2020 Karachi Kings season

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Karachi Kings
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 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]

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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

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

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleSigned yearNotes
Batsmen
10 Alex Hales Flag of England.svg  England 3 January 1989 (aged 31)Right-handedRight-arm medium 2020Overseas
24 Cameron Delport Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 12 May 1989 (aged 30)Left-handedRight-arm medium 2020Overseas
56 Babar Azam Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 15 October 1994 (aged 25)Right-handedRight-arm off break 2017 Vice-captain
98 Sharjeel Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 14 August 1989 (aged 30)Left-handedRight-arm leg break 2020
Awais Zia Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1 September 1986 (aged 33)Left-handedRight-arm off break 2019
All-rounders
9 Imad Wasim Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 18 December 1988 (aged 31)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2016 Captain
12 Aamer Yamin Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 26 June 1990 (aged 29)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 2019Unavailable due to injury
96 Iftikhar Ahmed Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 3 September 1990 (aged 29)Right-handedRight-arm off break 2019
Dan Lawrence Flag of England.svg  England 12 July 1997 (aged 22)Right-handedRight-arm off break 2020Overseas, unavailable
Wicket-keepers
16 Mohammad Rizwan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 12 June 1992 (aged 27)Right-handedRight-arm medium 2018
59 Chadwick Walton WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 3 July 1985 (aged 34)Right-handed-2020Overseas. Replacement for Dan Lawrence
Bowlers
5 Mohammad Amir Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 13 April 1992 (aged 27)Left-handedLeft-arm fast medium 2016
13 Umaid Asif Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 30 April 1984 (aged 35)Right-handedRight-arm medium fast 2020
15 Umer Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 5 August 1999 (aged 20)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2019
23 Usama Mir Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 23 December 1995 (aged 24)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 2016
32 Arshad Iqbal Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 26 December 2000 (aged 19)Right-handedRight-arm medium fast 2020
34 Chris Jordan Flag of England.svg  England 4 October 1988 (aged 31)Right-handedRight-arm fast medium 2020Overseas
47 Ali Khan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13 December 1990 (aged 29)Right-handedRight-arm fast medium 2020Overseas
58 Waqas Maqsood Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 4 November 1987 (aged 32)Right-handedLeft-arm medium fast 2020Replacement for Aamer Yamin
81 Mitchell McClenaghan Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 11 June 1986 (aged 33)Left-handedLeft-arm fast medium 2020Overseas, Replacement for Liam Plunkett
Liam Plunkett Flag of England.svg  England 6 April 1985 (aged 34)Right-handedRight-arm fast 2020Overseas, unavailable

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Season standings

PosTeam
PldWLNRPts NRR
1 Multan Sultans (3rd)10622141.031
2 Karachi Kings (C)1054111−0.190
3 Lahore Qalandars (R)1055010−0.072
4 Peshawar Zalmi (4th)104519−0.055
5 Quetta Gladiators 104519−0.722
6 Islamabad United 1036170.185
Source: ESPNcricinfo

References

  1. 1 2 "Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "PCB announces schedule of remaining HBL PSL 2020 matches". Pakistan Cricket Board. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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