Younis Khan unpicked as PSL players' drafting process concludes
The selected players have been divided into five different categories.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – The star player of national team Younis Khan remained unpicked as two-day drafting of Pakistan Super League (PSL) players came to an end in Lahore today (Tuesday).
Pakistan on December 10 announced a total of 308 top foreign and local players for drafting in its Twenty20 league, with tainted but cleared Mohammad Amir and exiled former England batsman Kevin Pietersen among them.
The selected players have been divided into five different categories – Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver, and Emerging while Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will stage the first edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) between February 4 to 23.
PESHAWAR ZALMI
Head coach – Mohammad Akram
- Shahid Afridi (Pakistan, Platinum)
- Wahab Riaz (Pakistan, Platinum)
- Darren Sammy (West Indies, Platinum)
- Kamran Akmal (Pakistan, Diamond)
- Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan, Diamond)
- Chris Jordan (England, Diamond)
- Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh, Gold)
- Junaid Khan (Pakistan, Gold)
- James Allenby (Australia, Gold)
- Aamir Yamin (Pakistan, Silver)
- Dawid Malan (England, Silver)
- Imran Khan Jr. (Pakistan, Silver)
- Shahid Yousuf (Pakistan, Silver)
- Abdur Rehman (Pakistan, Silver)
- Musaddiq Ahmed Ali (Pakistan, Emerging)
- Hasan Ali (Pakistan, Emerging)
- Mohammad Asghar (Pakistan, Supplementary)
- Brad Hodge (Australia, Supplementary)
- Israrullah (Pakistan, Supplementary)
- Taj Wali (Pakistan, Supplementary)
KARACHI KINGS
Head coach – Mickey Arthur
- Shoaib Malik (Pakistan, Platinum)
- Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh, Platinum)
- Sohail Tanvir (Pakistan, Platinum)
- Immad Wasim (Pakistan, Diamond)
- Ravi Bopara (England, Diamond)
- Lendl Simmons (West Indies, Diamond)
- Mohammad Amir (Pakistan, Gold)
- Bilawal Bhatti (Pakistan, Gold)
- James Vince (England, Gold)
- Iftikhar Ahmed (Pakistan, Silver)
- Nauman Anwar (Pakistan, Silver)
- Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh, Silver)
- Usama Mir (Pakistan, Silver)
- Sohail Khan (Pakistan, Silver)
- Mir Hamza (Pakistan, Emerging)
- Saifullah Bangash (Pakistan, Emerging)
- Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka, Supplementary)
- Shahzaib Hasan (Pakistan, Supplementary)
- Fawad Alam (Pakistan, Supplementary)
The Karachi Team celebrating the addition of Muhammad Amir! #HBLPSL pic.twitter.com/si7gjn5XQD
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) December 21, 2015
ISLAMABAD UNITED
Head coach - Dean Jones
- Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan, Platinum)
- Andre Russell (West Indies, Platinum)
- Shane Watson (Australia, Platinum)
- Samuel Badree (West Indies, Diamond)
- Mohammad Irfan (Pakistan, Diamond)
- Brad Haddin (Australia, Diamond)
- Sharjeel Khan (Pakistan, Gold)
- Mohammad Sami (Pakistan, Gold)
- Khalid Latif (Pakistan, Gold)
- Babar Azam (Pakistan, Silver)
- Imran Khalid (Pakistan, Silver)
- Kamran Ghulam (Pakistan, Silver)
- Umar Amin (Pakistan, Silver)
- Sam Billings (England, Silver)
- Ruman Raees (Pakistan, Emerging)
- Amad Butt (Pakistan, Emerging)
- Ashar Zaidi (England, Supplementary)
- Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan, Supplementary)
- Hussain Talat (Pakistan, Supplementary)
- Umar Siddiq (Pakistan, Supplementary)
LAHORE QALANDARS
Head coach - Paddy Upton
- Chris Gayle (West Indies, Platinum)
- Umar Akmal (Pakistan, Platinum)
- Dwayne Bravo (West Indies, Platinum)
- Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan, Diamond)
- Yasir Shah (Pakistan, Diamond)
- Sohaib Maqsood (Pakistan, Diamond)
- Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh, Gold)
- Kevon Cooper (West Indies, Gold)
- Cameron Delport (South Africa, Gold)
- Zafar Gohar (Pakistan, Silver)
- Hammad Azam (Pakistan, Silver)
- Zia-ul-Haq (Pakistan, Silver)
- Azhar Ali (Pakistan, Silver)
- Naved Yasin (Pakistan, Emerging)
- Adnan Rasool (Pakistan, Emerging)
- Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan, Supplementary)
- Mukhtar Ahmed (Pakistan, Supplementary)
- Ehsan Adil (Pakistan, Supplementary)
- Imran Butt (Pakistan, Supplementary)
QUETTA GLADIATORS
Head coach – Moin Khan
- Kevin Pietersen (England, Platinum)
- Ahmed Shehzad (Pakistan, Platinum)
- Sarfraz Ahmed (Pakistan, Platinum)
- Anwar Ali (Pakistan, Diamond)
- Jason Holder (West Indies, Diamond)
- Luke Wright (England, Diamond)
- Zulfiqar Babar (Pakistan, Gold)
- Umar Gul (Pakistan, Gold)
- Elton Chigumbura (Zimbabwe, Gold)
- Bilal Asif (Pakistan, Silver)
- Asad Shafiq (Pakistan, Silver)
- Mohammad Nawaz (Pakistan, Silver)
- Saad Nasim (Pakistan, Silver)
- Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan, Silver)
- Akbar-ur-Rehman (Pakistan, Emerging)
- Bismillah Khan (Pakistan, Emerging)
- Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, Supplementary)
- Aizaz Cheema (Pakistan, Supplementary)
- Ramiz Raja Jr. (Pakistan, Supplementary)
Talking at the ceremony, the talented coaching panel expressed their happiness and wished all the teams for the better performance in PSL.
"It would be great for domestic players to play with international ones. And, it s not about money, it s about Cricket", Moin Khan.
"It s great for Pakistan s cricket", hoped Mushtaq Ahmad.
Muhammad Akram, coach of Peshawer Zalmi congratulates PCB.
On the other hand, Sri Lankan pacer and T20 skipper Lasith Malinga has pulled out of his contract with PSL, deciding to take time away to prepare for the upcoming World Twenty20.
Sharjah and Dubai will host PSL matches, designed along the lines of lucrative leagues in India and Australia.
This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.
