2021 Karachi Kings season

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Karachi kings
2021 season
Coach Herschelle Gibbs
Captain Babar Azam
PSL 2021 Playoffs (4th)
Most runs Babar Azam (554) [1]
Most wickets Mohammad Ilyas (8) [2]

The Karachi Kings is a franchise cricket team that represents Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The team was coached by Herschelle Gibbs [3] [4] and captained by Imad Wasim. [3] The team won their maiden PSL title in 2020, which make them the defending champion in 2021. [5]

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Teams standings

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1 Islamabad United (3rd)10820160.859
2 Multan Sultans (C)10550101.050
3 Peshawar Zalmi (R)10550100.586
4 Karachi Kings (4th)1055010−0.115
5 Lahore Qalandars 1055010−0.589
6 Quetta Gladiators 102804−1.786
Source: ESPNcricinfo

League fixtures

Match 1
20 February 2021
20:00 (N)
Scorecard
Quetta Gladiators
121 (18.2 overs)
v
Karachi Kings PSL-homeground.jpg
126/3 (13.5 overs)
Chris Gayle 39 (24)
Arshad Iqbal 3/16 (4 overs)
Joe Clarke 46 (23)
Mohammad Hasnain 2/18 (4 overs)
Karachi Kings won by 7 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Ahsan Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Arshad Iqbal (Karachi Kings)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 6
24 February 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
PSL-homeground.jpg Karachi Kings
196/3 (20 overs)
v
Islamabad United
197/5 (19.1 overs)
Sharjeel Khan 105 (59)
Hussain Talat 1/25 (2 overs)
Iftikhar Ahmed 49* (37)
Waqas Maqsood 1/22 (2.1 overs)
Islamabad United won by 5 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Alex Hales (Islamabad United)
  • Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

Match 9
27 February 2021
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Multan Sultans
195/6 (20 overs)
v
Karachi Kings PSL-homeground.jpg
198/3 (18.5 overs)
James Vince 45 (29)
Arshad Iqbal 2/36 (4 overs)
Babar Azam 90* (60)
Shahnawaz Dahani 2/28 (3 overs)
Karachi Kings won by 7 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Babar Azam (Karachi Kings)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 11
28 February 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
PSL-homeground.jpg Karachi Kings
186/9 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars
189/4 (19.2 overs)
Sharjeel Khan 64 (39)
Shaheen Afridi 3/27 (4 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 83 (54)
Waqas Maqsood 1/34 (3 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 6 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Shaheen Afridi (Lahore Qalandars)
  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

Match 13
3 March 2021
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Peshawar Zalmi
188/5 (20 overs)
v
Karachi Kings PSL-homeground.jpg
191/4 (19.3 overs)
Ravi Bopara 58* (40)
Abbas Afridi 2/27 (4 overs)
Babar Azam 77* (47)
Saqib Mahmood 2/41 (4 overs)
Karachi Kings won by 6 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Imran Javed (Pak)
Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Karachi Kings)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 16
10 June 2021
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Multan Sultans
176/5 (20 overs)
v
Karachi Kings
164/7 (20 overs)
Rilee Rossouw 44 (24)
Thisara Perera 2/12 (3 overs)
Babar Azam 85* (63)
Imran Khan 3/28 (4 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 12 runs
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 22
14 June 2021
21:00 (N)
Scorecard
Karachi Kings
190/4 (20 overs)
v
Islamabad United
191/2 (18.4 overs)
Babar Azam 81 (54)
Akif Javed 1/31 (4 overs)
Hasan Ali 1/31 (4 overs)
Colin Munro 88* (56)
Waqas Maqsood 1/27 (4 overs)
Islamabad United won by 8 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Rashid Riaz (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Iftikhar Ahmed (Islamabad United)
  • Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

Match 24
15 June 2021
23:00 (N)
Scorecard
Karachi Kings
108/9 (20 overs)
v
Peshawar Zalmi
109/4 (11 overs)
Abbas Afridi 27* (18)
Abrar Ahmed 3/14 (4 overs)
Hazratullah Zazai 63 (26)
Imad Wasim 2/2 (2 overs)
Peshawar Zalmi won by 6 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Hazratullah Zazai (Peshawar Zalmi)
  • Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

Match 27
17 June 2021
23:00 (N)
Scorecard
Karachi Kings
176/5 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars
169/7 (20 overs)
Babar Azam 54 (44)
Rashid Khan 2/25 (4 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 36 (36)
Noor Ahmad 2/19 (4 overs)
Karachi Kings won by 7 runs
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Noor Ahmad (Karachi Kings)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 29
19 June 2021
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Karachi Kings
176/7 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
162/6 (20 overs)
Danish Aziz 45 (13)
Arish Ali Khan 4/28 (4 overs)
Sarfaraz Ahmed 51* (33)
Mohammad Ilyas 3/39 (4 overs)
Karachi Kings won by 14 runs
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Danish Aziz (Karachi Kings)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

Playoffs

Eliminator

Eliminator 1

Match 32
21 June 2021
23:00 (N)
Scorecard
Karachi Kings
175/7 (20 overs)
v
Peshawar Zalmi
176/5 (19.5 overs)
Babar Azam 53 (45)
Mohammad Irfan 2/21 (4 overs)
Hazratullah Zazai 77 (38)
Thisara Perera 2/10 (2 overs)
Peshawar Zalmi won by 5 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Hazratullah Zazai (Peshawar Zalmi)
  • Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

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