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Right-arm Test pacer Hasan Ali is among the four prominent local players elevated to the Platinum category for the highly anticipated 10th edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), scheduled to be held in the April-May window of 2025.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the category renewals for 87 local players on Tuesday, which saw Hasan Ali (Karachi Kings), Mohammad Amir (Quetta Gladiators), Saim Ayub (Peshawar Zalmi), and Usama Mir (Multan Sultans) earn their promotion to the top tier.
The four players join the list of previously retained Platinum stars, including Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Naseem Shah (Islamabad United), Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi (Lahore Qalandars), Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans), and Babar Azam (Peshawar Zalmi).
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PSL 10 Player Categories
The renewed player categories for PSL 10 feature a mix of experienced stars and emerging talents:
- Platinum Category: 13 players, featuring key names like Hasan Ali, Mohammad Amir, Saim Ayub, and Usama Mir.
- Diamond Category: Includes 16 players, such as former Gladiators skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed, veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik, and Test captain Shan Masood.
- Gold Category: Comprising 30 players, distributed among the six franchises. Zalmi leads with seven players, while Kings, Qalandars, and Gladiators contribute five each, and United and Sultans four each.
- Emerging Category: Features 12 young talents, including promising pacers Ubaid Shah and Hunain Shah.
Foreign Players and Draft Timeline
The registration window for foreign players and the trade window opened last week, with the relegation process and player retention set to be completed this month.
The PSL 10 players’ draft will take place on January 11, 2025, with the venue and time yet to be announced.
PSL 10 Squads After Category Renewals
Islamabad United
Platinum: Imad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan
Diamond: Azam Khan, Salman Ali Agha
Gold: Faheem Ashraf, Haider Ali, Qasim Akram, Rumman Raees
Silver: Shahab Khan
Emerging: Hunain Shah, Shamyl Hussain, Ubaid Shah
Karachi Kings
Platinum: Hasan Ali
Diamond: Mohammad Nawaz, Shan Masood, Shoaib Malik
Gold: Arafat Minhas, Anwar Ali, Mir Hamza, Zahid Mahmood, Irfan Khan Niazi
Silver: Mohammad Amir Khan, Muhammad Akhlaq
Emerging: Saad Baig, Sirajuddin
Lahore Qalandars
Platinum: Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi
Diamond: Abdullah Shafique
Gold: Sahibzada Farhan, Zaman Khan, Mirza Tahir Baig, Kamran Ghulam, Jahandad Khan
Silver: Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti, Muhammad Imran Jnr, Salman Fayyaz, Syed Faridoun Mahmood
Emerging: Tayyab Abbas
Multan Sultans
Platinum: Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Usama Mir
Diamond: Abbas Afridi, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Ali, Usman Khan
Gold: Ihsanullah, Tayyab Tahir, Shahnawaz Dahani, Faisal Akram
Silver: Ali Majid, Yasir Khan
Emerging: Aftab Ibrahim, Mohammad Shahzad
Peshawar Zalmi
Platinum: Babar Azam, Saim Ayub
Diamond: Aamir Jamal, Mohammad Haris
Gold: Asif Ali, Salman Irshad, Hussain Talat, Sufyan Moqim
Silver: Arif Yaqoob, Mehran Mumtaz, Umair Afridi
Emerging: Aimal Khan, Ali Raza, Mohammad Zeeshan
Quetta Gladiators
Platinum: Mohammad Amir
Diamond: Abrar Ahmed, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Hasnain
Gold: Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Usman Qadir, Omair Bin Yousuf, Sohail Khan, Umar Amin
Silver: Sajjad Ali Jnr, Usman Tariq, Bismillah Khan, Khawaja Nafay
