2020 Pakistan Super League

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Pakistan Super League 2020
HBLPSLV 2020.jpeg
Dates20 February – 17 November 2020
Administrator(s) Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) Double round robin and playoffs
Host(s) Pakistan
Champions Karachi Kings (1st title)
Runners-up Lahore Qalandars
Participants6
Matches34
Attendance555,320 (16,333 per match)
Player of the series Babar Azam (KK) (473 runs)
Most runsBabar Azam (KK) (473)
Most wickets Shaheen Afridi (LQ) (17)
Official website psl-t20.com
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2020 Pakistan Super League (also known as PSL 5 or for sponsorship reasons as HBL PSL 2020) was the fifth season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league which was established by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2015. It started on 20 February 2020. [1] The league was held entirely in Pakistan for the first time. [2] Karachi Kings won their first title after defeating Lahore Qalandars by five wickets in the final.

Contents

The playoff stage of the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] In late March 2020, the PCB were looking at whether to declare the winner of the tournament based on the league standings, or to play the matches at a later date. [4] On 2 July 2020, the PCB announced that they plan to complete the season in November 2020. [5] On 2 September 2020, the PCB confirmed the fixtures for the remaining matches. [6]

Background

In February 2019, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, announced that the fifth season of the tournament will be held entirely in Pakistan. [7] [8] [9] [10] In March 2019, Ehsan Mani, Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board also expressed the desire to host all the matches of this season in Pakistan. [11] On 1 January 2020, PCB announced fixtures for the tournament confirming that the entire tournament will take place in Pakistan. [12] [13]

Teams and squads

Islamabad United Karachi Kings Lahore Qalandars Multan Sultans Peshawar Zalmi Quetta Gladiators
Additional players selected for Playoffs [17] [18]

The players draft took place on 6 December, [19] with the first round taking place on 3 November 2019. [20] Ahead of the draft, each team was allowed to retain up to eight players from their previous squad. [21] On 1 December 2019, PCB announced the retention players list with all six teams retaining a total of 45 players from the previous season. [22] [23]

Ahead of the play-offs, teams included new players in their squad as Faf du Plessis, Khurram Shehzad and Hardus Viljoen replaced Kieron Pollard, Mohammad Amir Khan and Liam Dawson respectively, in Peshawar Zalmi squad. In Multan Sultans squad Mahmudullah and Adam Lyth replaced Moeen Ali and Fabian Allen respectively. Lahore Qalandars replaced Chris Lynn, Salman Butt and Seekkuge Prasanna with Tamim Iqbal, Abid Ali and Agha Salman respectively. While, Karachi Kings replaced Chris Jordan and Ali Khan with Sherfane Rutherford and Waqas Maqsood. [24] [25] On 7 November 2020, Peshawar Zalmi replaced England's Liam Livingstone with his national side teammate Saqib Mahmood after he was included in the national team against South Africa. [18] On 8 November, Multan Sultans's squad members Mahmudullah tested positive for COVID-19 making him unable to take part in the tournament and was replaced by Brendan Taylor, [26] and James Vince was replaced by Joe Denly after he also tested positive for COVID-19. [27] Kings' Mitchell McClenaghan and Zalmi's Daren Sammy were replaced by Wayne Parnell and Sohaib Maqsood respectively. [28] Few days later, Hasan Ali of Peshawar Zalmi was ruled out of the tournament due to back-strain and was replaced by Mohammad Imran, and in Lahore Qalandars squad, Salman Irshad replaced Agha Salman who suffered an ankle injury. [29]

Venues

The tournament took place entirely in Pakistan. [30] Total 34 matches were played in four venues Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi and Multan. [31] [32] The opening ceremony took place in Karachi. The playoffs were scheduled to take place in Lahore in November 2020, after being postponed for 8 months due to COVID-19 pandemic but were later shifted to Karachi. [33] [34]

