LAHORE: Several players have been promoted to the platinum category for the fourth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), which will be kicked off on February 14 next year.
According to the new category list announced by the PCB, Misbahul Haq, Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Aamir, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal, Wahab Riaz, Hassan Ali and Sarfraz Ahmed have been inculded in the platinum category.
Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam and Mohammad Irfan were promoted from the diamond category to the platinum category.
Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan and Hasan Ali are promoted from the gold category.
Moreover, Umar Akmal has been demoted to the gold category from the platinum category.
Each franchise can pick three players each from platinum, diamond and gold categories, five from silver category and two from emerging players’ category for 16-member squad.