Six franchises, including defending champions Lahore Qalandars, have unveiled their retentions for the HBL PSL season 11, while Multan Sultans have not retained any players from their previous squad, the Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed on Wednesday.

All franchises except Islamabad United have retained four players each. United have kept hold of three players.

The two new franchises, Sialkot Stallionz and Hyderabad, are set to announce their retentions by February 7.

The only captain to win HBL PSL three times, Shaheen Shah Afridi, has been retained in the Platinum category, while Abdullah Shafique has been retained in the Diamond category by Lahore Qalandars.

Zimbabwean all-rounder Sikandar Raza will also stay with Qalandars in the Gold category.

Emerging player of the HBL PSL X Mohammad Naeem has been retained by the reigning champions in the Silver category.

Quetta Gladiators have retained mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed in the Platinum category, Usman Tariq in Diamond, HBL PSL X player of the tournament Hasan Nawaz in Gold and left-handed batter Shamyl Hussain in the Emerging category.

Babar Azam, the leading run-getter of the HBL PSL history and one of the only two players to feature in 100 HBL PSL games, has been retained by 2017 champions Peshawar Zalmi.

They have also kept left-arm wrist-spinner Sufyan Moqim in Diamond, Abdul Samad in Gold and pacer Ali Raza in the Emerging category.

Shadab Khan’s nine-year long journey with Islamabad United will reach the decade-mark as he has been retained by the three-time HBL PSL champions in the Platinum category.

Fast bowler Salman Irshad in the Gold and USA wicketkeeper-batter Andries Gous in the Silver categories are the other two retentions by Islamabad United.

Hasan Ali – the leading wicket-taker in HBL PSL history – will continue to star for Karachi Kings as he has been retained in the Platinum category. Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Khushdil Shah and Saad Baig have been retained in Diamond, Gold and Emerging, respectively, by the 2020 champions.

Full retentions:

Lahore Qalandars: Shaheen Shah Afridi (Platinum), Abdullah Shafique (Diamond), Sikandar Raza (Gold) and Mohammad Naeem (Silver)

Quetta Gladiators: Abrar Ahmed (Platinum), Usman Tariq (Diamond), Hasan Nawaz (Gold) and Shamyl Hussain (Emerging)

Islamabad United: Shadab Khan (Platinum), Salman Irshad (Gold) and Andries Gous (Silver)

Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam (Platinum), Sufyan Moqim (Diamond), Abdul Samad (Gold) and Ali Raza (Emerging)

Karachi Kings: Hasan Ali (Platinum), Mohammad Abbas Afridi (Diamond), Khushdil Shah (Gold) and Saad Baig (Emerging)

Multan Sultans: Zero retentions.