Karachi Kings in 2020

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Karachi Kings
2020 season
CoachAustralia Dean Jones
CaptainPakistan Imad Wasim (9 matches)
Pakistan Babar Azam (1 match)
PSL 20201st (winners)
Most runsPakistan Babar Azam (345)[1]
Most wicketsPakistan Mohammad Amir (10)[2]
← 2019

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.

The team was captained by Imad Wasim, coached by Dean Jones, [3] until his sudden death in September 2020.[4] 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.[5]

Impact of COVID-19[]

The playoff stage of the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] On 2 July 2020, PCB announced that they are looking forward to complete the season in November 2020.[7] On 2 September 2020, the PCB confirmed the fixtures for the remaining matches.[8] 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.[8]

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 England (1989-01-03) 3 January 1989 (age 32) Platinum Right-handed Right-arm medium 2020 Overseas
24 Cameron Delport South Africa (1989-05-12) 12 May 1989 (age 32) Gold Left-handed Right-arm medium 2020 Overseas
56 Babar Azam Pakistan (1994-10-15) 15 October 1994 (age 27) Platinum Right-handed Right-arm off break 2017 Vice-Captain
98 Sharjeel Khan Pakistan (1989-08-14) 14 August 1989 (age 32) Gold Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2020
N/A Awais Zia Pakistan (1986-09-01) 1 September 1986 (age 35) Silver Left-handed Right-arm off break 2019
All-rounders
09 Imad Wasim Pakistan (1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 (age 33) Diamond Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2016 Captain
12 Aamer Yamin Pakistan (1990-06-26) 26 June 1990 (age 31) Gold Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019 Unavailable due to injury
96 Iftikhar Ahmed Pakistan (1990-09-03) 3 September 1990 (age 31) Diamond Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019
N/A Dan Lawrence England (1997-07-12) 12 July 1997 (age 24) Silver Right-handed Right-arm off break 2020 Overseas,Unavailable
Wicket-keepers
16 Mohammad Rizwan Pakistan (1992-06-12) 12 June 1992 (age 29) Silver Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018
59 Chadwick Walton Jamaica (1985-07-03) 3 July 1985 (age 36) Silver Right-handed - 2020 Overseas, Replacement for Dan Lawrence
Bowlers
5 Mohammad Amir Pakistan (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 29) Platinum Left-handed Left-arm fast medium 2016
13 Umaid Asif Pakistan (1984-04-30) 30 April 1984 (age 37) Silver Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2020
15 Umer Khan Pakistan (1999-08-05) 5 August 1999 (age 22) Emerging Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2019
23 Usama Mir Pakistan (1995-12-23) 23 December 1995 (age 26) Silver Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2016
32 Arshad Iqbal Pakistan (2000-12-26) 26 December 2000 (age 20) Emerging Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2020
34 Chris Jordan England (1988-10-04) 4 October 1988 (age 33) Diamond Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2020 Overseas
47 Ali Khan United States (1990-12-13) 13 December 1990 (age 31) Silver Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2020 Overseas
58 Waqas Maqsood Pakistan (1987-11-04) 4 November 1987 (age 34) Gold Right-handed Left-arm medium fast 2020 Replacement for Aamer Yamin
81 Mitchell McClenaghan New Zealand (1986-06-11) 11 June 1986 (age 35) Gold Left-handed Left-arm fast medium 2020 Overseas, Replacement for Liam Plunkett
N/A Liam Plunkett England (1985-04-06) 6 April 1985 (age 36) Gold Right-handed Right-arm fast 2020 Overseas, Unavailable

Season standings[]

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 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
Source: ESPNcricinfo

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Most wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Karachi Kings appoint Dean Jones as head coach". Geo TV. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Dean Jones, former Australia cricketer, coach and commentator, dies aged 59". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  5. ^ "PSL 2020: Karachi seal qualification, Islamabad crash out". Geo Super. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  6. ^ "PSL play-offs postponed amid coronavirus fears". ESPNCricinfo. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Outcomes of eighth PSL Governing Council meeting". psl-t20.com. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  8. ^ a b "PCB announces schedule of remaining HBL PSL 2020 matches". Pakistan Cricket Board. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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