2020 Karachi Kings season
| 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] | ||
| |||
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]
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 complete 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
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
- * denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
- * denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season
| No. | Name | Nat. | Birth date | Category | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||
| 10 | Alex Hales |  |
3 January 1989 | Platinum | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2020 | Overseas |
| 24 | Cameron Delport |  |
12 May 1989 | Gold | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2020 | Overseas |
| 56 | Babar Azam |  |
15 October 1994 | Platinum | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2017 | Vice-Captain |
| 98 | Sharjeel Khan | |
14 August 1989 | Gold | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | |
| — | Awais Zia | |
1 September 1986 | Silver | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2019 | |
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| 09 | Imad Wasim | |
18 December 1988 | Diamond | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2016 | Captain |
| 12 | Aamer Yamin | |
26 June 1990 | Gold | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | Unavailable due to injury |
| 96 | Iftikhar Ahmed | |
3 September 1990 | Diamond | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2019 | |
| — | Dan Lawrence | |
12 July 1997 | Silver | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2020 | Overseas,Unavailable |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| 16 | Mohammad Rizwan | |
12 June 1992 | Silver | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | |
| 59 | Chadwick Walton |  |
3 July 1985 | Silver | Right-handed | - | 2020 | Overseas, Replacement for Dan Lawrence |
| Bowlers | ||||||||
| 5 | Mohammad Amir | |
13 April 1992 | Platinum | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium | 2016 | |
| 13 | Umaid Asif | |
30 April 1984 | Silver | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2020 | |
| 15 | Umer Khan | |
5 August 1999 | Emerging | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2019 | |
| 23 | Usama Mir | |
23 December 1995 | Silver | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2016 | |
| 32 | Arshad Iqbal | |
26 December 2000 | Emerging | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2020 | |
| 34 | Chris Jordan | |
4 October 1988 | Diamond | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2020 | Overseas |
| 47 | Ali Khan |  |
13 December 1990 | Silver | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2020 | Overseas |
| 58 | Waqas Maqsood | |
4 November 1987 | Gold | Right-handed | Left-arm medium fast | 2020 | Replacement for Aamer Yamin |
| 81 | Mitchell McClenaghan |  |
11 June 1986 | Gold | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium | 2020 | Overseas, Replacement for Liam Plunkett |
| — | Liam Plunkett | |
6 April 1985 | Gold | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2020 | Overseas, Unavailable |
Season standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Multan Sultans (3rd) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 1.031 |
| 2 | Karachi Kings (C) | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | −0.190 |
| 3 | Lahore Qalandars (R) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | −0.072 |
| 4 | Peshawar Zalmi (4th) | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | −0.055 |
| 5 | Quetta Gladiators | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | −0.722 |
| 6 | Islamabad United | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.185 |
- The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
- Advanced to Qualifier
- Advanced to Eliminator 1
See also
References
- ^ a b "Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Most wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Babar Azam's fluent fifty guides Karachi Kings to maiden PSL title". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ "Bowlers, Babar lift Karachi Kings to maiden PSL title". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ "Karachi Kings appoint Dean Jones as head coach". Geo TV. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ "Dean Jones, former Australia cricketer, coach and commentator, dies aged 59". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "PSL 2020: Karachi seal qualification, Islamabad crash out". Geo Super. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "PSL play-offs postponed amid coronavirus fears". ESPNCricinfo. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "Outcomes of eighth PSL Governing Council meeting". psl-t20.com. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ a b "PCB announces schedule of remaining HBL PSL 2020 matches". Pakistan Cricket Board. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.