PSL 2019: List of Players Retained, Released and Traded by Franchises

So, the time for cricket festival in Pakistan remains certain to begin sooner than later. Their most celebrated Pakistan Super League (PSL 2019) is set to make its way with some extra entertainment. Meanwhile, the tournament managed to bring few stalwarts to get into the auction and will be available for the competition as well. Meanwhile, we came up with the detailed list of players retained, released and traded by franchises.

However, each franchise came up with their released player’s list. All of them had made some critical choices when it came to the player to a player battle. Surprisingly, Shahid Afridi’s name is also on the release list.

Here is the list of players retained, released and traded by franchises:

–> Quetta Gladiators

Ambassador: Rilee Rossouw (Gold)

Mentor: Shane Watson (Diamond)

Others Retained (7 players): Domestic – Sarfraz Ahmed (Platinum), Sohail Tanvir (Diamond), Mohammad Nawaz (Diamond), Umar Akmal (Gold), Anwar Ali (Silver), Saud Shakil (Silver)

Overseas – Sunil Narine (Platinum)

Released: Mahmudullah, Umar Amin, Mir Hamza, Asad Shafiq, Brathwaite, Rameez Raja Junior, Saad Ali, Rashid Khan, Azam Khan, Kevin Pietersen, Chris Green, Kohler Cadmore, Ben Laughlin, Jason Roy, John Hastings, Carlos Brathwaite, Faraz Ahmad Khan

Traded:

IN – Umar Akmal and Sunil Narine (from Lahore Qalandars)

OUT – Hassan Khan and Rahat Ali (to Lahore Qalandars)

–> Peshawar Zalmi

Ambassador: Kamran Akmal (Diamond)

Retained (7 players): Domestic: Wahab Riaz (Platinum), Hasan Ali (Platinum), Umaid Asif (Silver), Khalid Usman (Silver), Sameen Gul (Emerging)

Overseas: Darren Sammy (Diamond), Liam Dawson (Gold)

Released: Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Hafeez, Haris Sohail, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Asghar, Dwayne Bravo, Tamim Iqbal, Hammad Azam, Saad Nasim, Taimoor Sultan, Ibtisam Sheikh, Andre Fletcher, Evin Lewis, Mohammad Arif

–>Lahore Qalandars

Ambassador: Shaheen Afridi (Silver)

Others Retained (7 players): Domestic – Fakhar Zaman (Platinum), Yasir Shah (Diamond), Rahat Ali (Gold), Hasan Khan (Silver), Agha Salman (Silver), Sohail Akhtar (Silver)

Overseas – Anton Devcich (Gold)

Released: Brendon McCullum, Cameron Delport, Aamer Yamin, Bilawal Bhatti, Ghulam Mudassar. Angelo Mathews, Mitchell McClenaghan, Gulraiz Sadaf

Traded:

In – Hassan Khan and Rahat Ali (from Quetta Gladiators)

Out – Umar Akmal and Sunil Narine (to Quetta Gladiators)

–>Islamabad United

Ambassador: Hussain Talat (Silver)

Others Retained (9 players): Domestic – Shadab Khan (Platinum), Faheem Ashraf (Platinum), Asif Ali (Diamond), Mohammad Sami (Diamond), Rumman Raees (Gold), Sahibzada Farhan (Silver), Waqas Maqsood (Silver), Zafar Gohar (Silver)

Overseas – Luke Ronchi (Platinum)

Released: Andre Russell, Misbah-ul-Haq, Samuel Badree, JP Duminy, Sam Billings, Alex Hales, David Willey, Iftikhar Ahmed, Amad Butt, Mohammad Hasan, Mohammad Hasnain, Samit Patel, Rohail Nazir

–>Karachi Kings

Ambassador: Colin Ingram (Diamond)

Others Retained (7 players): Domestic: Mohammad Amir (Platinum), Babar Azam (Platinum), Usman Khan (Diamond), Imad Wasim (Diamond), Mohammad Rizwan (Gold)

Overseas: Colin Munro (Platinum), Ravi Bopara (Gold)

Released: Shahid Afridi, Usama Mir, Khurram Manzoor, Mitchell Johnson, Luke Wright, David Wiese, Tabish Khan, Mohammad Irfan Junior, Hasan Mohsin, Eoin Morgan, Saifullah Bangash

–> Team 6 (Name Yet To Be Announced)

Ambassador: Mohammad Irfan (Diamond)

Retained ( players): Domestic – Shoaib Malik (Platinum), Junaid Khan (Diamond), Shan Masood (Gold), Mohammad Abbas (Silver), Mohammad Irfan Khan (Silver), Umar Siddiq (Silver), Mohammad Junaid (Emerging)

Released: Kieron Pollard, Kumar Sangakkara, Sohaib Maqsood, Kashif Bhatti, Nicholas Pooran, Abdullah Shafiq, Saif Badar, Hardus Viljoen, Umar Gul, Ross Whiteley

Traded:

IN – Mohammad Junaid from Quetta Gladiators

OUT –  Sold Sohail Tanvir to Quetta Gladiators