Karachi Kings in 2016

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Karachi Kings
2016 season
CoachMickey Arthur
CaptainShoaib Malik
Ravi Bopara (later)
PSL 20164th
Most runsRavi Bopara (329)
Most wicketsRavi Bopara (11)
2017 →

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.

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 Ahmed Pakistan Right-hand Right-arm off spin
Nauman Anwar Pakistan Right-Hand Right-arm Medium

Part-time Wicket-keeper

Lendl Simmons Trinidad and Tobago Right-Hand Right-arm Medium Overseas
Shahzaib Hasan Pakistan Right-hand Right-arm leg spin
Fawad Alam Pakistan Left-hand Slow Left-arm Orthodox
James Vince England Right-hand Right-arm Medium Overseas
Owais Shah England Right-hand Right-arm off break Overseas
All-rounders
Imad Wasim Pakistan Left-Hand Slow Left-arm Orthodox
Ravi Bopara England Right-hand Right Arm Medium Fast Captain/Overseas
Shoaib Malik Pakistan Right-hand Right-arm off spin Former Captain/Icon Player
Tillakaratne Dilshan Sri Lanka Right-hand Right-arm off spin Overseas
Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh Left-hand Slow Left-arm Orthodox Overseas
Bilawal Bhatti Pakistan Right-hand Right-arm Fast
Ryan ten Doeschate Netherlands Right-hand Right-arm Fast medium Overseas
Sohail Tanvir Pakistan Left-Hand Left Arm Fast Medium
Wicket-keepers
Mushfiqur Rahim Bangladesh Right-hand — Overseas
Riki Wessels England Right-hand —

Overseas

Saifullah Bangash Pakistan Right-Hand —
Bowlers
Sohail Khan Pakistan Right-Hand Right-Arm Fast
Mohammad Amir Pakistan Left-hand Left-arm Fast
Usama Mir Pakistan Right-hand Right-arm Leg spin
Mir Hamza Pakistan Right-hand Left-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 kicked 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 could not 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
1 5 February Lahore Qalandars Dubai International Cricket Stadium Won by 7 wickets, MoM – Bangladesh Shakib Al Hasan 56(35) 1/26 (4 Overs) Scorecard
2 6 February Quetta Gladiators Dubai International Cricket Stadium Lost by 8 wickets,MoM – Pakistan Ahmed Shehzad 71(46) Scorecard
3 7 February Islamabad United Dubai International Cricket Stadium Lost by 2 runs, MoM – Pakistan Saeed Ajmal 3/27 (3 Overs) Scorecard
4 11 February Peshawar Zalmi Sharjah Cricket Stadium Lost by 3 runs,MoM – Pakistan Mohammad Hafeez 59(35) Scorecard
5 12 February Lahore Qalandars Sharjah Cricket Stadium Won by 27 runs,MoM – England Ravi Bopara 71*(43) & 6/16 (4 Overs) Scorecard
6 13 February Quetta Gladiators Sharjah Cricket Stadium Lost by 5 wickets, MoM – New Zealand Grant Elliott 4/15 (4 Overs) Scorecard
7 14 February Islamabad United Sharjah Cricket Stadium Lost by 5 wickets, MoM – Pakistan Imran Khalid 2/19 (4 Overs) Scorecard
8 17 February Peshawar Zalmi Dubai International Cricket Stadium Lost by 5 wickets, MoM – Australia Brad Hodge 85(45) Scorecard
9 20 February Islamabad United (Eliminator) Dubai International Cricket Stadium Lost by 9 wickets, MoM – Pakistan Mohammad Sami 5/8 (4 Overs) Scorecard

See also

References

  1. ^ "Pakistan Super League T20 in UAE seeks to rival India's IPL". Emirates247.com. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Pakistan Super League: Seven Companies fight it out to buy franchises". Tribune.com.pk. 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". Arynews.tv. 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. ^ "Who's gone to which team in the PSL". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  7. ^ "PSL T20: Karachi Kings beat Lahore Qalandars in a one-sided match - Cricket". Dunyanews.tv. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  8. ^ "LIVE PSL T20: Quetta Gladiators beat Karachi Kings by 8 wickets in 4th PSL T20". Daily Pakistan Global. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  9. ^ "United end Qalandars' PSL journey, Kings qualify for playoffs | Pakistan Today". Archived from the original on 2016-02-19. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  10. ^ "Malik steps down as Karachi Kings captain". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  11. ^ "Match Highlight: Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings 2nd Play-off". Daily Pakistan Global. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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