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.
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