2016 Pakistan Super League squads

This is a list of squads for the five franchises which will competed in the 2016 Pakistan Super League. Initial squads were finalised after the 2016 Pakistan Super League players draft in December 2015.[1]

PSL 2016 Squads

Note: Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Islamabad United

The Islamabad United squad for the competition was as follows: [2]

Name	Nat.	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
Sharjeel Khan		Left-hand	Right-arm leg spin
Babar Azam		Right-hand	Right-arm off spin
Misbah-ul-Haq		Right-hand	Right arm leg break	Captain
Khalid Latif		Right-hand	Right-arm off Spin
Hussain Talat		Left-hand	Right arm medium
Umar Siddiq		Left-hand	Right-arm off spin
Asif Ali		Right-hand	Right-arm Medium-fast
All-Rounders
Shane Watson		Right-hand	Right arm fast medium	First overseas player picked in PSL[3]
Azhar Mahmood		Right-hand	Right-Arm Medium	Overseas
Ashar Zaidi		Left-hand	Left Arm orthodox	Overseas
Kamran Ghulam		Right-hand	Left arm orthodox
Umar Amin		Left-hand	Right-arm medium
Dwayne Smith		Right-hand	Right-arm Medium	Overseas
Andre Russell		Right-hand	Right arm Fast bowling	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
Sam Billings		Right-hand	—	Overseas
Brad Haddin		Right-hand	—	Overseas
Bowlers
Saeed Ajmal		Right-hand	Right arm off Spin
Mohammad Irfan		Right-hand	Left arm fast
Mohammad Sami		Right-hand	Right arm fast
Samuel Badree		Right-hand	Right arm leg spin	Overseas
Rumman Raees		Right-hand	Left arm medium fast
Amad Butt		Right-hand	Right arm fast
Imran Khalid		Left-hand	Left arm orthodox spin

Karachi Kings

The Karachi Kings squad for the competition was as follows:[4]

Name	Nat.	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Shahzaib Hasan		Right-hand	Right-arm leg spin
Iftikhar Ahmed		Right-hand	Right-arm off spin
Nauman Anwar		Right-Hand	Right-arm Medium	Part-time Wicket-keeper
Fawad Alam		Left-hand	Slow Left-arm Orthodox
Lendl Simmons		Right-Hand	Right-arm Medium	Overseas
James Vince		Right-hand	Right-arm Medium	Overseas
Owais Shah		Right-hand	Right-arm off break	Overseas
All-rounders
Shoaib Malik		Right-hand	Right-arm off spin	Icon Player
Imad Wasim		Left-Hand	Slow Left-arm Orthodox
Sohail Tanvir		Left-Hand	Left Arm Fast Medium
Bilawal Bhatti		Right-hand	Right-arm Fast
Ravi Bopara		Right-hand	Right Arm Medium Fast	Captain
TM Dilshan		Right-hand	Right-arm off spin	Overseas
Shakib Al Hasan		Left-hand	Slow Left-arm Orthodox	Overseas
Ryan ten Doeschate		Right-hand	Right-arm Fast medium	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
Saifullah Bangash		Right-Hand	—
Mushfiqur Rahim		Right-hand	—	Overseas
Riki Wessels		Right-hand	—	Overseas
Bowlers
(cricketer)Sohail Khan		Right-Hand	Right-Arm Fast
Mohammad Amir		Left-hand	Left-arm Fast
Usama Mir		Right-hand	Right-arm Leg spin
Shahzaib Shamsi		Right-hand	Right-arm Medium Fast

Lahore Qalandars

The Lahore Qalandars squad for the competition was as follows:

Name	Nat.	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
Mukhtar Ahmed		Right-hand	Legbreak, Googly
Azhar Ali		Right-hand	Right-Arm Legbreak	Captain
Chris Gayle		Left-hand	Right-Arm Offbreak	First pick/Overseas
Cameron Delport		Left hand	Right-arm Medium	Overseas
Sohaib Maqsood		Right-hand	Right-arm Offbreak
Naved Yasin		Left-hand	Slow Left-arm Orthodox
Imran Butt		Right-hand	—
All-rounders
Abdul Razzaq		Right-hand	Right-arm Fast-medium
Hammad Azam		Right-hand	Right-arm Medium
Zohaib Khan		Right-hand	Slow Left-arm Orthodox
Dwayne Bravo		Right-hand	Right-arm Medium-fast	Overseas
Kevon Cooper		Right-hand	Right-arm Medium	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
Mohammad Rizwan		Right-hand	—
Umar Akmal		Right-hand	—
Bowlers
Ehsan Adil		Right-hand	Right-arm Fast-medium
Yasir Shah		Right-hand	Right-arm Leg-spin
Zafar Gohar		Left-hand	SlowerLeft-arm Orthodox
Ajantha Mendis		Left-hand	Right-arm off break	Overseas
Zia-ul-Haq		Right-hand	Left arm Fast-medium
Adnan Rasool		Right-hand	Right-arm offbreak
Mustafizur Rahman		Left-hand	Left-arm Medium-fast	Overseas

