PSL 2021: Quetta Gladiators announce team
Komal FatimaWeb Editor
11th Jan, 2021. 02:11 pm
Pakistan Super League is about to begin and fans are excited to see teams in action.
West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has joined a retained place in Quetta Gladiators. Islamabad United acquired Hassan Ali through a wild card while he had previously been part of Peshawar Zalmi.
🌪🌪 GAYLE STORM IS COMING🌪🌪
😎 The Universe-Boss @henrygayle turns Gladiator!! It can’t get bigger than this!!#PurpleForce #WeTheGladiators pic.twitter.com/7ywkONQuIO
— Quetta Gladiators (@TeamQuetta) January 10, 2021
Quetta Gladiators team
| Players | Category | Foreign/ National |
|---|---|---|
| Sarfaraz Ahmed | Retained | National |
| Ben Cutting | Retained | Foreign |
| Mohammad Hasnain | Retained | National |
| Mohammad Nawaz | Retained | National |
| Azam Khan | Retained | National |
| Naseem Shah | Retained | National |
| Zahid Mehmood | Retained | National |
| Anwar Ali | Retained | National |
| Chris Gayle | Platinum | Foreign |
| Tom Banton | Platinum | Foreign |
| Usman Shinwari | Gold | National |
| Cameron Delport | Silver | Foreign |
| Qais Ahmed | Silver | National |
| Abdul Nasir | Silver | National |
| Saim Ayub | Emerging | National |
| Arish Ali Khan | Emerging | National |
| Dale Steyn | Supplementary | Foreign |
| Usman Khan | Supplementary | National |
PSL 2021 will start on February 20 for which all the teams had announced the retaining players yesterday.
Defending champions Karachi Kings have retained Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir and Colin Ingram in the Platinum category, while captain Imad Wasim in Diamond, Amir Yameen in Gold, Sharjeel Khan, Waqas Maqsood in Silver and Arshad Iqbal in Emerging.
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 Wiese, Haris Rauf, Ben Dunk and Dilbar Hussain in Gold while captain Sohail Akhtar remained in the Silver category.
The Multan Sultans include Shahid Afridi and Rilee Rossouw in the Platinum category, while Sohail Tanveer, Imran Tahir and Khushdil Shah got a place in the Diamond and James Vince, Shan Masood and Usman Qadir made it to the Gold category.
2017 champion Peshawar Zalmi has retained five players in the squad, including Wahab Riaz and Shoaib Malik in Platinum, Kamran Akmal in Diamond and Liam Livingstone and Haider Ali in Gold.
