KARACHI – The Habib Bank Limited (HBL) Pakistan Super League (PSL)franchises have announced their player retentions ahead of the draft forthe fifth edition of the tournament.
The much-anticipated PSL Player Draft will be staged at the NationalCricket Academy, Lahore, on December 6.
Following are the players retained and released by the franchises:
Karachi Kings
Players retained – Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir (both Platinum), Imad Wasim(Diamond as Brand Ambassador), Iftikhar Ahmed (Diamond), Aamir Yamin(Gold), Usama Mir (Silver) and Umer Khan (Emerging)
Players released – Aaron Summers, Abrar Ahmed, Ali Imran, Awais Zia, BenDunk, Colin Ingram, Colin Munro, Jaahid Ali, Liam Livingstone, MohammadRizwan, Ravi Bopara, Sikander Raza, Sohail Khan and Usman Shinwari(transferred to Lahore Qalandars)
Lahore Qalandars
Players retained – Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez (both Platinum), ShaheenShah Afridi (Diamond as Brand Ambassador), David Wiese, Usman Shinwari(Diamond, Usman transferred from Karachi Kings), Haris Rauf, Sohail Akhtar(both Gold), Salman Butt (Silver).
Players released – AB de Villiers (not available in 2020), Agha Salman,Aizaz Cheema, Anton Devcich, Asela Gunaratne, Brendan Taylor, CarlosBrathwaite, Corey Anderson (not available in 2020), Gohar Ali, HardusViljoen, Haris Sohail, Hassan Khan, Mohammad Imran, Rahat Ali, RikiWessels, Ryan ten Doeschate (not available in 2020), Saad Ali, SandeepLamichhane, Umair Masood, Yasir Shah
Quetta Gladiators
Players retained – Mohammad Nawaz, Sarfaraz Ahmed (both Platinum), ShaneWatson (Diamond as Player Mentor), Ahmed Shehzad (Diamond), Umar Akmal(Gold as Brand Ambassador), Mohammad Hasnain (Gold), Ahsan Ali and NaseemShah (Silver)Players released – Anwar Ali, Danish Aziz, Dwayne Bravo, Dwayne Smith,Fawad Ahmed, Ghulam Mudassar, Harry Gurney, Jalat Khan, Max Waller,Mohammad Asghar, Mohammad Azam Khan, Mohammad Irfan Jr, Rilee Rossouw, SaudShakil and Sohail Tanvir
Peshawar Zalmi
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Players retained – Hasan Ali, Kieron Pollard, Wahab Riaz (all Platinum),Kamran Akmal (Diamond as Brand Ambassador), Daren Sammy (Gold as PlayerMentor) Imam-ul-Haq (Gold) and Umar Amin (Silver)
Players released – Andre Fletcher, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, IbtesamSheikh, Jamal Anwar, Khalid Usman, Lendl Simmons, Liam Dawson,Misbah-ul-Haq (not available in 2020), Nabi Gul, Sameen Gul, Samiullah,Sohaib Maqsood, Tymal Mills, Umaid Asif, Waqar Salamkheil and Wayne Madsen
Multan Sultans
Players retained – Shahid Afridi, (Diamond as Mentor), James Vince (Gold asBrand Ambassador), M Irfan (Platinum), Junaid Khan (Gold), Shan Masood(Silver), Ali Shafiq (Silver), M Ilyas (Emerging).
Players released – Andre Russell, Steve Smith (both not available), ChrisGreen, Dan Christian, Hammad Azam, Joe Denly, J Charles, Laurie Evans,Irfan Khan, M Abbas, M Junaid, N Pooran, Numan Ali, Qais Ahmed, ShakeelAnsar, Shoaib Malik, Tom Moores and Umar Siddiq
Islamabad United
Players retained – Shadab Khan (Platinum), Faheem Ashraf (Diamond as BrandAmbassador), Asif Ali (Diamond), Luke Ronchi (Gold as Mentor), HussainTalat (Gold), Ammad Butt (Silver), M Musa Khan (Silver), Rizwan Hussain(Silver)
Players released – Alex Hales, Cameron Delport, Chadwick Walton, Ian Bell,Mohammad Sami, Nasir Nawaz, Philip Salt, Rumman Raees, Sahibzada Farhan,Samit Patel, Waqas Maqsood, Wayne Parnell, Zafar Gohar and Zahir Khan
The HBL PSL5 will be staged in Pakistan with action set to start inFebruary 2020.
