2021 Pakistan Super League

Pakistan Super League 2021

Dates	20 February – 24 June 2021
Administrator(s)	Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Double round robin and playoffs
Host(s)	Pakistan United Arab Emirates
Champions	Multan Sultans (1st title)
Runners-up	Peshawar Zalmi
Participants	6
Matches	34
Player of the series	Sohaib Maqsood (MS) (428 runs)
Most runs	Babar Azam (KK) (554)
Most wickets	Shahnawaz Dahani (MS) (20)
Official website	psl-t20.com
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2021 Pakistan Super League (also known as PSL 6 or for sponsorship reasons HBL PSL 2021) was the sixth season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league which was established by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2015. This was supposed to be the second season held entirely in Pakistan. It was initially scheduled to be held in February and March 2021.

On 4 March 2021, the PCB suspended the tournament with 14 of the scheduled 30 group matches having been played after multiple cases of COVID-19 were recorded. On 11 March 2021, the PCB confirmed that they were aiming to reschedule the remaining fixtures for June 2021. On 18 March 2021, the PCB proposed for the tournament to resume from either 2 or 6 June and end on 20 June 2021, with all matches to be held in Karachi. On 11 April 2021, PCB announced that the remaining matches were rescheduled to start on June 1, 2021. However, on 4 May 2021, all of the teams asked the PCB to move the remaining matches to the UAE due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in Pakistan. The PCB proposed to hold the entire tournament in Abu Dhabi.

On 20 May 2021, approval was granted to play the remaining matches of PSL 6 in the UAE. The tournament restarted on 9 June 2021, Multan Sultans beat Peshawar Zalmi in the final by 47 runs to win their first title.

Background[]

The PSL was set up in 2015 and it started in 2016,^[1] meaning that this would be the sixth edition of the tournament. This was the third year of HBL's sponsorship deal with the tournament.^[2] After the previous edition was postponed due to Coronavirus, the tournament was expected to be held behind closed doors, however the Pakistani Government gave approval to host the tournament at 20% capacity.^[3] An extra 10% could have also been allowed in after the group stage.^[4] Speaking afterwards, the PCB chairman Ehsan Mani said that he hoped if they could maintain tight protocols during the tournament then they could increase capacity later in the year for future tours of Pakistan.^[4] It was also rumored that starting from this edition the PSL would have a dedicated window in the ICC Future Tours Programme.^[5]

Squads[]

Islamabad United	Karachi Kings	Lahore Qalandars	Multan Sultans	Peshawar Zalmi	Quetta Gladiators
Shadab Khan (c) Alex Hales Colin Munro Faheem Ashraf Hussain Talat Asif Ali Muhammad Musa Zafar Gohar Hasan Ali Lewis Gregory Phil Salt Rohail Nazir Reece Topley Iftikhar Ahmed Mohammad Wasim Ahmed Safi Abdullah Chris Jordan Akif Javed Fawad Ahmed Paul Stirling Ali Khan Zeeshan Zameer	Imad Wasim (c) Babar Azam (vc) Mohammad Amir Colin Ingram Aamer Yamin Sharjeel Khan Waqas Maqsood Arshad Iqbal Mohammad Nabi Dan Christian Chadwick Walton Joe Clarke Danish Aziz Mohammad Ilyas Zeeshan Malik Qasim Akram Noor Ahmad Abbas Afridi	Sohail Akhtar (c) Mohammad Hafeez Shaheen Afridi (vc) Fakhar Zaman David Wiese Haris Rauf Ben Dunk Dilbar Hussain Rashid Khan Samit Patel Tom Abell Zeeshan Ashraf Agha Salman Muhammad Faizan Maaz Khan Muhammad Zaid Joe Denly Ahmed Daniyal Salman Mirza Sandeep Lamichhane	Mohammad Rizwan (c) Shahid Afridi Rilee Rossouw Sohail Tanvir Imran Tahir Khushdil Shah James Vince Usman Qadir Chris Lynn Sohail Khan Sohaib Maqsood Shan Masood Sohaibullah Adam Lyth Shahnawaz Dahani Mohammad Umar Imran Khan Carlos Brathwaite	Wahab Riaz (c) Shoaib Malik (vc) Kamran Akmal Liam Livingstone Haider Ali David Miller Mujeeb Ur Rahman Sherfane Rutherford Amad Butt Umaid Asif Saqib Mahmood Imam-ul-Haq Mohammad Imran Mohammad Irfan Abrar Ahmed Mohammad Imran Ravi Bopara Mohammad Amir Khan Tom Kohler-Cadmore Waqar Salamkheil	Sarfaraz Ahmed (c) Ben Cutting Mohammad Hasnain Mohammad Nawaz (vc) Azam Khan Naseem Shah Zahid Mahmood Anwar Ali Chris Gayle Tom Banton Usman Shinwari Cameron Delport Qais Ahmad Abdul Nasir Saim Ayub Arish Ali Khan Dale Steyn Usman Khan Faf du Plessis Hasan Khan
Additional players selected for the remaining matches
Usman Khawaja (vc) Janneman Malan Muhammad Akhlaq Umar Amin Brandon King	Martin Guptill Thisara Perera Najibullah Zadran Liton Das Mohammad Haris	Shakib Al Hasan James Faulkner Joe Burns Callum Ferguson Seekkuge Prasanna Tim David Sultan Ahmed	Mahmudullah Rahmanullah Gurbaz George Linde Obed McCoy Shimron Hetmyer Johnson Charles Waseem Muhammad Hammad Azam Asif Afridi Blessing Muzarabani	Fabian Allen Rovman Powell Fidel Edwards Bismillah Khan Hazratullah Zazai Sameen Gul Khalid Usman Jonathan Wells	Andre Russell Zahir Khan Jack Wildermuth Khurram Shahzad Jake Weatherald Zahoor Khan

