Lanka Premier League draft: Carlos Brathwaite and Imad Wasim headline overseas picks

Dwaine Pretorius, D'Arcy Short, Evin Lewis, Tim Seifert and Sheldon Cottrell were among the other overseas selections

T20 stalwarts Carlos Brathwaite, Imad Wasim and Dwaine Pretorius were among the highest-priced international acquisitions during the Lanka Premier League draft, which took place on July 5.

Former West Indies T20I captain Brathwaite, who has amassed 2,240 runs and 214 wickets in more than 200 T20 career appearances, joins the newly named Kandy Warriors.

Fellow veteran allrounder Wasim heads to Galle Gladiators while South African bowling allrounder Pretorius has been picked up by Colombo Stars. He is in line for his debut in the competition.

The other notable international draftees in the $60,000 (£50,000) category were Australian batter D’Arcy Short, who heads to Dambulla Giants, and West Indian opener Evin Lewis, picked up by two-time winners Jaffna Kings.

^{Wanindu Hasaranga was among the top Sri Lankan picks [Mark Kolbe/Getty Images]}

Asif Ali (Colombo Stars), Ben Cutting (Dambulla Giants), Faheem Ashraf (Galle Gladiators), Hardus Viljoen (Jaffna Kings) and Fabian Allen (Kandy Falcon) were selected for $50,000 (£42,000).

Tim Seifert and Sheldon Cottrell (both Dambulla Giants), meanwhile, look like steals at $25,000 (£21,000) and $15,000 (£12,500), respectively.

Wanindu Hasaranga was among the top-paid Sri Lankan players, continuing his association with Jaffna Kings. He is the tournament's leading wicket-taker.

Leading run-scorer, Danushka Gunathilaka, meanwhile, is once again part of Galle Gladiators.

Angelo Mathews (Colombo Stars), Dasun Shanaka (Dambulla Giants) and Thisara Perera (Jaffna Kings) complete the Sri Lankan Ruby category.

The 2022 Lanka Premier League gets underway on July 31, with the final to be played on August 21.