Pakistan Super League 2020 - Discussion Thread

[MenInG]

As per reports:

Earlier this year it was reported that the initial five franchises have suffered a loss of ranging from PKR 200 million to 700 million in just two seasons. After suffering huge losses, the national board met with representatives from all of the six teams (including Multan Sultans). Eventually, PCB has reduced the salary cap from USD 1.38 million to USD 1.1 million.

They also have given confirmation to the franchises that they will be exempted from paying bank guarantee which will value around USD 14.51 million before the start of the next season.

When anyone compares PSL with other T20 leagues, like IPL who pay around USD 11.8 million on players, CPL – USD 0.764 million, Global T20 Canada – USD 0.65 million, and according to the reports players featuring Pakistan Super League play on lower wages in different leagues. To cut the salary cap of the players, it is expected that the size of the squad can also be reduced from 21 to 18 so that it will not impact the wages of players individually.

The other reason behind the clash among the franchises and the board is because of the falling value of Pakistan rupee against the US dollar and board has come to a conclusion of setting the conversion rate to PKR 138.50. When the franchises signed their agreement during the inaugural season of PSL in 2016, the value the currency of Pakistan was 104 PKR in against the dollar and now that value has slumped to 154.

https://www.crictracker.com/psl-2020-salary-cap-to-be-reduced-for-the-upcoming-season/

 

[cricketjoshila]

While its understandable to reduce the cap, but exemption of Bank guarantee is dangerous.

 

[Saj]

PSL local players category renewed for 2020 season

HBL PSL local players category renewed for 2020 season

• Two-step category renewal process involving representatives of all six franchises completed

• Pakistan T20I captain Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Imad Wasim join 14 other local stars in Platinum category

• Imam-ul-Haq, Haris Sohail and Asif Ali feature in Diamond category list

• “Our preparations are in full swing, the HBL PSL 2020 edition will be held in Pakistan, we are focused on delivering another world-class edition of the prestigious league, says PCB Chief Executive Wasim Khan

Karachi, 25 October 2019

HBL Pakistan Super League will once again feature the best of Pakistan cricket talent as the new categories of local players who took part in the HBL PSL 2019 season have been finalised.
Pakistan T20I captain Babar Azam heads the Platinum category; teammates Shaheen Shah Afridi, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali (leading wicket-taker in HBL PSL 2019) and Shadab Khan have graduated to the Platinum category for the HBL PSL 2020 season.

The completion of the renewal process has also kick-started the player recruitment process for the upcoming season (HBL PSL 2020).

As part of the category renewal process, one representative from each of the six franchises voted for local player categories. Franchise representatives were not allowed to vote for their own players. Teams had a right to submit review requests at the end of this process.

Head of Player Acquisition and Management Imran Ahmed Khan and National Selection Coordinator Nadeem Khan then reviewed the final list based on this process.

PCB Chief Executive Wasim Khan said: “With the completion of the category renewal process for the upcoming season of the HBL Pakistan Super League we have reached an important milestone. These are exciting times as we move closer and closer towards the 2020 season which will be a truly historic one as all 34 matches will be played in Pakistan.

“HBL PSL has become one of the most sought after T20 leagues in the world, the next edition will be even bigger and better, I am sure league fans both in Pakistan and around the world will enjoy top-class cricket, with world-class facilities at the stadiums and top-quality broadcast once the tournament begins in February 2020.”

Meanwhile, various factors such as HBL PSL performances, national team performances, domestic performances and perceived T20 brand value were considered at length as part of the two-step player category renewal process.

All those who have donned the Pakistan colours were assigned a base category of Gold. According to this year’s draft rules, each team is allowed to retain up to eight players from last year’s roster.

Players who are U23 but have been called up to the Pakistan squad before the category finalization process cannot be a part of the Emerging category. Additionally, U23 players cannot be part of a squad as an Emerging player for more than two years unless they have played three or less matches in these two years.

Teams reserve the right to float relegation requests for the players before finalizing retentions. After relegation request is floated, all other teams shall be given a chance to meet the player’s base category. If no team matches the player’s base category, the player will be relegated to a category below his base category.

Relegation requests may only be floated after obtaining consent from the player. The list of all local players who were not part of the HBL PSL 2019 shall be released separately.

 

[Abdullah719]

 

[angrypathan]

Nasir Nawaz sneaks into the Emerging category, good

 

[ataullah]

Nasir Nawaz sneaks into the Emerging category, good

Dont understand the hype surrounding him. He only looked good in 1 inning.

 

[Titan24]

Babar in Platinum is excellent, hopefully he can captain a franchise in 2020 season.

 

[Omer2002]

Ermm am i missing something..where is Rohail nazir and Haider Ali...i know the world cup under 19 is late february so may be

 

[Danyaalr01]

Ermm am i missing something..where is Rohail nazir and Haider Ali...i know the world cup under 19 is late february so may be

Exactly. I don't get why Haider Ali is being ignored in t20 cricket. He is tailor made for the format. He made a century at 100+ strike rate in FC cricket and always plays at a high strike rate in U19 cricket.

 

[Abdullah719]

Ermm am i missing something..where is Rohail nazir and Haider Ali...i know the world cup under 19 is late february so may be

Don't think this is a complete list.

"The list of all local players who were not part of the HBL PSL 2019 shall be released separately."

 

[Danyaalr01]

Don't think this is a complete list.

"The list of all local players who were not part of the HBL PSL 2019 shall be released separately."

Oh ok, thanks for clarifying. Just read the small print on the poster as well.

 

[IM NOT YOU]

Don't think this is a complete list.

"The list of all local players who were not part of the HBL PSL 2019 shall be released separately."

