Karachi Kings in 2016

The Karachi Kings is a franchise cricket team that represents Karachi in the Pakistan Super League. They are one of the five teams that had a competition in the 2016 Pakistan Super League. The team was captained by Shoaib Malik and then by Ravi Bopara, and they stand on fourth position after winning just two matches from their eight matches in the PSL 2016.

Karachi Kings
2016 season
Coach Mickey Arthur
Captain Shoaib Malik
Ravi Bopara (later)
PSL 20164th
Most runsRavi Bopara (329)
Most wicketsRavi Bopara (11)
2017 →

Background

Karachi Kings is a franchise cricket team representing Karachi, which plays in the PSL. In 2015, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced that the inaugural season of the Pakistan Super League would take place in February 2016 in the United Arab Emirates.[1] Team is owned by the ARY Group which bought it for US$26 Million for 10 years.[2] It finished the inaugural season of PSL at fourth position.

Team anthem

Anthem for the team "Dilon Ke Hum Hain Badshah" was sung by Ali Azmat. It was released on 8 January 2016,[3] and its music video was released on 30 January 2016.[4][5]

Squad

Players with international caps before the start of the 2016 PSL season are listed in bold[6]

Name Nat. Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Iftikhar AhmedRight-handRight-arm off spin
Nauman AnwarRight-HandRight-arm Medium

Part-time Wicket-keeper

Lendl SimmonsRight-HandRight-arm MediumOverseas
Shahzaib HasanRight-handRight-arm leg spin
Fawad AlamLeft-handSlow Left-arm Orthodox
James VinceRight-handRight-arm MediumOverseas
Owais ShahRight-handRight-arm off breakOverseas
All-rounders
Imad WasimLeft-HandSlow Left-arm Orthodox
Ravi BoparaRight-handRight Arm Medium FastCaptain/Overseas
Shoaib MalikRight-handRight-arm off spinFormer Captain/Icon Player
Tillakaratne DilshanRight-handRight-arm off spinOverseas
Shakib Al HasanLeft-handSlow Left-arm OrthodoxOverseas
Bilawal BhattiRight-handRight-arm Fast
Ryan ten DoeschateRight-handRight-arm Fast mediumOverseas
Sohail TanvirLeft-HandLeft Arm Fast Medium
Wicket-keepers
Mushfiqur Rahim Right-hand—Overseas
Riki Wessels Right-hand—

Overseas

Saifullah Bangash Right-Hand—
Bowlers
Sohail KhanRight-HandRight-Arm Fast
Mohammad AmirLeft-handLeft-arm Fast
Usama MirRight-handRight-arm Leg spin
Mir HamzaRight-handLeft-arm Medium Fast

Pakistan Super League
Shoaib Malik was the Captain of Karachi Kings in 2016 PSL Season

Shoaib Malik was the Captain of the Kings in 2016 Season. Kings during draft Day 1 and 2 picked International players like Shoaib Malik, Fawad Alam, Shakib Al Hasan, Ravi Bopara, Imad Wasim, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Amir, TM Dilshan, Lendl Simmons, Shahzaib Hasan, Sohail Khan, Bilawal Bhatti and Mushfiqur Rahim. Kings kicks off their campaign with an easy win against Lahore Qalandars at Dubai International Cricket Stadium due to Mohammad Amir's Hat-trick Kings restricted Qalandars on 125 for 8 and won the match by 7 Wickets.[7] They Played their second match against Quetta Gladiators defeated Kings by eight wickets. Kings, while batting first set 148 run target.Kings, failed to defend the target and lost with in 17th over of the game.[8] The tournament does not went well for them as they lost six out of eight matches played finishing 4th however qualifying above Lahore Qalandars who won same number of matches but kings having better net run rate qualified for the play-offs[9]Shoaib Malik stepped down from captaincy of Karachi Kings a day before this match and Ravi Bopara was named his successor.[10] On 20th Feb 2016 they played a 2nd playoff - eliminator against Islamabad United things does not went well for them losing the toss sent into bat first by united they were restricted on the lowest score of the tournament (111).Ravi Bopara playing his first match as new Captain of the side was the highest run scorer he made 36 from 37. Disappointment followed them in the bowling as well as they couldn't stop united's batsmen scoring free runs and were easily crushed by nine wickets in the 15th over of the game only wicket-taker for the side was Sohail Khan as a result from this defeat they were eliminated from the tournament.[11]

