Pakistan Super League 2021 or PSL 2021 (also known as PSL 6 or for sponsorship reasons HBL PSL 2021) will be the sixth season of the Pakistan Super League. The sixth season of PSL is scheduled to be held from 20th February and it will end on 22nd March of 2021. This will be the second season of PSL which will completely conduct in Pakistan The player draft for the sixth season is going to be held on January 10, 2021. More than 400 international cricketers have expressed their interest to be part of the PSL 2021. But some of the top players may miss out as they will be busy with their international commitments.
All the PSL players are divided into category contracts – top players are allocated in the Platinum contract and have a particular wage as per that contract. PCB offers 5 types of contracts to the PSL players.
| Contract | Salary (Pakistan Rupee) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Platinum | 2,30,44,000 | Each team can pick 3 players from this category |
| Diamond | 1,15,22,000 | Each team can pick 3 players from this category |
| Gold | 82,30,000 | Each team can pick 3 players from this category |
| Silver | 41,15,000 | Franchises can choose 5 players from this category |
| Emerging | 16,46,000 | Each franchise can sign up to 2 emerging players |
A total of 45 players have been retained by the six franchises for PSL 2021. Peshawar Zalmi is the only team to have retained five players, while the remaining sides have retained eight players each.
Here is a look at the full list of players retained and released by the clubs ahead of PSL 2021.
Islamabad United Retained Players List
Platinum: Alex Hales (England), Shadab Khan
Diamond: Colin Munro (New Zealand), Faheem Ashraf
Gold: Hussain Talat (Brand Ambassador), Asif Ali
Silver: Musa Khan, Zafar Gohar
Karachi Kings Retained Players List
Platinum: Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir, Colin Ingram (South Africa)
Diamond: Imad Wasim
Gold: Amir Yamin, Sharjeel Khan
Silver: Waqas Maqsood (Brand Ambassador)
Emerging: Arshad Iqbal
Lahore Qalandars Retained Players List
Platinum: Mohammad Hafeez, Shaheen Shah Afridi
Diamond: Fakhar Zaman (Brand Ambassador), David Wiese (South Africa), Haris Rauf
Gold: Ben Dunk (Australia), Dilbar Hussain
Silver: Sohail Akhtar
Multan Sultans Retained Players List
Platinum: Shahid Afridi, Rilee Rossouw (South Africa)
Diamond: Sohail Tanvir (Brand Ambassador), Imran Tahir (South Africa), Khushdil Shah
Gold: James Vince (England), Shan Masood, Usman Qadir
Imran Tahir will mentor the team in the upcoming edition of the PSL.
Peshawar Zalmi Retained Players List
Platinum: Wahab Riaz, Sohaib Malik
Diamond: Kamran Akmal
Gold: Liam Livingstone (England), Haider Ali
Quetta Gladiators Retained Players List
Platinum: Sarfaraz Ahmed
Diamond: Ben Cutting (Australia), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Hasnain
Gold: Azam Khan, Naseem Shah
Silver: Zahid Mehmood (Brand Ambassador), Anwar Ali
PSL 2021 Player Draft List
Squads will have at least 16 or 18 members; the 16-member squads will have to consist of five foreign and 11 local players, while the 18-member squads will have to include either six foreign and 12 local players, or five foreign players and 13 local players.
The PSL 2021 draft will feature over 400 players from as many as 20 countries. Here’s the complete list of players:
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Platinum, Diamond, Gold (Foreign)
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PSL 2021 Player Draft Rule
Each franchise will be given some time to pick the players from draft round wise. The PCB announced that two-time champions Islamabad United would have the first pick, this was decided by a random draw.
How the Player Draft works:
Pick order (for first round only):
- Islamabad United
- Multan Sultan
- Lahore Qalandars
- Peshawar Zalmi
- Quetta Gladiators
- Karachi Kings
- The pick order for the remaining rounds was determined by way of a specially-designed statistical tool.
- The Draft consists of 16 regular rounds with two supplementary rounds where teams can make discretionary picks.
- The first three rounds are Platinum category rounds and teams must pick at least one local and one foreign player in the Platinum category.
- The next three rounds are Diamond category where teams must pick at least one local and one foreign player. The diamond category is followed by three rounds in Gold to complete the first nine picks for each team.
- Teams must pick at least three foreign players in the first nine picks.
- In addition, there are five Silver and two Emerging category rounds to complete a roster of 16 players.
- Each team can pick up to two additional players in the Supplementary round. All supplementary players shall be considered active members of the squad.
- Each side must have a minimum squad of 16 players and can have a maximum squad of 18 players as per the following combination – three platinum, three diamond, three gold, five silver, two emerging, and two supplementary (optional).
- The 16-player squad must include five foreign and 11 local players; while the 18-player squad can include six foreign and 12 local players or five foreign and 13 local players.
- The playing XI must include a minimum of three foreign players and can include a maximum of four foreign players.
- Below is the list of players who are retained for the sixth season of the Pakistan Super League.
Here are the squads after PSL 2021 Player Draft:
Karachi Kings: Imad Wasim, Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir, Colin Ingram, Amir Yamin, Sharjeel Khan, Waqas Masood, Arshad lqbal, Mohammad Nabi, Dan Christian, Chadwick Walton, Joe Clarke, Noor Ahmad, Danish Aziz, Mohammad Ilyas, Zeeshan Malik, Qasim Akram
Lahore Qalandars: Mohammad Hafeez, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, David Wiese, Haris Rauf, Ben Dunk, Dilbar Hussain, Sohail Akhtar, Rashid Khan, Joe Denly, Samit Patel, Tom Abell, Zeeshan Ashraf, Salman All Agha, Mohammad Faizan, Maaz Khan, Zaid Alam, Ahmed Danyal
Islamabad United: Shadab Khan, Alex Hales, Colin Munro, Faheem Ashraf, Hussain Talat, Asif All, Muhammad Musa Khan, Zafar Gohar, Hassan Ali, Chris Jordan, Lewis Gregory, Phil Salt, Rohail Nazir, Reece Topley, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Ahmed Saifi Abdullah, Akif Javed
Multan Sultans: Shahid Afridi, Rilee Rossouw, Sohail Tanvir, Imran Tahir, Khushdil Shah, James Vince, Shan Masood, Usman Qadir, Chris Lynn, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Rizwan, Carlos Braithwaite, Sohaib Maqsood, Sohaib Ullah, Adam Lyth, Shahnawaz Dhani, Muhammad Umar, Imran Khan Sr
Quetta Gladiators: Sarfaraz Ahmed, Ben Cutting, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Azam Khan, Naseem Shah, Zahid Mehmood, Anwar Ali, Chris Gayle, Dale Steyn, Tom Banton, Usman Khan Shinwari, Cameron Delport, Qais Ahmad, Abdul Nasir, Saim Ayub, Arish Ali Khan, Usman Khan
Peshawar Zalmi: Wahab Riaz, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal, Liam Livingstone, Haider Ali, David Miller, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Ravi Bopara, Sherfane Rutherford, Amad Butt, Umaid Asif, Saqib Mahmood, Imam-ul-Haq, Muhammad Imran, Mohammad Irfan, lbrar Ahmed, Mohammad Amir Khan
All details about the Player draft for PSL 2021 will be updated here.