Bro can you do us all a favour?

Can you clarify with whoever would have the answer whether players not on this list are allowed to be drafted.

Also will those players (if allowed to be drafted) ex. Rohail nazir muktar Ahmed etc. Be automatically in the lowest category?

Final question.... if you're allowed to draft a max of 5 players from q category but you only draft 4, can you draft 1 extra from a category below that category?

Thanks

 

[Abdullah719]

Bro can you do us all a favour?

Can you clarify with whoever would have the answer whether players not on this list are allowed to be drafted.

Also will those players (if allowed to be drafted) ex. Rohail nazir muktar Ahmed etc. Be automatically in the lowest category?

Final question.... if you're allowed to draft a max of 5 players from q category but you only draft 4, can you draft 1 extra from a category below that category?

Thanks

This list of players is just for the player retention process, since these players were part of PSL teams in the previous season. Each team can retain up to 8 players from their previous squad (ahead of the draft). Their remaining squad will be completed at the draft.

The full list of players will be published later and of course, the additional players who aren't in this list can be picked at the draft.

I'm not too sure about the final question, but in most cases teams use their quota of picks. For example, 3 platinum, 3 diamond, 3 gold - these spots are usually filled up by every franchise. But squads this season are rumoured to be smaller so I guess we'll find out regarding the categories and number of players soon enough.

 

[azimiqbal]

No haired Ali , akiv Javed? Also bowler who defended 8 in last over for northern

 

[Titan24]

No haired Ali , akiv Javed? Also bowler who defended 8 in last over for northern

As Abdullah told this is only the retention list not the full list of all categories.

 

[azimiqbal]

Sorry didn’t realise!!!

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

When is the auction taking place?

 

[Abdullah719]

When is the auction taking place?

It's expected to be in late November. But no dates finalised yet I believe.

 

[Mercurial]

No Kamran Ghulam. No Adil Amin. Disappointing.

 

[Abdullah719]

No Kamran Ghulam. No Adil Amin. Disappointing.

They weren't a part of PSL squads last seasons so they obviously won't be in these lists.

They probably will be in the complete draft list which will be released later.

 

[Mercurial]

They weren't a part of PSL squads last seasons so they obviously won't be in these lists.

They probably will be in the complete draft list which will be released later.

Ok, then some chance. Both are talented.

 

[IM NOT YOU]

When is the auction taking place?

Good question

Also why is it taking these guys so long to release the other list of players for draft?

The other list of pakistani players and the foreign list of players?

No draft lists and no date yet?

What do these guys do in their room all day in PCB ?

 

[Rellu_Katta]

Nasir Nawaz sneaks into the Emerging category, good

is he the left hander? big hitter? keeper i think?

 

[Titan24]

is he the left hander? big hitter? keeper i think?

He is a batting all rounder (Can bowl medium pace), right hander and big hitter.

 

[Abdullah719]

Good question

Also why is it taking these guys so long to release the other list of players for draft?

The other list of pakistani players and the foreign list of players?

No draft lists and no date yet?

What do these guys do in their room all day in PCB ?

It will obviously take a little longer this time considering that PSL will be held completely in Pakistan.

Specifically the foreign players.

 

[MenInG]

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has come up with yet another innovation as they have decided to introduce traditional street cricket style in the upcoming edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).

The first pick in the draft for PSL season five will be decided on ‘Pugam’ [Show of Hands]. The draft for season five will be held in mid-November. The exact date will be disclosed soon.

All franchises’ representatives will be gathered either at Minar-e-Pakistan or Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore to do ‘Pugam’.

The cricket board aims to attract cricket fans in the country towards the game by implementing different interesting ideas. Earlier, they introduced no toss rule in domestic cricket to reduce the extra advantage for the home side.

In 2018, the Cricket Australia (CA) introduced bat flip in place of toss in their popular franchise event, Big Bash League (BBL). Their this innovation attracted the entire cricket world.

It must be noted here that the fifth edition of the PSL will be from 20 February to 22 March 2022. The whole edition will be played in Pakistan.

https://arysports.tv/pugam-pugai-decide-first-pick-draft-psl-5/

 

[anonymous_guy]

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has come up with yet another innovation as they have decided to introduce traditional street cricket style in the upcoming edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).

The first pick in the draft for PSL season five will be decided on ‘Pugam’ [Show of Hands]. The draft for season five will be held in mid-November. The exact date will be disclosed soon.

All franchises’ representatives will be gathered either at Minar-e-Pakistan or Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore to do ‘Pugam’.

The cricket board aims to attract cricket fans in the country towards the game by implementing different interesting ideas. Earlier, they introduced no toss rule in domestic cricket to reduce the extra advantage for the home side.

In 2018, the Cricket Australia (CA) introduced bat flip in place of toss in their popular franchise event, Big Bash League (BBL). Their this innovation attracted the entire cricket world.

It must be noted here that the fifth edition of the PSL will be from 20 February to 22 March 2022. The whole edition will be played in Pakistan.

https://arysports.tv/pugam-pugai-decide-first-pick-draft-psl-5/

What is Pugam?

 

[shah_1]

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has come up with yet another innovation as they have decided to introduce traditional street cricket style in the upcoming edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).

The first pick in the draft for PSL season five will be decided on ‘Pugam’ [Show of Hands]. The draft for season five will be held in mid-November. The exact date will be disclosed soon.

All franchises’ representatives will be gathered either at Minar-e-Pakistan or Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore to do ‘Pugam’.

The cricket board aims to attract cricket fans in the country towards the game by implementing different interesting ideas. Earlier, they introduced no toss rule in domestic cricket to reduce the extra advantage for the home side.

