2016 Karachi Kings season

Karachi Kings

2016 season
Coach	Mickey Arthur
Captain	Shoaib Malik Ravi Bopara (later)
PSL 2016	4th
Most runs	Ravi Bopara (329)
Most wickets	Ravi Bopara (11)
2017 →

The Karachi Kings is a franchise cricket team that represents Karachi in the Pakistan Super League. They are one of the five teams that had a competition in the 2016 Pakistan Super League. The team was captained by Shoaib Malik and then by Ravi Bopara, and they stand on fourth position after winning just two matches from their eight matches in the PSL 2016.

Background

Karachi Kings is a franchise cricket team representing Karachi, which plays in the PSL. In 2015, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced that the inaugural season of the Pakistan Super League would take place in February 2016 in the United Arab Emirates. ^[1] Team is owned by the ARY Group which bought it for US$26 Million for 10 years. ^[2] It finished the inaugural season of PSL at fourth position.

Team anthem

Anthem for the team "Dilon Ke Hum Hain Badshah" was sung by Ali Azmat. It was released on 8 January 2016, ^[3] and its music video was released on 30 January 2016. ^{[4] [5]}

Squad

• Players with international caps before the start of the 2016 PSL season are listed in bold

Name	Nationality	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Iftikhar Ahmed	Pakistan	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin
Nauman Anwar	Pakistan	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Part-time wicket-keeper
Lendl Simmons	West Indies	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
Shahzaib Hasan	Pakistan	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin
Fawad Alam	Pakistan	Left-handed	Slow Left-arm Orthodox
James Vince	England	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
Owais Shah	England	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
All-rounders
Imad Wasim	Pakistan	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Ravi Bopara	England	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Captain/Overseas
Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Captain/Icon Player
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Overseas
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Overseas
Bilawal Bhatti	Pakistan	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
Ryan ten Doeschate	Netherlands	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas
Sohail Tanvir	Pakistan	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
Wicket-keepers
Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	Right-handed	—	Overseas
Riki Wessels	England	Right-handed	—	Overseas
Saifullah Bangash	Pakistan	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
Sohail Khan	Pakistan	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
Mohammad Amir	Pakistan	Left-handed	Left-arm fast
Usama Mir	Pakistan	Right-handed	Right-arm Leg spin
Mir Hamza	Pakistan	Right-handed	Left-arm medium fast

Source: CricInfo ^[6]

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest branding Sleeve branding AJ Sports Bahria Town Summit Bank The Arkadians Oye Hoye Chips, K-Electric, Shield, Igloo Ice-cream

Playing kit

Season summary

Shoaib Malik was the Captain of Karachi Kings in 2016 PSL Season

Shoaib Malik was the Captain of the Kings in 2016 Season. Kings during draft Day 1 and 2 picked international players like Shoaib Malik, Fawad Alam, Shakib Al Hasan, Ravi Bopara, Imad Wasim, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Amir, TM Dilshan, Lendl Simmons, Shahzaib Hasan, Sohail Khan, Bilawal Bhatti and Mushfiqur Rahim. Kings kicked off their campaign with an easy win against Lahore Qalandars at Dubai International Cricket Stadium due to Mohammad Amir's Hat-trick. Kings restricted Qalandars on 125 for 8 and won the match by 7 Wickets. ^[7] They played their second match against Quetta Gladiators defeated Kings by eight wickets. Kings, while batting first set 148 run target. Kings failed to defend the target and lost with in 17th over of the game. ^[8] The tournament does not went well for them as they lost six out of eight matches played finishing 4th however qualifying above Lahore Qalandars who won same number of matches but Kings having better net run rate qualified for the play-offs. ^[9] Shoaib Malik stepped down from captaincy of Karachi Kings a day before this match and Ravi Bopara was named his successor. ^[10] On 20th Feb 2016 they played a 2nd playoff - eliminator against Islamabad United things does not went well for them losing the toss sent into bat first by United they were restricted on the lowest score of the tournament (111). Ravi Bopara playing his first match as new Captain of the side was the highest run scorer he made 36 from 37. Disappointment followed them in the bowling as well as they could not stop United's batsmen scoring free runs and were easily crushed by nine wickets in the 15th over of the game only wicket-taker for the side was Sohail Khan as a result from this defeat they were eliminated from the tournament. ^[11]

Season standings

Karachi Kings finished fourth in the points table of 2016 Pakistan Super League.