Lahore Karachi Rawalpindi Multan
Gaddafi Stadium National Stadium Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Multan Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 27,000Capacity: 32,000Capacity: 17,000Capacity: 35,000
Gaddafi stadium lahore.jpg Inside the National Stadium, Karachi 01.jpg Rawalpindi cricket stadium 1.jpg Multan Cricket Stadium in 2020.jpg
Matches: 11Matches: 12Matches: 8Matches: 3

Match officials

Umpires

[35]

Referees

Promotion in media

The league was promoted on social media by the hashtag #HBLPSLV and anthem titled #TayyarHain. [36]

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was held on 20 February 2020 at National Stadium, Karachi, prior to the first match of the season. [12]

The show began with the national anthem, before a group of drummers and trumpeters performed an instrumental version of the official PSL 2020 anthem. Later, the first performance of the night was a Sufi medley featuring singer Sanam Marvi, qawwals Fareed Ayaz and Abu Mohammad, and the band Soch. This was followed by Sajjad Ali, Aima Baig, Abrar-ul-Haq and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan taking the stage one after another to perform their songs. The ceremony concluded with Ali Azmat, Arif Lohar, Haroon and Asim Azhar performing the PSL 2020 anthem Tayyar Hain, accompanied by a fireworks display in the background. [37]

Cancer awareness

The childhood cancer awareness day and the breast cancer awareness day were observed on 22 February and 7 March respectively, with the stadiums themed as gold and pink respectively. [38] [39]

COVID-19 pandemic impact

The later part of the tournament was affected by COVID-19 pandemic. The matches were reduced from 34 to 33 and the playoffs were replaced by knockouts thus shortening the tournament by 4 days. The final was rescheduled from 22 March to 18 March. [40] [41] The matches from 13 March were announced to take place behind closed doors. [42] [43]

As many as eighteen players were confirmed to not take part in any future matches after the increased cases of COVID-19 in Pakistan as well as in the rest of the world, and also to avoid being stranded from their home countries due to border closures, as was the case for New Zealanders Colin Munro, Luke Ronchi, and Mitchell McClenaghan. [44] [45]

On 17 March 2020, it was announced that the knockout stage is suspended after English cricketer Alex Hales showed symptoms of the virus. [46] [34] Hales observed self-isolation on his return to England, whereas PCB released a statement saying that Hales was not the player suspected of coronavirus and instead refused to reveal the identity of the player suspected of having COVID-19. [47]

League stage

Format

The six teams played 10 matches each and got 2 points for every win, none for a loss and 1 point for a no result. The top four team in the group stage were qualified for the play-offs.

Points table

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

Summary

Visitor team → IU KK LQ MS PZ QG
Home team ↓
Islamabad United Karachi
5 wickets 		Islamabad
71 runs 		Multan
9 wickets 		Match
abandoned 		Quetta
5 wickets
Karachi Kings Karachi
4 wickets 		Karachi
10 wickets 		Match
abandoned 		Karachi
10 runs 		Quetta
5 wickets
Lahore Qalandars Islamabad
1 wicket 		Lahore
8 wickets 		Multan
5 wickets 		Lahore
5 wickets 		Lahore
37 runs
Multan Sultans Islamabad
8 wickets 		Multan
52 runs 		Lahore
9 wickets 		Multan
6 wickets 		Multan
30 runs
Peshawar Zalmi Peshawar
7 runs (D/L) 		Karachi
6 wickets 		Peshawar
16 runs 		Multan
3 runs 		Peshawar
30 runs
Quetta Gladiators Quetta
3 wickets 		Quetta
5 wickets 		Lahore
8 wickets 		Match
abandoned 		Peshawar
6 wickets
Home team wonVisitor 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

TeamGroup matchesPlayoffs
12345678910E1/QE2F
Islamabad United 0 2 4 4 5 5 7 7 7 7
Karachi Kings 2 2 2 4 6 7 7 9 11 11 W W
Lahore Qalandars 0 0 0 2 2 4 6 8 8 10 W W L
Multan Sultans 2 2 4 6 8 9 11 12 14 14 L L
Peshawar Zalmi 0 2 2 4 5 5 7 9 9 9 L
Quetta Gladiators 2 2 4 6 6 6 6 6 7 9
WinLossNo 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

