2023 Karachi Kings season

Karachi Kings is a franchise cricket team that represents Karachi in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). They were one of the six teams that competed in the 2023 Pakistan Super League. The team was coached by Johan Botha,[3][4][5] and captained by Imad Wasim.[6][7][8] Wasim Akram was the president of Karachi Kings.[9]

Karachi Kings
2023 season
CoachJohan Botha
CaptainImad Wasim
Ground(s)National Stadium
PSL 2023League stage
Most runsImad Wasim (404)[1]
Most wicketsMohammad Amir (9)
Imad Wasim (9)[2]

Squad

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  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  • Ages are given as of 13 February 2023, the date of the first match in the tournament.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Notes
Batters
14 James Vince   England (1991-03-14)14 March 1991 (aged 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2023
46 Haider Ali   Pakistan (2000-10-02)2 October 2000 (aged 22) Right-handed 2023
75 Irfan Khan   Pakistan (2002-12-28)28 December 2002 (aged 20) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2023
96 Tayyab Tahir   Pakistan (1993-07-26)26 July 1993 (aged 29) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2023
98 Sharjeel Khan   Pakistan (1989-08-14)14 August 1989 (aged 33) Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2020
All-rounders
9 Imad Wasim   Pakistan (1988-12-18)18 December 1988 (aged 34) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2016 Captain[10][11]
12 Aamer Yamin   Pakistan (1990-06-26)26 June 1990 (aged 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019
18 Shoaib Malik   Pakistan (1982-02-01)1 February 1982 (aged 41) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2023
26 James Fuller   New Zealand (1990-01-24)24 January 1990 (aged 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2023
31 Ben Cutting   Australia (1987-01-30)30 January 1987 (aged 36) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2023
49 Qasim Akram   Pakistan (2002-12-01)1 December 2002 (aged 20) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021
97 Faisal Akram   Pakistan (2003-08-20)20 August 2003 (aged 19) Left-handed Left-arm unorthodox 2022 Partial replacement for Tabraiz Shamsi
Wicket-keepers
13 Matthew Wade   Australia (1987-12-26)26 December 1987 (aged 35) Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2023
17 Adam Rossington   England (1993-05-05)5 May 1993 (aged 29) Right-handed 2023 Partial replacement for James Vince
61 Muhammad Akhlaq   Pakistan (1992-11-12)12 November 1992 (aged 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2023
Bowlers
5 Mohammad Amir   Pakistan (1992-04-13)13 April 1992 (aged 30) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2016
11 Mohammad Umar   Pakistan (1999-12-27)27 December 1999 (aged 23) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2023
68 Andrew Tye   Australia (1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 36) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2023
70 Muhammad Musa   Pakistan (2000-08-28)28 August 2000 (aged 22) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2023
88 Akif Javed   Pakistan (2000-10-10)10 October 2000 (aged 22) Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2023 Full replacement for Mir Hamza
90 Tabraiz Shamsi   South Africa (1990-02-18)18 February 1990 (aged 32) Left-handed Left-arm unorthodox 2023
92 Mir Hamza[a]   Pakistan (1992-09-10)10 September 1992 (aged 30) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2022
99 Imran Tahir   South Africa (1979-03-27)27 March 1979 (aged 43) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2023
  1. ^ Hamza suffered an injury which ruled him out of the tournament.[12]

Management and coaching staff

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Name Position
Tariq Wasi CEO & Team manager
Wasim Akram President and mentor
Johan Botha Head coach
Michael Smith Assistant coach
Ravi Bopara Batting coach
Dougie Brown Bowling coach
Ibrahim Qureshi Fitness trainer

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

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GFS Builders and Developers were the official housing partner of Karachi Kings.[14][15]

Season standings

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Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Lahore Qalandars (C) 10 7 3 0 14 0.915
2 Multan Sultans (R) 10 6 4 0 12 0.500
3 Islamabad United (4th) 10 6 4 0 12 −0.708
4 Peshawar Zalmi (3rd) 10 5 5 0 10 −0.452
5 Karachi Kings 10 3 7 0 6 0.756
6 Quetta Gladiators 10 3 7 0 6 −1.066
Source: ESPNcricinfo
  • The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs.
  •   Advances to Qualifier.
  •   Advances to Eliminator 1.

Notes:

  • C = Champions;
  • R = Runner-up;
  • (x) = Position at the end of the tournament

Group fixtures

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14 February 2023
Peshawar Zalmi
199/5 (20 overs)
v
Karachi Kings (H)
197/5 (20 overs)
Peshawar Zalmi won by 2 runs
 
 
20:00

Match 2

Scorecard
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Alex Wharf (Eng)
Player of the match: Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Peshawar Zalmi)
Tom Kohler-Cadmore 92 (50)
Mir Hamza 1/13 (2 overs)
Imad Wasim 80* (47)
James Neesham 2/26 (4 overs)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sufiyan Muqeem and Khurram Shahzad (Peshawar Zalmi) both made their T20 debuts.

