The psl auction for the 2026 Pakistan Super League is going to take place on February 11. We will have all the updates and the latest news about the Pakistan Super League right here. You can also find the squads, for each team of the Pakistan Super League.
The Pakistan Super League is having its ever player auction on Wednesday, February 11. This is a deal because the Pakistan Super League is getting two new teams. The two new teams are Hyderabad and Sialkot. They will be joining the six teams that are already, in the Pakistan Super League. The whole thing will take place at the end of March. The Pakistan Super League is really exciting. People are looking forward to it.
Before the psl auction each team was allowed to keep four players. The big news was that Mohammad Rizwan was let go by Multan Sultans and Haris Rauf was let go by Lahore Qalandars.
Babar Azam was kept by his team Shadab Khan was kept by his team and Shaheen Afridi was kept by his team.
Steve Smith was a signing, for Sialkot before the psl auction even happened. Mohammad Rizwan and Haris Rauf were the players that everyone was talking about because they were released by their teams.
What are the auction purses of all teams?
Each franchise has a budget of PKR 45 crore for the auction. This budget of PKR 45 crore can be increased to PKR 50.5 crore. The increase, to PKR 50.5 crore happens if the franchise directly signs one player. This overseas player must not have played in the Pakistan Super League, which is also called the PSL, season.
Before the auction happens Hyderabad and Rawalpindi which was known as Multan before have the money to spend at the auction. They have PKR 50.5 crore. Quetta Gladiators have money they have PKR 33.14 crore to spend on players. The auction is a deal for these teams, especially Hyderabad and Rawalpindi, with their big budget of PKR 50.5 crore.
You want to know where you can watch the Pakistan Super League auction live. The Pakistan Super League auction is an event for cricket fans. You can watch the PSL auction live on television. Some channels that show the PSL auction live are sports channels.
The PSL auction is an event to watch because you get to see which players are going to play for which teams.
The auction can be viewed live around the globe on the official YouTube channel of the PCB, while it will also be live-streamed on Tapmad, Tamasha and Myco in the country.
Who are the retentions for each side?
Lahore Qalandars: Shaheen Shah Afridi, Abdullah Shafique, Sikandar Raza and Mohammad Naeem
Quetta Gladiators: Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq, Hasan Nawaz and Shamyl Hussain
Islamabad United: Shadab Khan, Salman Irshad and Andries Gous
Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam, Sufyan Moqim, Abdul Samad and Ali Raza
Karachi Kings: Hasan Ali, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Khushdil Shah and Saad Baig
Multan Sultans: Zero retentions
Retention list for each team ahead of PSL 2026 auction
Lahore Qalandars: Shaheen Shah Afridi, Abdullah Shafique, Sikandar Raza, Mohammad Naeem.
Quetta Gladiators: Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq, Hasan Nawaz, Shamyl Hussain.
Islamabad United: Shadab Khan, Salman Irshad, Andries Gous.
Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam, Sufyan Moqim, Abdul Samad, Ali Raza.
Karachi Kings: Hasan Ali, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Khushdil Shah, Saad Baig.
Sialkot Stallionz: Mohammad Nawaz, Salman Mirza, Ahmed Daniyal, Saad Masood.
Hyderabad Houston Kingsmen: Saim Ayub, Usman Khan, Maaz Sadaqat, Akif Javed.
Remaining purse for every team ahead of PSL auction
| Franchise | Remaining Purse (PKR) |
| Hyderabad Houston Kingsmen | 21.94 Crore |
| Rawalpindi (Multan) | 34.6 Crore |
| Sialkot Stallionz | 23.34 Crore |
| Islamabad United | 34.6 Crore |
| Karachi Kings | 32.26 Crore |
| Lahore Qalandars | 31.36 Crore |
| Peshawar Zalmi | 27.96 Crore |
| Quetta Gladiators | 27.54 Crore |
The first-ever PSL auction is set to start!
Here we go now!
Great time to revisit this quickly, as the bidding is about to start.
PSL CEO Salman Naseer is making opening remarks before we get onto the bidding.
Host and auctioneer Zainab Abbas gets things underway.