In 2018, the Cricket Australia (CA) introduced bat flip in place of toss in their popular franchise event, Big Bash League (BBL). Their this innovation attracted the entire cricket world.

It must be noted here that the fifth edition of the PSL will be from 20 February to 22 March 2022. The whole edition will be played in Pakistan.

https://arysports.tv/pugam-pugai-decide-first-pick-draft-psl-5/

Lol Pugam Pagai... is this a joke? . I used to play this game as a kid

Pcb has gone bonkers

 

[RickyG]

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has come up with yet another innovation as they have decided to introduce traditional street cricket style in the upcoming edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).

The first pick in the draft for PSL season five will be decided on ‘Pugam’ [Show of Hands]. The draft for season five will be held in mid-November. The exact date will be disclosed soon.

All franchises’ representatives will be gathered either at Minar-e-Pakistan or Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore to do ‘Pugam’.

The cricket board aims to attract cricket fans in the country towards the game by implementing different interesting ideas. Earlier, they introduced no toss rule in domestic cricket to reduce the extra advantage for the home side.

In 2018, the Cricket Australia (CA) introduced bat flip in place of toss in their popular franchise event, Big Bash League (BBL). Their this innovation attracted the entire cricket world.

It must be noted here that the fifth edition of the PSL will be from 20 February to 22 March 2022. The whole edition will be played in Pakistan.

https://arysports.tv/pugam-pugai-decide-first-pick-draft-psl-5/

No PSL for 2 years, until 2022? Or PSL 5 will be a 2 year tournament...?

 

[Bilal Ahmad15]

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has come up with yet another innovation as they have decided to introduce traditional street cricket style in the upcoming edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).

The first pick in the draft for PSL season five will be decided on ‘Pugam’ [Show of Hands]. The draft for season five will be held in mid-November. The exact date will be disclosed soon.

All franchises’ representatives will be gathered either at Minar-e-Pakistan or Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore to do ‘Pugam’.

The cricket board aims to attract cricket fans in the country towards the game by implementing different interesting ideas. Earlier, they introduced no toss rule in domestic cricket to reduce the extra advantage for the home side.

In 2018, the Cricket Australia (CA) introduced bat flip in place of toss in their popular franchise event, Big Bash League (BBL). Their this innovation attracted the entire cricket world.

It must be noted here that the fifth edition of the PSL will be from 20 February to 22 March 2022. The whole edition will be played in Pakistan.

https://arysports.tv/pugam-pugai-decide-first-pick-draft-psl-5/

2022? Surely this is a writng error, otherwise PSL 5 will span over 2 years (from 2020 - 2022)

 

[MenInG]

HBL Pakistan Super League Player Draft first round pick order for the 2020 season will be determined at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Sunday.

Representatives of the six HBL PSL franchises and PCB senior management will gather at the headquarters of Pakistan cricket to determine the pick order of the first round of the HBL PSL 2020 Player Draft.

The event will include a panel discussion and the draw. The first picks will be revealed through the depiction of an age-old street cricket tradition involving the cricket bat at the Gaddafi Stadium outfield.

The cricket bat pick order method is often used for determining the batting turns in single-wicket cricket across Pakistan. It also works as an alternate to the coin-toss to start a match. The cricket bat pick order method has become an integral part of Pakistan cricket folklore and is commonly used across the country in hundreds and thousands of tennis and tape-ball cricket matches each day of the week.

Once the pick order for the first round is determined, a specially-designed statistical model will be used to decide the pick order for the remaining 17 rounds of the Draft. This order will be generated and released on Monday, 4 November.

This year’s HBL PSL Player Draft pick order will be randomised in line with a 2018 PSL Governing Council decision of applying this rule from the 2020 season onwards.

Once the full pick order is released, the transfer and retention window for HBL PSL 2020 will officially open. As part of this year’s Draft policy, each team can retain up to eight players before the Draft.

The HBL PSL 2020 will be staged in Pakistan with action set to start in February 2020.

 

[Green Patriot]

Oh my God i thought the Pugam thingy at Minar e Pakistan was a joke )

 

[IM NOT YOU]

It will obviously take a little longer this time considering that PSL will be held completely in Pakistan.

Specifically the foreign players.

still no list of other local players..


does that mean that only the local players who are in the list can play in PSL?


are none of the other players from national t20 cup 1st xi or the national t20 cup 2nd xi sides allowed to play in PSL?

or are they only allowed to be picked as a supplementary category player?

this is so confusing.

 

[Abdullah719]

still no list of other local players..


does that mean that only the local players who are in the list can play in PSL?


are none of the other players from national t20 cup 1st xi or the national t20 cup 2nd xi sides allowed to play in PSL?

or are they only allowed to be picked as a supplementary category player?

this is so confusing.

No such thing. They just haven't finalised the lists yet.

Again, the list of players that is in this thread so far is for retention. Teams can retain 0-8 players so the categories of the players have been amended according to their stature. The full list which will obviously include a much larger pool of players will be released later, and at the draft, anyone from THAT list can be picked, not just this one.