The PCB confirmed the fixtures for the tournament on 1 January 2020. [12] [13] [lower-alpha 2]

Match 1
20 February 2020
21:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Islamabad United
168 (19.1 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
171/7 (18.3 overs)
Dawid Malan 64 (40)
Mohammad Hasnain 4/25 (4 overs)
Azam Khan 59 (33)
Muhammad Musa 3/30 (4 overs)
Quetta Gladiators won by 3 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Mohammad Hasnain (Quetta Gladiators)
  • Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
  • Abdul Nasir (Quetta Gladiators) made his T20 debut.
Match 2
21 February 2020
15:00
Scorecard
PSL-homeground.jpg Karachi Kings
201/4 (20 overs)
v
Peshawar Zalmi
191/7 (20 overs)
Babar Azam 78 (56)
Hasan Ali 2/52 (4 overs)
Liam Livingstone 54* (29)
Umaid Asif 2/23 (4 overs)
Karachi Kings won by 10 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Babar Azam (Karachi Kings)
  • Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
Match 3
21 February 2020
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
PSL-homeground.jpg Lahore Qalandars
138/8 (20 overs)
v
Multan Sultans
142/5 (16.1 overs)
Chris Lynn 39 (19)
Moeen Ali 2/13 (2 overs)
Shan Masood 38 (29)
David Wiese 1/11 (2 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 5 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Imran Tahir (Multan Sultans)
  • Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
Match 4
22 February 2020
14:00
Scorecard
Quetta Gladiators
148/5 (20 overs)
v
Peshawar Zalmi
153/4 (18.3 overs)
Jason Roy 73* (57)
Wahab Riaz 2/21 (4 overs)
Kamran Akmal 101 (55)
Fawad Ahmed 2/40 (3.3 overs)
Peshawar Zalmi won by 6 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Kamran Akmal (Peshawar Zalmi)
  • Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
  • Mohammad Amir Khan (Peshawar Zalmi) made his T20 debut.
Match 5
22 February 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Multan Sultans
164/8 (20 overs)
v
Islamabad United
165/2 (16.4 overs)
Zeeshan Ashraf 50 (29)
Amad Butt 4/27 (4 overs)
Luke Ronchi 74 (45)
Mohammad Ilyas 1/17 (2.4 overs)
Islamabad United won by 8 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Luke Ronchi (Islamabad United)
  • Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
Match 6
23 February 2020
14:00
Scorecard
PSL-homeground.jpg Karachi Kings
156/9 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
157/5 (19 overs)
Alex Hales 29 (27)
Mohammad Hasnain 3/33 (4 overs)
Azam Khan 46 (30)
Imad Wasim 1/20 (4 overs)
Quetta Gladiators won by 5 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Azam Khan (Quetta Gladiators)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Match 7
23 February 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
PSL-homeground.jpg Lahore Qalandars
182/6 (20 overs)
v
Islamabad United
183/9 (19.5 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 98* (57)
Shadab Khan 2/14 (4 overs)
Shadab Khan 52 (29)
Shaheen Afridi 4/18 (4 overs)
Islamabad United won by 1 wicket
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Shadab Khan (Islamabad United)
  • Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ahmed Safi Abdullah (Islamabad United) made his T20 debut.
Match 8
26 February 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Peshawar Zalmi
123 (18.3 overs)
v
Multan Sultans PSL-homeground.jpg
124/4 (14.5 overs)
Haider Ali 47 (27)
Sohail Tanvir 4/13 (3.3 overs)
Rilee Rossouw 49* (42)
Wahab Riaz 2/36 (3.5 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 6 wickets
Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Sohail Tanvir (Multan Sultans)
  • Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
Match 9
27 February 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
PSL-homeground.jpg Islamabad United
187/7 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
190/5 (19.4 overs)
Colin Ingram 63* (40)
Naseem Shah 2/23 (4 overs)
Jason Roy 50 (38)
Ahmed Safi Abdullah 2/17 (3 overs)
Quetta Gladiators won by 5 wickets
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak)
Player of the match: Ben Cutting (Quetta Gladiators)
  • Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
Match 10
28 February 2020
15:00
Scorecard
PSL-homeground.jpg Multan Sultans
186/6 (20 overs)
v
Karachi Kings
134 (17 overs)
Moeen Ali 65 (42)
Mohammad Amir 2/27 (4 overs)
Alex Hales 29 (21)
