KPL 2021 is a T20 format federation having an authentication from Pakistan Cricket Board, it provides all information for KPL 2021 player’s categories and also squad composition in full detail. So, in our study, we will elaborate on all details one by one.
KPL 2021 Players Categories
PCB announced a list of all player’s categories, it has been divided into 6 categories, which are given below. Now, we will discuss all categories of players in detail one by one.
KPL 2021, Overseas Player’s Category
There are the following players included in the overseas category.
- Herschelle Gibbs
- Tillekeratne Dilshan
- Owais Shah
- Albie Markel
- Rory Kleinveldt
- Tino Best
- Phil Mustard
- Ryan Sidebottom
- Matt Prior
- Monty Panesar
- Chris Tremlett
KPL 2021, Icon Players Category
It consists of the following players.
| Team | Icon Player | Captain | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muzaffarabad Tigers | Mohammad Hafeez | Mohammad Hafeez | TBD |
| Kotli Lions | Fakhar Zaman | Fakhar Zaman | Abdul Razzaq |
| Rawalakot Hawks | Shahid Afridi | Shahid Afridi | TBD |
| Mirpur Royals | Shoaib Malik | Shoaib Malik | Inzamam-ul-Haq |
| Overseas Warriors | Imad Waseem | Imad Waseem | TBD |
| Baagh Stallions | Shadab Khan | Shadab Khan | TBD |
KPL 2021, Platinum Category
It consists of the following players.
- Sharjeel Khan
- Kamran Akmal
- Mohammad Irfan
- Haris Sohail
- Imam ul Haq
- Usman Qadir
- Junaid Khan
- Sohail Tanvir
- Haider Ali
- Wahab Riaz
- Asad Shafiq
- Mohammad Hasnain
KPL 2021 Diamond Category
It has been divided into the following players.
- Ahmad Shahzad
- Asif Ali
- Azam Khan
- Shoaib Maqsood
- Khushdil Shah
- Iftikhar Ahmad
- Hussain Talat
- Shan Masood
- Sohail Khan
- Umaid Asif
- Amad Butt
- Aamer Yamin
- Khurram Manzoor
- Usman Shinwari
- Mohammad Musa Khan
- Mohammad Wasim Jr.
- Khalid Usman
- Waqas Maqsood
- Umar Amin
KPL 2021 Gold Category
This category has been consists of the following players.
- Zeeshan Ashraf
- Umar Khan
- Bilawal Bhatti
- Mohammad Ilyas
- Mohammad Asghar
- Mohammad Imran Jr.
- Awais Zia
- Sahibzada Farhan
- Bismillah Khan
- Arshad Iqbal
- Imran Khan Sr.
- Rahat Ali
- Kashif Bhatti
- Zain Abbas
- Salman Irshad
- Ehsan Adil
- Zaffar Gohar
- Kamran Ghulam
- Raza Ali Dar
- Rohail Nazir
- Sameen Gul
- Abrar Ahmad
- Saad Nasim
- Dilbar Hussain
- Ali Imran
- Umar Siddiq
- Hammad Azam
- Akif Javed
- Saad Ali
- Azeem Ghumman
- Usman Khan
- Saim Ayub
- Bilal Asif
- Tabish Khan
KPL 2021 Silver Category
It has been divided into the following no of players.
| Aamir Ali | Mahindra Pal Singh |
| Abdul Nasir | Mehran Ibrahim |
| Adil Amin | Mir Hamza |
| Adnan Akmal | Mohammad Abbas Afridi |
| Ahmed Daniyal | Muhammad Akhlaq |
| Ahmed Jamal | Muhammad Faizan |
| Ahmed Safi | Mohammad Ali Khan |
| Ahsan Ali | M.Amir Khan |
| Ahsan Baig | Mohammad Asad |
| Ahmad Shafiq | Mohammad Basit Ali |
| Aitizaz Habib | Mohammad Haris |
| Akash Afridi | Mohammad Hasan |
| Ali Shafiq | Mohammad Hurairah |
| Ali Usman | M.Imran Randhawa |
| Ali Zaryab | M.Irfan Khan |
| Ali Sarfraz | Mohammad Irfan Jr. |
| Ahmed Bashir | Mohammad Mohsin |
| Anas Mustafa | Mohammad Naeem |
| Arish Ali Khan | Mohammad Umair |
| Asad Afridi | M.Azeem Dar |
| Ashfaq Ahmed | Mudassir Ali |
| Asif Afridi | Mukhtar Ahmad |
| Asif Zakir | Munir Riaz |
| Athar Mehmood | Nasir Nawaz |
| Aamer Azmat | Naveed Malik |
| Bilawal Iqbal | Naveed Ahmed Yasin |
| Faizan Riaz | Naved Babar |
| Farhan Khan | Nihal Mansoor |
| Farhan Shafiq | Omair Bin Yousaf |
| Faisal Akram | Qasim Akram |
| Faisal Jadoon | Raza Hassan |
| Gulraiz Sadaf | Rizwan Hussain |
| Hasan Mohsin | Saif Badar |
| Hassan Khan | Saif ur Rehman |
| Imran Dogar | Shahnaz Khan |
| Imran Rafiq | Shehzar Mohammad |
| Irfan Khan Niazi | Shiraz Khan |
| Inamullah | Sohail Akhtar |
| Itfanullah Shah | Suleman Shafqat |
| Israrullah | Samiullah |
| Junaid Ali | Sajid Khan |
| Jalan Khan | Taimur Khan |
| Jamal Anwar | Tajwali |
| Junaid Afridi | Tayyab Tahir |
| Khalid Ahmed | Usama Mir |
| Khurram Shahzad | Usman Mughal |
| Musaddiq Ahmed | Waqar Hussain |
| Muhammad Arif | Zaid Alam |
| M. Ismail Khan | Zeeshan Malik |
| Maqbool Ahmed | Zia-ul-Haq |
KPL 2021 Emerging Category (overseas Kashmiri)
It consists of the following players.
