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Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchises will be allowed to retain a maximum of seven players, including their direct signing, for the 12th edition of the tournament, but any side exercising the full retention allowance will have to release a player from the highest price tier of the previous auction into the general player pool.
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The provision, unanimously approved by all eight franchises at a tournament operations workshop at Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday, is among the key regulations finalised ahead of the PSL 12 player auction scheduled for January 23.
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The mandatory release of a top-tier player is aimed at ensuring the availability of elite talent to all franchises during the auction, while allowing teams to preserve a significant portion of their existing squads.
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The deadline for player retentions has been set for January 13, ten days before the auction.
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The timing will allow franchises to assess performances in the National T20 Silver tournament, which will have concluded, and the ongoing National T20 Gold competition before making their final decisions.
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said the arrangement would provide a “live, data-driven link” between domestic cricket and the PSL, giving players performing in the National T20 competitions an opportunity to attract franchise attention.
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A domestic player in form during the National T20 Gold tournament could, according to the PCB, “force his way into franchise thinking in real time”.
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The auction, which will be only the second in PSL history, will operate under a salary cap of Rs45 crore for each franchise.
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The cap will rise to Rs50.5 crore for a franchise that makes a direct signing for PSL 12, retains its direct signing from the previous season, or opts for both.
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All franchises will also be required to spend a minimum of Rs36.5 crore on their squads.
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The window for direct signings will remain open until November 23, 2026.
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Each franchise will be permitted to directly sign one marquee player who did not feature in either PSL 10 or PSL 11.
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The regulations were finalised during a workshop chaired by PSL chief executive Salman Naseer, with all eight franchises reaching unanimous agreement after reviewing the auction rules clause by clause.
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Discussions also covered direct signings, player retentions, trade windows, squad sizes and salary caps.
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“What made today remarkable was not just what was agreed, it was how it was agreed,” Naseer said in a statement.
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“Every franchise engaged with complete openness, the Auction rules were worked through line by line, and we finished with unanimous buy-in across all eight sides,” he added.
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Naseer said the retention deadline had deliberately been aligned with the National T20 competitions to give domestic performers a genuine opportunity to influence franchise squad selections through their performances.
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The PCB said more major announcements concerning PSL 12 would be made in the coming weeks.
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