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.
PSL 2016 Squads
Note: Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Islamabad United
The Islamabad United squad for the competition was as follows:
style="text-align:center; background:#FF681F; color:#FFD700;width:20%| Name |
Nat. |
Batting Style |
Bowling Style |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Batsmen |
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Sharjeel Khan |
Left-hand |
Right-arm leg spin |
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Babar Azam |
Right-hand |
Right-arm off spin |
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Misbah-ul-Haq |
Right-hand |
Right arm leg break |
Captain |
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Khalid Latif |
Right-hand |
Right-arm off Spin |
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Hussain Talat |
Left-hand |
Right arm medium |
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Umar Siddiq |
Left-hand |
Right-arm off spin |
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Asif Ali |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Medium-fast |
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All-Rounders |
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Shane Watson |
Right-hand |
Right arm fast medium |
First overseas player picked in PSL |
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Azhar Mahmood |
Right-hand |
Right-Arm Medium |
Overseas |
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Ashar Zaidi |
Left-hand |
Left Arm orthodox |
Overseas |
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Kamran Ghulam |
Right-hand |
Left arm orthodox |
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Umar Amin |
Left-hand |
Right-arm medium |
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Dwayne Smith |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Medium |
Overseas |
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Andre Russell |
Right-hand |
Right arm Fast bowling |
Overseas |
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Wicket-keepers |
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Sam Billings |
Right-hand |
— |
Overseas |
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Brad Haddin |
Right-hand |
— |
Overseas |
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Bowlers |
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Saeed Ajmal |
Right-hand |
Right arm off Spin |
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Mohammad Irfan |
Right-hand |
Left arm fast |
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Mohammad Sami |
Right-hand |
Right arm fast |
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Samuel Badree |
Right-hand |
Right arm leg spin |
Overseas |
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Rumman Raees |
Right-hand |
Left arm medium fast |
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Amad Butt |
Right-hand |
Right arm fast |
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Imran Khalid |
Left-hand |
Left arm orthodox spin |
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Karachi Kings
The Karachi Kings squad for the competition was as follows:
Name |
Nat. |
Batting style |
Bowling style |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Batsmen |
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Shahzaib Hasan |
Right-hand |
Right-arm leg spin |
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Iftikhar Ahmed |
Right-hand |
Right-arm off spin |
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Nauman Anwar |
Right-Hand |
Right-arm Medium |
Part-time Wicket-keeper |
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Fawad Alam |
Left-hand |
Slow Left-arm Orthodox |
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Lendl Simmons |
Right-Hand |
Right-arm Medium |
Overseas |
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James Vince |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Medium |
Overseas |
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Owais Shah |
Right-hand |
Right-arm off break |
Overseas |
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All-rounders |
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Shoaib Malik |
Right-hand |
Right-arm off spin |
Icon Player |
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Imad Wasim |
Left-Hand |
Slow Left-arm Orthodox |
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Sohail Tanvir |
Left-Hand |
Left Arm Fast Medium |
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Bilawal Bhatti |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Fast |
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Ravi Bopara |
Right-hand |
Right Arm Medium Fast |
Captain |
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TM Dilshan |
Right-hand |
Right-arm off spin |
Overseas |
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Shakib Al Hasan |
Left-hand |
Slow Left-arm Orthodox |
Overseas |
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Ryan ten Doeschate |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Fast medium |
Overseas |
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Wicket-keepers |
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Saifullah Bangash |
Right-Hand |
— |
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Mushfiqur Rahim |
Right-hand |
— |
Overseas |
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Riki Wessels |
Right-hand |
— |
Overseas |
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Bowlers |
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Sohail Khan |
Right-Hand |
Right-Arm Fast |
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Mohammad Amir |
Left-hand |
Left-arm Fast |
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Usama Mir |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Leg spin |
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Mir Hamza |
Right-hand |
Left-arm Medium Fast |
Lahore Qalandars
The Lahore Qalandars squad for the competition was as follows:
Name |
Nat. |
Batting Style |
Bowling Style |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Batsmen |
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Mukhtar Ahmed |
Right-hand |
Legbreak, Googly |
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Azhar Ali |
Right-hand |
Right-Arm Legbreak |
Captain |
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Chris Gayle |
Left-hand |
Right-Arm Offbreak |
First pick/Overseas |
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Cameron Delport |
Left hand |
Right-arm Medium |
Overseas |
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Sohaib Maqsood |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Offbreak |
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Naved Yasin |
Left-hand |
Slow Left-arm Orthodox |
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Imran Butt |
Right-hand |
— |
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All-rounders |
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Abdul Razzaq |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Fast-medium |
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Hammad Azam |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Medium |