Summary

Visitor team →	IU	KK	LQ	PZ	QG
Home team ↓
Islamabad United		Islamabad 5 wickets	Islamabad 5 wickets	Peshawar 24 runs	Quetta 7 wickets
Karachi Kings	Islamabad 2 runs		Karachi 7 wickets	Peshawar 3 runs	Quetta 5 wickets
Lahore Qalandars	Islamabad 8 wickets	Karachi 27 runs		Peshawar 9 wickets	Quetta 2 wickets
Peshawar Zalmi	Peshawar 7 wickets	Peshawar 5 wickets	Lahore 4 runs		Peshawar 8 wickets
Quetta Gladiators	Quetta 8 wickets	Quetta 8 wickets	Lahore 63 runs	Quetta 3 wickets

Home team won

Visitor team won

• Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
• Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.

League progression

Team	Group matches								Playoffs
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	E1/Q	E2	F
Islamabad United	0	0	2	4	4	4	6	8	W	W	W
Karachi Kings	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	L
Lahore Qalandars	0	0	2	2	2	4	4	4
Peshawar Zalmi	2	4	4	6	8	8	10	12	L	L
Quetta Gladiators	2	4	6	6	8	10	10	12	W		L

Win

Loss

No result

• Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
• Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

Fixtures

All times are in Pakistan Standard Time (UTC+5).

Match 1

4 February 22:30 Scorecard

Islamabad United 128/7 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 132/2 (16 overs)
Misbah-ul-Haq 41 (28) Mohammad Nawaz 4/13 (4 overs)		Luke Wright 86* (53) Imran Khalid 2/20 (4 overs)

Quetta won by 8 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Joel Wilson (West Indies) and Shozab Raza (Pakistan) Player of the match: Mohammad Nawaz (Quetta Gladiators)

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 2

5 February 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Lahore Qalandars 125/8 (20 overs)	v	Karachi Kings 131/3 (15.5 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 37 (31) Mohammad Amir 3/27 (4 overs)		Lendl Simmons 62* (46) Zia-ul-Haq 1/7 (2 overs)

Karachi won by 7 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Joel Wilson (West Indies) and Rashid Riaz (Pakistan) Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Karachi Kings)

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• Mohammad Amir took the first ever hat-trick in PSL history. ^[12]

Match 3

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5 February 21:00 Scorecard

Peshawar Zalmi 145/7 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 121/9 (20 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 51 (51) Andre Russell 3/31 (4 overs)		Shane Watson 28 (31) Mohammad Asghar 3/20 (4 overs)

Peshawar won by 24 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pakistan) and Rashid Riaz (Pakistan) Player of the match: Mohammad Asghar (Peshawar Zalmi)

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 4

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6 February 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Karachi Kings 147/7 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 153/2 (17.2 overs)
Ravi Bopara 40 (29) Mohammad Nabi 2/32 (4 overs)		Ahmed Shehzad 71 (46) Imad Wasim 1/31 (4 overs)

Quetta won by 8 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pakistan) and Rashid Riaz (Pakistan) Player of the match: Ahmed Shehzad (Quetta Gladiators)

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

Match 5

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6 February 21:00 Scorecard

Lahore Qalandars 117/6 (20 overs)	v	Peshawar Zalmi 118/1 (16 overs)
Dwayne Bravo 32 (31) Mohammad Asghar 2/11 (4 overs)		Tamim Iqbal 55* (47) Ajantha Mendis 1/23 (4 overs)

Peshawar won by 9 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Joel Wilson (West Indies) and Rashid Riaz (Pakistan) Player of the match: Tamim Iqbal (Peshawar Zalmi)

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

Match 6

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7 February 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Islamabad United 132/8 (20 overs)	v	Karachi Kings 130/9 (20 overs)
Khalid Latif 39 (35) Ravi Bopara 2/25 (4 overs)		Ravi Bopara 32* (19) Saeed Ajmal 3/27 (3 overs)