On 9 January 2021, the PCB announced the retention players list.^[6] The players draft took place on 10 January 2021 in Lahore.^[7][8] On 15 February 2021, Mohammad Rizwan replaced Shan Masood as the captain of the Multan Sultans.^[9] Due to the suspension of the tournament because of COVID-19, a replacement draft was held.^[10] Additional players were picked up in the draft to replace players not available due to the pandemic.^[11][12] On 27 April 2021, Colin Munro rejoined Islamabad United for remaining matches.^[13] The final squads were all confirmed by 22 May 2021.^[14] On 22 May 2021, Lahore Qalandars re-signed Rashid Khan after his replacement Shakib Al Hasan pulled out in PSL.^[15]

Venues[]

In June 2020, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced that they plan to add Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar as a fifth venue in this edition of the PSL.^[16][17] However, delays in construction of the stadium may make it difficult to host the matches of the tournament.^[18] PCB also planned to hold few matches in Faisalabad and Hyderabad as well.^[19] Stadium in Hayatabad was also announced as a possible venue for some matches.^[20] In September 2020, the PCB confirmed that both the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar and Bugti Stadium in Quetta, would be unable to host this season's matches.^[21] However, it was later decided that the tournament will be held at only Karachi and Lahore.^[22] After the tournament was moved to the UAE, all the remaining matches took place at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.^[23]

Pakistan	United Arab Emirates
Karachi	Abu Dhabi
National Stadium	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 32,000	Capacity: 20,000
Karachi	Abu Dhabi

The stadiums were only allowed to hold 20% capacity per match; 7,500 in Karachi and 5,500 in Lahore; in view of COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan.^[24] The tickets were only available online via Pakistan's online ticketing platform Bookme.pk, from 11 February.^[25]

Match officials[]

Umpires[]

Referees[]

• Iftikhar Ahmed
• Mohammed Anees
• Muhammad Javed
• Roshan Mahanama
• Ali Naqvi

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Promotion in media[]

Anthems[]

The league is being promoted on social media with the hashtags #MatchDikhao, #HBLPSL6 and of official anthem #GrooveMera by Naseebo Lal, Aima Baig and Young Stunners.^[27]

For the first time this year, 5 more tracks were also released under the cricket album titled HBL PSL Taranay.^[28]

Opening ceremony[]

The ceremony was telecasted as a virtual opening programme after being recorded in Istanbul, Turkey,^[29] instead of having live ceremony at the stadium due to the pandemic. The artists line up included Hania Aamir, Ireland Baldwin and Maya Ali, aside of the performers of the official anthem.^[30]

Commentators[]

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Presenters[]

• Zainab Abbas
• Sikander Bakht

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COVID-19 pandemic impact[]

