PSL 2019: Category wise list of players retained and released

The final date for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) teams to release the list of retained players was November 13. The franchises were allowed to retain a maximum of 10 players from the squads they’d constructed in the previous season. The 10 had to be distributed among the various categories. A team could retain only three players from the Platinum category and as many from Diamond and Gold categories. The number was five for Silver and two of the emerging players could be retained as well.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) also decided to forfeit the ownership of the debutants from 2017 Multan Sultans. They will once again auction the franchise and in case the board doesn’t find a suitable buyer the team will still exist under the PCB banner. As far as the players draft for PSL 2019 is concerned the date is November 20.

Here are all the six PSL teams and the details of player retention:

1. Peshawar Zalmi

Diamond: Kamran Akmal, Darren Sammy (Overseas)

Platinum: Wahab Riaz, Hasan Ali

Gold: Liam Dawson (Overseas)

Silver: Umaid Asif, Khalid Usman

Emerging: Sameen Gul

Released players: Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Hafeez, Haris Sohail, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Asghar, Dwayne Bravo, Tamim Iqbal, Hammad Azam, Saad Nasim, Taimoor Sultan, Ibtisam Sheikh, Andre Fletcher, Evin Lewis, Mohammad Arif

2. Quetta Gladiators 

Diamond: Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Nawaz

Platinum: Sarfraz Ahmed, Sunil Narine (Overseas | Traded)

Gold: Rilee Rossouw (Overseas), Umar Akmal,

Silver: Anwar Ali, Saud Shakil

Released players: Mahmudullah, Umar Amin, Mir Hamza, Asad Shafiq, Brathwaite, Rameez Raja Junior, Saad Ali, Rashid Khan, Azam Khan, Kevin Pietersen, Chris Green, Kohler Cadmore, Ben Laughlin, Jason Roy, John Hastings, Carlos Brathwaite, Faraz Ahmad Khan 

3. Karachi Kings 

Diamond: Colin Ingram (Overseas), Usman Khan, Imad Wasim

Platinum: Mohammad Amir, Babar Azam, Colin Munro (Overseas)

Gold: Mohammad Rizwan, Ravi Bopara (Overseas)

Released players: Shahid Afridi, Usama Mir, Khurram Manzoor, Mitchell Johnson, Luke Wright, David Wiese, Tabish Khan, Mohammad Irfan Junior, Hasan Mohsin, Eoin Morgan, Saifullah Bangash

4. Islamabad United 

Diamond: Asif Ali, Mohammad Sami

Platinum: Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Luke Ronchi (Overseas)

Gold: Rumman Raees (Overseas)

Silver: Hussain Talat, Sahibzada Farhan, Waqas Maqsood, Zafar Gohar

Released players: Andre Russell, Misbah-ul-Haq, Samuel Badree, JP Duminy, Sam Billings, Alex Hales, David Willey, Iftikhar Ahmed, Amad Butt, Mohammad Hasan, Mohammad Hasnain, Samit Patel, Rohail Nazir

5. Lahore Qalandars

Diamond: Yasir Shah

Platinum: Fakhar Zaman

Gold: Rahat Ali (Traded), Anton Devcich (Overseas)

Silver: Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Khan (Traded), Agha Salman, Sohail Akhtar

Released players: Brendon McCullum, Cameron Delport, Aamer Yamin, Bilawal Bhatti, Ghulam Mudassar. Angelo Mathews, Mitchell McClenaghan, Gulraiz Sadaf

The 6th team (Multan Sultans replacement)

Diamond: Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan,

Platinum: Shoaib Malik

Gold: Shan Masood,

Silver: Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Umar Siddiq,

Emerging: Mohammad Junaid (Traded)

Released players: Kieron Pollard, Kumar Sangakkara, Sohaib Maqsood, Kashif Bhatti, Nicholas Pooran, Abdullah Shafiq, Saif Badar, Hardus Viljoen, Umar Gul, Ross Whiteley

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