PSL 2023 Full Squads: Check Players List of Each Team After Pakistan Super League Draft

Pakistan Super League 2023 will start on February 9, 2023. The tournament will run until March 19, 2023, in four Pakistani cities. The all-awaited draft for the PSL 2023 happened yesterday, December 15 in Karachi. Prior to the draft every franchise apart from Peshwar Zalmi (7) retained 8 players. Each team could make a squad of 18 players including six foreigners. Over 1000 players enlisted themselves for the remaining 61  slots. These Players were divided into five categories - platinum, diamond, gold, silver, emerging and supplementary. Each team could only pick three players from the platinum, diamond and gold categories, five from the silver and two each from emerging and supplementary.

Pakistan captain Babar Azam was picked by Peshawar Zalmi. Meanwhile, young leg spinner Abrar Ahmed joined Islamabad United. Players like Wanindu Hasaranga, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Matthew Wade, Jimmy Neesham and Tabraiz Shamsi got their first PSL franchises. Unfortunately, big names like Mohammad Hafiz, Ahmed Shehzad and Kamran Akmal were not drafted. Let's take a look at the squad list of all six teams. Azhar Ali Announces Retirement from International Cricket, to Quit After Pakistan vs England 3rd Test in Karachi.

Islamabad United

Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Azam Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Colin Munro, Paul Stirling, Alex Hales, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abrar Ahmed, Sohaib Maqsood, Rumman Raees, Zeeshan Zamir, Hassan Nawaz, Moeen Ali, Mubasir Khan.

Karachi Kings

Haider Ali, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Shoaib Malik, Aamir Yamin, Mir Hamza, Sharjeel Khan, Qasim Akram, Matthew Wade, Imran Tahir, James Vince, James Fuller, Andrew Tye, Tayyab Tahir, Mohammad Akhlaq, Irfan Khan Niazi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Mohammad Umar.

Lahore Qalandars

Rashid Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, David Wiese, Abdullah Shafique, Harry Brook, Kamran Ghulam, Zaman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Hussain Talat, Sikandar Raza, Liam Dawson, Dilbar Hussain, Mirza Tahir Baig, Ahmed Danlyal, Shawaiz Irfan, Jordan Cox, Jalat Khan.

Multan Sultans

Mohammad Rizwan, Khushdil Shah, Rilee Rossouw, Shan Masood, Shahnawaz Dahani, Tim David, Abbas Afridi, Ihsanullah, David Miller, Josh Little, Akeal Hosein, Usama Mir, Usman Khan, Sameen Gul, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Sarwar, Adil Rashid, Arafat Minhas.

Peshawar Zalmi

Babar Azam, Sherfane Rutherford, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Haris, Aamir Jamal, Salman Irshad, Tom-Kohler Cadmore, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Rovman Powell, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Danish Aziz, Arshad Iqbal, Saim Ayub, Usman Qadir, Suifyan Muqeem, Haseeb Ullah, Jimmy Neesham. PSL 2023: Babar Azam to Replace Wahab Riaz As Peshawar Zalmi’s Captain in Upcoming Season of Pakistan Super League.

Quetta Gladiators

Mohammad Nawaz, Iftikhar Ahmed, Jason Roy, Mohammad Hasnain, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Naveen ul Haq, Umar Akmal, Will Smeed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Naseem Shah, Odean Smith, Ahsan Ali, Umaid Asif, Muhammad Zahid, Abdul Bangalzai, Aimal Khan, Martin Guptill, Omair Bin Yousuf.

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