PSL 2026: Best Playing XI for all eight teams

by mishaalmubarak February 17, 2026

All PSL teams are nearly done with their squads, with some late sneak-ins still on the horizon. However, the core of all teams seems very much settled. As per the rule, every side can have a minimum of three and a maximum of four overseas players and at least one Under-23 uncapped player. Keeping these rules in view, here are some playing XI options surrounding the core of each PSL team:

Karachi Kings

David Warner, 2. Saad Baig, 3. Salman Ali Agha, 4. Moeen Ali, 5. Azam Khan, 6. Khushdil Shah, 7. Abbas Afridi, 8. Shahid Aziz, 9. Khuzaima bin Tanveer, 10. Adam Zampa, 11. Hasan Ali

Islamabad United

Andries Gous, 2. Sameer Minhas, 3. Max Bryant, 4. Haider Ali, 5. Mark Chapman, 6. Shadab Khan, 7. Imad Wasim, 8. Faheem Ashraf, 9. Mohammad Wasim Jr, 10. Blessing Muzarabani, 11. Salman Irshad

Quetta Gladiators

Shamyl Hussain, 2. Brett Hampton, 3. Rilee Rossouw, 4. Hassan Nawaz, 5. Khawaja Nafay, 6. Bevon Jacobs, 7. Saud Shakeel, 8. Jahandad Khan, 9. Usman Tariq, 10. Spencer Johnson, 11. Abrar Ahmed

Peshawar Zalmi

Mohammad Haris, 2. Kusal Mendis, 3. Babar Azam, 4. Aaron Hardie, 5. Iftikhar Ahmed, 6. Abdul Samad, 7. Michael Bracewell, 8. Aamer Jamal, 9. Sufiyan Muqeem, 10. Nahid Rana, 11. Ali Raza

Lahore Qalandars

Fakhar Zaman, 2. Mohammad Naeem, 3. Abdullah Shafique, 4. Parvez Hossain Emon, 5. Sikandar Raza, 6. Haseebullah Khan, 7. Dasun Shanaka, 8. Asif Ali, 9. Shaheen Shah Afridi, 10. Mustafizur Rehman, 11. Haris Rauf

Sialkot Stallionz

Steve Smith, 2. Sahibzada Farhan, 3. Shan Masood, 4. Lachlan Shaw, 5. Saad Masood, 6. Ashton Turner, 7. Mohammad Nawaz, 8. Ahmed Daniyal, 9. Momin Qamar, 10. Salman Mirza, 11. Peter Siddle

Hyderabad Houston Kingsmen

Saim Ayub, 2. Maaz Sadaqat, 3. Shayan Jahangir, 4. Usman Khan, 5. Kusal Perera, 6. Irfan Khan Niazi, 7. Hassan Khan, 8. Akif Javed, 9. Mohammad Ali, 10. Riley Meredith, 11. Hunain Shan

Rawalpindi

Jake Fraser-McGurk, 2. Yasir Khan, 3. Mohammad Rizwan, 4. Daryl Mitchell, 5. Sam Billings, 6. Abdullah Fazal, 7. Kamran Ghulam, 8. Rishad Hossain, 9. Mohammad Amir, 10. Naseem Shah, 11. Zaman Khan