PSL Final 2024: Islamabad United defeated Multan Sultans in the final. | Photo: AP/Fareed Khan PSL Final 2024: Islamabad United defeated Multan Sultans in the final. | Photo: AP/Fareed Khan

Six teams from the Pakistan Super League (PSL) on Saturday, January 4 revealed their retained list for the upcoming season ahead of the PSL Draft, that is set to be held next week. (More Cricket News)

Each franchise will be allowed to retain eight players from their existing squads, and amongst them three have already made use of the retentions barring Karachi Kings, Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi - who retained seven players each.

Top Pakistani stars such as Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Saud Shakeel and Haris Rauf were some of the notable names amongst the retained list.

Mohammad Amir and Imad Wasim, who announced their international retirement last year, were retained by the franchises as mentors.

As far as foreign stars go, the likes of James Vince, Colin Munro, Akeal Hosein, David Wiley, Chris Jordan, Rilee Rossouw, Sikandar Raza, David Wiese, and Tim Seifert are among the foreign retained players for the PSL Draft 2025.

⚡️💥 The squads are shaping up, and the excitement is OFF THE CHARTS 🔥 as the HBL PSL 2025 player retentions are finalised 😎🔗 Read more: https://t.co/dcomjxpV8I#HBLPSLDraft pic.twitter.com/QB3KlLSZB1

“We are extremely disappointed that our dream of playing in the Olympic Games Final has not been realized. The team gave their absolute best, and I am proud of how we played. At no point did we give up; we fought valiantly until the last second,” said captain Harmanpreet Singh had said after the defeat.

— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) January 4, 2025 Pakistan Super League Season 10 Retained Players List

Islamabad United 2025 Retained Players List: Shadab Khan and Naseem Shah (both Platinum), Imad Wasim (mentor) and Azam Khan (Diamond), Salman Ali Agha (Brand Ambassador) and Haider Ali (Both Gold, Colin Munro and Rumman Raees (both Silver).

Multan Sultans 2025 Retained Players List: Mohammad Rizwan and Usama Mir (both Platinum), David Willey (mentor), Iftikhar Ahmed (Brand Ambassador) and Usman Khan (all Diamond), Chris Jordan (Gold), Faisal Akram (Silver).

Peshawar Zalmi 2025 Retained Players List: Babar Azam, Saim Ayub (both Platinum), Mohammad Haris (Diamond), Arif Yaqoob, Mehran Mumtaz and Sufyan Moqim (Brand Ambassador) (all silver), Ali Raza (Emerging).

Quetta Gladiators 2025 Retained Players List: Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Amir (mentor) and Rilee Rossouw (all Diamond), Akeal Hosein, Saud Shakeel (Brand Ambassador) and Mohammad Wasim Jnr (all Gold), Khawaja Muhammad Nafay and Usman Tariq (Silver).

Karachi Kings 2025 Retained Players List: Hasan Ali and James Vince (both Diamond), Muhammad Irfan Khan and Shan Masood (both Gold), Arafat Minhas (Brand Ambassador), Tim Seifert and Zahid Mehmood (all Silver).

Lahore Qalandars 2025 Retained Players List: Shaheen Shah Afridi and Fakhar Zaman (both Platinum), Haris Rauf (Brand Ambassador) and Sikandar Raza (both Diamond)rich 888, Abdullah Shafique, Jahandad Khan and Zaman Khan (all Gold), David Wiese (Silver).

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