Following players were replaced in PSL replacement draft. A day before the tournament,
Anwar Ali replaced
Umar Akmal in Gladiators squad, who became unavailable after he was suspended by PCB with immediate effect under Article 4.7.1 of its anti-corruption code, disallowing him from taking part in any cricket-related activity under the board's purview, "pending the investigation being carried out by PCB's Anti-Corruption Unit". Akmal faced no sanction, only a reminder of his responsibilities, with a PCB statement saying that he had "offered his regrets" to the PCB for his action, and was in turn reprimanded and "reminded him of his responsibilities as a senior cricketer". A week into the tournament Lahore Qalandars'
Haris Rauf suffered a foot injury and was replaced by
Salman Irshad for 2-3 matches. Meanwhile,
Mohammad Mohsin from Peshawar Zalmi also got injured and was unavailable for at least a week and was replaced by
Yasir Shah.
Kieron Pollard who was expected to join the Peshawar Zalmi squad after the conclusion of
West Indies tour of Sri Lanka, suffered a niggle in his right thigh and was replaced by
Carlos Brathwaite for the whole season, who was earlier named as his temporary replacement. On 8 March in the match against Lahore Qalandars,
Aamer Yamin suffered a hamstring injury while bowling and was replaced by
Waqas Maqsood in the Kings squad for the remaining season. Ahead of the play-offs, teams included new players in their squad as
Faf du Plessis,
Khurram Shehzad and
Hardus Viljoen replaced
Kieron Pollard,
Mohammad Amir Khan and
Liam Dawson in
Peshawar Zalmi squad. In
Multan Sultans squad
Mahmudullah and
Adam Lyth replaced
Moeen Ali and
Fabian Allen respectively.
Lahore Qalandars replaced
Chris Lynn,
Salman Butt and
Seekkuge Prasanna with
Tamim Iqbal,
Abid Ali and
Agha Salman respectively. While,
Karachi Kings replaced
Chris Jordan and
Ali Khan with
Sherfane Rutherford and
Waqas Maqsood. ==References==