Islamabad won by 2 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Joel Wilson (West Indies) and Rashid Riaz (Pakistan) Player of the match: Saeed Ajmal (Islamabad United)

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 7

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7 February 21:00 Scorecard

Peshawar Zalmi 135/7 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 139/7 (19.5 overs)
Darren Sammy 48 (31) Mohammad Nawaz 3/29 (4 Overs)		Kevin Pietersen 35 (29) Shahid Afridi 2/17 (4 overs)

Quetta won by 3 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pakistan) and Rashid Riaz (Pakistan) Player of the match: Mohammad Nawaz (Quetta Gladiators)

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

Match 8

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8 February 21:00 Scorecard

Lahore Qalandars 194/3 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 131 (16.2 overs)
Umar Akmal 93 (40) Anwar Ali 1/27 (4 overs)		Mohammad Nawaz 43 (34) Zafar Gohar 4/14 (3.2 overs)

Lahore won by 63 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Joel Wilson (West Indies) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan) Player of the match: Umar Akmal (Lahore Qalandars)

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

Match 9

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10 February 21:00 Scorecard

Lahore Qalandars 166/6 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 169/2 (15.5 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 50* (27) Mohammad Sami 2/21 (3 overs)		Sharjeel Khan 79* (43) Ehsan Adil 2/41 (3.5 overs)

Islamabad won by 8 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Joel Wilson (West Indies) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan) Player of the match: Sharjeel Khan (Islamabad United)

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
• The opening partnership of 153 runs between Sharjeel Khan and Shane Watson in this match was the highest in PSL 2016. ^[13]

Match 10

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11 February 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Peshawar Zalmi 182/4 (20 overs)	v	Karachi Kings 179/9 (20 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 59 (35) Ravi Bopara 2/31 (4 overs)		Ravi Bopara 67 (33) Wahab Riaz 2/29 (4 overs)

Peshawar won by 3 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pakistan) and Rashid Riaz (Pakistan) Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Peshawar Zalmi)

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 11

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11 February 21:00 Scorecard

Islamabad United 117 (19.1 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 118/3 (16.1 overs)
Shane Watson 40 (28) Grant Elliott 3/25 (4 overs)		Sarfraz Ahmed 51* (39) Andre Russell 3/18 (3 overs)

Quetta won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Joel Wilson (West Indies) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan) Player of the match: Grant Elliott (Quetta Gladiators)

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

Match 12

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12 February 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Karachi Kings 178/5 (20 overs)	v	Lahore Qalandars 151/8 (20 overs)
Ravi Bopara 71* (43) Zafar Gohar 2/26 (3 overs)		Cameron Delport 55 (39) Ravi Bopara 6/16 (4 overs)

Karachi won by 27 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Joel Wilson (West Indies) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan) Player of the match: Ravi Bopara (Karachi Kings)

• Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
• Ravi Bopara secured the first ever five-wicket haul in PSL in this match.

Match 13

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12 February 21:00 Scorecard

Islamabad United 152/6 (20 overs)	v	Peshawar Zalmi 153/3 (18.3 overs)
Khalid Latif 59 (41) Wahab Riaz 2/24 (4 overs)		Tamim Iqbal 80* (58) Samuel Badree 1/23 (4 overs)

Peshawar won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pakistan) and Rashid Riaz (Pakistan) Player of the match: Tamim Iqbal (Peshawar Zalmi)

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

Match 14

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13 February 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Karachi Kings 126/9 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 127/5 (18.5 overs)
Shoaib Malik 45 (38) Grant Elliott 4/15 (4 overs)		Ahmed Shehzad 41 (27) Usama Mir 2/27 (4 overs)

Quetta won by 5 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pakistan) and Rashid Riaz (Pakistan) Player of the match: Grant Elliott (Quetta Gladiators)

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 15

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13 February 21:00 Scorecard

Lahore Qalandars 164/3 (20 overs)	v	Peshawar Zalmi 160/7 (20 overs)
Cameron Delport 78 (61) Junaid Khan 2/32 (4 overs)		Dawid Malan 42 (35) Cameron Delport 3/18 (4 overs)

