2023 Karachi Kings season

Karachi Kings
2023 season
Coach	Johan Botha
Captain	Imad Wasim
Ground(s)	National Stadium
PSL 2023	League stage
Most runs	Imad Wasim (404)
Most wickets	Mohammad Amir (9); Imad Wasim (9)
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Karachi Kings is a franchise cricket team that represents Karachi in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). They were one of the six teams that competed in the 2023 Pakistan Super League. The team was coached by Johan Botha,^[3]^[4]^[5] and captained by Imad Wasim.^[6]^[7]^[8] Wasim Akram was the president of Karachi Kings.^[9]

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Ages are given as of 13 February 2023, the date of the first match in the tournament.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Notes
Batters
14	James Vince	England	(1991-03-14)14 March 1991 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2023
46	Haider Ali	Pakistan	(2000-10-02)2 October 2000 (aged 22)	Right-handed	—	2023
75	Irfan Khan	Pakistan	(2002-12-28)28 December 2002 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2023
96	Tayyab Tahir	Pakistan	(1993-07-26)26 July 1993 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2023
98	Sharjeel Khan	Pakistan	(1989-08-14)14 August 1989 (aged 33)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020
All-rounders
9	Imad Wasim	Pakistan	(1988-12-18)18 December 1988 (aged 34)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2016	Captain^[10]^[11]
12	Aamer Yamin	Pakistan	(1990-06-26)26 June 1990 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2019
18	Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	(1982-02-01)1 February 1982 (aged 41)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2023
26	James Fuller	New Zealand	(1990-01-24)24 January 1990 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2023
31	Ben Cutting	Australia	(1987-01-30)30 January 1987 (aged 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2023
49	Qasim Akram	Pakistan	(2002-12-01)1 December 2002 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021
97	Faisal Akram	Pakistan	(2003-08-20)20 August 2003 (aged 19)	Left-handed	Left-arm unorthodox	2022	Partial replacement for Tabraiz Shamsi
Wicket-keepers
13	Matthew Wade	Australia	(1987-12-26)26 December 1987 (aged 35)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2023
17	Adam Rossington	England	(1993-05-05)5 May 1993 (aged 29)	Right-handed	—	2023	Partial replacement for James Vince
61	Muhammad Akhlaq	Pakistan	(1992-11-12)12 November 1992 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2023
Bowlers
5	Mohammad Amir	Pakistan	(1992-04-13)13 April 1992 (aged 30)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2016
11	Mohammad Umar	Pakistan	(1999-12-27)27 December 1999 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2023
68	Andrew Tye	Australia	(1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2023
70	Muhammad Musa	Pakistan	(2000-08-28)28 August 2000 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2023
88	Akif Javed	Pakistan	(2000-10-10)10 October 2000 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2023	Full replacement for Mir Hamza
90	Tabraiz Shamsi	South Africa	(1990-02-18)18 February 1990 (aged 32)	Left-handed	Left-arm unorthodox	2023
92	~~Mir Hamza~~^[a]	Pakistan	(1992-09-10)10 September 1992 (aged 30)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2022
99	Imran Tahir	South Africa	(1979-03-27)27 March 1979 (aged 43)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2023

Source: Cricinfo

^ Hamza suffered an injury which ruled him out of the tournament.^[12]

Management and coaching staff

Name	Position
Tariq Wasi	CEO & Team manager
Wasim Akram	President and mentor
Johan Botha	Head coach
Michael Smith	Assistant coach
Ravi Bopara	Batting coach
Dougie Brown	Bowling coach
Ibrahim Qureshi	Fitness trainer

Source: Mykhel^[13]

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

GFS Builders and Developers were the official housing partner of Karachi Kings.^[14]^[15]

Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Chest branding	Sleeve branding
1xBat	BankIslami	Pepsi	Imtiaz Super Market, Mughal Steel, ARY Laguna

Playing kit

Season standings

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Lahore Qalandars (C)	10	7	3	14	0.915
2	Multan Sultans (R)	10	6	4	12	0.500
3	Islamabad United (4th)	10	6	4	12	−0.708
4	Peshawar Zalmi (3rd)	10	5	5	10	−0.452
5	Karachi Kings	10	3	7	6	0.756
6	Quetta Gladiators	10	3	7	6	−1.066

Source: ESPNcricinfo

The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs.
Advances to Qualifier.
Advances to Eliminator 1.