16 February 2023
(H) Karachi Kings
173/7 (20 overs)
v
Islamabad United
178/6 (18.2 overs)
Islamabad United won by 4 wickets
 
 
19:00

Match 4

Scorecard
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and Alex Wharf (Eng)
Player of the match: Colin Munro (Islamabad United)
Haider Ali 59 (45)
Rumman Raees 2/26 (4 overs)
Colin Munro 58 (28)
Mohammad Amir 2/30 (4 overs)
  • Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

18 February 2023
Quetta Gladiators
168/7 (20 overs)
v
Karachi Kings (H)
162/5 (20 overs)
Quetta Gladiators won by 6 runs
 
 
19:00

Match 6

Scorecard
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Alex Wharf (Eng)
Player of the match: Martin Guptill (Quetta Gladiators)
Martin Guptill 117 (67)
Imad Wasim 3/16 (4 overs)
Shoaib Malik 71* (49)
Mohammad Hasnain 2/29 (4 overs)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

19 February 2023
(H) Karachi Kings
185/5 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars
118 (17.3 overs)
Karachi Kings won by 67 runs
 
 
19:00

Match 8

Scorecard
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Alex Wharf (Eng)
Player of the match: Imad Wasim (Karachi Kings)
James Vince 46 (36)
Liam Dawson 1/30 (3 overs)
Mirza Tahir Baig 45 (39)
Akif Javed 4/28 (3.3 overs)
  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

22 February 2023
(H) Multan Sultans
196/2 (20 overs)
v
Karachi Kings
193/5 (20 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 3 runs
 
 
19:00

Match 11

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Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
Umpires: Martin Saggers (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Mohammed Rizwan (Multan Sultans)
Mohammed Rizwan 110* (64)
Shoaib Malik 1/29 (4 overs)
James Vince 75 (34)
Abbas Afridi 2/55 (4 overs)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

26 February 2023
(H) Karachi Kings
167/3 (20 overs)
v
Multan Sultans
101 (16.3 overs)
Karachi Kings won by 66 runs
 
 
14:00

Match 14

Scorecard
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Alex Wharf (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Tabraiz Shamsi (Karachi Kings)
Tayyab Tahir 65 (46)
Ihsanullah 2/22 (4 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 29 (25)
Shoaib Malik 3/16 (3.3 overs)
  • Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.

1 March 2023
Peshawar Zalmi
197/5 (20 overs)
v
Karachi Kings
173/8 (20 overs)
Peshawar Zalmi won by 24 runs
 
 
19:00

Match 17

Scorecard
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Rovman Powell (Peshawar Zalmi)
Rovman Powell 64 (34)
Mohammad Amir 4/26 (4 overs)
Imad Wasim 57* (30)
Azmatullah Omarzai 3/28 (4 overs)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

3 March 2023
Karachi Kings
201/5 (20 overs)
v
Islamabad United (H)
204/4 (19.2 overs)
Islamabad United won by 6 wickets
 
 
19:00

Match 19

Scorecard
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Azam Khan (Islamabad United)
Imad Wasim 92* (54)
Tom Curran 2/43 (4 overs)
Azam Khan 72* (41)
Mohammad Amir 1/40 (4 overs)
Tabraiz Shamsi 1/40 (4 overs)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

6 March 2023
Karachi Kings
164/6 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
168/6 (19.5 overs)
Quetta Gladiators won by 4 wickets
 
 
19:00

Match 22

Scorecard
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Martin Saggers (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Martin Guptill (Quetta Gladiators)
Adam Rossington 69 (45)
Aimal Khan 2/26 (4 overs)
Martin Guptill 86* (56)
Tabraiz Shamsi 2/20 (4 overs)
  • Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

12 March 2023
Karachi Kings
196/7 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars (H)
110 (18.5 overs)
Karachi Kings won by 86 runs
 
 
19:00

Match 30

Scorecard
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Muhammad Akhlaq (Karachi Kings)
Muhammad Akhlaq 51 (36)
Hussain Talat 2/24 (3 overs)
Hussain Talat 25 (25)
Akif Javed 2/8 (3 overs)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

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Most runs

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Player Innings Runs High score 50s 100s
Imad Wasim 10 404 92* 3 0
Matthew Wade 9 224 53 1 0
Shoaib Malik 9 200 71* 2 0
James Vince 5 174 75 1 0
Tayyab Tahir 5 137 65 0 0

Most wickets

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Player Innings Wickets Best bowling
Mohammad Amir 7 10 4/26
Imad Wasim 10 10 3/16
Akif Javed 5 8 4/28
Tabraiz Shamsi 4 7 3/18
Aamer Yamin 7 7 3/37

References

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  1. ^ "2023 - Karachi Kings Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  2. ^ "2023 - Karachi Kings Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. ^ "HBL PSL 8: Johan Botha named as Karachi Kings head coach". cricketpakistan.com.pk. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Botha named as Karachi Kings' head coach". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Johan Botha named as Karachi Kings head coach for HBL PSL 8". Bol News. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Imad Wasim returns as Karachi Kings skipper". www.geosuper.tv. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  7. ^ "HBL PSL 8: Imad Wasim named Karachi Kings captain". cricketpakistan.com.pk. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Babar named Zalmi captain, Imad to lead Kings in PSL-8". Daily Times. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Watch: Wasim Akram sends shockwaves with dressing room outburst, kicks chairs in anger after Karachi Kings lose in PSL". Hindustan Times. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  10. ^ "HBL PSL 8: Imad Wasim named Karachi Kings captain". cricketpakistan.com.pk. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  11. ^ Sports, A. (14 December 2022). "Imad Wasim to lead Karachi Kings in PSL 8". ASports.tv. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  12. ^ "PSL 8: Mir Hamza gives Karachi Kings injury scare". www.geosuper.tv. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  13. ^ "PSL 2023: All teams' captains, head coaches and other coaching staff". Mykhel. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  14. ^ Nambiar, Rahul (30 January 2023). "Karachi Kings secure multiple sponsorship deals". SportsMint Media. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  15. ^ Sports, A. (5 January 2023). "Karachi Kings sign 1XBAT as Titanium sponsor for PSL 8". ASports.tv. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
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