2021 Karachi Kings season
2021 season | |||
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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]
Kit manufacturers and sponsors[edit]
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Teams standings[edit]
Points table[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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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 |
- The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
- advanced to Qualifier
- advanced to Eliminator 1
League fixtures[edit]
Multan Sultans 176/5 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 164/7 (20 overs) |
- 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 the toss and elected to field.
Karachi Kings 108/9 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 109/4 (11 overs) |
- 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 the toss and elected to bat.
Karachi Kings 176/7 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 162/6 (20 overs) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Playoffs[edit]
Eliminator[edit]
Eliminator 1[edit]
Karachi Kings 175/7 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 176/5 (19.5 overs) |
- Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
References[edit]
- ^ "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.