Are you curious to know about the most expensive player in the Pakistan Super League season 8? Is it Shaheen Shah Afridi? Babar Azam? Shadab Khan? Or someone else? Is it a local player or an overseas one? No need to bang your head further as you will get the answer to all these questions here.
All the players in the Pakistan Super League are divided into 6 different categories. Unlike IPL, where franchises bid amounts to buy players, PSL management decides the salaries of the players before the draft. The salaries of the players are decided on the basis of categories assigned to them.
Let’s take a look at the salaries of all the players in the PSL 2023.
-
Platinum Category
The platinum category is the highest-paying category in the Pakistan Super League. The Platinum category in PSL 8 has 14 players in it. 6 of them will be paid $170,000, 3 will be paid $150,000, and the remaining 5 will be paid $130,000. Here’s the complete list of the salaries of all the players in this category:
Player Team Salary (USD) Salary (PKR)
Alex Hales Islamabad United 170,000 40,800,000
Shadab Khan Islamabad United 170,000 40,800,000
Babar Azam Peshawar Zalmi 170,000 36,000,000
Fakhar Zaman Lahore Qalandars 170,000 31,200,000
Imran Tahir Karachi Kings 170,000 40,800,000
Shaheen Shah Afridi Lahore Qalandars 150,000 36,000,000
Rashid Khan Lahore Qalandars 150,000 36,000,000
Rahmanullah Garbaz Islamabad United 130,000 40,800,000
Haider Ali Karachi Kings 130,000 40,800,000
Mathew Wade Karachi Kings 130,000 40,800,000
Muhammad Rizwan Multan Sultans 130,000 31,200,000
Bhanuka Rajapaksa Peshawar Zalmi 130,000 31,200,000
David MIller Multan Sultans 130,000 31,200,000
Naseem Shah Quetta Gladiators 130,000 31,200,000
-
Diamond Category
The Diamond category is the second-highest-paying category in the league. This category has 17 players in PSL 2023. 9 out of those 17 will be paid $85,000, and the other 8 will get $60,000. Let’s take a look at the complete list:
Player Team Salary (USD) Salary (PKR)
Asif Ali Islamabad United 85,000 20,400,000
Muhammad Wasim Jnr Islamabad United 85,000 20,400,000
James Vince Karachi Kings 85,000 20,400,000
James Fuller Karachi Kings 85,000 20,400,000
David Wiese Lahore Qalandars 85,000 20,400,000
Haris Rauf Lahore Qalanars 85,000 20,400,000
Sherfane Rutherford Peshawar Zalmi 85,000 20,400,000
Wahab Riaz Peshawar Zalmi 85,000 20,400,000
Iftikhar Ahmad Quetta Gladiators 85,000 20,400,000
Jason Roy Quetta Gladiators 60,000 14,400,000
Odean Smith Quetta Gladiators 60,000 14,400,000
Shan Masood Multan Sultans 60,000 14,400,000
Rillee Rossow Multan Sultans 60,000 14,400,000
Khushdil Shah Multan Sultans 60,000 14,400,000
Fazal Haq Farooqi Islamabad United 60,000 14,400,000
Imad Wasim Karachi Kings 60,000 14,400,000
Hussain Talat Lahore Qalandars 60,000 14,400,000
-
Gold Category
The gold category players will be paid between $40,000 and $50,000 in PSL 2023. Out of the 19 players in it, 11 will get $50,000, one will get $45,000, and the other 7 will get $40,000. Here are the details of all the players in the gold category:
Player Team Salary (USD) Salary (PKR)
Ahsan Ali Quetta Gladiators 50,000 12,000,000
Sarfaraz Ahmad Quetta Gladiators 50,000 12,000,000
Muhammad Hasnain Quetta Gladiators 50,000 12,000,000
Muhammad Haris Peshawar Zalmi 50,000 12,000,000
Tim David Multan Sultans 50,000 12,000,000
Sikandar Raza Lahore Qalandars 50,000 12,000,000
Liam Dawson Lahore Qalandars 50,000 12,000,000
Muhammad Amir Karachi Kings 50,000 12,000,000
Ravi Bopara Karachi Kings 50,000 12,000,000
Faheem Ashraf Islamabad United 50,000 12,000,000
