Platinum category renewals announced ahead of PSL 11 player auction

LAHORE: The Pakistan Super League (PSL) on Wednesday revealed the Platinum category renewals ahead of the league’s first-ever player auction, set to take place on February 11.

A total of 16 players have been listed in the PSL 11 Platinum category, with Islamabad United dominating the renewals by naming six players, the most among all franchises.

Lahore Qalandars and Quetta Gladiators have three players each in the category, while Peshawar Zalmi named two. Karachi Kings and Multan Sultans have named one player each in Platinum.

The renewals also confirmed major category movements, with five local players promoted to Platinum, including Pakistan T20I captain Salman Ali Agha, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, and Abrar Ahmed.

Interestingly, Farhan is the only player who made the jump from Gold, while the remaining four were previously part of the Diamond category.

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Meanwhile, several high-profile names have retained their Platinum status after featuring in the same category in PSL 10.

The list includes Shadab Khan, Naseem Shah, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Babar Azam, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan, Faheem Ashraf and Mohammad Amir.

Before the Platinum renewals were made official, the PSL had already confirmed category renewals in Silver, Gold, Diamond and Emerging, with a total of 89 players having their categories locked in ahead of the retention process.

Under the new structure, each franchise will be allowed to retain a maximum of four players, with the condition of one player per category.

After the retention window closes, franchises will move into the league’s historic first-ever auction on February 11 to complete their rosters.

PSL 11 Category Renewals (Retentions)

Platinum

• Islamabad United: Shadab Khan, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Nawaz, Imad Wasim

• Karachi Kings: Hasan Ali

• Lahore Qalandars: Shaheen Shah Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf

• Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam, Saim Ayub

• Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan

• Quetta Gladiators: Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Amir, Abrar Ahmed

Emerging

• Islamabad United: Saad Masood, Mohammad Shahzad, Ghazi Gouri

• Peshawar Zalmi: Abdullah Fazal, Ali Raza, Maaz Sadaqat

• Karachi Kings: Razaullah, Fawad Ali, Saad Baig

• Multan Sultans: Shahid Aziz, Mohammad Zulfikar

• Quetta Gladiators: Mohammad Zeeshan, Shamyl Hussain

• Lahore Qalandars: Momin Qamar

Silver

• Multan Sultans: Yasir Khan, Amir Barki, Mohammad Junaid, Humayun Altaf, Ali Imran, Jahanzaib Sultan, Ubaid Shah

• Lahore Qalandars: Mohammad Akhlaq, Mohammad Naeem, Mohammad Azab

• Islamabad United: Mohammad Faiq, Hunain Shah

• Peshawar Zalmi: Arif Yaqoob, Mehran Mumtaz

• Quetta Gladiators: Ali Majid

Gold

• Multan Sultans: Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Faisal Akram, Akif Javed, Tayyab Tahir

• Lahore Qalandars: Zaman Khan, Jahandad Khan, Asif Afridi, Asif Ali

• Islamabad United: Azam Khan, Haider Ali, Salman Irshad, Rumman Raees

• Peshawar Zalmi: Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Ali, Abdul Samad, Hussain Talat, Sufyan Muqeem, Ahmed Daniyal, Ihsanullah

• Quetta Gladiators: Khurram Shahzad, Haseebullah Khan, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay, Hassan Nawaz, Danish Aziz

• Karachi Kings: Khushdil Shah, Aamer Jamal, Irfan Khan Niazi, Mir Hamza, Zahid Mahmood, Omair bin Yousuf, Shahnawaz Dahani, Arafat Minhas

Diamond

• Karachi Kings: Abbas Afridi, Shan Masood

• Lahore Qalandars: Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Salman Mirza

• Peshawar Zalmi: Sufiyan Muqeem

• Multan Sultans: Usama Mir, Iftikhar Ahmed, Usman Khan

• Quetta Gladiators: Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Usman Tariq

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