Pakistani Cricketer in IPL 2025: Pakistani players yearning to get rich from IPL… Know when they last played – ipl 2025 mega auction how many Pakistani cricketers played in ipl shoaib malik shahid afridi pak players in indian premier league tspo

Pakistani Cricketer in IPL 2025: Pakistani cricketers do not have entry in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Whenever IPL season or auction comes, Pakistani cricketers are always mentioned. Many times Pakistani players themselves have expressed their desire to play in IPL and become rich. But due to political tension between the two countries, they do not get a chance.

Let us tell you that this time the mega auction of IPL 2025 will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 24 and 25 November. 1574 players have been registered for this. This includes 1165 Indian and 409 foreign players. There are a total of 1,224 uncapped, 320 capped and 30 cricketers from associate countries in the list. 48 capped Indians are also included in the list.

Pakistani players played for the first and last time in 2008

There is no name of any Pakistani cricketer in these. Now this question will definitely be in the minds of the fans whether Pakistani players have ever played IPL in history or not? In response to this, let us tell you that the first season of IPL was played in 2008. At that time a total of 11 players from Pakistan played in IPL.

After the 2008 IPL season, relations between India and Pakistan were not good and due to political tension, Pakistani players were not given a chance in the IPL. In this way, Pakistani players got a chance for the first and last time in the first season of IPL i.e. 2008 season.

11 Pakistani players made a splash in the first season of IPL. These players are Salman Butt, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Hafeez, Umar Gul Shamil, Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Asif, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi and Misbah Ul Haq.

How many Pakistani players played in which team in 2008?

4 players played in KKR – Salman Butt, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Hafeez and Umar Gul.
3 players in Rajasthan team – Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan, Sohail Tanvir.
2 players in Delhi team – Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Malik
Shahid Afridi played in Deccan Chargers and Misbah Ul Haq played in Royal Challengers Bangalore.

7 Pakistanis who have created a stir in both IPL and PSL

Out of these 11, 7 have been Pakistani players who have made a splash in Pakistan Super League (PSL) along with IPL. These 7 players are Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Shoaib Malik, Misbah Ul Haq, Kamran Akmal, Umar Gul and Mohammad Hafeez. Apart from these, the remaining 4 Pakistani players have played only in IPL. Because the first season of PSL was played in 2016. At that time, out of these 11 players who played in IPL, only 7 could play in PSL.