2016 Pakistan Super League squads

Last updated February 16, 2023

This is a list of squads for the five franchises which 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]^[3]

Name	Nat.	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Sharjeel Khan	Pakistan	Left-hand	Right-arm leg spin
Babar Azam	Pakistan	Right-hand	Right-arm off spin
Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	Right-hand	Right arm leg break	Captain
Khalid Latif	Pakistan	Right-hand	Right-arm off Spin
Hussain Talat	Pakistan	Left-hand	Right arm medium
Umar Siddiq	Pakistan	Left-hand	Right-arm off spin
Asif Ali	Pakistan	Right-hand	Right-arm Medium-fast
All-Rounders
Shane Watson	Australia	Right-hand	Right arm fast medium	First overseas player picked in PSL^[4]
Azhar Mahmood	England	Right-hand	Right-Arm Medium	Overseas
Ashar Zaidi	England	Left-hand	Left Arm orthodox	Overseas
Kamran Ghulam	Pakistan	Right-hand	Left arm orthodox
Umar Amin	Pakistan	Left-hand	Right-arm medium
Dwayne Smith	Barbados	Right-hand	Right-arm Medium	Overseas
Andre Russell	Jamaica	Right-hand	Right arm Fast bowling	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
Sam Billings	England	Right-hand	—	Overseas
Brad Haddin	Australia	Right-hand	—	Overseas
Bowlers
Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	Right-hand	Right arm off Spin
Mohammad Irfan	Pakistan	Right-hand	Left arm fast
Mohammad Sami	Pakistan	Right-hand	Right arm fast
Samuel Badree	Trinidad and Tobago	Right-hand	Right arm leg spin	Overseas
Rumman Raees	Pakistan	Right-hand	Left arm medium fast
Amad Butt	Pakistan	Right-hand	Right arm fast
Imran Khalid	Pakistan	Left-hand	Left arm orthodox spin

Karachi Kings

The Karachi Kings squad for the competition was as follows:^[3]

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

Lahore Qalandars

The Lahore Qalandars squad for the competition was as follows:^[3]

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

Peshawar Zalmi

The Peshawar Zalmi squad for the competition was as follows:^[3]

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

Quetta Gladiators

The Quetta Gladiators squad for the competition was as follows:^[3]^[7]

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

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[1] "List of Foreign Players in PSL". Pakistan Times | Sports . Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

[dn4jan16-2] Islamabad United all set to take PSL on, Dunya News, 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2016-01-27.

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