 

[Abdullah719]

List of Pakistani players in the PSL draft for PSL 2020 (so far)

Platinum

[table=class:grid, width:939][tr][td]Babar Azam[/td][td]Faheem Ashraf[/td][td]Fakhar Zaman[/td][td]Hasan Ali[/td][td]Imad Wasim[/td][td]Kamran Akmal[/td][td]Mohammad Amir[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Hafeez[/td][td]Mohammad Irfan[/td][td]Mohammad Nawaz[/td][td]Sarfaraz Ahmed[/td][td]Shadab Khan[/td][td]Shaheen Shah Afridi[/td][td]Shahid Afridi[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shoaib Malik[/td][td]Sohail Tanvir[/td][td]Wahab Riaz[/td][/tr][/table]

Diamond

[table=class:grid, width:939][tr][td]Ahmed Shehzad[/td][td]Asif Ali[/td][td]Haris Sohail[/td][td]Iftikhar Ahmed[/td][td]Imam-ul-Haq[/td][td]Junaid Khan[/td][td]Mohammad Rizwan[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Umar Akmal[/td][td]Usman Shinwari[/td][td]Yasir Shah[/td][/tr][/table]

Gold

[table=class:grid, width:939][tr][td]Aamer Yamin[/td][td]Abid Ali[/td][td]Adnan Akmal[/td][td]Aizaz Cheema[/td][td]Anwar Ali[/td][td]Asad Ali[/td][td]Asad Shafiq[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Awais Zia[/td][td]Azhar Ali[/td][td]Bilal Asif[/td][td]Bilawal Bhatti[/td][td]Ehsan Adil[/td][td]Fawad Alam[/td][td]Hammad Azam[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Haris Rauf[/td][td]Hussain Talat[/td][td]Imran Farhat[/td][td]Imran Khan Jr[/td][td]Imran Khan Sr[/td][td]Imran Nazir[/td][td]Khurram Manzoor[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mansoor Amjad[/td][td]Mir Hamza[/td][td]Mohammad Abbas[/td][td]Mohammad Hasnain[/td][td]Mohammad Sami[/td][td]Mohammad Talha[/td][td]Mukhtar Ahmed[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Nauman Anwar[/td][td]Rahat Ali[/td][td]Raza Hasan[/td][td]Rumman Raees[/td][td]Saad Ali[/td][td]Saad Naseem[/td][td]Sahibzada Farhan[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Salman Butt[/td][td]Sami Aslam[/td][td]Shakeel Ansar[/td][td]Shan Masood[/td][td]Sharjeel Khan*[/td][td]Sohaib Maqsood[/td][td]Sohail Akhtar[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Sohail Khan[/td][td]Umar Amin[/td][td]Umar Gul[/td][td]Usman Salahuddin[/td][td]Waqas Maqsood[/td][td]Zafar Gohar[/td][td]Zulfiqar Babar[/td][/tr][/table]

Silver

[table=class:grid, width:939][tr][td]Abdul Rehman Muzammil[/td][td]Abdullah Muqadam[/td][td]Abu Bakar[/td][td]Adeel Malik[/td][td]Adil Amin[/td][td]Afaq Raheem[/td][td]Agha Salman[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ahmed Bashir[/td][td]Ahmed Jamal[/td][td]Ahsan Ali[/td][td]Ahsan Jamil[/td][td]Akbar Badshah[/td][td]Akbar-ur-rehman[/td][td]Ali Asad[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ali Khan[/td][td]Ali Sarfraz[/td][td]Ali Shafiq[/td][td]Ali Shan[/td][td]Ali Usman[/td][td]Ali Waqas[/td][td]Altaf Ahmed[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Amad Butt[/td][td]Anas Mahmood[/td][td]Asad Afridi[/td][td]Ashfaq Ahmed[/td][td]Ashiq Ali[/td][td]Asif Afridi[/td][td]Asif Zakir[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ataullah[/td][td]Atif Jabbar[/td][td]Atiq-ur-Rehman[/td][td]Atizaz Habib Khan[/td][td]Ayaz Tasawar[/td][td]Azeem Ghumman[/td][td]Azeem Rafiq[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Azhar Attari[/td][td]Azizullah[/td][td]Bilawal Iqbal[/td][td]Bismillah Khan[/td][td]Danish Aziz[/td][td]Danish Aziz[/td][td]Daniyal Hussain Rajput[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Dawood Khan[/td][td]Fahad Iqbal[/td][td]Faizan Riaz[/td][td]Faraz Ahmed[/td][td]Faraz Ali[/td][td]Farhan Khan[/td][td]Fawad Khan[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ghulam Mudassar[/td][td]Gohar Ali[/td][td]Gohar Faiz[/td][td]Gulraiz Sadaf[/td][td]Hamza Nadeem[/td][td]Hasan Khan[/td][td]Hasan Raza[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Haseeb Azam[/td][td]Hasnain Bukhari[/td][td]Hazrat Shah[/td][td]Ibtesam Sheikh[/td][td]Imran Butt[/td][td]Imran Khalid[/td][td]Imran Rafiq[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Imran Shah[/td][td]Irfanullah Shah[/td][td]Israr Ullah[/td][td]Jaahid Ali[/td][td]Jalat Khan[/td][td]Jamal Anwar[/td][td]Kamran Ghulam[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Kashif Bhatti[/td][td]Khalid Usman[/td][td]Khalid Usman[/td][td]Khurram Shehzad[/td][td]Khushdil Shah[/td][td]M. Irfan[/td][td]Maqbool Ahmed[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mehran Ibrahim[/td][td]Mohammad Akhlaq[/td][td]Mohammad Ali[/td][td]Mohammad Asghar[/td][td]Mohammad Asghar[/td][td]Mohammad Imran[/td][td]Mohammad Imran[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Irfan jr[/td][td]Mohammad Irfan Khan[/td][td]Mohammad Mohsin [/td][td]Mohammad Mohsin[/td][td]Mohammad Musa[/td][td]Mohammad Naeem (FATA)[/td][td]Mohammad Saad[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Waqas[/td][td]Muhammad Hasan[/td][td]Musaddiq Ahmed[/td][td]Naseem Shah[/td][td]Nasir Ahmed[/td][td]Nauman Ali[/td][td]Naved Malik[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Naved Yasin[/td][td]Nayyar Abbas[/td][td]Nazar Hussain[/td][td]Nihal Mansoor[/td][td]Nisar Ahmad[/td][td]Qaiser Ashraf[/td][td]Raees Ahmed[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rameez Aziz[/td][td]Rameez Raja[/td][td]Rameez Raja Jr[/td][td]Raza Ali Dar[/td][td]Raza ul Hasan[/td][td]Rehan Afridi[/td][td]Rizwan Hussain[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Saad Altaf[/td][td]Sadaf Hussain[/td][td]Sadaif Mehdi[/td][td]Saif Badar[/td][td]Saifullah Bangash[/td][td]Sajid Khan[/td][td]Sajjad Hussain[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Salman Afridi[/td][td]Salman Ali Agha[/td][td]Salman Irshad[/td][td]Sameen Gul[/td][td]Samiullah[/td][td]Sarmad Bhatti[/td][td]Saud Shakeel[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shahbaz Khan[/td][td]Shahzaib Ahmed Khan[/td][td]Shehzad Azam[/td][td]Shehzad Tareen[/td][td]Shehzar Mohammad[/td][td]Shoaib Ahmed Minhas[/td][td]Syed Tauseeq Shah[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Tabish Khan[/td][td]Taimur Ali[/td][td]Taimur Khan[/td][td]Taj Wali[/td][td]Tayyab Riaz[/td][td]Tayyab Tahir[/td][td]Umaid Asif[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Umair Khan[/td][td]Umar Siddiq[/td][td]Umar Waheed[/td][td]Usama Mir[/td][td]Usman Qadir[/td][td]Waleed Ahmed[/td][td]Waqar Anwar[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Waqas Ahmed[/td][td]Yasir Ali[/td][td]Zahid Mansoor[/td][td]Zahid Mehmood[/td][td]Zain Abbas[/td][td]Zeeshan Ashraf[/td][td]Zeeshan Malik[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Zia-ul-Haq[/td][td]Zohaib Ahmed[/td][td]Zohaib Khan[/td][/tr][/table]

