The Pakistan Super League 2021– the country’s premier T20 competition will see the player draft kickoff on January 10, 2021, as announced last week. With the domestic player rosters coming out on December 24, the international roster was put out by PSL in a press release.

Names of T20 giants starting from the Universe Boss Chris Gayle to the Player of the Decade- Rashid Khan, were named in the elite Platinum roster Player Draft that will be held in Lahore.

Now that PSL has come up with list after confirming the participation of the foreign players, the six franchises are allowed to make key trade and retention decisions before the Draft, with each team allowed a maximum of eight retentions.

The Director Commercial of PSL, Babar Hamid said, “We are delighted to release a star-studded list of players in the Platinum category even though we are dealing with an unprecedented situation due to COVID-19 and player availabilities are also hampered by a packed FTP calendar.The HBL Pakistan Super League 2021 will be another exciting season once again being played in Pakistan. The quality of players on the list is a further testament of the credibility and integrity of the league as it continues to attract the best T20 talent from around the world.”

Here’s a list of the foreign players listed in the platinum roster:

West Indies: Chris Gayle, Lendl Simmons, Carlos Braithwaite, Evin Lewis and Dwayne Bravo

England: Chris Jordan, Alex Hales, Moeen Ali, Dawid Malan and Tom Banton

South Africa: Colin Ingram, Imran Tahir, Rilee Russouw, Dale Steyn, David Miller, Morne Morkel and Rassie Van Der Dussen

Australia: Chris Lynn

Sri Lanka: Thisara Perera and Isuru Udana

Afghanistan: Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Bangladesh: Mustafizur Rahman

Nepal: Sandeep Lamichhane