They divided into five different categories; Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver and Emerging and Supplementary.
[4] This was Multan Sultans' inaugural season, they were allowed to pick 9 players prior to the draft.
The list for the names of 9 retained players in each five teams was announced on 5 October 2017.
[5][6][7] On 3 October 2017, Shahid Afridi's transfer from Zalmi to Kings was confirmed, occupying one Gold and two Silver picks, which was named as the biggest trade of the season.
[9] On 6 October, it was reported that United bought Iftikhar Ahmed from Zalmi in exchange of supplementary pick in second round of draft.