Five players — including Pakistan’s T20I captain Salman Ali Agha, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali and Abrar Ahmed — have been promoted to the Platinum category.
Going forward, each franchise may retain a maximum of four players, limited to one player per category, the PCB said in a statement. Following completion of retentions, the teams will go into the first-ever PSL Player Auction to complete their team rosters on February 11.
Among the promoted players to Platinum, only Sahibzada was in Gold previously, while others have made the jump from the Diamond category.
Shadab Khan, Naseem Shah, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Babar Azam, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan, Faheem Ashraf, and Mohammad Amir managed to remain in the Platinum category after featuring in the PSL X in the same category as well.
A total of 11 players are in the Diamond category, which includes three from Quetta Gladiators, three from Multan Sultans, two from Lahore Qalandars and Karachi Kings each, one from Peshawar Zalmi and none from Islamabad United.
Mohammad Salman Mirza, Sufyan Moqim, and Mohammad Wasim Jnr are the two players who have jumped up from Gold to Diamond.
Among the 32 players assigned Gold this year, four each are from Islamabad United and Lahore Qalandars, eight from Karachi Kings, six are from Peshawar Zalmi, and five each from Multan Sultans and Quetta Gladiators.
Moreover, Multan Sultans have seven players in the Silver category, Lahore Qalandars have three, Peshawar Zalmi and Islamabad United two each, followed by one each from Quetta Gladiators and Karachi Kings.
Emerging category comprises of 14 players with three each listed in Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Peshawar Zalmi, two each in Quetta Gladiators and Multan Sultans and one from Lahore Qalandars.
Hunain Shah, Ubaid Shah, Mirza Mamoon Imtiaz, Mohammad Naeem and Mohammad Azab are the players who have made the move from Emerging to Silver for the upcoming season, while Hasan Nawaz went to Gold after featuring in the PSL X in the Emerging category.
