LAHORE: The Pakistan Super League (PSL) on Tuesday released the updates for the Diamond, Gold, Silver and Emerging Divisions ahead of the player auction for the historic 11th edition on February 11.
The marquee league, in different social media posts, announced the revamped squads of 73 national players, now linked to six existing franchises, including defending champions Lahore Qalandars.
The Gold category has the highest number of players, 33, while the Diamond category has 11 players.
Meanwhile, 16 players have been selected for retention in the Silver Division, with six from Sultans, three from Qalandars, two each from United and Qalandars, while Kings and Gladiators have one each. 14 national players are eligible for retention in the emerging category.
Category Updates for PSL 11 Retentions
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Islamabad United: Saad Masood, Mohammad Shahzad and Ghazi Ghauri.
Peshawar Zalmi: Abdullah Fazal, Ali Raza and Mas Sadaq.
Kings of Karachi: Razaullah, Fawad Ali and Saad Baig.
Sultans of Multan: Shahid Aziz and Mohammad Zulfiqal.
Quetta Gladiators: Mohammad Zeeshan and Shamil Hussain.
Lahore Collectors: Momin Qamar.
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Sultans of Multan: Yasir Khan, Amir Barki, Muhammad Junaid, Humayun Altaf, Ali Imran, Jahanzaib Sultan and Ubaid Shah.
Lahore Qalands: 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
Sultans of Multan: Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Faisal Akram, Akif Javed and Dayab Tahir.
Lahore Qalandars: Zaman Khan, Jahandad Khan, Asif Afridi and Asif Ali.
Islamabad United: Azam Khan, Haider Ali, Salman Irshad and Ramman Raees.
Peshawar Zalmi: Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Ali, Abdul Samad, Hussain Dalat, Sufyan Mukeem, Ahmad Daniel and Ihsanullah.
Quetta Gladiators: Khurram Shahzad, Haseebullah Khan, Khawaja Mohammad Nafe, Hasan Nawaz and Danish Aziz.
Karachi Kings: Khushdil Shah, Amir Jamal, Irfan Khan Niazi, Mir Hamza, Zahid Mahmood, Umair bin Yousuf, Shahnawaz Dahani and Arafat Minhas.
Diamond
Karachi Kings: Abbas Afridi and Shaun Masood.
Lahore Correspondents: Abdullah Shafiq and Mohammad Salman Mirza.
Peshawar Zalmi: Sufiyan Mukeem.
Sultans of Multan: Usama Mir, Iftikhar Ahmed and Usman Khan.
Quetta Gladiators: Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Wasim Jr and Usman Tariq.
For the uninitiated, the historic 11th edition of the PSL will see the league expand to eight teams, with Hyderabad and Sialkot joining as new franchises.
For the first time, a league player auction will be held instead of the traditional player draft scheduled for February 11.
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