| Adnan Qasir | Abdur Raheem |
| Aneeq Hassan | Azeem Subhani |
| Azher Munzoor Kiani | Faisal Altaf |
| Faheem Basharat | Rashid Mirza |
| Furqan Shafiq | Rizwan Arif |
| Hamza Ahmed | Saqib Azeem |
| Junaid Nadir | Sardar Bazad |
| Kamran Abbasi | Tanveer Hussain |
| Kashif Ali | Zeeshan Mushtaq |
| Mahaz Ahmed | Asif Khan |
| Moin Ashraf | Bilal Qureshi |
| Muhammad Daniyal | Zain Noor |
| M.Salman Hanif | Fahad Hassan Babar |
| Shahid Khan | Fahad Hussain |
| Tahir Sadiq | Qazi Arbab Ahmed |
| Touqeer Azhar | Mazhar Rasheed |
| Usman Arshad | Imran Arif |
| Uthman Ali Khan | Ghasm Zahid |
| Zawan Hikmat Khan | Abdullah Syed |
KPL 2021 Emerging Category (local Kashmiri)
It has been included in the following players.
| Aamir Zubair | Muhammad Najeeb |
| Abdul Qador Abbasi | M.Nisar Malik |
| Abdul Rehman Bukhari | Muhammad Rahim |
| Abdul Shakoor | Muhammad Talha Tahir |
| Abdullah bin Altaf | Mujtaba Ghayas |
| Adnan Latif | Nadeem Ahmed |
| Amir Nazir | Nadeem Khalil |
| Amjad Ayub Khan | Naeem Ilyas |
| Anees Hussain | Najam Naseer Khan |
| Aqib Jawed | Nakkash Basharat |
| Aqib Liaqat | Naveed Malik |
| Arsalan Arif | Nouman Ejaz |
| Asher Waqr | Osama Bin Latif |
| Awais Akram | Osama Fazil |
| Awais Butt | Qazi Muhammad Arqban |
| Ayaan Ahmed Khan | Raja Bilawal |
| Azhar Mehmood | Raja Farhan Khan |
| Azhar Mughal | Raja Naim |
| Babar Khalid | Raja Nazakat |
| Babar Khaliq | Raja Rukhsar |
| Basit Ali | Raja Shahzad |
| Bilal Razzaq | Rashid Khan |
| Daniyal Allah Ditta | Rashid Naseer |
| Fahad Arif | Rohan Qadri |
| Faisal Said Hussain | Saad bin Tariq |
| Faiz Kazmi | Saad Khan |
| Faizan Saleem | Safyan Moqeem |
| Farhan Irshad | Sajid Azeem |
| Hamza Ilyas | Saqib Abbasi |
| Hanan Ahmed | Saqlain Gillani |
| Hanan Manzor | Shadab Majeed |
| Hasnain Shameer | Shahid Ahmed |
| Hassan Saghir | Shahid Ilyas |
| Hassan Azmat | Shahzad Iqbal |
| Hassan Raza | Sultan Mehmood |
| Husnain Shameer | Syed Ali Murtaza |
| Inzmam-ul-haq | Syed Asad Ali Kazmi |
| Israr Iqbal | Syed Faraz Hussain Shah |
| Javed Khan | Syed Hasshim Ali |
| Kashan Waheed | Syed Sadaqat Shah |
| Mateen Khan | Tayab Abbasi |
| Matiullah | Umair Mushtaq |
| Mehran Khan | Usman Ahmed Maroof |
| Mehran Mumtaz | Usman Yousaf |
| Mir Sajawal Hussain | Waqas Ali Naqvi |
| Mirza Shoaib | Waqas Altaf |
| M.Iqbal Akram | Waqas Hamdani |
| Moin Pervaiz | Zaman Khan |
| M.Aftab Maqbool | Zarnosh Zaheer |
| Muhammad Amir | Zohaib Bukhari |
| M.Bilal Muqadar | |
KPL 2021 Squad Composition
In KPL 2021, all categories of players consist of the following squad composition, which is given below.
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Icon Player | 🏆 1 |
| Overseas Player | 🏆 1 |
| Platinum ( Pakistan International Player) | 🏆 1 |
| Diamond ( Pakistan International and Domestic Player) | 🏆 2 |
| Gold ( Pakistan International and Domestic Player) | 🏆 2 |
| Silver ( Pakistan International and Domestic Players, local and overseas Kashmiri origin players) | 🏆 3 |
| Emerging Category ( Local and Overseas Kashmiri Origin Players & Non-International, Non-Domestic and Non-Kashmir Origin Players) | 🏆 5 |