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.
The team was captained by Imad Wasim, coached by Dean Jones, until his sudden death in September 2020. Babar Azam was the team's leading run-scorer while, Mohammad Amir was leading wicket-taker.
The team won five of its ten fixtures with one being washed out, therefore, qualified for the play-offs.
Impact of COVID-19
The playoff stage of the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 2 July 2020, PCB announced that they are looking forward to completing the season in November 2020. On 2 September 2020, the PCB confirmed the fixtures for the remaining matches. 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.
Squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold. Ages are given as of the first day of the season, 20 February 2020
No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleSigned yearNotes Batsmen10Alex Hales Right-handed Right-arm medium 2020 Overseas24 Cameron Delport Left-handed Right-arm medium 2020 Overseas 56Babar Azam Right-handed Right-arm off break 2017 Vice-captain98Sharjeel Khan Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 Awais Zia Left-handed Right-arm off break 2019 All-rounders9 Imad Wasim Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2016 Captain12 Aamer Yamin Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019 Unavailable due to injury96Iftikhar Ahmed Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019 Dan Lawrence Right-handed Right-arm off break 2020 Overseas, unavailable Wicket-keepers16Mohammad Rizwan Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 59Chadwick Walton Right-handed - 2020 Overseas. Replacement for Dan Lawrence Bowlers5 Mohammad Amir Left-handed Left-arm fast medium 2016 13Umaid Asif Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2020 15 Umer Khan Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2019 23 Usama Mir Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2016 32Arshad Iqbal Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2020 34 Chris Jordan Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2020 Overseas47Ali Khan Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2020 Overseas58 Waqas Maqsood Right-handed Left-arm medium fast 2020 Replacement for Aamer Yamin81 Mitchell McClenaghan Left-handed Left-arm fast medium 2020 Overseas, Replacement for Liam PlunkettLiam Plunkett Right-handed Right-arm fast 2020 Overseas, unavailable
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest branding Sleeve brandingAJ SportsARY LagunaQMobileSurf ExcelImtiaz Super Market, Mughal Steel, ARY Laguna
Season standings
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