The day before the tournament was due to start, Wahab Riaz and Daren Sammy both of Peshawar Zalmi met with team owner Javed Afridi, who was not part of the bubble and were put in isolation.^[32] However, after they both received results of a negative test they were allowed to rejoin the side.^[33]

On 1 March, Fawad Ahmed of Islamabad United was reported to have tested positive for COVID-19 which led to the postponement of their match against Quetta Gladiators by one day.^[34] On 4 March, it was reported that three more players had tested positive, including Tom Banton and a support staff member.^[35] Later that day it was announced that the tournament had been suspended after seven new cases were reported.^[36][37] Dr Sohail Saleem, Head of Medical Panel, also submitted his resignation to chairman Ehsan Mani following increasing criticism over the abrupt postponement of the tournament.^[38]

After the postponement the PCB formed a two-member fact-finding committee was formed to investigate the causes behind the bio-secure bubble breaches. ^[39]

The Pakistan Cricket Board then announced on 11 March that they were looking to reschedule the remaining fixtures for June 2021. A week later, they proposed the tournament would either start on 2 or 6 June finishing on 20 June with all matches to take place in Karachi.^[40]

On 11 April, Pakistan Cricket Board announced the revised schedule for the tournament with the competition due to restart on June 1.^[41] On 4 May 2021, all of the teams asked the PCB to move the remaining matches to the UAE due to an increase of COVID-19 in Pakistan.^[42][43]

On 18 May, the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) gave green light to the Pakistan Cricket Board for holding the remaining matches of the PSL 2021 in Abu Dhabi.^[44][45][46] However, it was also reported that the Abu Dhabi government put forward a condition that all the participants need to be vaccinated against COVID-19.^[47] Following this, PCB and the team owners held a virtual meeting on 19 May 2021 to review all potential scenarios and unanimously agreed to wait until the close of business on Thursday 20 May 2021 (UAE time) regarding clarifications on certain requested exemptions before a final decision on the hosting of the remaining matches is made.^[48][49][50] In May 2021, Pakistan Super League finally secured all exemptions and approvals required to conduct the remainder of the 2021 season in Abu Dhabi.^[51]

Another bubble breach took place after the resumption of the tournament, this time the day before the final. Haider Ali and Umaid Asif, both of Peshawar Zalmi admitted that they had met people from outside their bubble and were thereby suspended from competing in the final.^[52]

League stage[]

Format[]

Each team played every other team twice in the league stage of the tournament in a double round robin format.^[53] Following the group stage, the top four teams qualified for the playoff stage of the tournament.

The 2021 season of the PSL followed rules and regulations laid down by the International Cricket Council (ICC). In the group stage, two points were awarded for a win, one for a no result and none for a loss. In the event of tied scores after both teams had faced their quota of overs, a super over would be used to determine the match winner. In the group stage teams would be ranked on the following criteria:^[54]

1. Higher number of points
2. If equal, higher number of wins
3. If equal, net run rate
4. If still equal, higher number of wickets taken per fair balls bowled
5. If still equal, the flip of a coin

If any play-off match finished with no result, a super over would be used to determine the winner. A tied super over or rain meant the team that finished higher in the league table progressed.^[55]

Points table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Islamabad United (3rd)	10	8	2	0	16	0.859
2	Multan Sultans (C)	10	5	5	0	10	1.050
3	Peshawar Zalmi (R)	10	5	5	0	10	0.586
4	Karachi Kings (4th)	10	5	5	0	10	−0.115
5	Lahore Qalandars	10	5	5	0	10	−0.589
6	Quetta Gladiators	10	2	8	0	4	−1.786

• The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
•   advanced to Qualifier
•   advanced to Eliminator 1

Summary[]

League progression[]

Fixtures[]

The PCB confirmed the fixtures for the tournament on 8 January 2021. The tournament was initially scheduled to take place in February and March.^[56]

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Summary[]

Week 1[]