Emerging

[table=class:grid, width:939][tr][td]Aamir Ali[/td][td]Aaqib Liaquat[/td][td]Abdul Fasih[/td][td]Abdul Hadi[/td][td]Abdul Rehman[/td][td]Abdul Wahid Bangalzai[/td][td]Abdullah[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Abdullah Shafiq[/td][td]Abrar Ahmed[/td][td]Abrar Hussain[/td][td]Abu Huraira[/td][td]Abuzar Tariq[/td][td]Aftab Alam[/td][td]Ahmed Safi Abdullah[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Akhtar Shah[/td][td]Akif Javed[/td][td]Akif Khan[/td][td]Ali Ahmed[/td][td]Ali Imran [/td][td]Ali Mustafa[/td][td]Ali Naseem[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ali Umar[/td][td]Ali Zaryab[/td][td]Amir Ali[/td][td]Amir Khan[/td][td]Ammad Alam[/td][td]Ammad Butt[/td][td]Anas Mustafa[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Aon Shahzad[/td][td]Aqeel Khan[/td][td]Arish Ali Khan[/td][td]Arshad Iqbal[/td][td]Asad Raza[/td][td]Ashir Qureshi[/td][td]Asim Ali[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Aurangzeb[/td][td]Awais Abid[/td][td]Azam Khan[/td][td]Azizullah[/td][td]Basit Ali[/td][td]Bilal Munir[/td][td]Bismillah[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Fahad Munir[/td][td]Fahad Rabbani[/td][td]Faisal Akram[/td][td]Faizan Saleem[/td][td]Faizan Zafar[/td][td]Farrukh Waqas[/td][td]Ghazi Ghauri[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ghufran Hadi[/td][td]Ghulam Murtaza[/td][td]Ghulam Sarwar[/td][td]Haider Ali[/td][td]Haris Javed[/td][td]Haris Khan[/td][td]Hasan Abid Kiani[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Hasan Mohsin[/td][td]Haseeb ullah[/td][td]Hayatullah[/td][td]Hikmat ullah[/td][td]Irfan Niazi[/td][td]Irshad Mirza[/td][td]Ishfaq Ahmed[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Izhar Ahmad[/td][td]Jahangir Khan[/td][td]Jahanzaib Sultan[/td][td]Khalil ur Rehman[/td][td]Khayyam Khan[/td][td]Latif ullah[/td][td]Maaz Sadaqat [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mehboob Ahmed[/td][td]Mehran Mumtaz[/td][td]Mohammad Abbas Afridi[/td][td]Mohammad Ali Khan[/td][td]Mohammad Amir[/td][td]Mohammad Arif[/td][td]Mohammad Basit[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Basit Ali[/td][td]Mohammad Hamza Ilyas[/td][td]Mohammad Haris[/td][td]Mohammad Ilyas[/td][td]Mohammad Imran[/td][td]Mohammad Irfan Khan[/td][td]Mohammad Junaid[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Mohsin Khan[/td][td]Mohammad Suleman[/td][td]Mohammad Umair[/td][td]Mohammad Umar[/td][td]Mohammad Umer[/td][td]Mohammad Wasim Jr[/td][td]Moin Pervaiz[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Moiz Ahmed[/td][td]Mubasar Khan[/td][td]Mubashir Nawaz[/td][td]Mudassar Irshad[/td][td]Muhammad[/td][td]Muhammad Abdullah[/td][td]Muhammad Adeel[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Muhammad Ali[/td][td]Muhammad Amir[/td][td]Muhammad Asif[/td][td]Muhammad Awais[/td][td]Muhammad Ayaz[/td][td]Muhammad Hamza[/td][td]Muhammad Hanif[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Muhammad Huraiara[/td][td]Muhammad Ibrahim[/td][td]Muhammad Imran[/td][td]Muhammad Jahangir[/td][td]Muhammad Makki[/td][td]Muhammad Rizwan[/td][td]Muhammad Taha[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Muhammad Waleed[/td][td]Muhammad Waseem Jr.[/td][td]Muhammad Zahid[/td][td]Muneer-ur-Rehman[/td][td]Munir Riaz[/td][td]Muzamil Khan[/td][td]Nabi Gul[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Nasir Faraz[/td][td]Nasir Nawaz[/td][td]Naveed Muhammad[/td][td]Niaz Khan[/td][td]Omair Yousuf[/td][td]Qamar Riaz[/td][td]Qasim Akram[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rana Asad Ikram[/td][td]Raza ul Hasan[/td][td]Raza ul Mustafa[/td][td]Rohail Nazir[/td][td]Saad Bin Athar[/td][td]Saad Khan[/td][td]Said Nazir[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Saif Ali Khan[/td][td]Saim Ayub[/td][td]Salman Khan[/td][td]Salman Khan Jr[/td][td]Sameer Saqib[/td][td]Saqib Jamil[/td][td]Sardar Khan[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shadab Majeed[/td][td]Shahbaz Khan[/td][td]Shahid Aziz[/td][td]Shahnawaz Dhani[/td][td]Sheheryar Rizvi[/td][td]Shiraz Khan[/td][td]SM Tahami[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Suleman Shafqat[/td][td]Syed Faridoun Jaffari[/td][td]Syed Raza ul Hasan[/td][td]Taha Mehmood[/td][td]Tahir Hussain[/td][td]Talha Ehsan[/td][td]Talha Roshan[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Tariq Jamil[/td][td]Ubaidullah[/td][td]Umair Masood[/td][td]Umar Eman[/td][td]Umar Rehman[/td][td]Umer Khan[/td][td]Usama Khalil[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Usama Razzaq[/td][td]Usman Shah[/td][td]Waqar Ahmed[/td][td]Zahid Iqbal[/td][td]Zaid Alam[/td][td]Zaid Khan[/td][td]Zain Bin Farooq[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Zaman Khan[/td][td]Zaman Khan[/td][td]Zeeshan Zameer[/td][td]Zohaib Asghar[/td][/tr][/table]

