LAHORE – Karachi Kings and veteran all-rounder Shahid Khan Afridi haveparted ways as all six Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchises announced thelist of retained players for the season four on Tuesday.
The legendary all-rounder — who was also the president of the Karachi Kings— was released by the franchise and will be available in the draft process.
Kings have retained Colin Munro, Babar Azam and Mohammad Amir in Platinumcategory, while Colin Ingram was dropped one category down to Diamond afterhe was named as the player ambassador by the franchise.
Karachi Kings have also released Luke Wright, Usama Mir, Khurram Manzoor,Mohammad Irfan Junior and Eoin Morgan. They will now go to the November20th draft without a pick option in Platinum category.
The defending champions Islamabad United have retained all three Platinumplayers — Luke Ronchi, Shadab Khan and Faheem Ashraf.View image on Twitterlink[image: View image on Twitter]link
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With veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez going back into the draft list,Peshawar Zalmi opted for the pace duo of Wahab Riaz and Hassan Ali in theirPlatinum roster.
Zalmi will Platinum pick to sign their foreign player at the draft process,whereas seasoned wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal has now moved to Diamondcategory as a player ambassador.
Quetta Gladiators Platinum retention completed with the arrival of WestIndies off-spinner Sunil Narine in a blockbuster trade deal with LahoreQalandars. Star Australian all-rounder Shane Watson now moves to Diamondcategory as a player mentor.
The sixth team’s retentions included veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik inPlatinum and left-arm pacer Mohammad Irfan in Diamond as player ambassador.
Lahore Qalandars — who will have the first pick in this season’s draft —retained opening batsman Fakhar Zaman as their only Platinum player whileleg-spinner Yasir Shah was retained in Diamond category.
The PSL player Draft will be held on November 20.