Season standings

Karachi Kings finished fourth in the points table of 2016 Pakistan Super League.

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Peshawar Zalmi (3rd) 8 6 2 0 12 0.573
2 Quetta Gladiators (R) 8 6 2 0 12 0.216
3 Islamabad United (C) 8 4 4 0 8 −0.282
4 Karachi Kings (4th) 8 2 6 0 4 −0.036
5 Lahore Qalandars 8 2 6 0 4 −0.536
Source: Espncricinfo
  • Top 4 teams qualified for the Playoffs
  •   Advanced to Qualifier
  •   Advanced to Eliminator 1

Notes:

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

Match Log
No. Date Opponent Venue Result Scorecard Link
15 FebruaryLahore QalandarsDubai International Cricket StadiumWon by 7 wickets, MoM – Shakib Al Hasan 56(35) 1/26 (4 Overs)Scorecard
26 FebruaryQuetta GladiatorsDubai International Cricket StadiumLost by 8 wickets,MoM – Ahmed Shehzad 71(46)Scorecard
37 FebruaryIslamabad UnitedDubai International Cricket StadiumLost by 2 runs, MoM – Saeed Ajmal 3/27 (3 Overs)Scorecard
411 FebruaryPeshawar ZalmiSharjah Cricket StadiumLost by 3 runs,MoM – Mohammad Hafeez 59(35)Scorecard
512 FebruaryLahore QalandarsSharjah Cricket StadiumWon by 27 runs,MoM – Ravi Bopara 71*(43) & 6/16 (4 Overs)Scorecard
613 FebruaryQuetta GladiatorsSharjah Cricket StadiumLost by 5 wickets, MoM – Grant Elliott 4/15 (4 Overs) Scorecard
714 FebruaryIslamabad UnitedSharjah Cricket StadiumLost by 5 wickets, MoM – Imran Khalid 2/19 (4 Overs) Scorecard
817 FebruaryPeshawar ZalmiDubai International Cricket StadiumLost by 5 wickets, MoM – Brad Hodge 85(45) Scorecard
920 FebruaryIslamabad United(Eliminator)Dubai International Cricket StadiumLost by 9 wickets, MoM – Mohammad Sami 5/8 (4 Overs) Scorecard

See also

References
  1. "Pakistan Super League T20 in UAE seeks to rival India's IPL". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. "Pakistan Super League: Seven Companies fight it out to buy franchises". Express etribune. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  3. "Karachi Kings launch event spreads joy and happiness throughout Karachi". Shahjahan Khurram. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2017 – via ARY News.
  4. "Karachi Kings official song video released". 30 January 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2017 – via ARY News.
  5. "The battle of the anthems". The News. Maheen Sabeeh. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  6. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/953791.html
  7. http://dunyanews.tv/en/Cricket/321350-PSL-T20-Karachi-Kings-win-toss-choose-to-field-a/, DunyaNewsPakistan, 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  8. http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/live-psl-t20-quetta-gladiators-vs-karachi-kings-match-today/, DailyPakistan, 2016-02-06. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  9. http://pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/02/18/sports/united-end-qalandars-psl-journey-kings-qualify-for-playoffs/, ""Pakistan Today"" 2016-02-18. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
  10. "Malik steps down as Karachi Kings captain". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  11. http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/sports/match-highlight-islamabad-united-vs-karachi-kings-2nd-play-off/
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