The Karachi Kings is a franchise cricket team that represents Karachi in the Pakistan Super League since 2016 and is one of the expensive teams in League's history. They were one of the six teams that competed in the 2020 season. In the final, they beat Lahore Qalandars by 5 wickets, to win their maiden PSL title.[3][4]
| 2020 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | Dean Jones | ||
| Captain | Imad Wasim (9 matches) Babar Azam (1 match) | ||
| PSL 2020 | 1st (winners) | ||
| Most runs | Babar Azam (473)[1] | ||
| Most wickets | Mohammad Amir (10)[2] | ||
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The team was captained by Imad Wasim, coached by Dean Jones, [5] until his sudden death in September 2020.[6] Babar Azam was the team's leading run-scorer[1] while, Mohammad Amir was leading wicket-taker.[2]
The team won five of its ten fixtures with one being washed out, therefore, qualified for the play-offs.[7]
Impact of COVID-19
editThe playoff stage of the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] On 2 July 2020, PCB announced that they are looking forward to completing the season in November 2020.[9] On 2 September 2020, the PCB confirmed the fixtures for the remaining matches.[10] The matches are scheduled to be held at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, in the month of November on 14 and 15, with the final scheduled to be played on 17.[10]
Squad
edit- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
- Ages are given as of the first day of the season, 20 February 2020
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed year | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||
| 10 | Alex Hales |  England |
3 January 1989 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2020 | Overseas | |
| 24 | Cameron Delport |  South Africa |
12 May 1989 (aged 30) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2020 | Overseas | |
| 56 | Babar Azam |  Pakistan |
15 October 1994 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2017 | Vice-captain | |
| 98 | Sharjeel Khan | Pakistan |
14 August 1989 (aged 30) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | ||
| Awais Zia | Pakistan |
1 September 1986 (aged 33) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2019 | |||
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| 9 | Imad Wasim | Pakistan |
18 December 1988 (aged 31) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | Captain | |
| 12 | Aamer Yamin | Pakistan |
26 June 1990 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | Unavailable due to injury | |
| 96 | Iftikhar Ahmed | Pakistan |
3 September 1990 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2019 | ||
| Dan Lawrence | England |
12 July 1997 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2020 | Overseas, unavailable | ||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| 16 | Mohammad Rizwan | Pakistan |
12 June 1992 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ||
| 59 | Chadwick Walton |  West Indies |
3 July 1985 (aged 34) | Right-handed | - | 2020 | Overseas. Replacement for Dan Lawrence | |
| Bowlers | ||||||||
| 5 | Mohammad Amir | Pakistan |
13 April 1992 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium | 2016 | ||
| 13 | Umaid Asif | Pakistan |
30 April 1984 (aged 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2020 | ||
| 15 | Umer Khan | Pakistan |
5 August 1999 (aged 20) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2019 | ||
| 23 | Usama Mir | Pakistan |
23 December 1995 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2016 | ||
| 32 | Arshad Iqbal | Pakistan |
26 December 2000 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2020 | ||
| 34 | Chris Jordan | England |
4 October 1988 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2020 | Overseas | |
| 47 | Ali Khan |  United States |
13 December 1990 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2020 | Overseas | |
| 58 | Waqas Maqsood | Pakistan |
4 November 1987 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium fast | 2020 | Replacement for Aamer Yamin | |
| 81 | Mitchell McClenaghan |  New Zealand |
11 June 1986 (aged 33) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium | 2020 | Overseas, Replacement for Liam Plunkett | |
| Liam Plunkett | England |
6 April 1985 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2020 | Overseas, unavailable | ||
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
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Season standings
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Multan Sultans (3rd) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 1.031 |
| 2 | Karachi Kings (C) | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | −0.190 |
| 3 | Lahore Qalandars (R) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | −0.072 |
| 4 | Peshawar Zalmi (4th) | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | −0.055 |
| 5 | Quetta Gladiators | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | −0.722 |
| 6 | Islamabad United | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.185 |
- The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
- Advanced to Qualifier
- Advanced to Eliminator 1
References
edit- ^ a b "Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Most wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Babar Azam's fluent fifty guides Karachi Kings to maiden PSL title". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ "Bowlers, Babar lift Karachi Kings to maiden PSL title". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ "Karachi Kings appoint Dean Jones as head coach". Geo TV. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ "Dean Jones, former Australia cricketer, coach and commentator, dies aged 59". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "PSL 2020: Karachi seal qualification, Islamabad crash out". Geo Super. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "PSL play-offs postponed amid coronavirus fears". ESPNCricinfo. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "Outcomes of eighth PSL Governing Council meeting". psl-t20.com. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ a b "PCB announces schedule of remaining HBL PSL 2020 matches". Pakistan Cricket Board. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.