PSL9 players draft: Franchises finalize squads

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LAHORE – Franchises finalized squads for upcoming PSL 9 by picking players of choice in different categories in draft held at National Cricket Academy in Lahore on Wednesday.

Platinum Picks

Multan Sultans: David Willey

Karachi Kings: Kieron Pollard, Daniel Sams, Mohammad Nawaz

Quetta Gladiators: Sherfane Rutherford, Mohammad Amir

Peshawar Zalmi: Noor Ahmad

Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Rassie Van der Dussen

Islamabad United: Jordan Cox

Diamond Picks

Multan Sultans: Dawid Malan

Peshawar Zalmi: Asif Ali

Islamabad United: Tymal Mills

Karachi Kings: Tim Seifert

Lahore Qalandars: Sahibzada Farhan

Gold Picks

Peshawar Zalmi: Naveen-ul-Haq

Multan Sultans: Reeza Hendricks, Reece Topley

Silver Picks

Quetta Gladiators: Saud Shakeel, Sajjad Ali Jr, Usman Qadir, Omair bin Yousuf

Multan Sultans: Tayyab Tahir, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Ali, Usman Khan

Lahore Qalandars: Mohammad Imran Jr, Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti, Dan Lawrence

Karachi Kings: Mohammad Amir Khan, Anwar Ali, Arafat Minhas

Peshawar Zalmi: Salman Irshad, Arif Yaqoob, Umair Afridi, Daniel Mousley

Islamabad United: Matthew Forde, Salman Ali Agha, Qasim Akram, Shahab Khan

Emerging Picks

Islamabad United: Hunain Shah, Ubaid Shah

Peshawar Zalmi: Mohammad Zeeshan

Multan Sultans: Yasir Khan

Lahore Qalandars: Jahandad Khan, Syed Faridoun Mahmood

Quetta Gladiators: Adil Naz, Khawaja Nafay

Karachi Kings: Sirajuddin

Supplementary Picks

Lahore Qalandars: Shai Hope

Multan Sultans: Chris Jordan

Quetta Gladiators: Akeal Hosein

Islamabad United: Shamyl Hussain

Peshawar Zalmi: Lungi Ngidi

Karachi Kings: Saad Baig

Retentions

Lahore Qalandars: Shaheen Shah Afridi (Platinum), Haris Rauf (Brand Ambassador) and David Wiese (both Diamond), Sikandar Raza, Abdullah Shafique and Zaman Khan (all Gold), Mirza Tahir Baig (Successful relegation request) and Rashid Khan (both Silver).

Islamabad United: Shadab Khan and Naseem Shah (both Platinum), Imad Wasim (Mentor) and Azam Khan (both Diamond), Faheem Ashraf (Brand Ambassador), Alex Hales and Colin Munro (all Gold), Rumman Raees (Successful relegation request in Silver).

Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan and Iftikhar Ahmed (both Platinum), Khushdil Shah and Usama Mir (both Diamond), Abbas Afridi (Gold), Ihsanullah (Brand Ambassador, Silver), Faisal Akram (Emerging).

Karachi Kings: James Vince and Hasan Ali (Diamond), Shan Masood (Brand Ambassador), Shoaib Malik (Mentor) and Tabraiz Shamsi (all Gold), Mir Hamza (Successful relegation request) and Muhammad Akhlaq (both Silver), Muhammad Irfan Khan (Emerging).

Quetta Gladiators: Rilee Rossouw (Platinum), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Jason Roy and Wanindu Hasaranga (all Diamond), Sarfaraz Ahmed (Brand Ambassador) Abrar Ahmed and Mohammad Hasnain (Gold), Will Smeed (Silver).

Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam and Rovman Powell (Platinum), Saim Ayub and Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Diamond), Mohammad Haris (Brand Ambassador) and Aamir Jamal (Gold), Khurram Shahzad (Silver), Haseebullah (Emerging).