Karachi Kings in 2021
# Karachi Kings in 2021

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 and captained by Imad Wasim. The team won their maiden PSL title in 2020, which make them the defending champion in 2021.

## Teams standings

### Points table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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

* Match 1 20 February 2021 20:00 (N) Scorecard

| Quetta Gladiators 121 (18.2 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 126/3 (13.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Chris Gayle 39 (24) Arshad Iqbal 3/16 (4 overs) | | Joe Clarke 46 (23) Mohammad Hasnain 2/18 (4 overs) |

* Karachi Kings won by 7 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Arshad Iqbal (Karachi Kings)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 6 24 February 2021 19:00 (N) Scorecard

| Karachi Kings 196/3 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 197/5 (19.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Sharjeel Khan 105 (59) Hussain Talat 1/25 (2 overs) | | Iftikhar Ahmed 49* (37) Waqas Maqsood 1/22 (2.1 overs) |

* Islamabad United won by 5 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Alex Hales (Islamabad United)
* Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 9 27 February 2021 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Multan Sultans 195/6 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 198/3 (18.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| James Vince 45 (29) Arshad Iqbal 2/36 (4 overs) | | Babar Azam 90* (60) Shahnawaz Dahani 2/28 (3 overs) |

* Karachi Kings won by 7 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Babar Azam (Karachi Kings)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 11 28 February 2021 19:00 (N) Scorecard

| Karachi Kings 186/9 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 189/4 (19.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Sharjeel Khan 64 (39) Shaheen Afridi 3/27 (4 overs) | | Fakhar Zaman 83 (54) Waqas Maqsood 1/34 (3 overs) |

* Lahore Qalandars won by 6 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Shaheen Afridi (Lahore Qalandars)
* Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 13 3 March 2021 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Peshawar Zalmi 188/5 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 191/4 (19.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Ravi Bopara 58* (40) Abbas Afridi 2/27 (4 overs) | | Babar Azam 77* (47) Saqib Mahmood 2/41 (4 overs) |

* Karachi Kings won by 6 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Imran Javed (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Karachi Kings)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 16 10 June 2021 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Multan Sultans 176/5 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 164/7 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Rilee Rossouw 44 (24) Thisara Perera 2/12 (3 overs) | | Babar Azam 85* (63) Imran Khan 3/28 (4 overs) |

* Multan Sultans won by 12 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 22 14 June 2021 21:00 (N) Scorecard

| Karachi Kings 190/4 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 191/2 (18.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Babar Azam 81 (54) Akif Javed 1/31 (4 overs) Hasan Ali 1/31 (4 overs) | | Colin Munro 88* (56) Waqas Maqsood 1/27 (4 overs) |

* Islamabad United won by 8 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Rashid Riaz (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Iftikhar Ahmed (Islamabad United)
* Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 24 15 June 2021 23:00 (N) Scorecard

| Karachi Kings 108/9 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 109/4 (11 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Abbas Afridi 27* (18) Abrar Ahmed 3/14 (4 overs) | | Hazratullah Zazai 63 (26) Imad Wasim 2/2 (2 overs) |

* Peshawar Zalmi won by 6 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Hazratullah Zazai (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 27 17 June 2021 23:00 (N) Scorecard

| Karachi Kings 176/5 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 169/7 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Babar Azam 54 (44) Rashid Khan 2/25 (4 overs) | | Mohammad Hafeez 36 (36) Noor Ahmad 2/19 (4 overs) |

* Karachi Kings won by 7 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Noor Ahmad (Karachi Kings)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 29 19 June 2021 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Karachi Kings 176/7 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 162/6 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Danish Aziz 45 (13) Arish Ali Khan 4/28 (4 overs) | | Sarfaraz Ahmed 51* (33) Mohammad Ilyas 3/39 (4 overs) |

* Karachi Kings won by 14 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Danish Aziz (Karachi Kings)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

## Playoffs

### Eliminator

**Eliminator 1**

* Match 32 21 June 2021 23:00 (N) Scorecard

| Karachi Kings 175/7 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 176/5 (19.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Babar Azam 53 (45) Mohammad Irfan 2/21 (4 overs) | | Hazratullah Zazai 77 (38) Thisara Perera 2/10 (2 overs) |

* Peshawar Zalmi won by 5 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Hazratullah Zazai (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
