The Pakistan Super League (PSL) has released the player categories ahead of the 2025 season draft. 87 players from five franchises have received renewed contracts, and the biggest winners are Hasan Ali, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Amir, and Usama Mir, who have been upgraded from the diamond to the platinum category.
PSL 2025 player categories renewals out
16 players have been awarded the diamond category. These included four players from Quetta Gladiators and Multan Sultans, three players from Karachi Kings and Islamabad United, two players from Peshawar Zalmi, and one player from Lahore Qalandars. 30 players are part of the gold category. These included seven players from Zalmi, five from Kings, Qalandars, and Gladiators, while United and Sultans have four players in the category.
Of the 16 players awarded silver-grade contracts, four each are from Gladiators and Qalandars, three from Zalmi, two from Kings and Sultans, while United has just one. In the Emerging category, among the 12 players are included. Three players each are part of United and Zalmi. Kings and Sultans have two players each, while Gladiators and Qalandars have one player each.
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PSL 2025 squads after player category renewals
Islamabad United: Imad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan (all Platinum), Azam Khan, Salman Ali Agha (both Diamond), Faheem Ashraf, Haider Ali, Qasim Akram, Rumman Raees (all Gold), Shahab Khan (Silver), Hunain Shah, Shamyl Hussain, Ubaid Shah (all Emerging)
Karachi Kings: Hasan Ali (Platinum), Mohammad Nawaz, Shan Masood, Shoaib Malik (all Diamond), Arafat Minhas, Anwar Ali Khan, Mir Hamza, Zahid Mahmood, Irfan Khan Niazi (all Gold), Mohammad Amir Khan, Muhammad Akhlaq (both Silver), Saad Baig, Sirajuddin (both Emerging)
Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi (all Platinum), Abdullah Shafique (Diamond), Sahibzada Farhan, Zaman Khan, Mirza Tahir Baig, Kamran Ghulam, Jahandad Khan (all Gold), Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti, Muhammad Imran Jnr, Salman Fayyaz, Syed Faridoun Mahmood (all Silver), Tayyab Abbas (Emerging)
Multan Sultans: Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Usama Mir (all Platinum), Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Ali, Usman Khan (all Diamond), Ihsanullah, Tayyab Tahir, Shahnawaz Dahani, Faisal Akram (all Gold), Ali Majid, Yasir Khan (both Silver), Aftab Ibrahim, Muhammad Shahzad (both Emerging)
Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam, Saim Ayub (both Platinum), Aamir Jamal, Mohammad Haris (both Diamond), Arshad Iqbal, Asif Ali, Haseebullah, Hussain Talat, Khurram Shahzad, Salman Irshad, Sufyan Moqim (all Gold), Arif Yaqoob, Mehran Mumtaz, Umair Afridi (all Silver), Aimal Khan, Ali Raza, Mohammad Zeeshan (all Emerging)
Quetta Gladiators: Mohammad Amir (Platinum), Abrar Ahmed, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Hasnain (all Diamond), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Usman Qadir, Omair Bin Yousuf, Sohail Khan, Umar Amin (all Gold), Sajjad Ali Jnr, Usman Tariq, Bismillah Khan, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay (all Silver), Adil Naz (Emerging)
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