In the opening game of PSL 2021 the Karachi Kings beat the Quetta Gladiators by 7 wickets. For Karachi, Joe Clarke scored 46 off 23 to help register their first win of the season.^[58] While in game 2, Rashid Khan made his debut for the Lahore Qalandars helping them to a 4 wicket win over Peshawar Zalmi.^[59] In game 3, Lewis Gregory proved his worth to Islamabad United against the Multan Sultans. He scored 49 runs off 31 balls to give his team a 3 wicket win.^[60] The next day, Lahore were looking to continue their winning start against Quetta. They did this with half centuries from Mohammad Hafeez and Fakhar Zaman propelling them to a 9 wicket win.^[61] Tom Kohler-Cadmore helped himself to 53 to register Peshawar's first win of the season against Multan. James Vince earlier scored 84 to propel Multan to 194, but Cadmore and Imam-ul-Haq gave Zalmi a 6 wicket win.^[62] In game 6, Sharjeel Khan's 105 was not enough as Islamabad successfully chased down 197 to beat Karachi by 5 wickets.^[63] The next day, Multan go their first win of the season. Their captain Mohammad Rizwan lead from the front scoring 76 to give Multan a 7 wicket win.^[64] On the same day, Peshawar chased down over 190 for the second time in a row to beat Quetta by 3 wickets.^[65]

Week 2[]

Babar Azam excelled in game 9 leading Karachi to a 7 wicket win over Multan.^[66] On the same day, Wahab Riaz took 4-17 to lead Peshawar to a 6 wicket win over Islamabad.^[67] In game 11, Lahore beat Karachi by 6 wickets despite Sharjeel Khan scoring 64.^[68] Islamabad United chased down 156 with 3 overs to spare in game 12. This was largely down to Paul Stirling who scored a half century in the 6 wicket win.^[69] Babar Azam's 77 helped Karachi to a 6 wicket win over Peshawar in game 13. He was helped by Mohammad Nabi who also scored a half century to take them back to the top of the table.^[70] The last game before the tournament was suspended featured Quetta getting their first win of the season against Multan by 22 runs. This was the first time in the competition the team batting first won.^[71]

Week 3[]

The first game after the tournament resumed was between Islamabad and Lahore. James Faulkner took 3/32 on his debut to help Lahore to a 5 wicket win.^[72] Babar Azam's unbeaten 85 was in vain in game 16, as Multan beat Karachi by 12 runs.^[73] On the same day Rashid Khan took a fifer (5 wickets in the match), as Lahore beat Peshawar by 10 runs.^[74] Islamabad's openers recorded the highest ever powerplay score in the PSL in game 18, they scored 97-0 as they helped United to a 10 wicket win over Quetta.^[75] David Miller announced himself to the tournament in game 19, he scored 73 as Peshawar comprehensively defeated Quetta by 61 runs.^[76] In game 20, Asif Ali counterattacked Lahore giving Islamabad a 28 run win. Islamabad were 20-5 before Ali's innings of 75, which allowed them to post 152.^[77] Mohammad Rizwan lead from the front in game 21, he scored an unbeaten 82 as Multan beat Peshawar by 8 wickets.^[78] In game 22, Colin Munro scored 88 to help Islamabad to a 8 wicket win over Karachi.^[79]

Week 4[]

Quetta Gladiators got a rare win in game 23, as Khurram Shazad took 3 wickets in a 18 run victory against Lahore.^[80] Hazratullah Zazai scored the joint fastest half-century in game 24, after Peshawar's bowlers restricted Karachi to 108 before Zalmi chased it down with 6 wickets to spare.^[81] Quetta where eliminated in game 25 at the hands of Multan, Quetta were bowled out for 73 which gave the Sultans a 110 run win.^[82] Records where broken in game 26, as an Usman Khawaja century propelled Islamabad to 247 the highest ever PSL score. In response Peshawar scored 236 in the highest scoring PSL game ever.^[83] On the same day, in the second Karachi-Lahore derby of the season the Kings beat the Qalandars by 7 runs to keep their play off hopes alive.^[84] Lahore were in action the next day in game 28 losing by 80 runs to Multan who as a result qualified for the play-offs, this was largely down to Shahnawaz Dhani who took 4-5.^[85] Karachi knew they needed a win in game 29 to qualify for the play-offs and knock out Lahore. They did this as a result of Danish Aziz's innings of 45 off 13, which allowed them to beat Quetta by 14 runs.^[86] Both teams were through in the last game of the group stage as Islamabad beat Multan by 4 wickets.^[87]

Playoffs[]

Preliminary

Final

24 June — Abu Dhabi

21 June — Abu Dhabi

1

Islamabad United

149 (19 Overs)

