A total of 89 local players have been assigned across five categories for the upcoming 11th edition of HBL Pakistan Super League.
16 players are listed in the Platinum category.
11 players feature in Diamond.
32 players are placed in Gold.
30 players are included in the Silver and Emerging categories combined.
The registration date for foreign players has been extended to February 3, 2026.
The first-ever player auction in PSL history will take place on February 11, 2026, as teams prepare to finalize their squads.
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Lahore, 28 January 2026: The Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed in its press release the local player category renewals today.
Five players have been promoted to the Platinum category this year. They are Pakistan T20I captain Salman Ali Agha, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, and Abrar Ahmed.
Going forward, each franchise may retain a maximum of four players, with one player per category. After the completion of retentions, teams will participate in the first-ever HBL PSL Player Auction on February 11, 2026.
Among the newly promoted Platinum players, only Sahibzada Farhan was previously in Gold. The others moved up from the Diamond category.
Players who remained in Platinum after HBL PSL X include Shadab Khan, Naseem Shah, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Babar Azam, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan, Faheem Ashraf, and Mohammad Amir.
A total of 11 players are in the Diamond category. This includes three from Quetta Gladiators, three from Multan Sultans, two each from Lahore Qalandars and Karachi Kings, one from Peshawar Zalmi, and none from Islamabad United.
Promoted from Gold to Diamond are Mohammad Salman Mirza, Sufyan Moqim, and Mohammad Wasim Jr.
Among the 32 players assigned to Gold, four each are from Islamabad United and Lahore Qalandars, eight from Karachi Kings, six from Peshawar Zalmi, and five each from Multan Sultans and Quetta Gladiators.
The Silver category includes 30 players combined with Emerging. Teams with most Silver players are Multan Sultans with seven, Lahore Qalandars with three, Peshawar Zalmi and Islamabad United with two each, followed by Quetta Gladiators and Karachi Kings with one each.
Players promoted from Emerging to Silver are Hunain Shah, Ubaid Shah, Mirza Mamoon Imtiaz, Mohammad Naeem, and Mohammad Azab. Hasan Nawaz moved from Emerging to Gold.
Local category renewals team-wise:
Islamabad United – Shadab Khan, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Nawaz, Imad Wasim (Platinum), Azam Khan, Haider Ali, Salman Irshad, Rumman Raees (Gold), Mohammad Faiq, Hunain Shah (Silver), Saad Masood, Mohammad Shahzad, Mohammad Ghazi Ghori (Emerging)
Karachi Kings – Hasan Ali (Platinum), Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Shan Masood (Diamond), Khushdil Shah, Aamir Jamal, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Mir Hamza, Zahid Mehmood, Omair Bin Yousuf, Shahnawaz Dahani, Arafat Minhas (Gold), Mirza Mamoon Imtiaz (Silver), Muhammad Riazullah, Fawad Ali, Saad Baig (Emerging)
Lahore Qalandars – Shaheen Shah Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf (Platinum), Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Salman Mirza (Diamond), Zaman Khan, Jahandad Khan, Asif Afridi, Asif Ali (Gold), Mohammad Akhlaq, Mohammad Naeem, Mohammad Azab (Silver), Momin Qamar (Emerging)
Multan Sultans – Mohammad Rizwan (Platinum), Usama Mir, Iftikhar Ahmed, Usman Khan (Diamond), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Faisal Akram, Akif Javed, Tayyab Tahir (Gold), Yasir Khan, Muhammad Amir Barki, Mohammad Junaid, Humayun Altaf, Ali Imran, Jahanzaib Sultan, Ubaid Shah (Silver), Shahid Aziz, Mohammad Zulkifal (Emerging)
Peshawar Zalmi – Babar Azam, Saim Ayub (Platinum), Sufyan Moqim (Diamond), Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Ali, Abdul Samad, Hussain Talat, Ahmed Daniyal, Ihsanullah (Gold), Arif Yaqoob, Mehran Mumtaz (Silver), Abdullah Fazal, Ali Raza, Maaz Sadaqat (Emerging)
Quetta Gladiators – Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Amir, Abrar Ahmed (Platinum), Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Usman Tariq (Diamond), Khurram Shahzad, Haseebullah Khan, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay, Hasan Nawaz, Danish Aziz (Gold), Ali Majid (Silver), Mohammad Zeeshan, Shamyl Hussain (Emerging)