PSL renews 73 local players’ categories ahead of player auction

The Pakistan Super League (PSL) has announced renewed categories for 73 local players across six teams ahead of the player auction on February 11. These 73 players are divided into four categories: Diamond, Gold, Silver, and Emerging.

As announced earlier, all franchises will retain one player from each category, including both local and foreign players. Hyderabad and Sialkot, the new inductees, will name their retentions from the available player pool before the auction.

Of all teams, Multan Sultans shortlisted the most players (17), followed closely by Peshawar Zalmi and Karachi Kings, each of which named 13 players across categories.

Renewed Categories for PSL 11 Retentions

Emerging

Islamabad United: Saad Masood, Mohammad Shahzad and Ghazi Gouri.

Peshawar Zalmi: Abdullah Fazal, Ali Raza and Maaz Sadaqat.

Karachi Kings: Razaullah, Fawad Ali and Saad Baig.

Multan Sultans: Shahid Aziz and Mohammad Zulfikal.

Quetta Gladiators: Mohammad Zeeshan and Shamyl Hussain.

Lahore Qalandars: Momin Qamar.

Silver

Multan Sultans: Yasir Khan, Amir Barki, Mohammad Junaid, Humayun Altaf, Ali Imran, Jahanzaib Sultan and Ubaid Shah.

Lahore Qalandars: Mohammad Akhlaq, Mohammad Naeem and Mohammad Azab.

Islamabad United: Mohammad Faiq and Hunain Shah.

Peshawar Zalmi: Arif Yaqoob and Mehran Mumtaz.

Quetta Gladiators: Ali Majid.

Gold

Multan Sultans: Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Faisal Akram, Akif Javed and Tayyab Tahir.

Lahore Qalandars: Zaman Khan, Jahandad Khan, Asif Afridi and Asif Ali.

Islamabad United: Azam Khan, Haider Ali, Salman Irshad and Rumman Raees.

Peshawar Zalmi: Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Ali, Abdul Samad, Hussain Talat, Sufyan Muqeem, Ahmed Daniyal and Ihsanullah.

Quetta Gladiators: Khurram Shahzad, Haseebullah Khan, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay, Hassan Nawaz and Danish Aziz.

Karachi Kings: Khushdil Shah, Aamer Jamal, Irfan Khan Niazi, Mir Hamza, Zahid Mahmood, Omair bin Yousuf, Shahnawaz Dahani and Arafat Minhas.

Diamond

Karachi Kings: Abbas Afridi and Shan Masood.

Lahore Qalandars: Abdullah Shafique and Mohammad Salman Mirza.

Peshawar Zalmi: Sufiyan Muqeem.

Multan Sultans: Usama Mir, Iftikhar Ahmed and Usman Khan.

Quetta Gladiators: Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Wasim Jr., and Usman Tariq.

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