Local Players Categories Renewed for 10th Edition of HBL PSL 10

Local Players Categories Renewed for 10th Edition of HBL PSL 10,

87 Players Selected in Five Categories for HBL PSL 2025

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) today confirmed the renewal of categories for 87 local players for the 10th edition of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL).

 

Three Test cricketers – Hasan Ali (Karachi Kings), Mohammad Amir (Quetta Gladiators), and Saim Ayub (Peshawar Zalmi) – along with international cricketer Usama Mir (Multan Sultans) have been promoted to the Platinum category from the Diamond category.

 

The Platinum category retains Imad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan (Islamabad United), Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi (Lahore Qalandars), Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans), and Babar Azam (Peshawar Zalmi).

 

The HBL PSL Players’ Draft is scheduled to take place on 11 January 2025. The venue and time for the draft will be announced in due course.

 

*Categories Breakdown:*

 

– Platinum: 13 players

– Diamond: 16 players

– Gold: 30 players

– Silver: 16 players

– Emerging: 12 players

 

*Team-wise Player Renewals:*

 

– Islamabad United: Imad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan (all Platinum), Azam Khan, Salman Ali Agha (both Diamond), Faheem Ashraf, Haider Ali, Qasim Akram, Rumman Raees (all Gold), Shahab Khan (Silver), Hunain Shah, Shamyl Hussain, Ubaid Shah (all Emerging)

– Karachi Kings: Hasan Ali (Platinum), Mohammad Nawaz, Shan Masood, Shoaib Malik (all Diamond), Arafat Minhas, Anwar Ali Khan, Mir Hamza, Zahid Mahmood, Irfan Khan Niazi (all Gold), Mohammad Amir Khan, Muhammad Akhlaq (both Silver), Saad Baig, Sirajuddin (both Emerging)

– Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi (all Platinum), Abdullah Shafique (Diamond), Sahibzada Farhan, Zaman Khan, Mirza Tahir Baig, Kamran Ghulam, Jahandad Khan (all Gold), Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti, Muhammad Imran Jnr, Salman Fayyaz, Syed Faridoun Mahmood (all Silver), Tayyab Abbas (Emerging)

– Multan Sultans: Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Usama Mir (all Platinum), Abbas Afridi, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Ali, Usman Khan (all Diamond), Ihsanullah, Tayyab Tahir, Shahnawaz Dahani, Faisal Akram (all Gold), Ali Majid, Yasir Khan (both Silver), Aftab Ibrahim, Mohammad Shahzad (both Emerging)

– Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam, Saim Ayub (both Platinum), Aamir Jamal, Mohammad Haris (both Diamond), Asif Ali, Salman Irshad, Hussain Talat, Sufyan Moqim (all Gold), Arif Yaqoob, Mehran Mumtaz, Umair Afridi (all Silver), Aimal Khan, Ali Raza, Mohammad Zeeshan (all Emerging)

– Quetta Gladiators: Mohammad Amir (Platinum), Abrar Ahmed, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Hasnain (all Diamond), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Usman Qadir, Omair Bin Yousuf, Sohail Khan, Umar Amin (all Gold), Sajjad Ali Jnr, Usman Tariq, Bismillah Khan, Khawaja Nafay (all Silver), Adil Naz (Emerging)