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Zohaib Khan |
Right-hand |
Slow Left-arm Orthodox |
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Dwayne Bravo |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Medium-fast |
Overseas |
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Kevon Cooper |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Medium |
Overseas |
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Wicket-keepers |
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Mohammad Rizwan |
Right-hand |
— |
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Umar Akmal |
Right-hand |
— |
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Bowlers |
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Ehsan Adil |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Fast-medium |
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Yasir Shah |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Leg-spin |
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Zafar Gohar |
Left-hand |
SlowerLeft-arm Orthodox |
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Ajantha Mendis |
Left-hand |
Right-arm off break |
Overseas |
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Zia-ul-Haq |
Right-hand |
Left arm Fast-medium |
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Adnan Rasool |
Right-hand |
Right-arm offbreak |
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Mustafizur Rahman |
Left-hand |
Left-arm Medium-fast |
Overseas |
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Peshawar Zalmi
The Peshawar Zalmi squad for the competition was as follows:
Name |
Nationality |
Batting style |
Bowling style |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Batsmen |
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Mohammad Hafeez |
Right-hand |
Right-arm off Spin |
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Tamim Iqbal |
Left-hand |
— |
Overseas |
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Shahid Yousuf |
Right-hand |
— |
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Israrullah |
Left-Hand |
— |
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Musadiq Ahmed |
Right-Hand |
— |
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Brad Hodge |
Right-hand |
— |
Overseas |
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Dawid Malan |
Left-hand |
Right Arm Leg Break |
Overseas |
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All-rounders |
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Shahid Afridi |
Right-hand |
Right-Arm Leg Spin |
Captain, first pick in players draft |
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Aamer Yamin |
Right-Hand |
Right Arm Medium |
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Darren Sammy |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Medium Fast |
Overseas |
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Jim Allenby |
Right-hand |
Right arm Medium |
Overseas |
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Wicket-keeper |
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Kamran Akmal |
Right-hand |
— |
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Jonny Bairstow |
Right-hand |
— |
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Bowlers |
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Abdur Rehman |
Left-hand |
Left-arm off spin |
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Junaid Khan |
Left-hand |
Left-arm Fast |
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Wahab Riaz |
Right-hand |
Left-arm Fast |
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Shaun Tait |
Right-hand |
Right arm Fast |
Overseas |
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Imran Khan |
Right-hand |
Left-arm Medium Fast |
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Hasan Ali |
Right-Hand |
Right Arm Medium Fast |
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Taj Wali |
Left-Hand |
Left Arm Medium Fast |
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Muhammad Asghar |
Left-Hand |
Left Arm Spinner |
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Quetta Gladiators
The Quetta Gladiators squad for the competition was as follows:
Name |
Nation |
Batting Style |
Bowling Style |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Batsmen |
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Ahmed Shehzad |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Leg break |
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Kevin Pietersen |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Off Break |
Overseas/First Pick |
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Asad Shafiq |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Off break |
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Saad Nasim |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Leg break |
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Rameez Raja |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Off Break |
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All-rounders |
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Elton Chigumbura |
Right-hand |
Right Arm Medium Fast |
Overseas |
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Luke Wright |
Right-hand |
Right Arm Medium Fast |
Overseas |
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Akbar-ur-Rehman |
Right-Hand |
Right Arm Leg Break |
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Bilal Asif |
Right-Hand |
Right Arm Off Spin |
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Mohammad Nawaz |
Right-hand |
Slow Left Arm Orthodox |
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Jason Holder |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Medium Fast |
Overseas |
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Thisara Perera |
Right-hand |
Left-arm Medium Fast |
Overseas |
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Anwar Ali |
Right-hand |
Right arm Fast medium |
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Grant Elliott |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Fast Medium |
Overseas |
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Mohammad Nabi |
Right-hand |
Right-arm off spin |
Overseas |
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Wicket-keeper |
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Sarfraz Ahmed |
Right-hand |
— |
Captain |
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Bismillah Khan |
Right-hand |
— |
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Kumar Sangakkara |
Left-hand |
— |
Overseas |
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Bowlers |
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Umar Gul |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Fast |
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Aizaz Cheema |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Fast |
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Zulfiqar Babar |
Right-hand |
Slow Left-arm Orthodox |
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Jade Dernbach |
Right-hand |
Right-arm Medium Fast |
Overseas |
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Nathan McCullum |
Right-hand |
Right-arm off spin |
Overseas |
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