Imran Tahir 3/28 (3 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 52 runs
Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Moeen Ali (Multan Sultans)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Match 11
28 February 2020
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Peshawar Zalmi
132/7 (12 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars
116/6 (12 overs)
Haider Ali 34 (12)
Dilbar Hussain 4/24 (3 overs)
Samit Patel 34* (15)
Lewis Gregory 4/25 (3 overs)
Peshawar Zalmi won by 16 runs
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak)
Player of the match: Lewis Gregory (Peshawar Zalmi)
  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 12 overs per side due to rain.
Match 12
29 February 2020
14:00
Scorecard
PSL-homeground.jpg Multan Sultans
199/5 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
169/7 (20 overs)
Rilee Rossouw 100* (44)
Mohammad Nawaz 1/16 (3 overs)
Shane Watson 80 (41)
Bilawal Bhatti 3/26 (4 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 30 runs
Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans)
Match 13
29 February 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
Match 14
1 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
PSL-homeground.jpg Islamabad United
183/3 (20 overs)
v
Karachi Kings
187/5 (18.4 overs)
Luke Ronchi 85* (58)
Umer Khan 1/24 (4 overs)
Alex Hales 52 (30)
Ahmed Safi Abdullah 1/21 (2 overs)
Karachi Kings won by 5 wickets
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak)
Player of the match: Alex Hales (Karachi Kings)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Match 15
2 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Peshawar Zalmi
151/8 (20 overs)
v
Karachi Kings
152/4 (18.1 overs)
Shoaib Malik 68 (55)
Mohammad Amir 4/25 (4 overs)
Babar Azam 70* (59)
Yasir Shah 2/28 (4 overs)
Karachi Kings won by 6 wickets
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak)
Player of the match: Mohammad Amir (Karachi Kings)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Match 16
3 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
PSL-homeground.jpg Lahore Qalandars
209/5 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
172 (20 overs)
Ben Dunk 93 (43)
Ben Cutting 2/36 (3 overs)
Ben Cutting 53 (27)
Salman Irshad 4/30 (4 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 37 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Ben Dunk (Lahore Qalandars)
  • Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
Match 17
4 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Islamabad United
198/3 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars PSL-homeground.jpg
127 (18.5 overs)
Colin Munro 87* (59)
Mohammad Hafeez 1/11 (2 overs)
Usman Shinwari 30 (14)
Rumman Raees 3/29 (3.5 overs)
Islamabad United won by 71 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Colin Munro (Islamabad United)
  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
Match 18
5 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Peshawar Zalmi
170/6 (15 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
140/7 (15 overs)
Shoaib Malik 54 (27)
Mohammad Hasnain 4/34 (3 overs)
Jason Roy 45 (26)
Wahab Riaz 3/21 (3 overs)
Peshawar Zalmi won by 30 runs
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak)
Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Peshawar Zalmi)
  • Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat
  • The match was reduced to 15 overs per side due to rain.
Match 19
6 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Multan Sultans
102/6 (16.5 overs)
v
Shahid Afridi 35* (17)
Imad Wasim 2/14 (4 overs)
No result
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.
Match 20
7 March 2020
14:00
Scorecard
PSL-homeground.jpg Islamabad United
195/5 (20 overs)
v
Peshawar Zalmi
85/2 (9 overs)
Shadab Khan 77 (42)
Hasan Ali 2/36 (4 overs)
Kamran Akmal 37 (21)
Zafar Gohar 1/11 (2 overs)
Peshawar Zalmi won by 7 runs (DLS method)
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Tariq Rasheed (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Shadab Khan (Islamabad United)
  • Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
Match 21
7 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Quetta Gladiators
98/9 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars PSL-homeground.jpg
100/2 (11.5 overs)
Sohail Khan 32 (35)
