all teams". cricketholicpk.com. 4 July 2021.