Lahore: The Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 6 is just around the corner and here all the teams have completed their squads.
Platinum Category
Quetta Gladiators:
Thomas Banton goes to Quetta Gladiators as the second pick in Platinum Category
Universe Boss Chris Gayle goes to Quetta Gladiators in Platinum Category
Peshawar Zalmi:
South Africa’s hard-hitting batsman David Miller picked up by Peshawar Zalmi in Platinum Category
Lahore Qalandars:
Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan moves to Lahore Qalandars in Platinum Category
Multan Sultans:
Chris Lynn joins Multan Sultans in Platinum Category
Islamabad United:
Hasan Ali joins Islamabad United as a wild card entry in the Platinum category
Diamond Category
Islamabad United:
Lewis Gregory goes to Islamabad United in Diamond Category
Peshawar Zalmi:
Mujeeb Zadran and Shirfane Rutherford join Peshawar Zalmi in Diamond Category
Karachi Kings:
Mohammad Nabi and Daniel Christian make into Karachi Kings in the Diamond category
Gold Category
Islamabad United:
Philip Salt rejoins Islamabad United in Gold Category
Karachi Kings:
Wicket-keeper batsman Chadwick Walton goes back to Karachi Kings
Quetta Gladiators:
Usman Shinwari moves to Quetta Gladiators for PSL 6
Peshawar Zalmi:
Amad Butt picked up by Peshawar Zalmi in Gold Category
Lahore Qalandars:
Samit Patel rejoins Lahore Qalandars for PSL 6
Silver Category
ROUND 1
Lahore Qalandars: Tom Abell
Islamabad United: Rohail Nazir
Peshawar Zalmi: Umaid Asif
Multan Sultans: Sohail Khan
Quetta Gladiators: Cameron Delport
Karachi Kings: Joe Clarke
Round 2
Quetta Gladiators: Qais Ahmed
Peshawar Zalmi: Saqib Mahmood
Islamabad United: Rees Topley
Multan Sultans: Muhammad Rizwan
Karachi Kings: Danish Aziz
Lahore Qalandars: Zeeshan Ashraf
Round 3
Lahore Qalandars: Salman Ali Agha
Karachi Kings: Muhammad Illyas
Quetta Gladiators: Abdul Nasir
Islamabad United: Iftikhar Ahmed
Multan Sultans: Sohaib Maqsood
Peshawar Zalmi: Imam-ul-Haq
Round 4
Multan Sultans: Adam Lyth
Karachi Kings: Zeeshan Malik
Multan Sultans: Sohaibullah
Peshawar Zalmi: Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Irfan
Lahore Qalandars: Muhammad Faizan
Emerging Category
Round 1
Islamabad United: M Wasim (Jnr)
Lahore Qalandars: Maaz Khan
Karachi Kings: Qasim Akram
Peshawar Zalmi: Abrar Ahmed
Multan Sultans: Shahnawaz Dhani
Quetta Gladiators: Saim Ayub
Round 2
Quetta Gladiators: Arish Ali Khan
Islamabad United: Ahmed Safi Abdullah
Multan Sultans: Muhammad Umar
Peshawar Zalmi: Muhammad Imran
Lahore Qalandars: Zaid Alam
Supplementary Category
Multan Sultans: Imran Khan Sr, Carlos Brathwaite
Karachi Kings: Noor Ahmed,
Lahore Qalandars: Joe Denly, Ahmed Danyal
Islamabad United: Chris Jordan, Akif Javed
Peshawar Zalmi: Ravi Bopara,
Quetta Gladiators: Dale Steyn, Usman Khan
Here’re retentions of all six teams:
Karachi Kings (retained) – Amir Yamin (gold); Arshad Iqbal (emerging); Babar Azam (platinum); Colin Ingram (platinum, traded from Islamabad United); Imad Wasim (diamond, successful relation request); Mohammad Amir (platinum); Sharjeel Khan gold) and Waqas Maqsood (silver, brand ambassador)
Islamabad United (retained) – Alex Hales (Platinum; traded from Karachi Kings); Asif Ali (gold); Colin Munro (diamond); Faheem Ashraf (diamond); Hussain Talat (gold, brand ambassador); Musa Khan (silver, successful relegation request); Shadab Khan (platinum); Zafar Gohar (silver, successful relegation request)
Lahore Qalandars (retained) – Ben Dunk (gold); David Wiese (diamond); Dilbar Hussain (gold); Fakhar Zaman (diamond, brand ambassador); Haris Rauf (diamond); Mohammad Hafeez; Shaheen Shah Afridi (both platinum) and Sohail Akhtar (silver, successful relegation request)
Multan Sultans (retained) – Shahid Afridi (platinum), Imran Tahir (diamond, mentor); James Vince (gold); Khushdil Shah (diamond); Rilee Rossouw (platinum); Shan Masood (gold, successful relegation request); Sohail Tanvir (Diamond, brand ambassador); Usman Qadir (gold)
Peshawar Zalmi (retained) – Haider Ali (gold); Kamran Akmal (diamond, successful relegation request); Liam Livingstone (gold); Shoaib Malik and Wahab Riaz (both platinum)
Quetta Gladiators (retained) – Anwar Ali (silver, successful relegation request); Azam Khan (gold); Ben Cutting (diamond); Mohammad Hasnain (diamond); Mohammad Nawaz (diamond); Naseem Shah (gold); Sarfaraz Ahmed (platinum) and Zahid Mahmood (silver, brand ambassador)
Foreigners Available
Over 400 foreign players from 20 cricket playing countries will be available in drafts tomorrow.
How the Player Draft worked:
• Pick order (for first round only):
1. Islamabad United2
. Multan Sultan
3. Lahore Qalandars
4. Peshawar Zalmi
5. Quetta Gladiators
6. Karachi Kings
