2020 Karachi Kings season

Karachi Kings
2020 season
CoachDean Jones
CaptainImad Wasim (9 matches)
Babar Azam (1 match)
PSL 20201st (winners)
Most runsBabar Azam (473)[1]
Most wicketsMohammad Amir (10)[2]
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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]

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

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The 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

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  • 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 (1989-01-03)3 January 1989 (aged 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2020 Overseas
24 Cameron Delport  South Africa (1989-05-12)12 May 1989 (aged 30) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2020 Overseas
56 Babar Azam  Pakistan (1994-10-15)15 October 1994 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2017 Vice-captain
98 Sharjeel Khan  Pakistan (1989-08-14)14 August 1989 (aged 30) Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2020
Awais Zia  Pakistan (1986-09-01)1 September 1986 (aged 33) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2019
All-rounders
9 Imad Wasim  Pakistan (1988-12-18)18 December 1988 (aged 31) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2016 Captain
12 Aamer Yamin  Pakistan (1990-06-26)26 June 1990 (aged 29) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019 Unavailable due to injury
96 Iftikhar Ahmed  Pakistan (1990-09-03)3 September 1990 (aged 29) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019
Dan Lawrence  England (1997-07-12)12 July 1997 (aged 22) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2020 Overseas, unavailable
Wicket-keepers
16 Mohammad Rizwan  Pakistan (1992-06-12)12 June 1992 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018
59 Chadwick Walton  West Indies (1985-07-03)3 July 1985 (aged 34) Right-handed - 2020 Overseas. Replacement for Dan Lawrence
Bowlers
5 Mohammad Amir  Pakistan (1992-04-13)13 April 1992 (aged 27) Left-handed Left-arm fast medium 2016
13 Umaid Asif  Pakistan (1984-04-30)30 April 1984 (aged 35) Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2020
15 Umer Khan  Pakistan (1999-08-05)5 August 1999 (aged 20) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2019
23 Usama Mir  Pakistan (1995-12-23)23 December 1995 (aged 24) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2016
32 Arshad Iqbal  Pakistan (2000-12-26)26 December 2000 (aged 19) Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2020
34 Chris Jordan  England (1988-10-04)4 October 1988 (aged 31) Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2020 Overseas
47 Ali Khan  United States (1990-12-13)13 December 1990 (aged 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2020 Overseas
58 Waqas Maqsood  Pakistan (1987-11-04)4 November 1987 (aged 32) Right-handed Left-arm medium fast 2020 Replacement for Aamer Yamin
81 Mitchell McClenaghan  New Zealand (1986-06-11)11 June 1986 (aged 33) Left-handed Left-arm fast medium 2020 Overseas, Replacement for Liam Plunkett
Liam Plunkett  England (1985-04-06)6 April 1985 (aged 34) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2020 Overseas, unavailable

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

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Season standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR
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
Source: ESPNcricinfo
  • The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
  •   Advanced to Qualifier
  •   Advanced to Eliminator 1

References

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  1. ^ a b "Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Most wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Babar Azam's fluent fifty guides Karachi Kings to maiden PSL title". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Bowlers, Babar lift Karachi Kings to maiden PSL title". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Karachi Kings appoint Dean Jones as head coach". Geo TV. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Dean Jones, former Australia cricketer, coach and commentator, dies aged 59". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  7. ^ "PSL 2020: Karachi seal qualification, Islamabad crash out". Geo Super. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  8. ^ "PSL play-offs postponed amid coronavirus fears". ESPNCricinfo. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Outcomes of eighth PSL Governing Council meeting". psl-t20.com. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  10. ^ a b "PCB announces schedule of remaining HBL PSL 2020 matches". Pakistan Cricket Board. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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