Samit Patel 4/5 (4 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 39* (32)
Mohammad Nawaz 2/9 (3 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 8 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Samit Patel (Lahore Qalandars)
  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
Match 22
8 March 2020
14:00
Scorecard
PSL-homeground.jpg Islamabad United
91/7 (9 overs)
v
Multan Sultans
94/1 (6.4 overs)
Colin Munro 25 (12)
Imran Tahir 2/13 (2 overs)
James Vince 61* (24)
Shadab Khan 1/30 (2 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 9 wickets
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak)
Player of the match: James Vince (Multan Sultans)
  • Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 9 overs per side due to rain.
  • Multan Sultans qualified for the play-offs. [49]
Match 23
8 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Karachi Kings
187/5 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars PSL-homeground.jpg
190/2 (19.1 overs)
Alex Hales 80* (48)
Maaz Khan 2/31 (4 Overs)
Ben Dunk 99* (40)
Mohammad Amir 1/33 (4 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 8 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Ben Dunk (Lahore Qalandars)
  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
Match 24
10 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Peshawar Zalmi
187/7 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars PSL-homeground.jpg
189/5 (19.5 overs)
Haider Ali 69 (43)
Shaheen Afridi 3/28 (4 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 63 (46)
Carlos Brathwaite 3/28 (2.5 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 5 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng)
Player of the match: Fakhar Zaman (Lahore Qalandars)
  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
Match 25
11 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
Match 26
12 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Lahore Qalandars
150/5 (20 overs)
v
Karachi Kings PSL-homeground.jpg
151/0 (17.1 overs)
Sohail Akhtar 68 (49)
Arshad Iqbal 2/15 (3 overs)
Sharjeel Khan 74* (59)
Karachi Kings won by 10 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Sharjeel Khan (Karachi Kings)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Match 27
13 March 2020
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Multan Sultans
154/6 (20 overs)
v
Peshawar Zalmi
151/7 (20 overs)
Zeeshan Ashraf 52 (39)
Rahat Ali 3/24 (4 overs)
Imam-ul-Haq 56 (41)
Sohail Tanvir 3/26 (4 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 3 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Zeeshan Ashraf (Multan Sultans)
  • Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
Match 28
14 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Islamabad United
136/6 (20 overs)
v
Karachi Kings PSL-homeground.jpg
137/6 (19.2 overs)
Hussain Talat 37 (30)
Iftikhar Ahmed 1/12 (3 overs)
Sharjeel Khan 37 (14)
Shadab Khan 2/28 (4 overs)
Karachi Kings won by 4 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Sharjeel Khan (Karachi Kings)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Karachi Kings qualified for the semi-finals play-offs. [50] [lower-alpha 3] [6]
  • Islamabad United were eliminated from the tournament. [50]
Match 29
15 March 2020
14:00
Scorecard
Multan Sultans
186/6 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars PSL-homeground.jpg
191/1 (18.5 overs)
Khushdil Shah 70* (29)
Shaheen Afridi 2/23 (4 overs)
Chris Lynn 113* (55)
Usman Qadir 1/24 (4 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 9 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Lahore Qalandars)
  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
  • Lahore Qalandars qualified for the semi-finals play-offs. [51] [lower-alpha 3] [6]
Match 30
15 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
PSL-homeground.jpg Karachi Kings
150/5 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
154/5 (16.2 overs)
Cameron Delport 62 (44)
Naseem Shah 2/17 (4 overs)
Shane Watson 66 (34)
Waqas Maqsood 2/19 (4 overs)
Quetta Gladiators won by 5 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Shane Watson (Quetta Gladiators)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Quetta Gladiators were eliminated from the tournament. [52]
  • Peshawar Zalmi qualified for the semi-finals play-offs. [52] [lower-alpha 3] [6]

