LAHORE: All six franchises have confirmed their retained players for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 8.
As shared by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), only a major trade was made between Karachi Kings and Peshawar Zalmi. Babar Azam joined Zalmi and Kings got back Shoaib Malik. Young hard-hitter Haider Ali also moved to Kings.
Islamabad United:
Platinum – Shadab Khan,
Brand Ambassador – Asif Ali
Diamond – Mohammad Wasim Jnr
Gold – Azam Khan, Faheem Ashraf and Hasan Ali
Silver – Colin Munro and Paul Stirling
Karachi Kings:
Platinum – Haider Ali
Diamond – Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir and Shoaib Malik
Silver – Aamir Yamin, Mir Hamza and Sharjeel Khan
Emerging – Qasim Akram
Lahore Qalandars:
Platinum – Rashid Khan and Shaheen Shah Afridi
Diamond – David Wiese
Gold – Abdullah Shafique
Silver – Harry Brook and Kamran Ghulam
Emerging – Zaman Khan
Eighth retention to be announced in due course
Multan Sultans:
Platinum – Mohammad Rizwan
Diamond – Khushdil Shah, Rilee Rossouw and Shan Masood
Brand Ambassador – Shahnawaz Dahani
Gold – Tim David
Emerging – Abbas Afridi and Ihsanullah
Peshawar Zalmi:
Platinum – Babar Azam
Diamond – Sherfane Rutherford and Wahab Riaz
Gold – Mohammad Haris
Brand Ambassador – Aamir Jamal
Silver – Salman Irshad and Tom-Kohler Cadmore
Quetta Gladiators:
Platinum – Mohammad Nawaz
Diamond – Iftikhar Ahmed and Jason Roy
Gold – Mohammad Hasnain and Sarfaraz Ahmed
Silver – Naveen ul Haq, Umar Akmal (Mentor) and Will Smeed (Silver)
