Local and international players taking part in the third edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will be well paid.

Players were drafted in five different categories on 12 November and will be paid according to this.

Platinum category

Players in this category will be paid Rs 14 million for the season.

Lahore Qalandars: Chriss Lynn

Islamabad United: JP Duminy

Karachi Kings: Colin Ingram

Quetta Gladiators: Shane Watson

Peshawar Zalmis: Dwayne Bravo

Multan Sultans: Imran Tahir

Diamond category

Those players selected in the diamond category will make Rs 7 million for the season

Lahore Qalandars: Mustafiz ur Rehman

Islamabad United: Luke Ronchi

Karachi Kings: Mitchell Johnson

Quetta Gladiators: Carlos Brathwaite

Peshawar Zalmi: Tamim Iqbal

Multan Sultans: Darren Bravo

Gold category

Rs 5 million would be the salary for players selected in this category.

Karachi Kings: Luke Wright

Islamabad United: Fahim Ashraf

Peshawar Zalmi: Hammad Azam

Quetta Gladiators: Rahat Ali

Lahore Qalandars: Bilal Asif

Multan Sultans: Ahmed Shahzad

Silver category

In this category, players will make Rs 2.2 million.

Lahore Qalandars - Raza Hassan

Islamabad United - Sam Billings

Peshawar Zalmi - Saad Nasim

Quetta Gladiators - Ramiz Raja Jnr

Karachi Kings - David Wiese

Multan Sultans - Mohammad Abbas

Lahore Qalandars - Sohail Akhtar

Islamabad United - Zafar Gohar

Peshawar Zalmi - Taimoor Sultan

Quetta Gladiators - Saad Ali

Karachi Kings - Tabish Khan

Multan Sultans - Nicolas Pooran

Emerging Category

Players selected in this category will make Rs 1 million in salary.

Lahore Qalandars - Shaheen Afridi

Islamabad United - Sahibzada Farhan

Karachi Kings - Mohammad Irfan Junior

Quetta Gladiators: Saud Shakil

Peshwar Zalmi: Sameen Gul

Multan Sultans: Abdullah Shafiq

Lahore Qalandars - Ghulam Mudassar

Islamabad United - Hussain Talat

Karachi Kings - Hassan Mohsin

Quetta Gladiators - Hasaan Khan

Peshawar Zalmi - Ibtisam Sheikh

Multan Sultans - Saif Badar