2

Multan Sultans

180/5 (20 overs)

2

Multan Sultans

206/4 (20 overs)

Multan won by 31 runs

3

Peshawar Zalmi

159/9 (20 overs)

Multan won by 47 runs

22 June — Abu Dhabi

1

Islamabad United

174/9 (20 overs)

3

Peshawar Zalmi

177/2 (16.5 overs)

Peshawar won by 8 wickets

21 June — Abu Dhabi

3

Peshawar Zalmi

176/5 (19.5 overs)

4

Karachi Kings

175/7 (20 overs)

Peshawar won by 5 wickets

Qualifier[]

The qualifiers meant the top two teams on the table, Islamabad and Multan, would face off.^[88] Multan won the toss and chose to bat. The Sultans captain Mohammed Rizwan, was out for a duck while Shan Masood made 25. In next was Sohaib Maqsood who made 59 off 41, Maqsood was well supported by Johnson Charles who made 41. Khushdil Shah also supported Maqsood with an unbeaten 42, while Sohail Tanvir was also unbeaten on 12 as Multan finished on 180/5. The pick of the bowlers for Islamabad was Shadab Khan, who took 2-25 from 4 overs.^[89] In response for Islamabad only Usman Khawaja really got going. He scored 70 off 40 as no other United batsman got past 30. Islamabad were all out for 149 giving Multan a 31 run win. For Multan, the pick of the bowlers was Sohail Tanvir who took 3 wickets to send Multan into their first ever PSL final.^[90][91]

Eliminator[]

Eliminator 1[]

Eliminator 1 meant the teams finishing third and fourth on the table, Peshawar and Karachi, would face off.^[88] Peshawar won the toss and chose to field. Karachi got off to a good start with Sharjeel Khan making 26, while Babar Azam made 53 before being dismissed. Coming in at 3 for the Kings was Martin Guptill, who was sent back to the pavilion without scoring. In the middle order Danish Aziz, Chadwick Walton and Imad Wasim came and went for Karachi with none of them scoring more than 20. One player who did get going in the middle order was Thisara Perera, he scored 37 off 18 to take the Kings to 175/7 from their 20 overs.^[92] The pick of the bowlers for Peshawar was Mohammad Irfan, who took 2/21 from his 4 overs. In response for the Zalmi, Kamran Akmal was first to go being dismissed for 13. His opening partner Hazratullah Zazai though scored 77 off 38 to anchor Peshawar's chase. Imam-ul-Haq in next at 3, was dismissed quickly to give Karachi some momentum. Next in at 4, was Shoaib Malik and he scored 30 to further reduce the target for Peshawar. In the end, after a final over which contained two dropped catches, Sherfane Rutherford's 17 helped to give Peshawar a 5 wicket win. For Karachi the pick of the bowlers was Thisara Perera, who took 2/10 from his 2 overs.^[93] The result meant Peshawar were through to the second Eliminator where they would face Islamabad United.^[94][95]

Eliminator 2[]

Eliminator 2 meant that the loser of the Qualifier Islamabad,^[96] would play the winner of the first Eliminator Peshawar.^[97] Peshawar won the toss and chose to field. Usman Khawaja was run out for 1 in the first over, while his opening partner Colin Munro made 44. Muhammad Akhlaq was dismissed cheaply for 7 coming in at 3. The rest of the middle order did not fire for United, with Brandon King, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Asif Ali and Faheem Ashraf all getting out before they reached 20. With Islamabad 110-8 it looked like they would be all out, however a cameo from Hasan Ali who scored 45 off 16 propelled them to 174. He was well supported by Mohammad Wasim who made an unbeaten 17. For much of Islamabad's innings, Peshawar were fielding with 10 fielders after Mohammad Irfan went off injured and was not allowed a replacement.^[98] The pick of the bowlers for the Zalmi was Wahab Riaz, who took 2/35.^[99] In Peshawar's response, Kamran Akmal was dismissed early for 8. However Hazratullah Zazai, who scored 66 off 44, and Jonathan Wells, who scored 55 off 43, anchored Peshawar's innings bringing them closer to the target. Shoaib Malik applied the finishing touches for the Zalmi, scoring 32 off 10 as Peshawar wrapped up an 8 wicket win. For Islamabad the pick of the bowlers was Mohammad Wasim, who took 1/32 from his 3 overs.^[100] The result meant that Peshawar were through to the final, their fourth overall.^[101][102]