Playoffs

On 2 September 2020, PCB announced the venue and dates for the remaining four matches, with Gaddafi Stadium hosting all four; matches will be held on 14 and 15, with the Final scheduled on 17 November. [53] [lower-alpha 2] However, later the matches were shifted to National Stadium in Karachi due to poor air quality in Lahore. [54]

SemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
14 November — Karachi 17 November — Karachi
1 Multan Sultans 141/7 (20 overs)2 Karachi Kings 135/5 (18.4 overs)
2 Karachi Kings 141/8 (20 overs)15 November — Karachi 3 Lahore Qalandars 134/7 (20 overs)
1 Multan Sultans 157 (19.1 overs)
14 November — Karachi 3 Lahore Qalandars 182/6 (20 overs)
3 Lahore Qalandars 171/5 (19 overs)
4 Peshawar Zalmi 170/9 (20 overs)

Qualifier

Match 31
14 November 2020
15:00
Scorecard
Multan Sultans
141/7 (20 overs)
v
Karachi Kings PSL-homeground.jpg
141/8 (20 overs)
Ravi Bopara 40 (31)
Arshad Iqbal 2/21 (4 overs)
Babar Azam 65 (53)
Sohail Tanvir 3/25 (4 overs)
Match tied
(Karachi Kings won the Super Over)
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Babar Azam (Karachi Kings)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Super Over: Karachi Kings 13/2 (1 over), Multan Sultans 9/0 (1 over)

Eliminators

Eliminator 1

Match 32
14 November 2020
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Peshawar Zalmi
170/9 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars
171/5 (19 overs)
Shoaib Malik 39 (24)
Dilbar Hussain 3/33 (4 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 74* (46)
Saqib Mahmood 3/41 (4 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 5 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Lahore Qalandars)
  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

Eliminator 2

Match 33
15 November 2020
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Lahore Qalandars
182/6 (20 overs)
v
Multan Sultans
157 (19.1 overs)
David Wiese 48* (21)
Shahid Afridi 2/18 (4 overs)
Adam Lyth 50 (29)
David Wiese 3/27 (4 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 25 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng)
Player of the match: David Wiese (Lahore Qalandars)
  • Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.

Final

Match 34
17 November 2020
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Lahore Qalandars
134/7 (20 overs)
v
Karachi Kings
135/5 (18.4 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 35 (38)
Waqas Maqsood 2/18 (4 overs)
Umaid Asif 2/18 (4 overs)
Babar Azam 63* (49)
Dilbar Hussain 2/28 (4 overs)
Karachi Kings won by 5 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng)
Player of the match: Babar Azam (Karachi Kings)
  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Karachi Kings are the Champion of HBL PSL 2020 (1st Title)

Awards and statistics

Most runs

PlayerTeam Mat Inns Runs HS
Babar Azam Karachi Kings 1211473 78
Fakhar Zaman Lahore Qalandars 1212325 63
Mohammad Hafeez Lahore Qalandars 1312312 98*
Ben Dunk Lahore Qalandars 1110300 99*
Chris Lynn Lahore Qalandars 88284 113*
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, Last updated: 18 November 2020

Most wickets

PlayerTeam Mat Inns Wkts BBI
Shaheen Afridi Lahore Qalandars 121217
Mohammad Hasnain Quetta Gladiators 9915
Sohail Tanvir Multan Sultans 10914
Dilbar Hussain Lahore Qalandars 111014
David Wiese Lahore Qalandars 111012
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, Last updated: 18 November 2020

Notes

  1. ↑ Darren Sammy stepped down as captain of Peshawar Zalmi mid tournament becoming head coach of the team and Wahab Riaz was appointed as team captain.
  2. 1 2 All times are in UTC+5 (PKT)
  3. 1 2 3 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the matches were reduced from 34 to 33 and the playoffs were replaced by knockouts thus shortening the tournament. However, On 2 September 2020, PCB announced the schedule of the remaining fixtures, going back to the playoffs format.

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