LAHORE: The local player categories for the Pakistan Super League 2026 season 11 were renewed on Wednesday. A total of 89 local players have been assigned categories: 16 players have been listed in Platinum category; 11 players in Diamond, 32 players placed in Gold, and 30 in Silver and Emerging combined As the foreign players registration date extended to 3 February, this time there is first-ever player auction in HBL PSL history to take place on 11 February.
Pakistan’s T20I captain Salman Ali Agha, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali and Abrar Ahmed have been promoted to Platinum category. Each franchise may retain a maximum of four players, limited to one player per category. Following completion of retentions, the teams will go into the first-ever HBL PSL Player Auction to complete their team rosters on 11 February.
Among the promoted players to Platinum, only Sahibzada was in Gold previously, while others have made the jump from Diamond category. Shadab Khan, Naseem Shah, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Babar Azam, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan, Faheem Ashraf and Mohammad Amir managed to remain in Platinum category.
A total of 11 players are in Diamond category: three from Quetta Gladiators, three from Multan Sultans, two from Lahore Qalandars and Karachi Kings each, one from Peshawar Zalmi and none from Islamabad United.
Mohammad Salman Mirza, Sufyan Moqim and Mohammad Wasim Jnr are the two players who have jumped up from Gold to Diamond. Among the 32 players assigned Gold this year, four each are from Islamabad United and Lahore Qalandars, eight from Karachi Kings, six are from Peshawar Zalmi and five each from Multan Sultans and Quetta Gladiators.
Moreover, Multan Sultans have seven players in Silver category, Lahore Qalandars have three, Peshawar Zalmi and Islamabad United two each, followed by one each from Quetta Gladiators and Karachi Kings.
Emerging category comprises of 14 players with three each listed in Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Peshawar Zalmi, two each in Quetta Gladiators and Multan Sultans and one from Lahore Qalandars.
Hunain Shah, Ubaid Shah, Mirza Mamoon Imtiaz, Mohammad Naeem and Mohammad Azab are the players who have made the move from Emerging to Silver for the upcoming season, while Hasan Nawaz went to Gold after featuring in the HBL PSL X in Emerging category.
Local category renewals (team-wise):
Islamabad United – Shadab Khan, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Nawaz, Imad Wasim (all Platinum), Azam Khan, Haider Ali, Salman Irshad, Rumman Raees (all Gold), Mohammad Faiq, Hunain Shah (both Silver), Saad Masood, Mohammad Shahzad, Mohammad Ghazi Ghori (all Emerging)
Karachi Kings – Hasan Ali (Platinum), Mohmmad Abbas Afridi, Shan Masood (both Diamond), Khushdil Shah, Aamir Jamal, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Mir Hamza, Zahid Mehmood, Omair Bin Yousuf, Shahnawaz Dahani, Arafat Minhas (all Gold), Mirza Mamoon Imtiaz (Silver), Muhammad Riazullah, Fawad Ali, Saad Baig (all Emerging)
Lahore Qalandars – Shaheen Shah Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf (all Platinum), Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Salman Mirza (both Diamond), Zaman Khan, Jahandad Khan, Asif Afridi, Asif Ali (all Gold), Muhammad Akhlaq, Mohammad Naeem, Mohammad Azab (all Silver), Momin Qamar (Emerging)
