Retentions ahead of HBL PSL 2023

 HBL PSL is the fastly growing brand of Pakistan cricket and is just getting bigger and bigger with every year. It normally starts in February and the 1st round of auditions has just finished. The franchises of PSL have announced their retained players. So we will talk about the retentions ahead of HBL PSL 2023. 

Please read also Champions of HBL PSL 2022

Babar Joined Zalmi

The biggest news came from Peshawar Zalmi they have roped in Pakistan skipper Babar Azam who left the Karachi Kings after 6 years. Shoaib Malik is back in Karachi Kings and Haider Ali also went to Karachi Kings. 

Let's take a look at the retentions of the teams for PSL8.

Lahore Qalandars

1. Shaheen Afridi

2. Rashid Khan

3. David Wiese

4. Abdullah Shafique

5. Kamran Ghulam

6. Harris Rauf

7. Harry Brook 

8. Zaman Khan

The biggest news from Qalandar's camp is Fakhar Zaman is not retained by them and Hafeez part ways with them. 

Multan Sultans

1. Muhammad Rizwan

2. Shan Masood

3. Khushdil Shah

4. Rilee Rossouw

5. Tim David

6. Shahnawaz Dhahani

7. Ihsanullah

8. Abbass Afridi

Multan Sultans left Sohaib Maqsood and David Willey.

Islamabad United

1. Shadab Khan

2. Asif Ali

3. Muhammad Waseem Jr.

4. Hassan Ali

5. Faheem Ashraf

6. Azam Khan

7. Colin Munro

8. Paul Stirling

So the basic core of Islamabad remains the same as usual. 

Peshawar Zalmi

1. Babar Azam

2. Wahab Riaz

3. Sherfane Rutherford

4. Tom Kohlar Cadmore

5. Salman Irshad

6. Aamir Jamal

7. Muhammad Harris 

The biggest news came from their camp they gave away Haider Ali and Shoaib Malik and got Babar Azam on their side. 

Karachi Kings

1. Haider Ali

2. Muhammad Aamir

3. Imad Wasim

4. Shoaib Malik

5. Aamir Yaamin

6. Mir Hamza

7. Sharjeel Khan

8. Qasim Akram

That was always on the cards after the last season someone had to go and it was Babar Azam who left away and Karachi got back their very own Shoaib Malik. 

Quetta Gladiators

1. Sarfraz Ahmad

2. Muhammad Nawaz

3. Iftikhar Ahmad

4. Jason Roy

5. Will Smeed

6. Umar Akmal

7. Muhammad Hasnain

8. Naveen-ul-Haq

Quetta left out their pace sensation Naseem Shah which is quite surprising and they were in talks with Babar Azam but couldn't close the deal. 

Defending Champions Lahore Qalandars will get 1st pick in the platinum category and Karachi has 3 slots left for the Platinum category. Karachi Kings is in talks with Kamran Akmal and Mohammad Hafeez.