2021 Karachi Kings season
Overview of Karachi kings in 2021
| 2021 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | Herschelle Gibbs | ||
| Captain | Babar Azam | ||
| PSL 2021 | Playoffs (4th) | ||
| Most runs | Babar Azam (554)[1] | ||
| Most wickets | Mohammad Ilyas (8)[2] | ||
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The Karachi Kings is a franchise cricket team that represents Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The team was coached by Herschelle Gibbs[3][4] and captained by Imad Wasim.[3] The team won their maiden PSL title in 2020, which make them the defending champion in 2021.[5]
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Teams standings
Points table
| Pos | Team
| 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 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo
- The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
- advanced to Qualifier
- advanced to Eliminator 1
League fixtures
Quetta Gladiators 121 (18.2 overs) | v | |
Joe Clarke 46 (23) Mohammad Hasnain 2/18 (4 overs) |
Karachi Kings won by 7 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Arshad Iqbal (Karachi Kings) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
v | Islamabad United 197/5 (19.1 overs) | |
Islamabad United won by 5 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Alex Hales (Islamabad United) |
- Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
Multan Sultans 195/6 (20 overs) | v | |
Karachi Kings won by 7 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Babar Azam (Karachi Kings) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
v | Lahore Qalandars 189/4 (19.2 overs) | |
Fakhar Zaman 83 (54) Waqas Maqsood 1/34 (3 overs) |
Lahore Qalandars won by 6 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Shaheen Afridi (Lahore Qalandars) |
- Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
Peshawar Zalmi 188/5 (20 overs) | v | |
Karachi Kings won by 6 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Imran Javed (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Karachi Kings) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Multan Sultans 176/5 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 164/7 (20 overs) |
Multan Sultans won by 12 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Karachi Kings 190/4 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 191/2 (18.4 overs) |
Islamabad United won by 8 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Rashid Riaz (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Iftikhar Ahmed (Islamabad United) |
- Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
Karachi Kings 108/9 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 109/4 (11 overs) |
Abbas Afridi 27* (18) Abrar Ahmed 3/14 (4 overs) |
Peshawar Zalmi won by 6 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Hazratullah Zazai (Peshawar Zalmi) |
- Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
Karachi Kings 176/5 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 169/7 (20 overs) |
Karachi Kings won by 7 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Noor Ahmad (Karachi Kings) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Karachi Kings 176/7 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 162/6 (20 overs) |
Karachi Kings won by 14 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Danish Aziz (Karachi Kings) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Playoffs
Eliminator
Eliminator 1
Karachi Kings 175/7 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 176/5 (19.5 overs) |
Peshawar Zalmi won by 5 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Hazratullah Zazai (Peshawar Zalmi) |
- Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
References
- ^ "Records / Karachi Kings in 2020/21-2021 / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Records / Karachi Kings in 2020/21-2021 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ a b "PSL 2021 TEAM GUIDE: Karachi Kings". The Cricketer. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Herschelle Gibbs named Karachi Kings head coach". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Babar Azam's fluent fifty guides Karachi Kings to maiden PSL title". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
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