The BBL 2025 draft<\/strong> saw a major presence from Pakistan as seven top cricketers were selected across eight franchises. Shaheen Shah Afridi, picked first overall<\/strong>, headlines the list, followed closely by Mohammad Rizwan and Haris Rauf. The draft marks a significant milestone for Pakistani players in global T20 leagues.<\/p>\n Shaheen Shah Afridi was the No.1 overall pick<\/strong>, going to Brisbane Heat<\/strong>, where he will join an elite pace attack featuring Michael Neser, Spencer Johnson, and Xavier Bartlett.<\/p>\n Heat\u2019s batter Nathan McSweeney shared his excitement:<\/p>\n “I’m not too excited to face Shaheen in the nets, but it\u2019s going to be awesome watching him bowl at the Gabba.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Haris Rauf<\/strong>: Retained by Melbourne Stars<\/strong> after Adelaide tried to poach him at pick No.2<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Mohammad Rizwan<\/strong>: Taken by Melbourne Renegades<\/strong> with pick No.4 despite already having Tim Seifert<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Shadab Khan<\/strong>: Acquired by Sydney Thunder<\/strong> with pick No.12 \u2013 his fourth BBL franchise<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Hasan Ali<\/strong>: Picked in round 3 by Adelaide Strikers<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Babar Azam<\/strong>: Pre-signed by Sydney Sixers<\/strong> (earlier reported)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Besides Pakistani stars, the draft saw selections including:<\/p>\n Luke Wood<\/strong> (England) \u2013 Adelaide Strikers<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Sam Curran<\/strong> (England) \u2013 Sydney Sixers<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Finn Allen<\/strong> (NZ) \u2013 Perth Scorchers<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Chris Jordan<\/strong> (England) \u2013 Hobart Hurricanes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Rishad Hossain<\/strong> (Bangladesh) \u2013 Hobart Hurricanes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Rehan Ahmed<\/strong> (England) \u2013 Hobart Hurricanes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Laurie Evans & David Payne<\/strong> (England) \u2013 Perth Scorchers<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Hassan Khan<\/strong> (USA\/Pakistan) \u2013 Melbourne Renegades<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Luke Wood, Jamie Overton, Hasan Ali<\/p>\n Shaheen Afridi, Colin Munro, Tom Alsop<\/p>\n Chris Jordan, Rishad Hossain, Rehan Ahmed<\/p>\n Mohammad Rizwan, Hassan Khan, Tim Seifert<\/p>\n Haris Rauf, Tom Curran, Joe Clarke<\/p>\n Finn Allen, Laurie Evans, David Payne<\/p>\n Sam Curran, Babar Azam, Jafer Chohan<\/p>\n Lockie Ferguson, Shadab Khan, Sam Billings<\/p>\n The BBL 2025 draft<\/strong> proved to be a breakout moment for Pakistani talent. With Shaheen Afridi leading the picks and several others landing prominent roles, the season promises to showcase Pakistan\u2019s best in Australia\u2019s top T20 league.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Shaheen Afridi, Rizwan, and Haris Rauf lead Pakistani picks in BBL 2025 draft. Seven players selected across top teams, headlined by Afridi\u2019s No.1 pick.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[697,703,691,702,700,694,696,698,693,701,695,692,699],"class_list":["post-3091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-babar-azam","tag-bbl-15","tag-bbl-2025-draft","tag-big-bash-league-news","tag-brisbane-heat","tag-haris-rauf","tag-hasan-ali","tag-melbourne-stars","tag-mohammad-rizwan","tag-pakistani-cricketers-in-bbl","tag-shadab-khan","tag-shaheen-afridi","tag-sydney-sixers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestpakmag.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestpakmag.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestpakmag.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestpakmag.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestpakmag.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bestpakmag.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3093,"href":"https:\/\/bestpakmag.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3091\/revisions\/3093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestpakmag.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestpakmag.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestpakmag.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestpakmag.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\ud83c\udf1f Shaheen Afridi Tops the BBL 2025 Draft<\/h2>\n
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\n\ud83d\udd25 BBL 2025 draft: Other Big Pakistani Picks in BBL 2025<\/h2>\n
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\n\ud83c\udf0e International Stars Join the BBL 2025 Draft<\/h2>\n
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\n\ud83c\udfcf<\/h2>\n
BBL 2025 draft: Complete BBL 2025 Draft Summary by Team<\/h2>\n
\ud83d\udfe0 Adelaide Strikers<\/h3>\n
\ud83d\udd35 Brisbane Heat<\/h3>\n
\ud83d\udfe3 Hobart Hurricanes<\/h3>\n
\ud83d\udd34 Melbourne Renegades<\/h3>\n
\ud83d\udfe2 Melbourne Stars<\/h3>\n
\ud83d\udfe1 Perth Scorchers<\/h3>\n
\ud83d\udfe3 Sydney Sixers<\/h3>\n
\ud83d\udfe2 Sydney Thunder<\/h3>\n
\n\u2705 Conclusion:<\/h2>\n
BBL 2025 draft: A Historic Draft for Pakistan<\/h2>\n