The Hundred draft: Babar most expensive among 44 Pakistan players

Skipper Babar Azam is among the most expensive players as 44 Pakistan stars registered for The Hundred draft this year.

The draft will take place behind closed doors on Monday, April 5, where players from 16 countries including 250 English domestic cricketers have put their names forward. Eight teams will complete their squads for the tournament which is set to begin from August 03. 

The Pakistan all-format captain is included in the list of elite players, who have a reserved price of £125,000. The list includes Babar Azam, Chris Gayle, Mitchell Marsh, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Tabraiz Shamsi and David Warner.

Meanwhile, Pakistan vice-captain Shadab Khan and former pacer Mohammad Amir have a reserve price of £75,000.

Shoaib Malik and Naseem Shah are reserved at £50,000, while Shan Masood, Wahab Riaz and Imad Wasim have a £40,000 reserve price.

Around 35 Pakistan players are included in the list without any reserved price.

These players are: Mohammad Hafeez, Shahnawaz Dahani, Kamran Akmal, Azam Khan, Sohaib Maqsood and Mohammad Nawaz Iftikhar Ahmed, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, Qasim Akram, Anwar Ali, Asif Ali, Danish Aziz, Amad Butt, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Hafeez, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Ilyas, Arshad Iqbal, Muhammad Irfan, Akif Javed, Imran Khan, Sajid Khan, Sohail Khan, Azam Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Waqas Maqsood, Usama Mir, Muhammad Nawaz, Usman Qadir, Rumman Raees, Abdullah Shafique, Yasir Shah, Ahmed Shehzad, Usman Shinwari, Haris Sohail, Hussain Talat and Amir Yamin.