| Club: | Karachi Kings |
| Season: | 2020 |
| Coach: | Dean Jones |
| Captain: | Imad Wasim (9 matches) Babar Azam (1 match) |
| Comp1: | PSL 2020 |
| Comp1 Result: | 1st (winners) |
| Most Runs: | Babar Azam (473) |
| Most Wickets: | Mohammad Amir (10) |
| Prevseason: | 2019 |
| Nextseason: | 2021 |
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.[1] [2]
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[5] while, Mohammad Amir was leading wicket-taker.[6]
The team won five of its ten fixtures with one being washed out, therefore, qualified for the play-offs.[7]
The playoff stage of the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] On 2 July 2020, PCB announced that they are looking forward to completing the season in November 2020.[9] On 2 September 2020, the PCB confirmed the fixtures for the remaining matches.[10] 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.[10]
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed year | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||
| 10 | Alex Hales | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2020 | Overseas | ||
| 24 | February 20, 2020 | Left-handed | 2020 | Overseas | ||||
| 56 | Babar Azam | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2017 | Vice-captain | ||
| 98 | Sharjeel Khan | February 20, 2020 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | |||
| Awais Zia | February 20, 2020 | Left-handed | 2019 | |||||
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| 9 | Imad Wasim | February 20, 2020 | Left-handed | 2016 | Captain | |||
| 12 | Aamer Yamin | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | 2019 | Unavailable due to injury | |||
| 96 | Iftikhar Ahmed | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2019 | |||
| Dan Lawrence | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2020 | Overseas, unavailable | |||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| 16 | Mohammad Rizwan | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | |||
| 59 | Chadwick Walton | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | - | 2020 | Overseas. Replacement for Dan Lawrence | ||
| Bowlers | ||||||||
| 5 | Mohammad Amir | February 20, 2020 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium | 2016 | |||
| 13 | Umaid Asif | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2020 | |||
| 15 | Umer Khan | February 20, 2020 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2019 | |||
| 23 | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | 2016 | |||||
| 32 | Arshad Iqbal | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2020 | |||
| 34 | Chris Jordan | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | 2020 | Overseas | |||
| 47 | Ali Khan | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2020 | Overseas | ||
| 58 | Waqas Maqsood | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | 2020 | Replacement for Aamer Yamin | |||
| 81 | Mitchell McClenaghan | February 20, 2020 | Left-handed | 2020 | Overseas, Replacement for Liam Plunkett | |||
| Liam Plunkett | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2020 | Overseas, unavailable | |||