Karachi Kings in 2020

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.

Karachi Kings
2020 season
Coach Dean Jones
Captain Imad Wasim (9 matches)
Babar Azam (1 match)
PSL 20201st (winners)
Most runs Babar Azam (345)[1]
Most wickets Mohammad Amir (10)[2]
← 2019

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
10Alex Hales (1989-01-03) 3 January 1989 PlatinumRight-handedRight-arm medium2020Overseas
24Cameron Delport (1989-05-12) 12 May 1989 GoldLeft-handedRight-arm medium2020Overseas
56Babar Azam (1994-10-15) 15 October 1994 PlatinumRight-handedRight-arm off break2017Vice-Captain
98Sharjeel Khan (1989-08-14) 14 August 1989 GoldLeft-handedRight-arm leg break2020
N/AAwais Zia (1986-09-01) 1 September 1986 SilverLeft-handedRight-arm off break2019
All-rounders
09Imad Wasim (1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 DiamondLeft-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2016Captain
12Aamer Yamin (1990-06-26) 26 June 1990 GoldRight-handedRight-arm medium-fast2019Unavailable due to injury
96Iftikhar Ahmed (1990-09-03) 3 September 1990 DiamondRight-handedRight-arm off break2019
N/ADan Lawrence (1997-07-12) 12 July 1997 SilverRight-handedRight-arm off break2020Overseas,Unavailable
Wicket-keepers
16Mohammad Rizwan (1992-06-12) 12 June 1992 SilverRight-handedRight-arm medium2018
59Chadwick Walton (1985-07-03) 3 July 1985 SilverRight-handed-2020Overseas, Replacement for Dan Lawrence
Bowlers
5Mohammad Amir (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 PlatinumLeft-handedLeft-arm fast medium2016
13Umaid Asif (1984-04-30) 30 April 1984 SilverRight-handedRight-arm medium fast2020
15Umer Khan (1999-08-05) 5 August 1999 EmergingLeft-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2019
23Usama Mir (1995-12-23) 23 December 1995 SilverRight-handedRight-arm leg break2016
32Arshad Iqbal (2000-12-26) 26 December 2000 EmergingRight-handedRight-arm medium fast2020
34Chris Jordan (1988-10-04) 4 October 1988 DiamondRight-handedRight-arm fast medium2020Overseas
47Ali Khan (1990-12-13) 13 December 1990 SilverRight-handedRight-arm fast medium2020Overseas
58Waqas Maqsood (1987-11-04) 4 November 1987 GoldRight-handedLeft-arm medium fast2020Replacement for Aamer Yamin
81Mitchell McClenaghan (1986-06-11) 11 June 1986 GoldLeft-handedLeft-arm fast medium2020Overseas, Replacement for Liam Plunkett
N/ALiam Plunkett (1985-04-06) 6 April 1985 GoldRight-handedRight-arm fast2020Overseas, 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
Source: ESPNcricinfo

See also

References
  1. "Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. "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. "PCB announces schedule of remaining HBL PSL 2020 matches". Pakistan Cricket Board. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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