List of Pakistan Super League captains

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Pakistan Super League is a professional Twenty20 cricket league, which is operated by the Pakistan Cricket Board. It is contested between six franchises comprising cricketers from Pakistan and around the world (excluding India). A player who leads the cricket team is known as its captain. Each team usually has one nominated captain, although if that player is not participating in a match another player will deputise for them. The captain of a cricket team typically shoulders more responsibility for results than team captains in other sports. [1]

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Key

WordMeaning
FirstYear of the first match played as a captain
LastYear of latest match played as a captain
MatchesNumber of matches played as a captain
Team(s)Team(s) for which the player has played as captain
Won / LostNumber of games won / lost as a captain
TiedNumber of games tied
NRNumber of games with no result
  Denotes a player who is full time captain of their respective franchise.

List of PSL captains

This is a list of the players who have acted as captain in at least one match of PSL. Five teams competed in both; first and second seasons of the league and with the addition of Multan Sultans in 2018 season currently six teams compete for the title. Shaheen Afridi, captain of the team Lahore Qalandars, who has led his team thrice to become the champions with 18 wins out of 35 played with a winning percentage of 51.42. [2] His team have been the champions in 2022 and in 2023, becoming the first ever team in PSL history to successfully defend their PSL title. [3] Shan Masood & Rilee Rossouw was led the Karachi Kings & Quetta Gladiators in PSL 9 respectively. Shadab Khan was the winning captain for Islamabad United in PSL 2024.

Pakistan Super League captains
PlayerNationalityFirstLastMatchesTeam(s)WonLostTiedNRWin%
Sarfraz Ahmed Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2016202380 Quetta Gladiators 38410148.10
Misbah-ul-Haq Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2016201826 Islamabad United 15101059.61
Shahid Afridi Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2016201610 Peshawar Zalmi 640060
Shoaib Malik Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2016201930 Karachi Kings
Multan Sultans
Peshawar Zalmi 		10190134.48
Azhar Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 201620167 Lahore Qalandars 250028.5
Dwayne Bravo WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 201620161 Lahore Qalandars 01000
Shane Watson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 201620162 Islamabad United 110050
Ravi Bopara Flag of England.svg  England 201620161 Karachi Kings 01000
Darren Sammy WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 2017202039 Peshawar Zalmi 22160157.89
Brendon McCullum Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2017201818 Lahore Qalandars 5112033.33
Kumar Sangakkara Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2017201710 Karachi Kings 550050
Imad Wasim Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2018202351 Karachi Kings 23242248.97
Eoin Morgan Flag of England.svg  England 201820183 Karachi Kings 120033.33
JP Duminy Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 201820182 Islamabad United 2000100
Mohammad Hafeez Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 201820194 Peshawar Zalmi
Lahore Qalandars 		220050
Rumman Raees Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 201820182 Islamabad United 110050
Mohammad Amir Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 201820181 Karachi Kings 01000
Mohammad Sami Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 201920199 Islamabad United 450044.44
Shadab Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2019202456 Islamabad United 31240155.35
AB de Villiers Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 201920193 Lahore Qalandars 120033.33
Fakhar Zaman Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 201920195 Lahore Qalandars 140020.00
Shan Masood Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2020202421 Multan Sultans

Karachi Kings

1091147.61
Sohail Akhtar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2020202123 Lahore Qalandars 12110052.17
Wahab Riaz Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2020202228 Peshawar Zalmi 13140048.21
Babar Azam Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2020202433 Karachi Kings
Peshawar Zalmi 		12200136.36
Mohammad Rizwan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2021202448 Multan Sultans 32160066.66
Usman Khawaja Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 202120211 Islamabad United 1000100
Shaheen Afridi Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2022202435 Lahore Qalandars 18151151.42
Asif Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 202220223 Islamabad United 03000
Mohammad Nawaz Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 202320232 Quetta Gladiators 110050
Tom Kohler-Cadmore Flag of England.svg  England 202320231 Peshawar Zalmi 01000
David Wiese Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 202320231 Lahore Qalandars 01000
Rilee Rossouw Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2024202411 Quetta Gladiators 550145.45

Source: ESPNcricinfo

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Role of a Captain". DangerMouse. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Shaheen Afridi most successful captain of PSL history". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Khurram Mahmood (26 March 2023). "A high-scoring league". The News International. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
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