Peshawar Zalmi

The Peshawar Zalmi squad for the competition was as follows:

Name	Nationality	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Mohammad Hafeez		Right-hand	Right-arm off Spin	[5]
Tamim Iqbal		Left-hand	—	Overseas
Shahid Yousuf		Right-hand	—
Israrullah		Left-Hand	—
Musadiq Ahmed		Right-Hand	—
Brad Hodge		Right-hand	—	Overseas
Dawid Malan		Left-hand	Right Arm Leg Break	Overseas
All-rounders
Shahid Afridi		Right-hand	Right-Arm Leg Spin	Captain, first pick in players draft[6]
Aamer Yamin		Right-Hand	Right Arm Medium
Darren Sammy		Right-hand	Right-arm Medium Fast	Overseas
Jim Allenby		Right-hand	Right arm Medium	Overseas
Wicket-keeper
Kamran Akmal		Right-hand	—
Jonny Bairstow		Right-hand	—
Bowlers
Abdur Rehman		Left-hand	Left-arm off spin
Junaid Khan		Left-hand	Left-arm Fast
Wahab Riaz		Right-hand	Left-arm Fast
Shaun Tait		Right-hand	Right arm Fast	Overseas
Imran Khan		Right-hand	Left-arm Medium Fast
Hasan Ali		Right-Hand	Right Arm Medium Fast
Taj Wali		Left-Hand	Left Arm Medium Fast
Muhammad Asghar		Left-Hand	Left Arm Spinner

Quetta Gladiators

The Quetta Gladiators squad for the competition was as follows:[7]

Name	Nation	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
Ahmed Shehzad		Right-hand	Right-arm Leg break
Kevin Pietersen		Right-hand	Right-arm Off Break	Overseas/First Pick
Asad Shafiq		Right-hand	Right-arm Off break
Saad Nasim		Right-hand	Right-arm Leg break
Rameez Raja		Right-hand	Right-arm Off Break
All-rounders
Elton Chigumbura		Right-hand	Right Arm Medium Fast	Overseas
Luke Wright		Right-hand	Right Arm Medium Fast	Overseas
Akbar-ur-Rehman		Right-Hand	Right Arm Leg Break
Bilal Asif		Right-Hand	Right Arm Off Spin
Mohammad Nawaz		Right-hand	Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Jason Holder		Right-hand	Right-arm Medium Fast	Overseas
Thisara Perera		Right-hand	Left-arm Medium Fast	Overseas
Anwar Ali		Right-hand	Right arm Fast medium
Grant Elliott		Right-hand	Right-arm Fast Medium	Overseas
Mohammad Nabi		Right-hand	Right-arm off spin	Overseas
Wicket-keeper
Sarfraz Ahmed		Right-hand	—	Captain
Bismillah Khan		Right-hand	—
Kumar Sangakkara		Left-hand	—	Overseas
Bowlers
Umar Gul		Right-hand	Right-arm Fast
Aizaz Cheema		Right-hand	Right-arm Fast
Zulfiqar Babar		Right-hand	Slow Left-arm Orthodox
Jade Dernbach		Right-hand	Right-arm Medium Fast	Overseas
Nathan McCullum		Right-hand	Right-arm off spin	Overseas[8]

References

1. "List of Foreign Players in PSL". Pakistan Times | Sports. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
2. Islamabad United all set to take PSL on, Dunya News, 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
3. "PSL T20 2016 draft". Cricket Country. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
4. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/953791.html
5. "Hafeez not allowed to bowl in PSL". The Express Tribune. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
6. "Shahid Afridi becomes first player to be picked in Pakistan Super League (PSL)". Cricket Country. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
7. http://sportsmaza.com/cricket/quetta-gladiators-team-squad/, Sports Maza, 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
8. http://dailytimes.com.pk/sport/18-Feb-2016/nathan-mccullum-replaces-nabi-in-gladiators/ Archived 2016-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, ""Daily News"" 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2016-02-22.