Picks such as Rishabh Pant, Ishant Sharma, Ayush Badoni, and Harshit Rana were made at Friday's player draft for the first-ever Delhi Premier League (DPL). Mayank Yadav, a fast bowler who proved to be a valuable asset to the Lucknow Super Giants in the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL), was unfortunately unable to participate in the player draft because of an injury.

Among the notable selections made at Friday night's player draft for the first-ever Delhi Premier League were Rishabh Pant, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Ayush Badoni, Anuj Rawat, and Harshit Rana. The event took place in New Delhi.

There were 270 cricketers from all around Delhi that participated in the draft. They came from all across India and represented various national teams, the IPL, and U19 squads.

Rishabh Pant and Ishant Sharma led a formidable Purani Dilli 6 squad. Batsman Shivam Sharma and all-rounder Lalit Yadav, who was most recently with the Delhi Capitals, were also recruited to the team.  Arpit Rana, a right-arm bowler, and Prince Yadav, a 20-year-old opening batsman, were both caught in Purani Dilli 6.

Hrithik Shokeen, a cunning tweaker for the Mumbai Indians, was the first pick of the West Delhi Lions' draft, followed by the fiery Navdeep Saini. Among the team's initial five selections were middle order batsman Dev Lakra, bowling all-rounder Deepak Punia, and off spinner Shivank Vashsisth.

The North Delhi Strikers selected the deadly fast bowler Harshit Rana in the draft because they valued pace bowling. Rana is now on his first tour with the Indian side and was a revelation in the last IPL season, taking 19 wickets in 13 games.

Leg spinner Suyash Sharma, medium-pacer Pranshu Vijayran, Kshitiz Sharma, Vaibhav Kandpal (former India u19 player), and Kshitiz were all players the Strikers wanted. The Kolkata Knight Riders had just won the match.

The South Delhi Superstars started their draught by signing Ayush Badoni, a middle order batsman who has been a mainstay for the Lucknow Super Giants recently. After Priyansh Arya (23 years old) and Sumit Mathur (batting all-rounder) were acquired, the Superstars next targeted left-arm fast bowler Kuldip Yadav.

When it comes to the women's division of the DPL, Shweta Sehrawat is favored. The South Delhi Superstars have enlisted her services. The full DPL rosters for both the men's and women's teams are here.

Men's Delhi Premier League squads

South Delhi Superstars: Ayush Badoni, Kuldip Yadav, Priyansh Arya, Sumit Mathur, Divij Mehra, Kunwar Bidhuri, Digvesh Rathi, Tejaswi Dahiya, Raghav Singh, Saurabh Deswal, Sarthak Ray, Lakshay Sehrawat, Tarun Bisht, Shubham Dubey, Vision Panchal, Dhruv Singh, Mayank Gupta, Anshuman Hooda, Anindo Naharay, Deepanshu Gulia

East Delhi Riders: Anuj Rawat, Simarjeet Singh, Himmat Singh, Himanshu Chauhan, Harsh Tyagi, Vaibhav Sharma, Mayank Rawat, Samarth Seth, Pranav Pant, Sujal Singh, Hardik Sharma, Raunak Waghela, Agrim Sharma, Shantanu Yadav, Bhagwan Singh, Ansh Choudhary, Sagar Khatri, Shivam Kumar Tripathi, Rishabh Rana, Lakshaya Sangwan

Central Delhi Kings: Yash Dhull, Prince Choudhary, Hiten Dalal, Jonty Sidhu, Lakshay Thareja, Yogesh Sharma, Money Grewar, Keshav Dabas, Shaurya Malik, Saurav Dagar, Aryan Rana, Siddhant Bansal, Rajneesh Dadar, Sumit Kumar, Kaushal Suman, Deepesh Balyan, Vishant Bhati, Dhruv Kaushik, Ajay Gulia

North Delhi Strikers: Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Pranshu Vijayran, Vaibhav Kandpal, Kshitiz Sharma, Vaibhav Rawal, Yash Dabas, Pranav Rajvanshi, Manan Bhardwaj, Yash Bhatia, Yatish Singh, Aman Bharti, Yajas Sharma, Sarthak Ranjan, Anirudh Choudhary, Shivam, Yatharth Singh, Sidhhartha Solanki, Dhruv Chauhan, Yuvraj Rathi

West Delhi Lions: Hrithik Shokeen, Navdeep Saini, Dev Lakra, Deepak Punia, Shivank Vashisth, Akhil Chaudhary, Ayush Doseja, Krish Yadav, Anmol Sharma, Yugal Saini, Ankit Rajesh Kumar, Vivek Yadav, Aryan Dalal, Masab Alam, Ekansh Dobal, Shivam Gupta, Yogesh Kumar, Suryakant Chauhan, Tishant Dabla, Abrahim Ahmad Masoodi

Purani Dilli 6: Rishabh Pant, Lalit Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Arpit Rana, Shivam Sharma, Prince Yadav, Mayank Gusain, Sanat Sangwan, Ankit Bhadana, Yug Gupta, Keshav Dalal, Ayush Singh, Kush Nagpal, Sumit Chhikara, Arnav Bugga, Vansh Bedi, Manjeet, Yash Bhardawaj, Sambhav Sharma, Laxman

Women's Delhi Premier League squads

South Delhi Superstars: Shweta Sehrawat, Medhavi Bidhuri, Tanisha Singh, Ekta Bhadana, Manju Godara, Sumiti Soni, Nishika Singh, Nidhi Mahto, Riya Soni, R Priyadarshini, Mitali, Aarti Kumari, Anshu Nagar, Shivani Yadav, Vrinda, Chelcy Yadav, Neha Puri, Chhavi Gupta

East Delhi Riders: Priya Punia, Priya Mishra, Pratika Rawal, Madhu, Mallika Khatri, Pragya Rawat, Kashish, Saachi, Vanshika Lila, Ishika, Nilanchal Nerwal, Priya Gaur, Shivani, Jyoshi Nain, Ashmeet Kaur, Shreya Sharma, Himanshi Rai, Anushka Singh

Central Delhi Queens: Laxmi Yadav, Parunika Sisodia, Mayuri Singh, Ria Sharma, Vandana Chaturvedi, Shivi Sharma, Mahi Chauhan, Deeksha Sharma, Meenakshi Vashishat, Armeet Kaur, Akanshi Singh, Mitali R, Neha Chillar, Sonia, Rishika, Taniska Rana, Aujasvie, Chanchal

North Delhi Strikers: Soni Yadav, Ayushi Soni, Nazma, Bharti Rawal, Riti Tomar, Riya Shokeen, Monika, Antra Sharma, Riya Kondal, Upasana Yadav, Goyinka Sharma, Mansi Sharma, Urvashi Gupta, Reshika Beniwal, Kritika Gaghda, Sonia Lohia, Aashi Saxena, Sonia Khatri