The PSL player retention 2024 list is finally announced by the PSL management as the Pakistan Super League released the list of 87 local players with 5 different categories assigned for the upcoming 10th edition of the PSL, which is scheduled from 8 April to 19 May.
Here are five categories and 87 PSL players retained for 2025, assigned for the 10th edition.
| Total No. of Players | Total No. of Player |
| Platinum | 13 |
| Diamond | 16 |
| Gold | 30 |
| Silver | 16 |
| Emerging | 12 |
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Platinum Players Retention PSL
A total of 4 new cricketers are promoted to the Platinum category from the Diamond category, as there were only 9 cricketers in the Platinum category in the last edition of PSL.
Hasan Ali, Mohammad Amir, Saim Ayub, and Usama Mir are promoted to the platinum category.
The other nine players, Imad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, and Babar Azam, are retained in the Platinum category.
PSL player retention in the Diamond category
A total of 16 players will be part of the Diamond category in the 10th edition of the Pakistan Super League. Quetta Gladiators and Multan Sultans have the highest number of players, 4 in the diamond category, while Karachi Kings have Abdullaj Shalique only in the diamond category.
| Franchises | Diamond Category Players |
| Islamabad United | Azam Khan, Salman Ali Agha |
| Quetta Gladiators | Sarfaraz Ahmed, Mohammad Hasnain, Abrar Ahmed, Saud Shakeel |
| Peshawar Zalmi | Mohammad Harris, Aamer Jamal |
| Karachi Kings | Mohammad Nawaz, Shan Masood, Shoaib Malik |
| Lahore Qalandars | Abdullah Shalique |
| Multan Sultans | Khusdil Shah, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Usman Khan |
PSL Player retention in Golden Category
The golden category has the highest number of players among the five categories, with 30 players on the list.
Peshawar Zalmi has the highest number of players, 7 in the golden category, while Multan Sultans and Islamabad United have only 4 players in this category.
| Franchises | Golden Category Players |
| Islamabad United | Faheem Ashraf, Rumman Raees, Qasim Akram, Haider Ali |
| Quetta Gladiators | Mohammad Wasim Jr., Usman Qadir, Omair Bin, Yousuf, Sohail Khan, Umar Amin |
| Peshawar Zalmi | Asif Ali, Salman Irshad, Hussain Talat, Arshad Iqbal, Sufyan Muqeem, Khurram Shahzad, Haseebullah Khan |
| Karachi Kings | Arafal Minhas, Anwar Ali Khan, Mir Hamza, Zahid Mahmood, Irfan khan Niazi |
| Lahore Qalandars | Sahibzada Farhan, Zaman Khan, Mirza Tahir Baig, Kamran Ghulam, Jahandad Khan |
| Multan Sultans | Ihsanullah, Tayyab Tahir, Shahnawaz Dahani, Faisal Akram |
PSL player retention in the Silver Category
16 players are retained in the silver category, where Islamabad United has a single retention in the silver while Gladiators and Lahore Qalandars have 4 retentions, which is the most in the silver category.
| Franchises | Diamond Category Players |
| Islamabad United | Shahab Khan |
| Quetta Gladiators | Sajjad Ali Jr, Usman Tariq, Bismillah Khan, Khawaja Mohammad Nalay |
| Peshawar Zalmi | Umair Afridi, Arif Yaqoob, Mehran Mumtaz |
| Karachi Kings | Mohammad Akhlaq, Mohammad Amir Khan |
| Lahore Qalandars | Muhammad Imran Jr., Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti, Salman Fayyaz, Syed Faridoun Mahmood |
| Multan Sultans | Ali Majod, Yasir Khan, |
PSL player retention in the Emerging Players Category
Only 12 players are selected in the emerging player category, where Gladiators and Qalandar have one each in this category while Peshawar Zalmi has 3 players in the same category.
| Franchises | Diamond Category Players |
| Islamabad United | Hunain Shah, Ubaid Shah, Shamyl Husaain |
| Quetta Gladiators | Adil Naz |
| Peshawar Zalmi | Mohammad Zeeshan, Aimal Khan, Ali Raza |
| Karachi Kings | Sirajuddin, Saad Baig |
| Lahore Qalandars | Tayyab Abbas |
| Multan Sultans | Aftab Ibrahim, Mohammad Shahzad |
Registration for foreign players was opened on 12 December, while the draft is scheduled for January 11.
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