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 20 February 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.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Peshawar Zalmi (3rd)	8	6	2	0	12	0.573
2	Quetta Gladiators (R)	8	6	2	0	12	0.216
3	Islamabad United (C)	8	4	4	0	8	−0.282
4	Karachi Kings (4th)	8	2	6	0	4	−0.036
5	Lahore Qalandars	8	2	6	0	4	−0.536

Source: 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

References

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2. "Pakistan Super League: Seven Companies fight it out to buy franchises". Tribune.com.pk. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
3. "Karachi Kings launch event spreads joy and happiness throughout Karachi". Shahjahan Khurram. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2017– via ARY News.
4. "Karachi Kings official song video released". Arynews.tv. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2017– via ARY News.
5. "The battle of the anthems". The News . Maheen Sabeeh. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
6. "Who's gone to which team in the PSL". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
7. "PSL T20: Karachi Kings beat Lahore Qalandars in a one-sided match - Cricket". Dunyanews.tv. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
8. "LIVE PSL T20: Quetta Gladiators beat Karachi Kings by 8 wickets in 4th PSL T20". Daily Pakistan Global. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
9. "United end Qalandars' PSL journey, Kings qualify for playoffs | Pakistan Today". Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
10. "Malik steps down as Karachi Kings captain". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
11. "Match Highlight: Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings 2nd Play-off". Daily Pakistan Global. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2021.