List of all Pakistan players shortlisted for the LPL 2026 Player Draft

A total of 38 Pakistan players have been shortlisted for the Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2026 Player Draft, set to take place on June 1. 

Category-wise players list

The players were selected from 110 registrations from Pakistan, the most by any full-member nation this year. Even after trimming down the list, entrees from the country remain the highest. 

Among the pre-draft signings, only Sahibzada Farhan has been roped in, as Dambulla Sixers signed the top-order batter. Out of the 38 shortlisted players, eight are in the Platinum category, nine in the Gold category and 21 in the Classic category.

Accepting relegation 

Six Pakistan players from the Platinum and Gold categories have agreed to drop down to the Gold and Classic categories respectively if they remain unpicked. Each team can pick one overseas player from the Platinum and Gold categories and two from the Classic category.

Platinum:

Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Muhammad Nawaz, Iftikhar Ahmed, Usman Khan, Sufyan Moqim, Shan Masood, Abbas Afridi

Gold:

Shahnawaz Ali Dahani, Mohammad Wasim Jr., Akif Javed, Hassan Nawaz, Mir Hamza, Salman Irshad, Mohammad Haris, Maaz Sadaqat, Zaman Khan

Classic:

Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan Niazi, Khurram Shahzad, Usama Mir, Hussain Talat, Abdullah Shafique, Mubasir Khan, Kamran Ghulam, Farhan Yousaf, Shamyl Hussain, Rohail Nazir, Ahmed Daniyal, Imam ul Haq, Haseebullah Khan, Kaleem Sana, Mohammad Imran, Muhammad Basit, Tayyab Tahir, Khawaja Nafay, Salman Mirza, Azam Khan

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