 

[topspin]

Oh dear Faheem ranked Platinum

 

[Titan24]

Why isnt Zeeshan Malik in emerging category? He would have been only 23 by PSL 2020.

Also how come Ammad Butt is still emerging after playing as emerging player for almost 3 seasons if I am not wrong?

 

[Abdullah719]

Why isnt Zeeshan Malik in emerging category? He would have been only 23 by PSL 2020.

Also how come Ammad Butt is still emerging after playing as emerging player for almost 3 seasons if I am not wrong?

Good questions.

From PCB release: True to its tradition of promoting young Pakistani talent, HBL PSL rules require teams to have at least two Emerging cricketers in a squad of 16. Players need to be U23 as on 1 January 2020 to qualify for this category.

Zeeshan will be 23 on Dec 26. By U23, I suppose they mean birthday must be post 1 Jan 1997.

I am quite sure Amad Butt doesn't fall in Emerging

 

[aloo paratha]

Where is Umer Khan??

 

[Abdullah719]

Where is Umer Khan??

Hang on... I missed some of the emerging players.

 

[aloo paratha]

Hang on... I missed some of the emerging players.

Thank god. I would be very pisssed off if he wasn't included

 

[Titan24]

Good questions.

From PCB release: True to its tradition of promoting young Pakistani talent, HBL PSL rules require teams to have at least two Emerging cricketers in a squad of 16. Players need to be U23 as on 1 January 2020 to qualify for this category.

Zeeshan will be 23 on Dec 26. By U23, I suppose they mean birthday must be post 1 Jan 1997.

I am quite sure Amad Butt doesn't fall in Emerging

Yes it looks like that birthday must be 1 Jan 1997 as Zeeshan was in emerging category till last PSL.

For Amad Butt I think it might be a mistake as he is 24 and has already played more than 2 seasons and has played more than 3 matches as well which is defying every criteria of the emerging category. Hopefully it will be corrected before the draft.

 

[Abdullah719]

Thank god. I would be very pisssed off if he wasn't included

Check the list now.

[MENTION=142432]Titan24[/MENTION] I just realised Amad Butt is in Silver. The one in Emerging is Ammad Butt.

 

[aloo paratha]

Check the list now.

[MENTION=142432]Titan24[/MENTION] I just realised Amad Butt is in Silver. The one in Emerging is Ammad Butt.

Very nice

 

[Titan24]

Check the list now.

[MENTION=142432]Titan24[/MENTION] I just realised Amad Butt is in Silver. The one in Emerging is Ammad Butt.

Oh. Got it. I was also thinking on the lines that he might be another cricketer. Thanks.

 

[Titan24]

Its the biggest emerging category list since the inception of PSL so looks like enough decent young players are coming.

 

[aloo paratha]

Emerging players that should be picked:

Akif Javed
Ammad Alam
Haider Ali
Rohail Nazir
Umer Khan

 

[Sultan Baba]

If imam ul haq in diamond then Umar Amin also deserve diamond categree

 

[Muhammad Saad]

Instead of 2 in the squad it should have been 2 in the playing xi and possibly 4 in the squad.

