The PSL has released the names in the local players’ categories for the 2020 season after the two-step category renewal process involving representatives of all six franchises was completed.
Next year’s edition will be completely held in Pakistan with PCB Chief Executive Wasim Khan saying,
Our preparations are in full swing, the PSL 2020 edition will be held in Pakistan, we are focused on delivering another world-class edition of the prestigious league.
#HBLPSL local players category renewed for 2020 season
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— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) October 25, 2019
In the Platinum category, the newly appointed Pakistan T-20 Captain Babar Azam is joined by Imad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi and 14 other national team superstars. The comeptete category can be seen below:
| Platinum |
| Babar Azam |
| Faheem Ashraf |
| Fakhar Zaman |
| Hasan Ali |
| Imad Wasim |
| Kamran Akmal |
| Mohammad Amir |
| Mohammad Hafeez |
| Mohammad Irfan |
| Mohammad Nawaz |
| Sarfraz Ahmed |
| Shadab Khan |
| Shaheen Shah Afridi |
| Shahid Afridi |
| Shoaib Malik |
| Sohail Tanvir |
| Wahab Riaz |
The Diamond category is headlined by Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal, who has been elevated from the Gold Category:
| Diamond |
| Ahmed Shehzad |
| Asif Ali |
| Haris Sohail |
| Iftikhar Ahmed |
| Imam UL Haq |
| Junaid Khan |
| Mohmmad Rizwan |
| Umar Akmal |
| Usman Shinwari |
| Yasir Shah |
In the Gold category we have Mohmmad Abbas, Haris Rauf, Hussain Talat and others:
| Gold |
| Amir Yamin |
| Aizaz Cheema |
| Anwar Ali |
| Awais Zia |
| Hammad Azam |
| Haris Rauf |
| Hussain Talat |
| Mohammad Abbas |
| Mohammad Hasnain |
| Mohammad Sami |
| Rahat Ali |
| Rumman Raees |
| Saad Ali |
| Sahibzada Farhan |
| Salman Butt |
| Shakeel Ansar |
| Shan Masood |
| Sohaib Maqsood |
| Sohail Akhtar |
| Sohail Khan |
| Umer Amin |
| Waqas Maqsood |
| Zafar Gohar |
Followed by the Silver Category:
| Silver |
| Agha Salman |
| Ahsan Ali |
| Ali Shafiq |
| Amad Butt |
| Danish Aziz |
| Ghulam Mudassar |
| Gohar Ali |
| Hassan Khan |
| Ibtesam Sheikh |
| Jaahid Ali |
| Jalat Khan |
| Jamal Anwar |
| Khalid Usman |
| M. Irfan Khan |
| Mohammad Asghar |
| Mohammad Imran |
| Mohammad Irfan Jr. |
| Muhammad Musa |
| Naseem Shah |
| Numan Ali |
| Rizwan Hussain |
| Sameen Gul |
| Samiullah |
| Saud Shakil |
| Umaid Asif |
| Umar Siddiq |
| Usama Mir |
In the emerging category we have the future stars for the National team:
| Emerging |
| Ali Imran |
| Abrar Ahmed |
| Mohammad Azam Khan |
| Mohammad Junaid |
| Muhammad ILyas |
| Nabi Gul |
| Nasir Nawaz |
| Umair Masood |
| Umer Khan |
Wasim Khan added, “PSL has become one of the most sought after T20 leagues in the world, the next edition will be even bigger and better, I am sure league fans both in Pakistan and around the world will enjoy top-class cricket, with world-class facilities at the stadiums and top-quality broadcast once the tournament begins in February 2020.”
What are your thoughts on this? Let us know in the comments below
Interestingly no place for Khushdil Shah !!! It amazes me how they keep on missing these top domestic performers! I hope some PCB member reads this and includes his name.
انشا اللہ.
PSL will be the best league in the world. It is mouth watering that all matches of PSL5 will be played in Pakistan ??.
Inshallah
im super excited to see full PSL2020 in Pakistan….im hopeful many international player’s will be ready to come here…
thanx PCB & Wasim Khan
Lahore Qalanders ?
there should be a new category of Diamond for Akmal brothers
oh there is already i didn’t se that hahahaha