Mumbai: The first player draft to pick domestic footballers by the eight Indian Super League (ISL) franchise teams is to be held here next week. "The draft, to be done on the lines of Major League Soccer of US, to pick the Indian players would be held on July 22 and 23.

A total of 92 players will be available to the franchises at the draft," an official of the tournament's promoters, IMG-Reliance, told PTI today. "The list includes 32 players from the I-League clubs (on loan) and the rest are players who have been directly signed for the central pool by IMG-Reliance.