Notes:

C = Champions;
R = Runner-up;
(x) = Position at the end of the tournament

Group fixtures

14 February 2023	Peshawar Zalmi 199/5 (20 overs)	v	Karachi Kings (H) 197/5 (20 overs)	Peshawar Zalmi won by 2 runs
20:00 Match 2 Scorecard	Peshawar Zalmi 199/5 (20 overs)	v	Karachi Kings (H) 197/5 (20 overs)	National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Peshawar Zalmi)
20:00 Match 2 Scorecard	Tom Kohler-Cadmore 92 (50) Mir Hamza 1/13 (2 overs)		Imad Wasim 80* (47) James Neesham 2/26 (4 overs)
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field. Sufiyan Muqeem and Khurram Shahzad (Peshawar Zalmi) both made their T20 debuts.

16 February 2023	(H) Karachi Kings 173/7 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 178/6 (18.2 overs)	Islamabad United won by 4 wickets
19:00 Match 4 Scorecard	(H) Karachi Kings 173/7 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 178/6 (18.2 overs)	National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Colin Munro (Islamabad United)
19:00 Match 4 Scorecard	Haider Ali 59 (45) Rumman Raees 2/26 (4 overs)		Colin Munro 58 (28) Mohammad Amir 2/30 (4 overs)
Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

18 February 2023	Quetta Gladiators 168/7 (20 overs)	v	Karachi Kings (H) 162/5 (20 overs)	Quetta Gladiators won by 6 runs
19:00 Match 6 Scorecard	Quetta Gladiators 168/7 (20 overs)	v	Karachi Kings (H) 162/5 (20 overs)	National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Martin Guptill (Quetta Gladiators)
19:00 Match 6 Scorecard	Martin Guptill 117 (67) Imad Wasim 3/16 (4 overs)		Shoaib Malik 71* (49) Mohammad Hasnain 2/29 (4 overs)
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

19 February 2023	(H) Karachi Kings 185/5 (20 overs)	v	Lahore Qalandars 118 (17.3 overs)	Karachi Kings won by 67 runs
19:00 Match 8 Scorecard	(H) Karachi Kings 185/5 (20 overs)	v	Lahore Qalandars 118 (17.3 overs)	National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Imad Wasim (Karachi Kings)
19:00 Match 8 Scorecard	James Vince 46 (36) Liam Dawson 1/30 (3 overs)		Mirza Tahir Baig 45 (39) Akif Javed 4/28 (3.3 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

22 February 2023	(H) Multan Sultans 196/2 (20 overs)	v	Karachi Kings 193/5 (20 overs)	Multan Sultans won by 3 runs
19:00 Match 11 Scorecard	(H) Multan Sultans 196/2 (20 overs)	v	Karachi Kings 193/5 (20 overs)	Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Martin Saggers (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammed Rizwan (Multan Sultans)
19:00 Match 11 Scorecard	Mohammed Rizwan 110* (64) Shoaib Malik 1/29 (4 overs)		James Vince 75 (34) Abbas Afridi 2/55 (4 overs)
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

26 February 2023	(H) Karachi Kings 167/3 (20 overs)	v	Multan Sultans 101 (16.3 overs)	Karachi Kings won by 66 runs
14:00 Match 14 Scorecard	(H) Karachi Kings 167/3 (20 overs)	v	Multan Sultans 101 (16.3 overs)	National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Alex Wharf (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Tabraiz Shamsi (Karachi Kings)
14:00 Match 14 Scorecard	Tayyab Tahir 65 (46) Ihsanullah 2/22 (4 overs)		Mohammad Rizwan 29 (25) Shoaib Malik 3/16 (3.3 overs)
Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.

1 March 2023	Peshawar Zalmi 197/5 (20 overs)	v	Karachi Kings 173/8 (20 overs)	Peshawar Zalmi won by 24 runs
19:00 Match 17 Scorecard	Peshawar Zalmi 197/5 (20 overs)	v	Karachi Kings 173/8 (20 overs)	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Rovman Powell (Peshawar Zalmi)
19:00 Match 17 Scorecard	Rovman Powell 64 (34) Mohammad Amir 4/26 (4 overs)		Imad Wasim 57* (30) Azmatullah Omarzai 3/28 (4 overs)
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

3 March 2023	Karachi Kings 201/5 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United (H) 204/4 (19.2 overs)	Islamabad United won by 6 wickets
19:00 Match 19 Scorecard	Karachi Kings 201/5 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United (H) 204/4 (19.2 overs)	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Azam Khan (Islamabad United)
19:00 Match 19 Scorecard	Imad Wasim 92* (54) Tom Curran 2/43 (4 overs)		Azam Khan 72* (41) Mohammad Amir 1/40 (4 overs) Tabraiz Shamsi 1/40 (4 overs)
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

