PSL 7 Squad: Complete squad of each PSL franchise for 2022 edition

PSL 7 Squad: The HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) seventh edition 2022 is edging closer and franchises have finalised their final squad for the upcoming tournament.

The PSL 7 draft took place on Sunday which saw each franchise complete their 18-member squad for the upcoming event.

The drafting held at the National High-Performance Centre and was attended by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ramiz Raja, alongside major stakeholders, franchise coaching staff which included Aqib Javed, Wasim Akram, Saeed Ajmal, Inzamam-ul-Haq, and more.

HBL PSL Category Picks

As per the rules, each franchise had to pick a limited number of players from each category. Here is the breakdown based on which franchises selected the players:

Platinum picks x 3

Diamond picks x 3

Gold picks x 3

Silver picks x 5

Emerging picks x 2

Supplementary picks x 2

PSL 7 Squads

Karachi Kings

Retained Players: Babar Azam (Platinum), Imad Wasim (Platinum), Mohammad Amir (Diamond), Mohammad Nabi (Diamond), Joe Clarke (Gold; Brand Ambassador), Aamer Yamin (Gold), Sharjeel Khan (Gold), and Mohammad Ilyas (Silver)

Draft Picks: Chris Jordan (Platinum), Lewis Gregory (Diamond), Umaid Asif (Silver), Tom Abell (Silver), Rohail Nazir (Silver), Mohammad Imran (Wildcard: from Emerging to Silver), Qasim Akram (Emerging; Right to Match), Faisal Akram (Emerging), Talha Ahsan (Supplementary), Romario Shepherd (Supplementary).

Karachi Kings Squad for HBL PSL 7. © Cricket Pakistan

Quetta Gladiators

Retained Players: James Vince (Platinum), Sarfaraz Ahmed (Platinum), Iftikhar Ahmed (Diamond), Mohammad Nawaz (Diamond), Shahid Afridi (Gold; Mentor), Mohammad Hasnain (Gold; Brand Ambassador), and Naseem Shah (Gold)

Draft Picks: Jason Roy (Platinum), James Faulkner (Diamond), Umar Akmal (Silver), Sohail Tanvir (Silver), Ben Duckett (Silver), Naveen-ul-Haq (Naveen-ul-Haq), Khurram Shahzad (Silver), Abdul Wahid Bangalzai (Emerging), Arshad Qureshi (Emerging), Ahsan Ali (Supplementary), and Noor Ahmed (Supplementary).

Quetta Gladiators Squad for HBL PSL 7. © Cricket Pakistan

Peshawar Zalmi

Retained Players: Liam Livingstone (Platinum), Wahab Riaz (Platinum), Haider Ali (Diamond), Sherfane Rutherford (Diamond), Shoaib Malik (Diamond), Hussain Talat (Gold), Saqib Mahmood (Gold; Brand Ambassador), and Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Silver)

Draft Picks: Hazratullah Zazai (Platinum), Usman Qadir (Gold), Salman Irshad (Silver), Arshad Iqbal (Silver), Sameen Gul (Silver), Kamran Akmal (Silver), Sirajuddin (Emerging), Mohammad Amir Khan (Emerging), Ben Cutting (Supplementary), and Mohammad Harris (Supplementary).

Peshawar Zalmi Squad for HBL PSL 7. © Cricket Pakistan

Islamabad United

Retained Players: Asif Ali (Platinum), Hasan Ali (Platinum), Faheem Ashraf (Diamond), Shadab Khan (Diamond; Brand Ambassador), Alex Hales (Gold; Mentor), Azam Khan (Gold), Mohammad Wasim Jnr. (Gold) and, Paul Stirling (Silver).

Draft Picks: Colin Munro (Platinum), Marchant de Lange (Diamond), Muhammad Akhlaq (Silver), Reece Topley (Silver), Danish Aziz (Silver), Zafar Gohar (Silver), Mubasir Khan (Emerging), Zeeshan Zameer (Emerging; Right to Match), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Supplementary), and Athar Mahmood (Supplementary).

Islamabad United Squad for HBL PSL 7. © Cricket Pakistan

Multan Sultans

Retained Players: Mohammad Rizwan (Platinum), Rilee Rossouw (Platinum), Imran Tahir (Diamond; Mentor), Sohaib Maqsood (Diamond), Khushdil Shah (Gold; Brand Ambassador), Shahnawaz Dahani (Gold), and Shan Masood (Gold).

Draft Picks: Tim David (Platinum), Odean Smith (Diamond), Rumman Raees (Silver), Asif Afridi (Silver), Anwar Ali (Silver), Rovman Powell (Silver), Imran Khan Snr. (Silver), Aamer Azmat (Emerging), Abbas Afridi (Emerging), Ihsanullah (Supplementary), and Blessing Muzarabani (Supplementary).

Multan Sultan Squad for HBL PSL 7. © Cricket Pakistan

Lahore Qalandars

Retained Players: Rashid Khan (Platinum), Shaheen Shah Afridi (Platinum), Haris Rauf (Diamond; Brand Ambassador), David Wiese (DIamond), Mohammad Hafeez (Diamond), Ahmed Daniyal (Silver), Sohail Akhtar (Silver), and Zeeshan Ashraf (Silver)

Draft Picks: Fakhar Zaman (Platinum), Abdullah Shafique (Gold), Phil Salt (Gold), Harry Brook (Silver), Kamran Ghulam (Silver), Dean Foxcroft (Silver), Zaman Khan (Emerging), Maaz Khan (Emerging), Samit Patel (Supplementary), and Syed Faridoun (Supplementary).

Lahore Qalandars Squad for HBL PSL 7. © Cricket Pakistan