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The Pakistan Super League retentions list for PSL 2022 have been announced – here’s the full list of players retained, released, and trades ahead of the PSL draft.
The 2022 PSL draft will be held on December 12, 2021, in Lahore, and will see top cricketers from around the world going into the player pool. Ahead of the draft, each team can retain a maximum of eight players, with the remaining players going into the pool for the draft picks. Each team can pick a further eight in the draft. A Right to Match card has also been introduced for this season.
Over 425 players have registered for the PSL 2022 draft. It will be held at 3pm PKT on December 12.
Islamabad United
Players retained
Platinum: Asif Ali, Hasan Ali
Diamond: Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan (Brand Ambassador)
Gold: Alex Hales (Mentor), Azam Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr
Silver: Paul Stirling
Players released
Colin Munro, Hussain Talat, Iftikhar Ahmed
Trades
Iftikhar Ahmed to Quetta Gladiators
Karachi Kings
Players retained
Platinum: Babar Azam, Imad Wasim
Diamond: Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Nabi
Gold: Joe Clarke (Brand Ambassador), Aamir Yamin, Sharjeel Khan
Silver: Mohammad Ilyas
Players released
Colin Ingram, Chadwick Walton
Lahore Qalandars
Players retained
Platinum: Rashid Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi
Diamond: Haris Rauf (Brand Ambassador), David Wiese, Mohammad Hafeez
Silver: Ahmed Daniyal, Sohail Akhtar, Zeeshan Ashraf
Players released
Fakhar Zaman, Ben Dunk, Samit Patel
Multan Sultans
Players retained
Platinum: Mohammad Rizwan, Rilee Rossouw
Diamond: Imran Tahir (Mentor), Sohaib Maqsood
Gold: Khushdil Shah (Gold), Shahnawaz Dahani, Shan Masood
Players released
Sohail Tanvir, Usman Qadir, Sohail Khan, Carlos Brathwaite
Trades
James Vince and Shahid Afridi to Quetta Gladiators
Peshawar Zalmi
Players retained
Platinum: Liam Livingstone, Wahab Riaz,
Diamond: Haider Ali, Sherfane Rutherford, Shoaib Malik
Gold: Hussain Talat, Saqib Mahmood (Brand Ambassador)
Silver: Tom Kohler-Cadmore
Players released
Kamran Akmal, Imam ul Haq
Quetta Gladiators
Players retained
Platinum: James Vince, Sarfaraz Ahmed
Diamond: Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz
Gold: Shahid Afridi (Mentor), Mohammad Hasnain (Brand Ambassador), Naseem Shah (Gold)
Players released
Chris Gayle, Faf du Plessis, Tom Banton, Ben Cutting, Usman Shinwari, Cameron Delport and Dale Steyn
Trades
Azam Khan to Islamabad United