PSL: Local players' categories renewed for 10th season

As many as three Test cricketers including Hasan Ali of Karachi Kings, Mohammad Amir of Quetta Gladiators and Saim Ayub of Peshawar Zalmi along with Usama Mir of Multan Sultans have been promoted to the platinum category from the Diamond category ahead of the next season of the HBL Pakistan Super League.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday confirmed 87 local players’ renewal categories for the tenth edition of the HBL PSL.

Imad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan (both Islamabad United), Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi ( all Lahore Qalandars), Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan (both Multan Sultans) and Babar Azam (Peshawar Zalmi) were retained in platinum category.

As many as 16 players are part of Diamond category which include Quetta Gladiators’ and Multan Sultans four players each, three players from Karachi Kings, Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi’s two players each, while Lahore Qalandars have one player in this category.

Moreover 30 players are part of the gold category which includes Peshawar Zalmi’s seven players in this category. Karachi Kings, Lahore Qalandars and Quetta Gladiators have five players while Islamabad United and Multan Sultans have four players in Gold category.

In the 16 players selected in silver category, four Gladiators’ and Qalandars players are part of this category while Peshawar Zalmi have three players in this category. Kings and Sultans have two players each in silver category while United have one player in this category.

In the Emerging category, among the 12 players selected, three players each are part of Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi. Karachi Kings, Multan Sultans have two players, while Lahore Qalandars and Quetta Gladiators have one player each.

Earlier, last week the PCB had opened registration window for foreign players to register themselves for the 10th edition of HBL PSL along with the trade window. The relegation process and retention of players will be announced at the end of December.

The HBL PSL Players’ Draft is scheduled to take place on 11 January, 2025. The venue and time for the draft will be announced in due course.

Local category player renewals (team-wise):

Islamabad United – Imad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan (all Platinum), Azam Khan, Salman Ali Agha (both Diamond), Faheem Ashraf, Haider Ali, Qasim Akram, Rumman Raees (all Gold), Shahab Khan (Silver), Hunain Shah, Shamyl Hussain, Ubaid Shah (all Emerging)

Karachi Kings – Hasan Ali (Platinum), Mohammad Nawaz, Shan Masood, Shoaib Malik (all Diamond), Arafat Minhas, Anwar Ali Khan, Mir Hamza, Zahid Mahmood, Irfan Khan Niazi (all Gold), Mohammad Amir Khan, Muhammad Akhlaq (both Silver), Saad Baig, Sirajuddin (both Emerging)

Lahore Qalandars - Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi (all Platinum), Abdullah Shafique (Diamond), Sahibzada Farhan, Zaman Khan, Mirza Tahir Baig, Kamran Ghulam, Jahandad Khan (all Gold), Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti, Muhammad Imran Jnr, Salman Fayyaz, Syed Faridoun Mahmood (all Silver), Tayyab Abbas (Emerging)

Multan Sultans – Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Usama Mir (all Platinum), Abbas Afridi, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Ali, Usman Khan (all Diamond), Ihsanullah, Tayyab Tahir, Shahnawaz Dahani, Faisal Akram (all Gold), Ali Majid, Yasir Khan (both Silver), Aftab Ibrahim, Mohammad Shahzad (both Emerging)

Peshawar Zalmi – Babar Azam, Saim Ayub (both Platinum), Aamir Jamal, Mohammad Haris (both Diamond), Asif Ali, Salman Irshad, Hussain Talat, Sufyan Moqim (all Gold), Arif Yaqoob, Mehran Mumtaz, Umair Afridi (all Silver), Aimal Khan, Ali Raza, Mohammad Zeeshan (all Emerging)

Quetta Gladiators – Mohammad Amir (Platinum), Abrar Ahmed, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Hasnain (all Diamond), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Usman Qadir, Omair Bin Yousuf, Sohail Khan, Umar Amin (all Gold), Sajjad Ali Jnr, Usman Tariq, Bismillah Khan, Khawaja Nafay (all Silver), Adil Naz (emerging)