PSL players category renewal for 2023 season

On Oct 25, 2019, PCB press release two-step category renewal process of all six Pakistan Super League franchises completed. Pakistan Twenty20 captain Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, and Imad Wasim feature into the Platinum category.

Here are the complete details of PSL local players category renewal 2023

PSL 2023 local players category

HBL Pakistan Super League 2023, local players feature into five different categories.
Here is the detail about the PSL 2023 local players category.

1. Platinum
2. Diamond
3. Gold
4. Silver
5. Emerging

86 Pakistani Local Players feature into five categories. Platinum is the most expensive category of PSL local players 2023 season there are 17 players in the Platinum category. 2nd expensive category of PSL local players in 2023 is Diamond and there are 10 top players in this category. 3rd expensive category of PSL local players 2023 is Gold and there are 23 players in this category. 4th expensive category of PSL local players 2023 is Silver and there are 27 players in this category. 5th and the last category of PSL local players 2023 is Emerging and there are 9 players in this category.

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Here we listed all players in detail of each category.

1. Platinum Players of PSL 2023

   Platinum is the most expensive category of PSL local players 2023 season there are 17 players in this Platinum category.
   
   
   1. Babar Azam
   2. Faheem Ashraf
   3. Fakhar Zaman
   4. Hassan Ali
   5. Imad Wasim
   6. Kamran Akmal
   7. Muhammad Amir
   8. Muhammad Hafeez
   9. Muhammad Irfan
   10. Muhammad Nawaz
   11. Sarfraz Ahmed
   12. Shadab Khan
   13. Shaheen Shah Afridi
   14. Shahid Afridi
   15. Shoaib Malik
   16. Sohail Tanveer
   17. Wahab Riaz

2. Diamond Players of PSL 2023

   2nd expensive category of PSL local players 2023 is Diamond and there are 10 top players in this category.
   
   
   1. Ahmed Shahzad
   2. Asif Ali
   3. Haris Sohail
   4. Iftikhar Ahmed
   5. Imam Ul Haq
   6. Junaid Khan
   7. Muhammad Rizwan
   8. Umer Akmal
   9. Usman Shinwari
   10. Yasir Shah
    
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3. Gold Players of PSL 2023

   3rd expensive category of PSL local players 2023 is Gold and there are 23 players in this category.
   
   
   1. Aamir Yamin
   2. Aizaz Cheema
   3. Anwar Ali
   4. Awais Zia
   5. Hammad Azam
   6. Haris Rauf
   7. Hussain Talat
   8. Muhammad Abbas
   9. Muhammad Hasnain
   10. Muhammad Sami
   11. Rahat Ali
   12. Ruman Raees
   13. Saad Ali
   14. Sahibada Farhan
   15. Salman Butt
   16. Shakeel Ansar
   17. Shan Masood 
   18. Shoaib Maqsood
   19. Sohail Akhtar
   20. Sohail Khan
   21. Umer Amin
   22. Waqas Maqsood
   23. Zafar Gohar

4. Silver Players of PSL 2023

   4th expensive category of PSL local players 2023 is Silver and there are 27 players in this category.
   
   
   1. Agha Salman
   2. Ahsan Ali
   3. Ali Shafiq
   4. Ahmad Butt
   5. Danish Aziz
   6. Ghulam Mudassir
   7. Gohar Ali
   8. Hassan Khan
   9. Ibtesam Sheikh
   10. Jaahid Ali
   11. Jalat Khan
   12. Jamal Anwar
   13. Khalid Usman
   14. M. Irfan Khan
   15. Muhammad Asghar
   16. Muhammad Imran
   17. Muhammad Irfan JR
   18. Muhammad Musa
   19. Naseem Shah
   20. Numan Ali
   21. Rizwan Hussain
   22. Sameen Gul
   23. Samiullah
   24. Sajjid Shakil
   25. Umaid Asif
   26. Umar Siddiq
   27. Usama Mir

5. Emerging Players of PSL 2023

   5th and the last category of PSL local players 2023 is Emerging and there are 9 players in this category.
   
   
   1. Ali Imran
   2. Abrar Ahmed
   3. Muhammad Azam Khan
   4. Muhammad Junaid
   5.  Muhammad Ilyas
   6. Nabi Gul
   7. Nasir Nawaz
   8. Umair Masood
   9. Umer Khan

PCB Chief Executive

PCB Chief executive Wasim Khan said:

“With the completion of the category renewal process for the upcoming season of the HBL Pakistan Super League we have reached an important milestone. These are exciting times as we move closer and closer towards the 2021 season which will be a truly historic one as all 34 matches will be played in Pakistan."

“HBL PSL has become one of the most sought after T20 leagues in the world, the next edition will be even bigger and better, I am sure league fans both in Pakistan and around the world will enjoy top-class cricket, with world-class facilities at the stadiums and top-quality broadcast once the tournament begins in February 2021.”

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however many factors such as PSL performances, national team performances, domestic performances and perceived Twenty20 brand value are the deep part of the two-step player category renewal process.