The Pakistan Super League (PSL) will conduct a replacement draft for the six teams to complete their squads ahead of the resumption of the 2021 edition of the tournament, which had been suspended after 14 matches following a spate of Covid-19 cases among players and support staffers, ESPNCricinfo reported.
Among the 134 foreign players registered for the mini player draft 24 players are from Sri Lanka.
The remainder of the tournament will be played in June, with all matches in Karachi, in a bio-security bubble being put in place by a UK-based company. The teams will assemble by May 23 to begin their mandatory seven-day quarantine, and action will resume on June 2, with the final on June 20.
Most of the overseas players, who were around for the first set of games before the postponement, are going to be missing for one reason or another.
The English players are going to be busy with the Vitality Blast T20 tournament. Some others will be on national duty.
As a result, their will be a mini draft, where the teams will get to pick from 134 players, from Australia (10), New Zealand (12), South Africa (18), Bangladesh (7), West Indies (25), Sri Lanka (24), Zimbabwe (6), Afghanistan (16), Ireland (5), UAE (5), Scotland (4), Nepal (1) and Oman (1). (With input from Cricinfo)