The inaugural BBL draft is here, set to take place on Sunday evening.

Every team will be able to recruit up to three international players and at least two international players. They will also have the option to retain players who were with them last season.

The first round of the draft will see teams only able to select platinum rated players, of which there are 12.

SEE ALSO: Platinum player list - BBL draft

The second round of the draft will then move to the remaining platinum players and gold players, before gold and silver players are able to be taken in Round 3.

Silver and bronze players will then be allowed to be taken in Round 4, with each team required to pass at least once during the draft.

Most players not rated as platinum ($340,000) have made themselves available at both gold ($260,000) and silver ($175,000) valuations.

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Use the drop down below to select your club and see their current squad, best XI before the draft and analysis on which players they need to select.

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Perth Scorchers

Squad
Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Cooper Connolly, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Peter Hatzoglou, Nick Hobson, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kelly, Mitch Marsh, Lance Morris, Jhye Richardson, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye.

Best XI
1. Josh Inglis (wk)
2. Cameron Bancroft
3. Mitch Marsh (c)
4. Ashton Turner
5. Cooper Connolly
6. Cameron Green
7. Ashton Agar
8. Andrew Tye
9. Matthew Kelly
10. Jhye Richardson
11. Jason Behrendorff

Analysis
With 15 players already contracted, the Scorchers can fill their entire 18-man squad at the draft with three picks.

What's more impressive is that out of their 15 players, none appear to be a chance of missing much game time thanks to the South African Test tour, with only Jhye Richardson in genuine contention for a call up to the red ball outfit.

It means the Scorchers can go into the season undisturbed and looking to wreak plenty of havoc as they defend the championship they won last year.

The only areas of contention are whether they need an extra spin bowler, how to get some extra help in the middle order and whether an extra big-hitter at the top of the pile could be of use.

The answer to all three of those questions is to use the draft and become the best team on paper in the BBL - something they are already very close to having.

The number of six pick is unlikely to leave them with the best of options however.

Dram picks
Pick 1: Andre Russell - platinum (West Indies)
Pick 2: Colin Munro - retention pick (New Zealand)
Pick 3: Qais Ahmed (Afghanistan)

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