Hasan Ali Islamabad United 50,000 12,000,000
Abdullah Shafiq Lahore Qalandars 45,000 10,800,000
Arshad Iqbal Peshawar Zalmi 40,000 9,600,000
Danish Aziz Peshawar Zalmi 40,000 9,600,000
Akeal Hosain Multan Sultans 40,000 9,600,000
Shahnawaz Dhani Multan Sultans 40,000 9,600,000
Shoaib Malik Karachi Kings 40,000 9,600,000
Andrew Tye Karachi Kings 40,000 9,600,000
Azam Khan Islamabad United 40,000 9,600,000
-
Supplementary Category
The supplementary category consists of players who are partially available for the tournament. The players in this category receive different salaries with an upper limit of $50,000. Let’s take a look at the included players in this category and their salaries:
Player Team Salary (USD)
Moeen Ali Islamabad United 50,000
Mubasir Khan Islamabad United 50,000
Tabraiz Shamsi Karachi Kings 50,000
Muhammad Umar Karachi Kings 50,000
Jordan Cox Lahore Qalandars 50,000
Jalat Khan Lahore Qalandars 50,000
Jimmy Neesham Peshawar Zalmi 50,000
Omair Bin Yousuf Quetta Gladiators 50,000
Martin Guptil Quetta Gladiators 50,000
Arafat Minhas Multan Sultans 50,000
Adil Rashid Multan Sultans 50,000
-
Silver Category
The silver category players will be paid $25,000 for the season. Here’s the list of all the silver category players in PSL 2023:
Player Team Salary (USD)
Paul Stirling Islamabad United 25,000
Colin Munro Islamabad United 25,000
Sohaib Maqsood Islamabad United 25,000
Rumman Raees Islamabad United 25,000
Abrar Ahmad Islamabad United 25,000
Sharjeel Khan Karachi Kings 25,000
Tayyab Tahir Karachi Kings 25,000
M. Ahlaq Karachi Kings 25,000
Aamer Yamin Karachi Kings 25,000
Mir Hamza Karachi Kings 25,000
Kamran Ghulam Lahore Qalandars 25,000
Mirza Tahir Baig Lahore Qalandars 25,000
Harry Brook Lahore Qalandars 25,000
Dilbar Hussain Lahore Qalandars 25,000
Ahmad Daniyal Lahore Qalandars 25,000
Saim Ayub Peshawar Zalmi 25,000
Tom-Kohler Cadmore Peshawar Zalmi 25,000
Amir Jamal Peshawar Zalmi 25,000
Salman Irshad Peshawar Zalmi 25,000
Usamn Qadir Peshawar Zalmi 25,000
Will Smead Quetta Gladiators 25,000
Umar Akmal Quetta Gladiators 25,000
Naveen Ul Haq Quetta Gladiators 25,000
Umaid Asif Quetta Gladiators 25,000
Muhammad Asif Quetta Gladiators 25,000
Muhammad Sarwar Multan Sultans 25,000
Usman Khan Multan Sultans 25,000
Anwar Ali Multan Sultans 25,000
Sameen Gul Multan Sultans 25,000
Usama Mir Multan Sultans 25,000
-
Emerging Category
This category is for the local young players who are seen as the future stars of the country. The purpose of creating this category is to provide more chances to youngsters. Each player in the emerging category is paid $7500. Underlying is the list of all the players included in this list for PSL 2023:
Player Team Salary (USD)
Hasan Nawaz Islamabad United 7500$
Zeeshan Zamir Islamabad United 7500$
Irfan Khan Niazi Karachi Kings 7500$
Qasim Akram Karachi Kings 7500$
Zaman Khan Lahore Qalandars 7500$
Shawaiz Irfan Lahore Qalandars 7500$
Haseeb ullah Peshawar Zalmi 7500$
Sufiyan Muqeem Peshawar Zalmi 7500$
Aimal Khan Quetta Gladiators 7500$
Abdul Wahid Bangalzai Quetta Gladiators 7500$
IhsanUllah Multan Sultans 7500$
Abbas Afridi Multan Sultans 7500$
Highest Paid PSL Players
In IPL, there’s only one highest-paid player who receives the highest bid in the auction. But it doesn’t work like that in the PSL. In this league, players are paid according to their category. The platinum category players are paid the highest. The 5 highest paid players in PSL 2023 are Babar Azam, Alex Hales, Shadab Khan, Imran Tahir, and Fakhar Zaman. All of them will be paid $170,000 each.