 

[Abdullah719]

Pakistan Super League 2020 - Team retentions

Lahore, 30 November 2019:

Left-arm fast bowler Usman Shinwari has become the first player to be transferred for the HBL Pakistan Super League 2020 as he moves from Karachi Kings to Lahore Qalandars.

Usman was one of the players who had agreed to drop one category through the relegation request process for the event whose all 34 matches will be played in Pakistan in February/March.

As per the event regulations, when a team sends in a relegation request for their local player to drop down one category, it is shared with the other teams based on the player’s consent. The other five teams can then either match the player’s original category or allow him to relegate on his existing team’s roster.

Based on the teams’ expression of interests, the player’s existing team is then given time to either retain the player in his original category or release him to the team willing to match the player’s registered category.

In this instance, Lahore Qalandars matched Usman Shinwari’s relegation request resulting in his transfer to the Qalandars for HBL PSL 2020.

Five other players who have successfully relegated as a result of this relegation request process are: Imam-ul-Haq (Peshawar Zalmi, diamond to gold), Junaid Khan (Multan Sultans, diamond to gold), Salman Butt (Lahore Qalandars, gold to silver), Shan Masood (Multan Sultans, gold to silver) and Umar Amin (Peshawar Zalmi, gold to silver).

Usman missed the inaugural 2016 event but represented Karachi Kings in the subsequent editions.

The transfer/retention window opened on 4 November and closes on 1 December with each team allowed to retain up to eight players from last season.

 

[Abdullah719]

 

[Ellipsism]

Wonderful news to top off what has been a great day of being both a Pakistani and LQ supporter.

 

[SensiblePakFan]

They can have him, should help them retain the wooden spoon

 

[Relic]

Smh

 

[mmkextreme_1]

UKS in T20s is the gift that keeps giving.

Hope he proves me wrong.

 

[Abdullah719]

Pakistan Super League 2020 - Team retentions

Almost all the key members of the Pakistan T20I cricket team have been retained by their respective franchisees for the HBL Pakistan Super League 2020 prior to the Player Draft 2019, which will take place on 6 December.

Pakistan’s T20I captain and world’s No.1 ranked batsman Babar Azam heads the retention list for Karachi Kings. He is joined by fast bowler Mohammad Amir, middle-order batsman Iftikhar Ahmed and all-rounder Imad Wasim.

Reigning champions Quetta Gladiators have kept faith in Sarfaraz Ahmed along with Mohammad Hasnain. The Gladiators have also withheld Shane Watson, player of HBL PSL 2019, besides Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal, Mohammad Nawaz and Naseem Shah.

Islamabad United, champions in 2016 and 2018, have retained leg-spin all-rounder Shadab Khan, Asif Ali and Musa Khan along with New Zealand’s Luke Ronchi, player of HBL PSL 2018.

Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez and Shaheen Afridi will once again be in Lahore Qalandars’ colours along with South Africa’s David Wiese, Haris Rauf, Sohail Akhtar and Salman Butt.

Shahid Afridi has been retained by Multan Sultans, while their current Pakistan T20I player is Mohammad Irfan. The side has also retained England’s James Vince, opener Shan Masood and fast bowler Junaid Khan.

Peshawar Zalmi, winners in 2017, have retained Hasan Ali, Wahab Riaz, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal and Umar Amin along with the Windies duo of Daren Sammy and Kieron Pollard.

Some of the most prominent names to be released are:

Alex Hales, Ian Bell, Mohammad Sami, Sahibzada Farhan (all Islamabad United), Colin Ingram, Mohammad Rizwan, Ravi Bopara (all Karachi Kings), Brendan Taylor, Carlos Brathwaite, Haris Sohail, Sandeep Lamichhane, Yasir Shah (all Lahore Qalandars), Dan Christian, Hammad Azam, Joe Denly, Nicholas Pooran, Shoaib Malik (all Multan Sultans), Andre Fletcher, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Lendl Simmons, Tymal Mills (all Peshawar Zalmi) and Anwar Ali, Dwayne Bravo, Dwayne Smith, Rilee Rossouw and Sohail Tanvir (all Quetta Gladiators).

Complete list of players retained and released (each side was eligible to retain up to eight players):

Islamabad United

Players retained – Shadab Khan (Platinum), Faheem Ashraf (Diamond as Brand Ambassador), Asif Ali (Diamond), Luke Ronchi (Gold as Player Mentor), Hussain Talat (Gold), Amad Butt, Musa Khan and Rizwan Hussain (Silver)

Players released - Alex Hales, Cameron Delport, Chadwick Walton, Ian Bell, Mohammad Sami, Nasir Nawaz, Philip Salt, Rumman Raees, Sahibzada Farhan, Samit Patel, Waqas Maqsood, Wayne Parnell, Zafar Gohar and Zahir Khan


Karachi Kings

Players retained - Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir (both Platinum), Imad Wasim (Diamond as Brand Ambassador), Iftikhar Ahmed (Diamond), Aamir Yamin (Gold), Usama Mir (Silver) and Umer Khan (Emerging)

Players released - Aaron Summers, Abrar Ahmed, Ali Imran, Awais Zia, Ben Dunk, Colin Ingram, Colin Munro, Jaahid Ali, Liam Livingstone, Mohammad Rizwan, Ravi Bopara, Sikandar Raza, Sohail Khan and Usman Shinwari (transferred to Lahore Qalandars)


Lahore Qalandars

Players retained - Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez (both Platinum), Shaheen Shah Afridi (Diamond as Brand Ambassador), David Wiese, Usman Shinwari (Diamond, Usman transferred from Karachi Kings), Haris Rauf, Sohail Akhtar (both Gold), Salman Butt (Silver).

