Drafting of PSL 2021 completed, Chris Gayle part of Quetta , Rashid Khan is in Qalandars , Chris Lynn is in Sultans


The process of drafting players for Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2021 has started under which former champion Quetta Gladiators have acquired famous West Indies batsman Chris Gayle.

Drafting of players is underway in Lahore and the management of PSL teams is fully prepared for the acquisition of players.

Star all- rounder Rashid Khan was selected by Lahore Qalandars.

Quetta Gladiators selected West Indies star Chris Gayle and Tom Banton in Platinum Category and Usman Shinwari in the gold category.

Islamabad United acquired Hassan Ali through a wild card while he had previously been a part of Peshawar Zalmi.

Mohammad Rizwan, who led the national team in the Test series in New Zealand, was selected by the Multan Sultans and Chris Lynn was selected in the platinum category.

Muhammad Nabi was selected by Karachi Kings by using WildCard from Platinum category into Diamond.

Peshawar Zalmi selected David Miller in Platinum.

Lahore Qalandar

The Lahore Qalandars retained Afghanistan's famous all-rounder Rashid Khan in the Platinum, England's Spin Bowler in the Gold category including Patel, Tom Abel in the Silver category, Zeeshan Ashraf, All-rounder Salman Ali Agha, Muhammad Faizan and Captain Sohail Akhtar.

In the emerging category, Lahore Qalandars selected Moaz Khan and Zahid Alam, while in the supplementary category, Joe Danley and Ahmed Danial have been selected.


Final squad of Lahore Qalandars:  

Captain Sohail Akhtar, Mohammad Hafeez, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Fakhr Zaman, David Wesa, Haris Rauf, Ben Dunk, Dilbar Hussain, Rashid Khan, Samit Patel, Tom Abel, Zeeshan Ashraf, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Faizan , Moaz Khan, Zahid Alam, Joe Danley and Ahmed Danial.



Karachi Kings

Defending champions Karachi Kings selected Mohammad Nabi, an all-rounder from Afghanistan in Diamond, Dan Christian from Australia, Chadwick Walton, a wicketkeeper in Gold, Joe Clarke in Silver, Danish Aziz, Mohammad Ilyas and Zeeshan Malik in Silver. did it.


In the emerging category, Karachi selected Qasim Akram while Noor Ahmed was included in the supplementary

Karachi Kings squad:

 Captain Emad Wasim, Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir, Colin Ingram, Amir Yameen, Sharjeel Khan, Waqas Maqsood, Arshad Iqbal, Mohammad Nabi, Dean Christian, Wicketkeeper Chadwick Walton, Joe Clarke, Danish Aziz, Mohammad Ilyas, Zeeshan Malik, Qasim Akram and Noor Ahmed.



Islamabad United

Islamabad United made the biggest pick and surprised everyone by getting Hassan Ali of Peshawar Zalmi in the platinum category.

Islamabad United have included English all-rounder Lewis Gregory in the diamond category, wicketkeeper Phil Salt in the gold category, Rohail Nazir in the silver category, Race Topley of England and Iftikhar Ahmed.

In the emerging category, Islamabad United selected Muhammad Waseem Jr. and Saifi Abdullah, while in the supplementary category, Islamabad United selected Charles Jordan and Akif Javed.

Islamabad United Final Squad: 

Shadab Khan (Captain), Alex Hales, Colin Monroe, Hassan Ali, Fahim Ashraf, Hussain Talat, Asif Ali, Musa Khan, Zafar Gohar, Lewis Gregory, Phil Salt, Rohail Nazir, Race Topley, Iftikhar Ahmed, Muhammad Wasim Jr., Saifi Abdullah, Charles Jordan and Akif Javed.



Multan Sultans

Multan Sultans selected Muhammad Rizwan, the Test captain of the national team in the tour of New Zealand, in the silver category, Chris Lane, the aggressive batsman from Australia in the platinum category, fast bowler Sohail Khan in the silver category, batsman Sohaib Maqsood, Fast bowlers Sohaibullah and Adam Laith.

In the emerging category, Multan Sultans got Shah Nawaz Dhani and Mohammad Omar. In the supplementary category, Multan Sultans got Imran Khan Jr. and Carlos Braithwaite.