Lahore won by 4 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Joel Wilson (West Indies) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan) Player of the match: Cameron Delport (Lahore Qalandars)

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

Match 16

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14 February 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Karachi Kings 128/7 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 131/5 (18.5 overs)
Ravi Bopara 45 (50) Imran Khalid 2/19 (4 overs)		Misbah-ul-Haq 38 (38) Sohail Khan 2/24 (4 overs)

Islamabad won by 5 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Joel Wilson (West Indies) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan) Player of the match: Imran Khalid (Islamabad United)

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

Match 17

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14 February 21:00 Scorecard

Quetta Gladiators 129 (18 overs)	v	Peshawar Zalmi 130/2 (18.4 overs)
Grant Elliott 40 (29) Shahid Afridi 5/7 (4 overs)		Dawid Malan 60 (52) Zulfiqar Babar 1/21 (4 overs)

Peshawar won by 8 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Ahmed Shahab (Pakistan) and Shozab Raza (Pakistan) Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Peshawar Zalmi)

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.
• The partnership of 63 runs between Grant Elliott and Zulfiqar Babar in this match was the highest 10th wicket partnership in T20s. ^[14]

Match 18

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16 February 21:00 Scorecard

Lahore Qalandars 201/2 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 203/8 (20 overs)
Azhar Ali 61 (45) Grant Elliott 1/26 (4 overs)		Bismillah Khan 55 (30) Ehsan Adil 4/39 (4 overs)

Quetta won by 2 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Joel Wilson (West Indies) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan) Player of the match: Bismillah Khan (Quetta Gladiators)

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

Match 19

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17 February 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Karachi Kings 152/7 (20 overs)	v	Peshawar Zalmi 158/5 (18.3 overs)
Lendl Simmons 49 (37) Darren Sammy 1/13 (2 overs)		Brad Hodge 85* (45) Bilawal Bhatti 2/36 (4 overs)

Peshawar won by 5 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pakistan) and Shozab Raza (Pakistan) Player of the match: Brad Hodge (Peshawar Zalmi)

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 20

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17 February 21:00 Scorecard

Lahore Qalandars 150/5 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 151/5 (19 overs)
Umar Akmal 72* (49) Mohammad Irfan 3/22 (4 overs)		Brad Haddin 54 (42) Zia ul Haq 2/38 (4 overs)

Islamabad won by 5 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Joel Wilson (West Indies) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan) Player of the match: Mohammad Irfan (Islamabad United)

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

Playoff stage

All times are in Pakistan Standard Time (UTC+5).

Semifinals

Preliminary final

Final

19 February — Dubai

23 February — Dubai

1

Peshawar Zalmi

132/9 (20 overs)

QW

Quetta Gladiators

174/7 (20 overs)

2

Quetta Gladiators

133 (19.3 overs)

21 February — Dubai

E2W

Islamabad United

175/4 (18.4 overs)

QL

Peshawar Zalmi

126 (18 overs)

20 February — Dubai

E1W

Islamabad United

176/3 (20 overs)

3

Islamabad United

115/1 (14.2 overs)

4

Karachi Kings

111/9 (20 overs)

Qualifier

19 February 21:00 Scorecard

Quetta Gladiators 133 (19.3 overs)	v	Peshawar Zalmi 132/9 (20 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 53 (38) Wahab Riaz 3/17 (3.3 overs)		Darren Sammy 38 (29) Grant Elliott 3/19 (4 overs)

Quetta won by 1 run Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Shozab Raza (Pakistan) Player of the match: Mohammad Nawaz (Quetta Gladiators)

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

Eliminator 1

20 February 21:00 Scorecard

Karachi Kings 111/9 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 115/1 (14.2 overs)
Ravi Bopara 37 (36) Mohammad Sami 5/8 (4 overs)		Brad Haddin 52* (29) Sohail Khan 1/25 (3.2 overs)

Islamabad won by 9 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Ahsan Raza (Pakistan) Player of the match: Mohammad Sami (Islamabad United)

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
• Shoaib Malik stepped down from captaincy of Karachi Kings a day before this match and Ravi Bopara was named his successor for the remainder of PSL 2016. ^[15]
• Mohammad Sami reached 100 wickets in T20s in this match. ^[16]

• As a result of this match Karachi Kings were eliminated.

