PSL 2025 (Season 10) - Discussion Thread

[FearlessRoar]

Foreign players registration process for 10th edition of HBL PSL now open

The registration window for foreign players to register themselves for the 10th edition of HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) along with the trade window is now open. The category renewals of the players will be announced on Tuesday, 17 December.

The relegation process and retention of players will be carried out during the ongoing month.

The HBL PSL Players’ Draft is scheduled to take place on 11 January, 2025. The venue and time for the draft will be announced in due course.

HBL PSL Chief Executive Officer Salman Naseer:

“We are thrilled to announce the opening of the registration process for foreign players as well as the trade window. This marks an exciting beginning to preparations for the highly anticipated 10th edition of the HBL Pakistan Super League.

“The HBL PSL is a home-grown brand which we are all proud of. Since its inception in 2016, together with our franchise owners, commercial partners and stakeholders, we have embarked on a long and successful journey.

“The quality and competitiveness of cricket played is second to none and we will strive to meet expectations of our loyal fans. The landmark 10th season promises to bring more excitement for all and the HBL PSL team is committed to working tirelessly to provide fans unmatched experiences.”

Since 2016, Islamabad United have become champions of the HBL PSL thrice, which include the opening (2016), third (2018) and last edition (2024) of the league. Lahore Qalandars have won twice in 2022 and 2023, Peshawar Zalmi remained champions of the 2017 edition. Quetta Gladiators won the 2019 edition, while Karachi Kings clinched their maiden title in 2020. Multan Sultans emerged as the winners in 2021.

 

[Kianig89]

PSL planning to get some players in a marquee category with extra $$$ for specific number of games let's see if that works

 

[Rana]

Rizwan and Babar retained in platinum category by Multan and Peshawar



This is where the besharmi begins

 

[Rana]

So if PSL raises the salary cap to $400k for Platinum

Do you not think it’s the ultimate waste of money to pay this kind of amount to Babar and Rizwan in T20s?

 

[FearlessRoar]

As per reports:

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced that the draft for Pakistan Super League (PSL) Season 10 will take place next month, with Karachi or Lahore emerging as the frontrunners to host the event.

The draft is slated for January 11, marking the beginning of preparations for the league's milestone 10th edition.

Although there were talks during a recent meeting about hosting the draft overseas, officials concluded that it would be more appropriate to organize the event within Pakistan at this time.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Three Test cricketers – Hasan Ali (Karachi Kings), Mohammad Amir (Quetta Gladiators) and Saim Ayub (Peshawar Zalmi) along with international cricketer Usama Mir (Multan Sultans) have been promoted to Platinum category from Diamond category as Pakistan Cricket Board today confirms category renewal of 87 local players for the 10th edition of the HBL Pakistan Super League.

Imad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan (Islamabad United), Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi (Lahore Qalandars), Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans) and Babar Azam (Peshawar Zalmi) are retained in Platinum category.

A total of 16 players are part of Diamond category, which include four players each of Quetta Gladiators and Multan Sultans, three players each from Karachi Kings, Islamabad United and two players from Peshawar Zalmi, while Lahore Qalandars have one player in this category.

Furthermore, 30 players are part of Gold category which includes Peshawar Zalmi’s seven players. Karachi Kings, Lahore Qalandars and Quetta Gladiators have five players each, while Islamabad United and Multan Sultans have four players in Gold category.

Among the 16 players assigned Silver category, four each are from Gladiators and Lahore Qalandars, while Peshawar Zalmi have three players in this category. Kings and Sultans have two players each in Silver category, while United have one Silver category player.

In the Emerging category, among the 12 players selected, three players each are part of Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi. Karachi Kings and Multan Sultans have two players each, while Quetta Gladiators and Lahore Qalandars have one player each

Earlier, on Thursday, 12 December the PCB had opened registration window for foreign players for the landmark 10th edition of HBL PSL along with the trade window for all the six franchises. The relegation process and retention of players will be announced at the end of December.

The HBL PSL Players’ Draft is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 11 January, 2025. The venue and time for the draft will be announced in due course.

Local category player renewals (team-wise):

Islamabad United – Imad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan (all Platinum), Azam Khan, Salman Ali Agha (both Diamond), Faheem Ashraf, Haider Ali, Qasim Akram, Rumman Raees (all Gold), Shahab Khan (Silver), Hunain Shah, Shamyl Hussain, Ubaid Shah (all Emerging)

Karachi Kings – Hasan Ali (Platinum), Mohammad Nawaz, Shan Masood, Shoaib Malik (all Diamond), Arafat Minhas, Anwar Ali Khan, Mir Hamza, Zahid Mahmood, Irfan Khan Niazi (all Gold), Mohammad Amir Khan, Muhammad Akhlaq (both Silver), Saad Baig, Sirajuddin (both Emerging)

Lahore Qalandars - Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi (all Platinum), Abdullah Shafique (Diamond), Sahibzada Farhan, Zaman Khan, Mirza Tahir Baig, Kamran Ghulam, Jahandad Khan (all Gold), Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti, Muhammad Imran Jnr, Salman Fayyaz, Syed Faridoun Mahmood (all Silver), Tayyab Abbas (Emerging)

Multan Sultans – Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Usama Mir (all Platinum), Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Ali, Usman Khan (all Diamond), Ihsanullah, Tayyab Tahir, Shahnawaz Dahani, Faisal Akram (all Gold), Ali Majid, Yasir Khan (both Silver), Aftab Ibrahim, Muhammad Shahzad (both Emerging)

Peshawar Zalmi – Babar Azam, Saim Ayub (both Platinum), Aamir Jamal, Mohammad Haris (both Diamond), Arshad Iqbal, Asif Ali, Haseebullah, Hussain Talat, Khurram Shahzad, Salman Irshad, Sufyan Moqim (all Gold), Arif Yaqoob, Mehran Mumtaz, Umair Afridi (all Silver), Aimal Khan, Ali Raza, Mohammad Zeeshan (all Emerging)

Quetta Gladiators – Mohammad Amir (Platinum), Abrar Ahmed, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Hasnain (all Diamond), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Usman Qadir, Omair Bin Yousuf, Sohail Khan, Umar Amin (all Gold), Sajjad Ali Jnr, Usman Tariq, Bismillah Khan, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay (all Silver), Adil Naz (Emerging)

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Hasan Ali, Iftikhar, Usama Mir in Platinum - what a joke.