Roy, Munro, Jordan among overseas Platinum picks in PSL draft

Jason Roy, Colin Munro, Tim David, Chris Jordan and Hazratullah Zazai were the abroad players picked in the Platinum class while Fakhar Zaman was the solitary Pakistan player among the platinum picks in the draft for the 2022 release of PSL which was directed on Sunday (December 12). Roy was Quetta Gladiators' Platinum decision while they likewise went for James Faulkner in the Diamond class. Ben Duckett, Khurram Shehzad, Afghanistan's Naveen-ul-Haq, Sohail Tanvir and Umar Akmal were Gladiators' Silver picks. David, who was beforehand with Lahore Qalandars, was picked by reigning champs Multan Sultans, who additionally settled on West Indian Odean Smith in the Diamond classification. Asif Afridi, Anwar Ali, Imran Khan Snr and Rumman Raees, alongside Rovman Powell, were Sultans' Silver classification picks. Favoring Muzarabani was one of the two Supplementary players who got the Sultans. Zaman was picked as Qalandars' Platinum player for the 6th time on the run while Abdullah Shafique and the England pair of Harry Brook and Phil Salt were their Gold picks. South Africa's Dean Foxcroft and Kamran Ghulam were Qalandars' Silver picks. Jordan returned as the Platinum decision of Karachi Kings having missed the 2021 release while individual England player Lewis Gregory was roped in from the Diamond classification. Britain Tom Abell was the Kings' pick in the Silver classification, alongside Mohammad Imran, Rohail Nazir and Umaid Asif. Zazai was picked in the Platinum classification by Peshawar Zalmi, who likewise selected Usman Qadir from Gold, alongside Arshad Iqbal, Kamran Akmal, Salman Irshad and Sameen Gul from the Silver classification. Australia's Ben Cutting was picked by them as a Supplementary player. Islamabad United went with Munro as their Platinum select - the from favor New Zealand opener was picked in the Diamond class last year by the United yet he pulled out because of isolation-related issues. Marchant de Lange was picked by the United from the Diamond class while England's Reece Topley was their Silver pick alongside Danish Aziz, Muhammad Akhlaq and Zafar Gohar. Afghanistan's Rehmanullah Gurbaz was chosen as United's Supplementary player. The seventh release of the Pakistan Super League will be held from January 27 to February 27. Karachi will have the initial 15 matches of the opposition while the leftover 19 games will be held in Lahore. Full squads: Islamabad United: Asif Ali, Colin Munro, Hasan Ali (both Platinum), Faheem Ashraf, Marchant De Lange, Shadab Khan (Brand Ambassador), Alex Hales (Mentor), Azam Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr (all Gold), Danish Aziz, Mohammad Akhlaq, Paul Stirling, Reece Topley, Zafar Gohar (all Silver), Mubasir Khan, Zeeshan Zameer (both Emerging), Rehmanullah Gurbaz and Ather Mehmood (both Supplementary). Karachi Kings: Babar Azam, Chris Jordan, Imad Wasim (all Platinum), Mohammad Amir, Lewis Gregory, Mohammad Nabi (all Diamond), Joe Clarke (Brand Ambassador), Aamir Yamin, Sharjeel Khan (all both Gold), Mohammad Ilyas, Mohammad Imran, Rohail Nazir, Tom Abell, Umaid Asif (all Silver), Faisal Akram, Qasim Akram (Emerging), Romario Shepherd and Talha Ahsan (both Supplementary). Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Rashid Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, (all Platinum), Haris Rauf (Diamond, Brand Ambassador), David Wiese, Mohammad Hafeez (both Diamond), Abdullah Shafique, Harry Brook, Phil Salt (all Gold), Ahmed Daniyal, Dean Foxcroft, Sohail Akhtar, Kamran Ghulam, Zeeshan Ashraf (all Silver), Maaz Khan, Zaman Khan (both Emerging), Samit Patel and Syed Faridoum Mehmood (Supplementary). Multan Sultans: Tim David, Mohammad Rizwan, Rilee Rossouw (all Platinum), Imran Tahir (Mentor), Odean Smith (both Diamond), Sohaib Maqsood (Diamond), Khushdil Shah (Brand Ambassador), Shahnawaz Dahani, Shan Masood (all Gold), Anwar Ali, Asif Afridi, Imran Khan Snr, Rumman Raees Rovman Powell (all Silver), Aamer Azmat, Abbas Afridi (both Emerging), Blessing Muzarabani and Ihsanullah (Supplementary). Peshawar Zalmi: Hazratulah Zazai, Liam Livingstone, Wahab Riaz (all Platinum), Haider Ali, Sherfane Rutherford, Shoaib Malik (all Diamond), Hussain Talat (Gold), Saqib Mahmood (Gold, Brand Ambassador),, Usman Qadir (Gold), Arshad Iqbal, Kamran Akmal (Mentor), Salman Irshad, Sameen Gul, Tom Kohler-Cadmore (all Silver), Mohammad Aamer, Sirajuddin (Emerging), Ben Cutting and Mohammad Haris (both Supplementary). Quetta Gladiators: James Vince, Jason Roy, Sarfaraz Ahmed (all Platinum), Iftikhar Ahmed, James Faulkner, Mohammad Nawaz (all Diamond), Shahid Afridi (Mentor), Mohammad Hasnain (Brand Ambassador), Naseem Shah (all Gold), Ben Duckett, Khurram Shehzad, Naveen-Ul-Haq, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal (all Silver), Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Ashar Qureshi (Emerging), Ahsan Ali and Noor Ahmed (Supplementary).