Pakistani skipper Babar Azam will play for Peshawar Zalmi

 

 Pakistani skipper Babar Azam will play for Peshawar Zalmi in the upcoming Pakistan Super League. Babar's former franchise Karachi His Kings traded him for Hyder Ali and Shoai Ibu Malik. 

 (with input from PSL media release)

 As of now, Babar is the only player in his category of Platinum in Peshawar. Wahab Riaz and Sherfane Rutherford are in the Diamond His category, while Mohammad Haris, who shone through the 2022 T20 World Championship with his fearless punches, is in the Gold His category. Peshawar are the only team holding seven players. 

 Haider is Karachi's only platinum category player, while Malik joins Imad Wasim and Mohammad Amir in the diamond category. We kept Sharjeel Khan, Mir Hamza and Aamir Yamin in the Silver category and Qasim Akram in the Emerging category. 

 Defending champion Lahore Qalandars holds captains Shaheen Afridi and Rashid Khan in the platinum category. Meanwhile, the Sultan of Multan retained center hitters Kushdir Shah and Lily Rosou in the diamond division and Tim He David in the gold division. Their captain, Mohammad Rizwan, is Platinum's only sleeper. 

 Islamabad United keep captain Shadab Khan in the platinum category. Quetta Gladiators keep Mohammad Nawaz, who has been with us since the first edition, platinum. Jason Roy and Iftikhar Ahmed remain in the Diamond category. During 

 trades and bonds, PSL players before his draft, a side can amass up to eight players. This draft allows the roster side to grow to his 18 players. , two He Emerging categories, and up to two auxiliary categories. Like last year, each of the six teams will have a Right-to-Match card that can be used to select players to be released from the roster during the draft. 

 players including Alex Hales, David Miller, Mujeeb ur Rehman, Nicholas Pooran, Rilee Rossouw, Sikandar Raza and Wanindu Hasaranga have registered for the PSL Player Draft 2023. 

93 players (29 Platinum and 81 Diamond) are now eligible to participate in the Player Draft, from both Full Member and Associated Countries. Full list of 

 Remaining Players: 

 Islamabad United: Shadab Khan (Platinum). Asif Ali (Brand Ambassador) and Mohammad Wasim Jr. (Diamond). Azam Khan, Fahim Ashraf and Hasan Ali (Gold). Colin Munro and Paul Sterling (silver). 

 Karachi Kings: Hider Ali (Platinum). Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Shoaib Malik (Diamond). Aamir Yamin, Mir Hamza and Sharjeel Khan (Silver). Qasim Akram (coming soon). 

 Lahore Qalandars: Rashid Khan and Shaheen Shah Afridi (Platinum). David Wiese (Diamond). Abdullah Shafiq (gold). Harry Brooke and Kamran Glam (Silver). Zaman Khan (coming soon). An eighth retention will be announced in due course. 

 Sultan of Multan: Mohammad Rizwan (Platinum). Khushdil Shah, Riley Rossouw and Shan Masood (Diamond). Shahnawaz Dahani (Brand Ambassador) and Tim David (Gold). Abbas Afridi and Ihsanullah (coming soon). 

 Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam (Platinum). Sherfane Rutherford and Wahab Riaz (Diamond). Mohammed Harris (gold). Aamir Jamal (brand ambassador), Salman Irshad and Tom-Kohler Cadmore (silver). 

 Quetta Gladiators: Mohammad Nawaz (Platinum). Iftikar Ahmed and Jason Roy (Diamond). Mohammad Hasnain and Sarfaraz Ahmed (gold). Naveen ul Haq, Umar Akmal (Mentor), Will Smeed (Silver).