Peshawar Zalmi on Tuesday introduced retaining Babar Azam within the Platinum class forward of the Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL) 11 gamers’ public sale, scheduled to happen on February 11.
The announcement comes as franchises unveiled the lists of their retained gamers for the upcoming version of the league.
For the primary time within the PSL’s historical past, the participant choice course of has undergone a significant overhaul, with the normal draft system changed by an auction-based mannequin.
Beforehand, franchises had been allowed to retain as much as eight gamers, a rule that remained in impact for the primary 10 seasons.
Nevertheless, as per the revised laws for PSL 11, the groups had been solely allowed to retain a complete of 4 gamers from as many classes, presenting franchises with a difficult decision-making forward of the public sale.
Islamabad United
Islamabad United had been the primary franchise to announce their retention checklist from a complete of 15 gamers throughout numerous classes.
The Platinum class included skipper Shadab Khan, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Nawaz and Imad Wasim, whereas no gamers had been listed within the Diamond class.
The Gold class featured Azam Khan, Haider Ali, Salman Irshad and Rumman Raees, whereas Mohammad Faiq and Hunain Shah had been named within the Silver class. Saad Masood, Mohammad Shahzad and Ghazi Gouri had been positioned within the Rising class.
The United retained Shadab (Platinum), Salman (Gold), Andries (Silver), leaving Diamond and Rising slots empty.
Karachi Kings
For the Kings, a complete of 16 gamers had been positioned throughout numerous classes. The Platinum class included skipper David Warner and Hasan Ali, whereas Abbas Afridi and Shan Masood had been listed within the Diamond class.
The Gold class featured Khushdil Shah, Aamer Jamal, Irfan Khan Niazi, Mir Hamza, Zahid Mahmood, Omair bin Yousuf, Shahnawaz Dahani and Arafat Minhas.
Mirza Mamoon Imtiaz was named within the Silver class, whereas Razaullah, Fawad Ali and Saad Baig had been positioned within the Rising class.
From these choices, the Kings retained Hasan within the Platinum class, Abbas in Diamond, Khushdil in Gold, and Saad within the Rising class, whereas opting to not retain any participant from the Silver class.
Quetta Gladiators
A complete of 14 gamers had been positioned throughout numerous classes. The Platinum class included Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Amir and Abrar Ahmed, whereas Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Wasim Jr and Usman Tariq had been listed within the Diamond class.
The Gold class featured Khurram Shahzad, Haseebullah Khan, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay, Hassan Nawaz and Danish Aziz. Ali Majid was the only participant within the Silver class, whereas Mohammad Zeeshan and Shamyl Hussain had been positioned within the Rising class.
The Gladiators retained Abrar within the Platinum class, Usman in Diamond, Hassan from Gold and Shamyl from the Rising class whereas opting to not retain any participant from the Silver class.
Lahore Qalandars
A complete of 13 gamers had been positioned throughout numerous classes. The Platinum class included captain Shaheen Afridi, Fakhar Zaman and Haris Rauf, whereas Momin Qamar featured within the Rising class.
The Silver class comprised Mohammad Akhlaq, Mohammad Naeem and Mohammad Azab, whereas the Gold class included Zaman Khan, Jahandad Khan, Asif Afridi and Asif Ali.
The Diamond class featured Abdullah Shafique and Mohammad Salman Mirza.
From these choices, the Qalandars retained Shaheen within the Platinum class, Abdullah from Diamond, Sikandar from Gold, Naeem from Silver, whereas opting to not retain any participant from the Rising class.
Peshawar Zalmi
A complete of 14 gamers had been positioned throughout numerous classes. The Platinum class included skipper Babar Azam and Saim Ayub, whereas Sufiyan Muqeem was the only participant listed within the Diamond class.
The Gold class featured Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Ali, Abdul Samad, Hussain Talat, Ahmed Daniyal and Ihsanullah.
Arif Yaqoob and Mehran Mumtaz had been named within the Silver class, whereas Maaz Sadaqat, Ali Raza and Abdullah Fazal had been positioned within the Rising class.
From these choices, Zalmi retained Babar within the Platinum class, Sufiyan in Diamond, Abdul Samad in Gold and Ali within the Rising class.
