Sixty-seven players from Pakistan have registered to take part in The Hundred auction, despite reports that IPL-owned teams will not consider Pakistan players for selection.
Shaheen Shah Afridi leads the list of Pakistan players set to go under the gavel in the auction, which will take place on March 11 and March 12. He and five other players (Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Muhammad Nawaz, Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah) have set their base price at the highest possible entry point – £100,000. A total of 63 Pakistani players have entered the men's auction, while four players have registered for the women's auction.
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are the most notable absentees from the list. Although neither has previously played in the competition, both entered the draft in 2024. Pakistan have a Test series scheduled against West Indies during the West Indies in August, but their white-ball only players will be free from international commitments during The Hundred window.
A report from the BBC yesterday (March 19) alleged that no IPL-owned Hundred team would bid for Pakistani players in the auction. The report cited messages from a "senior ECB official" indicating to an agent stating that interest in Pakistani players would be limited to teams not under IPL ownership. Pakistan players have not played in the IPL since 2008, and few appear in foreign franchises under IPL ownership.
Last year, ECB chief executive Richard Gould said that he expected "players from all nations to be selected for teams" in The Hundred. He also said anti-discrimination policies were in place following the ECB's sale of their shares in the six teams. An ECB spokesperson was quoted in the BBC report as saying: "The Hundred welcomes men's and women's players from all over the world and we would expect the eight teams to reflect that."
In response to the report, former England captain Michael Vaughan wrote on X: "The ECB need to act fast on this .. they own the league and this should not be allowed to happen .. the most inclusive sport in the country is not one that allows this to happen .."
Four IPL franchises now either fully or partly own Hundred teams. The company which own Lucknow Super Giants own a 70 per cent share in Manchester Super Giants, The Sun Group (Sunrisers Hyderabad) own 100 per cent of Sunrisers Leeds, the Ambani family (Mumbai Indians) own a 49 per cent share in MI London, and GMR Group (Delhi Capitals) own a 49 per cent share in Southern Brave – GMR Group also hold a majority stake in Hampshire CCC.
The Hundred auction will take place on March 11 and March 12. Ahead of the auction, each team will submit a list of 75-100 players they are most interested in signing, and a short-list of approximately 200 players will be collated to go under the gavel.
Full list: Pakistan players registered for the 2026 men's Hundred auction
Shaheen Afridi – £100,000
Saim Ayub – £100,000
Shadab Khan – £100,000
Muhammad Nawaz – £100,000
Haris Rauf – £100,000
Naseem Shah – £100,000
Abrar Ahmed – £75,000
Muhammad Amir – £75,000
Zaman Khan – £75,000
Usman Tariq – £75,000
Salman Ali Agha – £50,000
Faheem Ashraf – £50,000
Sahibzada Farhan – £50,000
Usama Mir – £50,000
Hasan Nawaz – £50,000
Imad Wasim – £50,000
Abbas Afridi – £31,000
Afaq Afridi – £31,000
Asif Afridi – £31,000
Iftikhar Ahmad – £31,000
Muhammad Akhlaq – £31,000
Qasim Akram – £31,000
Muhammad Ali – £31,000
Nauman Ali – £31,000
Haider Ali – £31,000
Asif Ali – £31,000
Shahid Aziz – £31,000
Shahnawaz Dahani – £31,000
Jeremy Gordon – £31,000
Mir Hamza – £31,000
Mohammad Haris – £31,000
Muhammad Hasnain – £31,000
Shamyl Hussain – £31,000
Ihsanullah – £31,000
Muhammad Imran Jr – £31,000
Salman Irshad – £31,000
Aamir Jamal – £31,000
Akif Javed – £31,000
Azam Khan – £31,000
Jahandad Khan – £31,000
Sajid Khan – £31,000
Usman Khan – £31,000
Yasir Khan – £31,000
Shan Masood – £31,000
Zahid Mehmood – £31,000
Salman Mirza – £31,000
Sufyan Moqim – £31,000
Mehran Mumtaz – £31,000
Khawaja Nafay – £31,000
Irfan Khan Niazi – £31,000
Usman Qadir – £31,000
Ali Raza – £31,000
Maaz Sadaqat – £31,000
Abdul Samad – £31,000
Abdullah Shafique – £31,000
Ubaid Shah – £31,000
Khushdil Shah – £31,000
Khurram Shahzad – £31,000
Saud Shakell – £31,000
Tayyab Tahir – £31,000
Hussain Talat – £31,000
Imam ul Haq – £31,000
Mohammad Wasim Jr – £31,000
Full list: Pakistan players registered for the 2026 women's Hundred auction
Muneeba Ali – £15,000
Diana Baig – £15,000
Sadia Iqbal – £15,000
Fatima Sana – £15,000
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