Final squad of Multan Sultans: 

Shaun Masood (captain), Shahid Afridi, Riley Russo, Sohail Tanveer, Mohammad Rizwan, Imran Tahir, Khushdal Shah, Milli, James Vance, Usman Qadir, Chris Lane, Sohail Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Sohaibullah, Adam Laith, Shah Nawaz Dhani, Mohammad Omar, Imran Khan Jr. and Carlos Braithwaite.

In the Diamond category, Afghanistan's spinners Mujeeb-ur-Rehman and Sherfin Rutherford, in the Gold category, all-rounder Emad Butt, in the Silver category, Ameed Asif, Saqib Mahmood, Imam-ul-Haq, Imran Randhawa and fast bowler Muhammad Irfan Jr.



Peshawar Zalmi

Peshawar Zalmai selected South African batsman David Miller in the platinum category.


Peshawar Zalmi has selected Abrar Ahmed and Mohammad Imran in the Emerging category, while Ravi Bopara and Aamir Khan have been selected in the Supplementary category.


Peshawar Zalmi's final squad: 

Wahab Riaz, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal, Liam Livingston, Haider Ali, David Miller, Mujeeb-ur-Rehman, Sherfin Rutherford, Emad Butt, Ameed Asif, Saqib Mahmood, Imam-ul-Haq, Imran Randhawa, Mohammad Irfan Jr., Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Imran, Ravi Bopara and Aamir Khan.



Quetta Gladiators

Quetta Gladiators have selected aggressive batsman Chris Gayle in the Platinum category who was not included in the PSL last year.


The Gladiators selected Tom Bantam in the Platinum category, Usman Shinwari in the Gold, Cameron Delport in the Silver category, Afghan spinner Qais Ahmed and Abdul Nasser from Quetta.

In the emerging category, Quetta Gladiators selected Saeem Ayub and Arash Ali Khan and in the supplementary category, Dale Steyn and Usman Khan have been placed.


Quetta Gladiators Final Squad: 

Sarfraz Ahmed (Captain), Chris Gayle, Ben Cutting, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Azam Khan, Naseem Shah, Zahid Mahmood, Anwar Ali, Tom Bantam, Usman Shinwari, Cameron Delport, Spinner Qais Ahmed, Abdul Nasser, Saeem Ayub, Arash Ali Khan, Dale Steyn and Usman Khan have been included.



These are All Teams Squads with their Categories




It is to be noted that PSL 2021 will start on February 20 for which all the teams had announced the retaining players yesterday.

The Lahore Qalandars, who lost in the final of the last event, retained Muhammad Hafeez, Shaheen Shah Afridi in Platinum, Fakhr Zaman in Diamond, David Wesa, Haris Rauf, Ben Dunk and Dilbar Hussain in Gold while captain Sohail Akhtar remained in Silver category. Has gone

Defending champions Karachi Kings have retained Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir and Colin Ingram in the Platinum category, while captain Emad Wasim in Diamond, Amir Yameen in Gold, Sharjeel Khan, Waqas Maqsood in Silver and Arshad Iqbal in Emerging.

The Multan Sultans include Shahid Afridi and Riley Russo in the Platinum category, while Sohail Tanveer, Imran Tahir and Khushdal Shah got a place in the Diamond and James Vance, Shaun Masood and Usman Qadir made it to the Gold category/.

The five players retained by 2017 champion Peshawar Zalmi in the squad include Wahab Riaz and Shoaib Malik in Platinum, Kamran Akmal in Diamond and Liam Livingston and Haider Ali in Gold.

Quetta Gladiators retained captain Sarfraz Ahmed in platinum category, Ben Cutting, Mohammad Hasnain and Mohammad Nawaz in diamond, Azam Khan and Naseem Shah in gold and Zahid Mahmood and Anwar Ali in silver.

Islamabad United's Platinum category includes Shadab Khan, Alex Hales, Colin Monroe, Fahim Ashraf in Diamond, Hussain Talat, Asif Ali in Gold and Musa Khan and Zafar Gohar in Silver.


Prior to the drafting process, the only trade between Karachi Kings and Islamabad United was in which Alex Hales went to Islamabad and Colin Ingram to Karachi Kings.