6 March 2023	Karachi Kings 164/6 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 168/6 (19.5 overs)	Quetta Gladiators won by 4 wickets
19:00 Match 22 Scorecard	Karachi Kings 164/6 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 168/6 (19.5 overs)	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Martin Saggers (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Martin Guptill (Quetta Gladiators)
19:00 Match 22 Scorecard	Adam Rossington 69 (45) Aimal Khan 2/26 (4 overs)		Martin Guptill 86* (56) Tabraiz Shamsi 2/20 (4 overs)
Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

12 March 2023	Karachi Kings 196/7 (20 overs)	v	Lahore Qalandars (H) 110 (18.5 overs)	Karachi Kings won by 86 runs
19:00 Match 30 Scorecard	Karachi Kings 196/7 (20 overs)	v	Lahore Qalandars (H) 110 (18.5 overs)	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Muhammad Akhlaq (Karachi Kings)
19:00 Match 30 Scorecard	Muhammad Akhlaq 51 (36) Hussain Talat 2/24 (3 overs)		Hussain Talat 25 (25) Akif Javed 2/8 (3 overs)
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Innings	Runs	High score	50s
Imad Wasim	10	404	92*	3
Matthew Wade	9	224	53	1
Shoaib Malik	9	200	71*	2
James Vince	5	174	75	1
Tayyab Tahir	5	137	65	0

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

Player	Innings	Wickets	Best bowling
Mohammad Amir	7	10	4/26
Imad Wasim	10	10	3/16
Akif Javed	5	8	4/28
Tabraiz Shamsi	4	7	3/18
Aamer Yamin	7	7	3/37

Source: ESPNcricinfo

References

^ "2023 - Karachi Kings Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
^ "2023 - Karachi Kings Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
^ "HBL PSL 8: Johan Botha named as Karachi Kings head coach". cricketpakistan.com.pk. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
^ "Botha named as Karachi Kings' head coach". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
^ "Johan Botha named as Karachi Kings head coach for HBL PSL 8". Bol News. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
^ "Imad Wasim returns as Karachi Kings skipper". www.geosuper.tv. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
^ "HBL PSL 8: Imad Wasim named Karachi Kings captain". cricketpakistan.com.pk. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
^ "Babar named Zalmi captain, Imad to lead Kings in PSL-8". Daily Times. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
^ "Watch: Wasim Akram sends shockwaves with dressing room outburst, kicks chairs in anger after Karachi Kings lose in PSL". Hindustan Times. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
^ "HBL PSL 8: Imad Wasim named Karachi Kings captain". cricketpakistan.com.pk. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
^ Sports, A. (14 December 2022). "Imad Wasim to lead Karachi Kings in PSL 8". ASports.tv. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
^ "PSL 8: Mir Hamza gives Karachi Kings injury scare". www.geosuper.tv. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^ "PSL 2023: All teams' captains, head coaches and other coaching staff". Mykhel. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
^ Nambiar, Rahul (30 January 2023). "Karachi Kings secure multiple sponsorship deals". SportsMint Media. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
^ Sports, A. (5 January 2023). "Karachi Kings sign 1XBAT as Titanium sponsor for PSL 8". ASports.tv. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

External links

[13] Hamza suffered an injury which ruled him out of the tournament.^[12]

[1] "2023 - Karachi Kings Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

[2] "2023 - Karachi Kings Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

[3] "HBL PSL 8: Johan Botha named as Karachi Kings head coach". cricketpakistan.com.pk. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

[4] "Botha named as Karachi Kings' head coach". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

[5] "Johan Botha named as Karachi Kings head coach for HBL PSL 8". Bol News. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

[6] "Imad Wasim returns as Karachi Kings skipper". www.geosuper.tv. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

[7] "HBL PSL 8: Imad Wasim named Karachi Kings captain". cricketpakistan.com.pk. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

[8] "Babar named Zalmi captain, Imad to lead Kings in PSL-8". Daily Times. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

[9] "Watch: Wasim Akram sends shockwaves with dressing room outburst, kicks chairs in anger after Karachi Kings lose in PSL". Hindustan Times. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

[10] "HBL PSL 8: Imad Wasim named Karachi Kings captain". cricketpakistan.com.pk. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.

[11] Sports, A. (14 December 2022). "Imad Wasim to lead Karachi Kings in PSL 8". ASports.tv. Retrieved 21 December 2022.

[12] "PSL 8: Mir Hamza gives Karachi Kings injury scare". www.geosuper.tv. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

[14] "PSL 2023: All teams' captains, head coaches and other coaching staff". Mykhel. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

[15] Nambiar, Rahul (30 January 2023). "Karachi Kings secure multiple sponsorship deals". SportsMint Media. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[16] Sports, A. (5 January 2023). "Karachi Kings sign 1XBAT as Titanium sponsor for PSL 8". ASports.tv. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

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