Final[]

Peshawar won the toss and chose to bowl in the final; Shan Masood and Mohammad Rizwan opened the innings for the Sultans. Shan was dismissed first for 37 by Mohammad Imran. While at the other end, Multan's captain Mohammad Rizwan was caught behind for 30 as Mohammad Imran claimed a second wicket. Afterwards came Sohaib Maqsood, who made an unbeaten 65. This later won Maqsood the player of the match award. Rilee Rossouw followed Maqsood and made 50 in 20 balls, before he top edged a ramp to Mohammad Irfan as Sameen Gul claimed his first wicket of the match. The third wicket partnership between Maqsood and Rossouw was worth 98. Things got better for Sameen as he got out Johnson Charles Leg before wicket (LBW) for a golden duck. While at six was Khushdil Shah, who scored an unbeaten 15 off 5 balls to increase Multan's score. In the end Multan finished on 206/4, the pick of the bowlers for Peshawar was Sameen Gul who finished with figures of 2/26.^[104] In response, Hazratullah Zazai was first to go scoring 6 for Peshawar before being caught at point by Shan Masood. Zazai was soon followed by Kamran Akmal, as he was bowled by Imran Khan for 36. Jonathan Wells was next and he was run out for 6. Some stability was provided by Shoaib Malik and Rovman Powell, when Powell was caught behind for 23 Peshawar were 124/4. Malik was then caught out for 48 off 28 by Imran Tahir, Tahir then took a wicket himself as Sherfane Rutherford was dismissed for 18. Afterwards Tahir claimed two more wickets as both Wahab Riaz and Mohammed Imran were both bowled by him for golden ducks. Next to go was Amad Butt, as he was caught by Mohammad Rizwan for 7. In the end, Peshawar finished on 159/9 which resulted in a 47-run victory for Multan, making them the champions of PSL 6.^[105][106]

Awards and statistics[]

The player of the tournament was Sohaib Maqsood of Multan Sultans.^[107] His captain Mohammad Rizwan won the Imtiaz Ahmed award for the best wicket-keeper while Iftikhar Ahmed won the award for the best fielder.^[108] Shahnawaz Dahani of Multan took 20 wickets at an average of 17.00 to be the leading wicket-taker ahead of Wahab Riaz of Peshawar Zalmi with 18 and win the Fazal Mahmood award.^[108] The winner of the Hanif Mohammad award for the leading run scorer was Babar Azam who scored 554.^[108]

Most runs[]

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	SR	HS	100	50	0	4s	6s
Babar Azam	Karachi Kings	11	11	554	69.25	132.53	90*	0	7	1	56	12
Mohammad Rizwan	Multan Sultans	12	12	500	45.45	127.85	82*	0	4	1	56	10
Sohaib Maqsood	Multan Sultans	12	12	428	47.55	156.77	65*	0	5	0	39	22
Shoaib Malik	Peshawar Zalmi	13	13	354	35.40	149.36	73	0	2	2	29	17
Sharjeel Khan	Karachi Kings	11	11	338	30.72	148.24	105	1	1	1	31	23
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, Last updated: 24 June 2021 The Player with most runs will be awarded with a Green cap and Hanif Mohammad Award at the end of the season.[109]

•   Babar Azam of Karachi Kings received the Green Cap.

Most wickets[]

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI	SR	4WI	5WI
Shahnawaz Dahani	Multan Sultans	11	11	20	17.00	8.42	4/5	12.1	2	0
Wahab Riaz	Peshawar Zalmi	12	12	18	23.44	8.97	4/17	15.6	1	0
Shaheen Afridi	Lahore Qalandars	10	10	16	18.25	7.30	3/14	15.0	0	0
James Faulkner	Lahore Qalandars	6	6	13	12.00	6.50	3/19	11.0	0	0
Imran Tahir	Multan Sultans	7	7	13	13.07	6.80	3/7	11.5	0	0
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, Last updated: 24 June 2021 The Player with most wickets will be awarded with Maroon cap and Fazal Mahmood Award at the end of the season.[110]

•   Shahnawaz Dahani of Multan Sultans received the Maroon Cap.

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo