Teams make sure to pick best team for PSL 6, here’s a look

Lahore: All six franchises have put together their best players for the upcoming sixth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), scheduled to start on February 20 in Karachi.

Five out of six teams have completed their 18-member squad whereas Karachi Kings will confirm their second Supplementary pick later on.

Here’s a look at all teams’ squad:

Karachi Kings

Retained: Amir Yamin (gold); Arshad Iqbal (emerging); Babar Azam (platinum); Colin Ingram (platinum, traded from Islamabad United); Imad Wasim (diamond, successful relation request); Mohammad Amir (platinum); Sharjeel Khan gold) and Waqas Maqsood (silver, brand ambassador)

Diamond: Mohammad Nabi, Dan Christian

Gold: Chadwick Walton

Silver: Joe Clark, Danish Aziz, Mohammad Ilyas, Zeeshan Malik

Emerging: Qasim Akram

Supplementary: Noor Ahmed

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Islamabad United

Retained: Alex Hales (Platinum; traded from Karachi Kings); Asif Ali (gold); Colin Munro (diamond); Faheem Ashraf (diamond); Hussain Talat (gold, brand ambassador); Musa Khan (silver, successful relegation request); Shadab Khan (platinum); Zafar Gohar (silver, successful relegation request)

Platinum: Hasan Ali

Diamond: Lewis Gregory

Gold: Phil Salt

Silver: Rohail Nazir, Reece Topley, Iftikhar Ahmed

Emerging: Mohammad Wasim Jr, Ahmed Safi Abdullah

Supplementary: Chris Jordan, Akif Javed

Lahore Qalandars:

Retained: Ben Dunk (gold); David Wiese (diamond); Dilbar Hussain (gold); Fakhar Zaman (diamond, brand ambassador); Haris Rauf (diamond); Mohammad Hafeez; Shaheen Shah Afridi (both platinum) and Sohail Akhtar (silver, successful relegation request)

Platinum: Rashid Khan

Diamond: – 

Gold: Samit Patel

Silver: Tom Abell, Zeeshan Ashraf, Salman Agha, Mohammad Faizan

Emerging: Maaz Khan, Zaid Alam

Supplementary: Joe Denly, Ahmad Danyal

Multan Sultans

Retained: Shahid Afridi (platinum), Imran Tahir (diamond, mentor); James Vince (gold); Khushdil Shah (diamond); Rilee Rossouw (platinum); Shan Masood (gold, successful relegation request); Sohail Tanvir (Diamond, brand ambassador); Usman Qadir (gold)

Platinum: Chris Lynn

Diamond: –

Gold: –

Silver: Sohail Khan, Mohammad Rizwan, Sohaib Maqsood, Sohaibullah, Adam Lyth

Emerging: Shahnawaz Dhani, Mohammad Umar

Supplementary: Imran Khan Sr, Carlos Brathwaite

Peshawar Zalmi

Retained: Haider Ali (gold); Kamran Akmal (diamond, successful relegation request); Liam Livingstone (gold); Shoaib Malik and Wahab Riaz (both platinum)

Platinum: David Miller

Diamond: Mujeeb-ur-Rehman, Sherfane Rutherford

Gold: Amad Butt

Silver: Umaid Asif, Saqib Mahmood, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Imran Randhawa, Mohammad Irfan Sr

Emerging: Ibrar Ahmed, Mohammad Imran

Supplementary: Ravi Bopara, Amir Khan

Quetta Gladiators

Retained: Anwar Ali (silver, successful relegation request); Azam Khan (gold); Ben Cutting (diamond); Mohammad Hasnain (diamond); Mohammad Nawaz (diamond); Naseem Shah (gold); Sarfaraz Ahmed (platinum) and Zahid Mahmood (silver, brand ambassador)

Platinum: Chris Gayle, Tom Banton

Diamond: –

Gold: Usman Shinwari

Silver: Cameron Delport, Qais Ahmed, Abdul Nasir

Emerging: Saim Ayub, Arish Ali Khan

Supplementary: Dale Steyn, Usman Khan

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