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PCB Releases Retention List for PSL 2024; Check Babar Azam And Shaheen Afridi's Category

image-losu6aleBabar Azam (Source: X.com)

Pakistan Super League (PSL) has been one of the most prestigious events in the Pakistan cricketing calendar, with all of their prominent stars featuring alongside some international superstars during the month of February-March every year. 

The draft for the six-team event will be held in December, and before that, all the teams have announced their retentions, with some players staying in the same category while others getting either demoted or promoted.

Quetta Gladiators players Naseem Shah and Iftikhar Ahmed have been upgraded from diamond to platinum, whereas Sarfraz Ahmed has seen a rise from gold diamond. Mohammad Haris, who is the wicketkeeper for Peshawar Zalmi, has been moved to diamond from gold. Multan Sultans' emerging pacers from last year Abbas Afridi and Ihsanullah have been transferred to the gold category.

Islamabad United's Azam Khan and Faheem Ashraf are now in the diamond category after previously playing in the gold category. Lahore Qalandars’ Kamran Ghulam and Zaman Khan have been handed the gold contract from silver and emerging, respectively.

Players demoted in this edition are Mohammad Nawaz (Quetta, Platinum to Diamond), Mohammad Hasnain (Quetta, Diamond to Gold), Haider Ali (Karachi, Platinum to Gold) and Asif Ali (Islamabad, Platinum to Diamond). 

It has also been mentioned that players who have featured for Pakistan in international cricket should not be placed below the gold category. Meanwhile, there is no change in the categories of senior players that include Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Afridi, Shadab Khan and Haris Rauf.

Local category player renewals (team-wise):

Islamabad United: Shadab Khan (Platinum), Asif Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Hasan Ali, Azam Khan, Faheem Ashraf (all Diamond), Sohaib Maqsood, Abrar Ahmed, Rumman Raees, Zafar Gohar, Mubasir Khan (all Gold), Zeeshan Zamir (Silver), Hassan Nawaz (Emerging)

Karachi Kings: Imad Wasim (Platinum), Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Amir (both Diamond), Haider Ali, Aamir Yamin, Sharjeel Khan, Mir Hamza, Tayyab Tahir, Musa Khan, Qasim Akram (all Gold), Mohammad Ikhlaq, Mohammad Umar, Akif Javed (all Silver), Irfan Khan Niazi, Faisal Akram (both Emerging)

Lahore Qalandars: Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Fakhar Zaman (all Platinum), Hussain Talat, Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Mirza Tahir Baig, Zaman Khan (all Gold), Dilbar Hussain, Ahmed Daniyal, Ahsan Bhatti, Jalat Khan (all Silver), Shawaiz Irfan (Emerging)

Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan (Platinum), Shan Masood, Khushdil Shah, Usama Mir (all Diamond), Abbas Afridi, Ihsanullah, Arafat Minhas, Shahnawaz Dahani, Anwar Ali (all Gold), Sameen Gul, Sarwar Afridi, Ammad Butt, Mohammad Ilyas (all Silver)

Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam (Platinum), Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Haris, Saim Ayub (all Diamond), Danish Aziz, Arshad Iqbal, Aamer Jamal, Salman Irshad, Usman Qadir, Harris Sohail, Sufyan Muqeem (all Gold), Khurram Shahzad (Silver), Haseebullah, Saad Masood (both Emerging)

Quetta Gladiators: Naseem Shah, Iftikhar Ahmed (both Platinum), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Hafeez, Sarfaraz Ahmed (all Diamond), Mohammad Hasnain, Ahsan Ali, Umar Akmal, Omair Bin Yousuf, Saud Shakeel (all Gold), Bismillah Khan, Umaid Asif, Mohammad Zahid, Arshadullah (all Silver), Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Aimal Khan, Yasir Khan, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay (all Emerging)