LAHORE – Franchises finalized squads for upcoming PSL 9 by picking players of choice in different categories in draft held at National Cricket Academy in Lahore on Wednesday.
Below are picks of franchises in different categories:
Platinum Picks
Multan Sultans: David Willey
Karachi Kings: Kieron Pollard, Daniel Sams, Mohammad Nawaz
Quetta Gladiators: Sherfane Rutherford, Mohammad Amir
Peshawar Zalmi: Noor Ahmad
Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Rassie Van der Dussen
Islamabad United: Jordan Cox
Diamond Picks
Multan Sultans: Dawid Malan
Peshawar Zalmi: Asif Ali
Islamabad United: Tymal Mills
Karachi Kings: Tim Seifert
Lahore Qalandars: Sahibzada Farhan
Gold Picks
Peshawar Zalmi: Naveen-ul-Haq
Multan Sultans: Reeza Hendricks, Reece Topley
Silver Picks
Quetta Gladiators: Saud Shakeel, Sajjad Ali Jr, Usman Qadir, Omair bin Yousuf
Multan Sultans: Tayyab Tahir, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Ali, Usman Khan
Lahore Qalandars: Mohammad Imran Jr, Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti, Dan Lawrence
Karachi Kings: Mohammad Amir Khan, Anwar Ali, Arafat Minhas
Peshawar Zalmi: Salman Irshad, Arif Yaqoob, Umair Afridi, Daniel Mousley
Islamabad United: Matthew Forde, Salman Ali Agha, Qasim Akram, Shahab Khan
Emerging Picks
Islamabad United: Hunain Shah, Ubaid Shah
Peshawar Zalmi: Mohammad Zeeshan
Multan Sultans: Yasir Khan
Lahore Qalandars: Jahandad Khan, Syed Faridoun Mahmood
Quetta Gladiators: Adil Naz, Khawaja Nafay
Karachi Kings: Sirajuddin
Supplementary Picks
Lahore Qalandars: Shai Hope
Multan Sultans: Chris Jordan
Quetta Gladiators: Akeal Hosein
Islamabad United: Shamyl Hussain
Peshawar Zalmi: Lungi Ngidi
Karachi Kings: Saad Baig
Retentions
Lahore Qalandars: Shaheen Shah Afridi (Platinum), Haris Rauf (Brand Ambassador) and David Wiese (both Diamond), Sikandar Raza, Abdullah Shafique and Zaman Khan (all Gold), Mirza Tahir Baig (Successful relegation request) and Rashid Khan (both Silver).
Islamabad United: Shadab Khan and Naseem Shah (both Platinum), Imad Wasim (Mentor) and Azam Khan (both Diamond), Faheem Ashraf (Brand Ambassador), Alex Hales and Colin Munro (all Gold), Rumman Raees (Successful relegation request in Silver).
Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan and Iftikhar Ahmed (both Platinum), Khushdil Shah and Usama Mir (both Diamond), Abbas Afridi (Gold), Ihsanullah (Brand Ambassador, Silver), Faisal Akram (Emerging).
Karachi Kings: James Vince and Hasan Ali (Diamond), Shan Masood (Brand Ambassador), Shoaib Malik (Mentor) and Tabraiz Shamsi (all Gold), Mir Hamza (Successful relegation request) and Muhammad Akhlaq (both Silver), Muhammad Irfan Khan (Emerging).
Quetta Gladiators: Rilee Rossouw (Platinum), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Jason Roy and Wanindu Hasaranga (all Diamond), Sarfaraz Ahmed (Brand Ambassador) Abrar Ahmed and Mohammad Hasnain (Gold), Will Smeed (Silver).
Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam and Rovman Powell (Platinum), Saim Ayub and Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Diamond), Mohammad Haris (Brand Ambassador) and Aamir Jamal (Gold), Khurram Shahzad (Silver), Haseebullah (Emerging).
