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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]
Note: Players with international caps are listed in bold.
The Islamabad United squad for the competition was as follows: [2] [3]
Name | Nat. | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | ||
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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 | |||
The Karachi Kings squad for the competition was as follows: [3]
Name | Nat. | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | ||
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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 |
The Lahore Qalandars squad for the competition was as follows: [3]
Name | Nat. | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes | ||
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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 | ||
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 | |||
The Quetta Gladiators squad for the competition was as follows: [3] [7]
Name | Nation | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | ||
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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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