Babar Azam becomes the 'most expensive player' in The Hundred Draft

Babar Azam is listed among the 'most expensive players' in The Hundred Draft 2022, which is scheduled to take place on April 5th, with the outcomes expected on the very next day. Alongside the Pakistani skipper, Mitchell Marsh, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, David Warner, Chris Gayle, and Tabraiz Shamsi are the others players in the list of 'most expensive players' enlisted for The Hundred Draft at a reserve price of £125,000.

As far as other Pakistani cricketers are concerned, Mohammad Amir, Shadab Khan, and Haris Rauf will be up for auction at a reserve price of £75,000. However, the experienced all-rounder Shoaib Malik and pacer Naseem Shah will be sold out for as minimum as £50,000. Moreover, Shan Masood, Wahab Riaz and Imad Wasim are included in £40,000 reserve price.

Other Pakistanis, who are included in The Hundred draft without any reserve price, are:

Iftikhar Ahmed, Kamran Akmal, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Umar Akmal, Qasim Akram, Anwar Ali, Asif Ali, Danish Aziz, Amad Butt, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Haris, Arshad Iqbal, Akif Javed, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Ilyas, Sohail Khan, Sajid Khan, Sohaib Maqsoof, Rumman Raees, Usman Qadir, Usama Mir, Mohammad Nawaz, Abdullah Shafique, Yasir Shah, Ahmed Shahzad, Usman Shinwari, and Haris Sohail.

Notably, more than 250 domestic cricketers have registered themselves for the draft. It includes players from 16 different countries. The tournament's schedule ie yet to be officialized. 

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