Afridi released by Karachi Kings

LAHORE: Flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi was released by Karachi Kings as all six Pakistan Super League (PSL) teams finalised their retentions for the next season on Tuesday.

The Player Draft will be held on November 20. The fourth edition of PSL begins from February 14. Last year’s champions Islamabad United retained all three Platinum players in Luke Ronchi, Shadab Khan and Faheem Ashraf.

With Mohammad Hafeez going back into the Draft, Peshawar Zalmi opted for the pace duo of Wahab Riaz and Hassan Ali in their Platinum roster.Zalmi will use their lone Platinum pick at the Draft to pick a foreign player. Seasoned wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal moves to Diamond as Player Ambassador.

Karachi Kings retained Mohammad Amir, Babar Azam and Black Caps opening batsman Colin Munro as their Platinum picks with South African all-rounder Colin Ingram moving to Diamond as Player Ambassador.

New signing Sunil Narine, who moved from Lahore Qalandars to Quetta Gladiators as part of a blockbuster trade, joins Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed to complete Quetta’s Platinum retentions.

Star Australian all-rounder Shane Watson moves to Diamond as Player Mentor. Lahore Qalandars, who have the first pick at this season’s Draft, retained opening batsman Fakhar Zaman as their only Platinum player, while leg-spinner Yasir Shah was retained in Diamond.

The sixth team’s (previously Multan Sultans) retentions include star Pakistani all-rounder Shoaib Malik in Platinum and left-arm pacer Mohammad Irfan in Diamond as Player Ambassador.

Islamabad United (10 retentions)

Platinum: Faheem Ashraf, Luke Ronchi, Shadab Khan

Diamond: Mohammad Sami, Asif Ali

Gold: Rumman Raees (Relegation request successful)

Silver: Sahibzada Farhan, Zafar Gohar, Waqas Maqsood, Hussain Talat (Ambassador)

Peshawar Zalmi (8 retentions)

Platinum: Wahab Riaz, Hassan Ali

Diamond: Kamran Akmal (Ambassador), Darren Sammy

Gold: Liam Dawson

Silver: Umaid Asif, Khalid Usman

Emerging: Sameen Gul

Karachi Kings (8 retentions)

Platinum: Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir, Colin Munro

Diamond: Colin Ingram (Ambassador), Imad Wasim, Usman Khan Shinwari

Gold: Ravi Bopara, Mohammad Rizwan

Quetta Gladiators (9 retentions)

Platinum: Sarfraz Ahmed, Sunil Narine

Diamond: Shane Watson (Mentor), Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Nawaz

Gold: Rilee Roussow (Ambassador), Umar Akmal

Silver: Anwar Ali (Relegation request successful), Saud Shakeel

Lahore Qalandars (8 retentions)

Platinum: Fakhar Zaman

Diamond: Yasir Shah

Gold: Anton Devcich, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Rahat Ali

Silver: Agha Salman, Sohail Akhtar, Hassan Khan

Sixth Team, Previously Multan Sultans (8 retentions)

Platinum: Shoaib Malik

Diamond: Mohammad Irfan (Ambassador), Junaid Khan

Gold: Shan Masood

Silver: Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Umar Siddiq

Emerging: Mohammad Junaid.