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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Sydney Sixers

Squad
Sean Abbott, Jackson Bird, Dan Christian, Ben Dwarshuis, Moises Henriques (c), Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Nathan Lyon, Steve O'Keefe, Kurtis Patterson, Josh Philippe, Jordan Silk.

Best XI
1. Josh Philippe (wk)
2. Daniel Hughes
3. Hayden Kerr
4. Kurtis Patterson
5. Jordan Silk
6. Moises Henriques (c)
7. Dan Christian
8. Steve O'Keefe
9. Sean Abbott
10. Ben Dwarshuis
11. Nathan Lyon

Analysis
The Sixers - who made the final of last year's tournament before ultimately being rolled for 92 in pursuit of 171 - have an incredibly balanced squad with most of last year's side back in the fold.

They are joined by Kurtis Patterson, who returns to the club after a stint playing BBL in Western Australia.

Experience is the name of the game for the Sixers, with Moises Henriques and Dan Christian joined by the likes of Steve O'Keefe, Sean Abbott and Nathan Lyon later in the season.

The absence of Lyon early in the season makes for an intriguing situation, although they may simply go with one spinning option for the first half of the season.

They are slightly light on in the pace department though, so that will be a key hole to fill, while a big-hitting top order or opening batsmen should be a priority.

Their third pick could go any which way, with a pass even a likely option, whoever, another experienced batsmen could do the trick for the men in magenta.

Dram picks
Pick 1: Chris Jordan (England)
Pick 2: Colin Munro (New Zealand)
Pick 3: Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka)

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