The Overseas Draft for 12th edition of Big Bash League which will held from December 13, 2022 to February 4, 2023, took place of 28th August, Sunday.
The Australian Summer will getting ready for their one of the most entertaining tournament which will running for over two months and feature lot of International Stars.
The overseas Draft held to choose the overseas players one by one for eight teams.
All the Teams wisely invested in the players who are nearly available for the whole tournament only those players are picked mostly.
According to Cricket Australia, because all the Teams didn’t want to compromise with the availability of their overseas players so big names like Kieron Pollard, Faf Du Plessis and Andre Russell goes Unsold in BBL Draft.
There are 332 total numbers of players are entered in the BBL Draft to 20 different nations.
The salaries for the different categories:
Platinum ($340,000)
Platinum and Gold ($260,000)
Gold and Silver ($175,000)
Silver and Bronze ($100,000)
The first Player is picked in the BBL Draft is Star English All Rounder Liam Who picked by Melbourne Renegades. Livingston is currently most demanding player in Limited overs format because of his six hitting skills and also he can delivered effective overs in the middle with his leg spin.
Melbourne Stars has picked Rashid Khan but Adelaide Strikers decided to retain the Star Spinner.
There is no doubt that Rashid us going to retain, he is playing all around the world, he is young but very experienced player. Over 450 wickets in the format and now he can also hit some huge sixes in the slog overs.
After Leave the Central Contact from New Zealand. New Zealand Star Pacer Trent Boult is picked by Melbourne Stars for BBL 12. Trent Boult will be making his BBL Debut.
Sam Billings (Brisbane Heat), Chris Jordan (Sydney Sixers), David Willey (Sydney Thunder). And also Shadab Khan (Hobart Hurricanes) more significant players that the franchises acquired .
The tournament will start on December 13 and final to played on February 4.
