Though no official list of overseas players has been released by Sri Lanka Cricket or LPL. But according to the reports here are the overseas players who are participating in the draft. Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali and Usman Shinwari has been picked by Jaffna Stallions and Muhammad Amir has been picked by Galle Gladiators, a team with a Pakistan-based owner. Galle has also picked Hazratullah Zazai, who has just recently hit six sixes in six balls in Afghanistan T20 league. Thry have also picked Quetta Gladiators captain Sarfaraz Ahmed and Azam Khan. Wahab Riaz has been picked up by Kandy. Colombo has picked Manpreet Goni and Manvinder Bisla and Isru Udana who is currently playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore so far.
List of Current Cricketers
Pakistan:
- Hassan Ali
- Asif Ali
- Junaid Khan
- Iftikhar Ahmed
- Faheem Ashraf
- Muhammad Hafeez
- Mohammad Amir
- Shoaib Malik
- Wahab Riaz
- Abid Ali
- Sarfaraz Ahmed
- Muhammad Abbas
- Usman Shinwari
- Azam Khan
Afghanistan:
- Dawlat Zadran
- Gulbadin Naib
- Asghar Afghan
- Samiullah Shinwari
- Najibullah Zadran
- Hazratullah Zazai
- Karim Janat
West Indies:
- Shai Hope
- Jonathan Carter
Ireland:
- Kevin O’Brien
- Boyd Rankin
England:
- David Malan
- Liam Plunkett
Zimbabwe:
- Brendan Taylor
- Kyle Jarvis
- Craig Ervine
- Sean Williams
- Sikandar Raza
South Africa:
- Faf du Plesis
- Colin Ingram
- Vernon Philander
- Temba Bavuma
List of Former Cricketers
There are many former cricketers who are also interested in playing the Lankan Premiere League
West Indies:
- Chris Gayle
- Darren Sammy
- Johnson Charles
- Dwayne Smith
- Fidel Edwards
- Ravi Rampaul
- Jason Mohammad
New Zealand:
- Todd Astle
- Neil Broom
England:
- Ravi Bopara
- Tim Bresnan
- Samit Patel
- Steve Finn
South Africa:
- Richard Levi
Zimbabwe:
- Graeme Cremer
Netherlands:
- Ryan ten Doeschate
Afghanistan:
- Mohammad Shazad
Pakistan
- Shahid Afridi
- Umar Gul
- Anwar Ali
- Imran Nazir
- Kamran Akmal
- Khurram Manzoor
- Mohammad Asif
- Mohammad Irfan
- Mohammad Sami
- Sharjeel Khan
- Sohail Tanveer.