Players released - AB de Villiers (not available in 2020), Agha Salman, Aizaz Cheema, Anton Devcich, Asela Gunaratne, Brendan Taylor, Carlos Brathwaite, Corey Anderson (not available in 2020), Gohar Ali, Hardus Viljoen, Haris Sohail, Hassan Khan, Mohammad Imran, Rahat Ali, Riki Wessels, Ryan ten Doeschate (not available in 2020), Saad Ali, Sandeep Lamichhane, Umair Masood, Yasir Shah


Multan Sultans

Players retained – Mohammad Irfan (Platinum), Shahid Afridi (Diamond as Player Mentor), James Vince (Gold as Brand Ambassador), Junaid Khan (Gold), Ali Shafiq, Shan Masood (both Silver) and Mohammad Ilyas (Emerging)

Players released - Andre Russell (not available in 2020), Chris Green, Dan Christian, Hammad Azam, Joe Denly, Johnson Charles, Laurie Evans, M. Irfan Khan, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Junaid, Nicholas Pooran, Numan Ali, Qais Ahmed, Shakeel Ansar, Shoaib Malik, Steve Smith (not available in 2020), Tom Moores and Umar Siddiq

Peshawar Zalmi

Players retained – Hasan Ali, Kieron Pollard, Wahab Riaz (all Platinum), Kamran Akmal (Diamond as Brand Ambassador), Daren Sammy (Gold as Player Mentor), Imam-ul-Haq (Gold) and Umar Amin (Silver)

Players released - Andre Fletcher, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Ibtesam Sheikh, Jamal Anwar, Khalid Usman, Lendl Simmons, Liam Dawson, Misbah-ul-Haq (not available in 2020), Nabi Gul, Sameen Gul, Samiullah, Sohaib Maqsood, Tymal Mills, Umaid Asif, Waqar Salamkheil and Wayne Madsen

Quetta Gladiators

Players retained – Mohammad Nawaz, Sarfaraz Ahmed (both Platinum), Shane Watson (Diamond as Player Mentor), Ahmed Shehzad (Diamond), Umar Akmal (Gold as Brand Ambassador), Mohammad Hasnain (Gold), Ahsan Ali and Naseem Shah (Silver)

Players released - Anwar Ali, Danish Aziz, Dwayne Bravo, Dwayne Smith, Fawad Ahmed, Ghulam Mudassar, Harry Gurney, Jalat Khan, Max Waller, Mohammad Asghar, Mohammad Azam Khan, Mohammad Irfan Jr, Rilee Rossouw, Saud Shakil and Sohail Tanvir

ABOUT HBL PSL 2020 PLAYER RETENTION AND COMBINATION

· 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)

· Each side will have to pick three foreign players in their first nine picks

· 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

· HBL PSL Player Draft 2019 will take place on 6 December (more details to follow in due course)

· Revised salary caps are:

o Platinum – PKR23m-PKR34m (approx. US$147K-US$218K)

o Diamond – PKR11.5m-PKR16m (approx. US$73K-US$103K

o Gold – PKR6.9m-PKR8.9m (approx. US$44K-US$58K)

o Silver – PKR2.4m-PKR5.4m (approx. US$15K-US$35K)

o Emerging – PKR1m-PKR1.5m (approx. US$6.5K-US$9.5K)

· Budget cap for the optional supplementary round has been fixed at PKR 19 million (approx. US$120K) and the teams will be allowed to pick up to two players in this round

· Event schedule will be announced in due course


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[Abdullah719]

 

[Barragan]

hafeez being retained in platinum.

He has been in horrific form and his time is up.

 

[shah_1]

Lahore choices are truly awful

 

[Abdullah719]

 

[Asif321]

Naseem and Hasnain going to be in same team under Moin and Sarfraz they both will do quite good

 

[Rellu_Katta]

the stupidity of lahore qalandar management has no top limit

Fakhar and Salman butt ..... who the hell is ruining the 2nd biggest franchise .... such shame

 

[Abdullah719]

 

[Asif321]

Quetta with these 8 players already look much strong

 

[Abdullah719]

LQ's retentions show why they always finish last.

 

[shah_1]

Quetta have got great minds

 

[Abdullah719]

 

[Asif321]

are you kidding me ? Malik not retained while Shaan Masood is ?
this is joke or what

 

[shah_1]

Selection shows why Multan and Lahore are so bad in PSL

 

[Abdullah719]

List for IslU is Shadab, Faheem, Asif, Ronchi, Talat, Amad, Rizwan, Musa.

 

[Slim]

Umar Akmal as brand ambassador.

 

[Abdullah719]

 

[ataullah]

lahore should pick malik and zafar gohar

 

[Titan24]

How is Usman Shinwari a LQ retention when he wasnt even in LQ? Is it a trade with KK?

Also surprised to see Imad Wasim agreeing a demotion to diamond to keep both Babar and Amir in the team? So Babar might not be captaining with Imad Wasim there as well.

 

[aloo paratha]

Lahore and Multan showing why they're always the bottom 2.

 

[Khan12]

Hopefully Lahore finishes last again by picking Hafeez in platinum and picking salman butt.

 

[Khan12]

Hopefully we see some new emerging players been given a chance Umer Khan should be in silver or higher category not in emerging.

 

[Titan24]

Lahore and Multan showing why they're always the bottom 2.

Other than Salman Butt I think LQs retentions are fine. MS really surprised by retaining Shan Masood and letting Malik go though.

 

[Amirforpresident]

Not one good player on that poster for Multan

 

[Titan24]

Not one good player on that poster for Multan

They still have two of their platinum picks left, so they might atleast turn the poster around.