PSL players decide on final squads; tournament to begin on January 27
The Pakistan Super League teams have finalised their squads for the 2022 season. After retaining up to eight players earlier this week, the teams were allowed to complete their 18-member squad on December 12, Sunday. The next edition of the tournament begins on January 27 and will be played in two legs across one month. The matches will be held in Karachi and Lahore. As reported earlier, Fakhar Zaman was bought back by his team Lahore Qalandars despite not retaining him. Tim David on the other hand made big gains after playing in the Indian Premier League and has joined Multan Sultans as their platinum player. Barring Fakhar, all other platinum picks were foreigners, with Jason Roy, Colin Munro, Hazratullah Zazai and Chris Jordan being the rest of them. Here are the final squads for the upcoming PSL season. Draft picks for Islamabad United Colin Munro (New Zealand, Platinum), Marchant de Lange (South Africa) (Diamond), Danish Aziz, Muhammad Akhlaq (both Pakistan), Reece Topley (England), , Zafar Gohar (Pakistan) (all Silver), Mubasir Khan, Zeeshan Zameer (Emerging), Athar Mehmood (Pakistan) and Rehmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan) (both Supplementary) Final squad Asif Ali, Colin Munro, Hasan Ali (both Platinum) Faheem Ashraf, Marchant De Lange, Shadab Khan (Brand Ambassador), Alex Hales (Mentor), Azam Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr (all Gold) Danish Aziz, Mohammad Akhlaq, Paul Stirling, Reece Topley, Zafar Gohar (all Silver) Mubasir Khan, Zeeshan Zameer (both Emerging) Rehmanullah Gurbaz and Ather Mehmood (both Supplementary) Draft picks for Karachi Kings Chris Jordan (England, Platinum), Lewis Gregory (England, Diamond), Mohammad Imran, Rohail Nazir (both Pakistan), Tom Abell (England), Umaid Asif (Pakistan) (all Silver), Faisal Akram, Qasim Akram (both Emerging), Romario Shepherd (West Indies) and Talha Ahsan (both Supplementary) Final squad Babar Azam, Chris Jordan, Imad Wasim (all Platinum) Mohammad Amir, Lewis Gregory, Mohammad Nabi (all Diamond) Joe Clarke (Brand Ambassador), Aamir Yamin, Sharjeel Khan ( both Gold) Mohammad Ilyas, Mohammad Imran, Rohail Nazir, Tom Abell, Umaid Asif (all Silver) Faisal Akram, Qasim Akram (Emerging) Romario Shepherd and Talha Ahsan (both Supplementary) Draft picks for Lahore Qalandars Fakhar Zaman (Pakistan, Platinum), Abdullah Shafique (Pakistan), Harry Brook, Phil Salt (both England) (all Gold), Dean Foxcroft (South Africa), Kamran Ghulam (Pakistan) (both silver), Maaz Khan, Zaman Khan (both Emerging) , Samit Patel (England) and Syed Faridoum Mehmood (Pakistan) (Supplementary) Final squad Fakhar Zaman, Rashid Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, (all Platinum) Haris Rauf (Diamond, Brand Ambassador), David Wiese, Mohammad Hafeez (both Diamond), Abdullah Shafique, Harry Brook, Phil Salt (all Gold) Ahmed Daniyal, Dean Foxcroft, Sohail Akhtar, Kamran Ghulam, Zeeshan Ashraf (all Silver) Maaz Khan, Zaman Khan (both Emerging) Samit Patel and Syed Faridoum Mehmood (Supplementary) Draft picks for Multan Sultans Tim David (Australia, Platinum), Odean Smith (West Indies, Diamond), Asif Afridi, Anwar Ali, Imran Khan Snr, Rumman Raees (all Pakistan), Rovman Powell (West Indies) (all Silver), Aamer Azmat, Abbas Afridi (both Emerging), Blessing Muzarabani (Zimbabwe) and Ihsanullah (Pakistan) (Supplementary) Final squad Tim David, Mohammad Rizwan, Rilee Rossouw (all Platinum) Imran Tahir (Mentor), Odean Smith (both Diamond) Sohaib Maqsood (Diamond), Khushdil Shah (Brand Ambassador), Shahnawaz Dahani, Shan Masood (all Gold) Anwar Ali, Asif Afridi, Imran Khan Snr, Rumman Raees Rovman Powell (all Silver) Aamer Azmat, Abbas Afridi (both Emerging) Blessing Muzarabani and Ihsanullah (Supplementary) Draft picks for Peshawar Zalmi Hazratullah Zazai (Afghanistan, Platinum), Usman Qadir (Pakistan, Gold), Arshad Iqbal, Kamran Akmal, Salman Irshad, Sameen Gul (all Pakistan) (all Silver), Sirajuddin, Mohammad Aamer (Emerging), Ben Cutting (Australia) and Mohammad Haris (Pakistan) (both Supplementary) Final squad Hazratulah Zazai, Liam Livingstone, Wahab Riaz (all Platinum) Haider Ali, Sherfane Rutherford, Shoaib Malik (all Diamond) Hussain Talat (Gold), Saqib Mahmood (Gold, Brand Ambassador),Usman Qadir (Gold) Arshad Iqbal, Kamran Akmal (Mentor), Salman Irshad, Sameen Gul, Tom Kohler-Cadmore (all Silver) Mohammad Aamer, Sirajuddin (Emerging) Ben Cutting and Mohammad Haris (both Supplementary) Draft picks for Quetta Gladiators Jason Roy (England, Platinum), James Faulkner (Australia, Diamond), Ben Duckett (England), Khurram Shehzad (Pakistan), Naveen-ul-Haq (Afghanistan), Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal (both Pakistan) (Silver), Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Ashar Qureshi, (Emerging), Ahsan Ali (Pakistan) and Noor Ahmed (Pakistan) (Supplementary) Final squad James Vince, Jason Roy, Sarfaraz Ahmed (all Platinum) Iftikhar Ahmed, James Faulkner, Mohammad Nawaz (all Diamond) Shahid Afridi (Mentor), Mohammad Hasnain (Brand Ambassador), Naseem Shah (all Gold) Ben Duckett, Khurram Shehzad, Naveen-Ul-Haq, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal (all Silver) Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Ashar Qureshi (Emerging) Ahsan Ali and Noor Ahmed (Supplementary)