Babar, Rashid, Livingstone headline PSL 2022 retention list

Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi were the four establishments that used their full share of eight maintenances while Multan Sultans and Quetta Gladiators held seven players each as the maintenance, exchange and delivery window of PSL 2022 shut on Friday (December 10). In what will be a first for the association, the groups will be permitted one Right to Match Card each during the PSL draft which will occur on December 12.

Pakistan captain Babar Azam and Imad Wasim were the Platinum class maintenances for Kings while Qalandars held Afghanistan legspinner Rashid Khan and Shaheen Afridi in the Platinum classification. 2019 bosses Gladiators, who got hold of James Vince (Platinum), Shahid Afridi and Iftikhar Ahmed in the exchanging window, held Sarfaraz Ahmed as the other Platinum player. It will be Shahid Afridi's goodbye season in the PSL, with the veteran allrounder moving from Sultans.

Current champions Sultans held Mohammad Rizwan and Rilee Rossouw in the Platinum class while double cross bosses United who acquired Azam Khan by means of exchange held Asif Ali and advanced him as a Platinum player. Hasan Ali is the other Platinum maintenance for the United. Zalmi went for Liam Livingstone and Wahab Riaz as Platinum maintenances.

According to the PSL rules, each establishment can have up to 18 players in their crew, remembering three each for Platinum, Diamond and Gold classifications, five Silver, two Emerging and up to two Supplementary classifications.

Player maintenance list and remaining picks:

Islamabad United (8) - Asif Ali, Hasan Ali (both Platinum), Faheem Ashraf (Diamond), Shadab Khan (Diamond, Brand Ambassador), Alex Hales (Gold, Mentor), Azam Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr (both Gold) and Paul Stirling (Silver). Remaining picks: Platinum - 1, Diamond - 1, Gold - 0, Silver - 4, Emerging - 2, Supplementary - up to 2.

Karachi Kings (8) - Babar Azam, Imad Wasim (both Platinum), Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Nabi (both Diamond), Joe Clarke (Gold, Brand Ambassador), Aamir Yamin, Sharjeel Khan (both Gold) and Mohammad Ilyas (Silver). Remaining picks: Platinum - 1, Diamond - 1, Gold - 0, Silver - 4, Emerging - 2, Supplementary - up to 2.

Lahore Qalandars (8) - Rashid Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi (both Platinum), Haris Rauf (Diamond, Brand Ambassador), David Wiese, Mohammad Hafeez (both Diamond), Ahmed Daniyal, Sohail Akhtar and Zeeshan Ashraf (all Silver). Remaining picks: Platinum - 1, Diamond - 0, Gold - 3, Silver - 2, Emerging - 2, Supplementary - up to 2.

Multan Sultans (7) - Mohammad Rizwan, Rilee Rossouw (both Platinum), Imran Tahir (Diamond, Mentor), Sohaib Maqsood (Diamond), Khushdil Shah (Gold, Brand Ambassador), Shahnawaz Dahani and Shan Masood (both Gold). Remaining picks: Platinum - 1, Diamond - 1, Gold - 0, Silver - 5, Emerging - 2, Supplementary - up to 2.

Peshawar Zalmi (8) - Liam Livingstone, Wahab Riaz (both Platinum), Haider Ali, Sherfane Rutherford, Shoaib Malik (all Diamond), Hussain Talat (Gold), Saqib Mahmood (Gold, Brand Ambassador) and Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Silver). Remaining picks: Platinum - 1, Diamond - 0, Gold - 1, Silver - 4, Emerging - 2, Supplementary - up to 2.

Quetta Gladiators (7) - James Vince, Sarfaraz Ahmed (both Platinum), Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz (both Diamond), Shahid Afridi (Gold, Mentor), Mohammad Hasnain (Gold, Brand Ambassador) and Naseem Shah (Gold). Remaining picks: Platinum - 1, Diamond - 1, Gold - 0, Silver - 5, Emerging - 2, Supplementary - up to 2.