Eliminator 2

21 February 21:00 Scorecard

Islamabad United 176/3 (20 overs)	v	Peshawar Zalmi 126 (18 overs)
Sharjeel Khan 117 (62) Shaun Tait 2/34 (4 overs)		Kamran Akmal 45 (32) Imran Khalid 4/20 (3 overs)

Islamabad won by 50 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Joel Wilson (West Indies) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan) Player of the match: Sharjeel Khan (Islamabad United)

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
• Sharjeel Khan scored the first ever century of PSL. ^[17]

Final

Main article: 2016 Pakistan Super League Final

23 February 21:00 Scorecard

Quetta Gladiators 174/7 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 175/4 (18.4 overs)
Ahmed Shehzad 64 (38) Andre Russell 3/36 (4 overs)		Dwayne Smith 73 (51) Nathan McCullum 1/25 (3 overs)

Islamabad won by 6 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Joel Wilson (West Indies) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan) Player of the match: Dwayne Smith (Islamabad United)

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
• Islamabad United won the first edition of PSL as the result of this match. ^[18]

Awards and statistics

The player of the tournament was Ravi Bopara of the Karachi Kings. Bopara scored 329 runs and took 11 wickets in the tournament. Andre Russell of Islamabad United took 16 wickets at an average of 17.25 to be the leading wicket-taker ahead of Wahab Riaz of Peshawar Zalmi with 15. Umar Akmal of Lahore Qalandars was the leading run scorer with 335 runs at an average of 83.75 and also took the most catches in the tournament with 7. Winners of the Spirit of Cricket award was Lahore Qalandars. ^[19]

Most runs

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	SR	HS	100	50	4s	6s
Umar Akmal	Lahore Qalandars	7	7	335	83.75	157.27	93	0	4	27	17
Ravi Bopara	Karachi Kings	9	8	329	54.83	132.12	71*	0	2	21	11
Sharjeel Khan	Islamabad United	11	11	299	29.90	148.75	117	1	1	27	19
Ahmed Shehzad	Quetta Gladiators	10	10	290	29.00	143.56	71	0	2	36	8
Tamim Iqbal	Peshawar Zalmi	6	6	267	66.75	150.08	80*	0	3	24	5
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com.

Most wickets

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI	SR	4WI	5WI
Andre Russell	Islamabad United	10	10	16	17.25	8.02	3/18	12.8	0	0
Wahab Riaz	Peshawar Zalmi	9	9	15	16.33	7.13	3/17	13.7	0	0
Mohammad Nawaz	Quetta Gladiators	10	10	13	18.00	6.56	4/13	16.4	1	0
Mohammad Sami	Islamabad United	7	7	12	11.50	5.59	5/8	12.3	0	1
Grant Elliott	Quetta Gladiators	6	6	11	12.18	6.09	4/15	12.0	1	0
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com.

See also

• Islamabad United in 2016
• Quetta Gladiators in 2016
• Peshawar Zalmi in 2016
• Karachi Kings in 2016
• Lahore Qalandars in 2016

References

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External links

• Official website
• Tournament Site – ESPNcricinfo

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard link
1	5 February	Lahore Qalandars	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Won by 7 wickets	Scorecard
2	6 February	Quetta Gladiators	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Lost by 8 wickets	Scorecard
3	7 February	Islamabad United	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Lost by 2 runs	Scorecard
4	11 February	Peshawar Zalmi	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	Lost by 3 runs	Scorecard
5	12 February	Lahore Qalandars	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	Won by 27 runs	Scorecard
6	13 February	Quetta Gladiators	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	Lost by 5 wickets	Scorecard
7	14 February	Islamabad United	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	Lost by 5 wickets	Scorecard
8	17 February	Peshawar Zalmi	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Lost by 5 wickets	Scorecard
9	20 February	Islamabad United (Eliminator)	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Lost by 9 wickets	Scorecard