Muzaffarabad Tigers
# Muzaffarabad Tigers

The Muzaffarabad Tigers (Urdu: مظفرآباد ٹائیگرز) is a Pakistani professional T20 franchise cricket team that competes in the Kashmir Premier League. It was founded in 2021 in the inaugural edition of Kashmir Premier League. The team is captained by Mohammad Hafeez and coached by Misbah-ul-Haq. The franchise represents Muzaffarabad which is capital and largest city of Azad Kashmir.

## History

### 2021 season

In the group stage, they won 3 out of their 5 matches and came second in the group stages which meant that they reached the qualifier. They defeated Rawalakot Hawks in the qualifier and qualified for the final. They were defeated by Rawalakot Hawks in the final by 7 runs and finished the tournament as runner-ups.

### 2022 season

In July 2022, Mohammad Hafeez was retained as Muzaffarabad Tigers’ icon player.

## Team identity

| Year | Kit Manufacturer | Front Branding | Back Branding | Chest Branding | Sleeve Branding |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | | The Sixth Boulevard | Islamabad Associates | FFC - Fertiliser Company Limited | Gold Stone Marketing and Grey Wall Marketing |
| 2022 | | Islamabad Associates | FFC - Fertiliser Company Limited | | |

## Current squad

| Name | Nat. | Birth date |
| - | - | - |
| Players with international caps are listed in bold.  * denotes a player who is fully unavailable  * denotes a player who will be partially unavailable | Abbreviation of nationality | Ages are correct as of 21 July 2022 |
| No. | Name | Birth date | Category | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed year | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||||
| 5 | Usman Maroof | (1996-01-01)1 January 1996 (aged 26) | Kashmiri | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 47 | Aqib Ilyas | (1992-09-05)5 September 1992 (aged 29) | Kashmiri | Right-handed | Off spin | 2022 | |
| 75 | Taimoor Sultan | (1994-12-04)4 December 1994 (aged 27) | Silver | Right-handed | | 2021 | |
| 77 | Salman Fayyaz | (1997-08-11)11 August 1997 (aged 24) | Silver | Left-handed | Leg spin | 2022 | |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 7 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | (1997-07-22)22 July 1997 (aged 24) | Kashmiri | Right-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | 2021 | |
| 8 | Mohammad Hafeez | (1980-10-17)17 October 1980 (aged 41) | Icon | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | Captain |
| 10 | Saad Bin Zafar | (1986-11-10)10 November 1986 (aged 35) | Kashmiri | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2022 | |
| 33 | Sohail Tanvir | (1984-12-01)1 December 1984 (aged 37) | Platinum | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2021 | |
| 48 | Anwar Ali | (1987-11-25)25 November 1987 (aged 34) | Diamond | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2021 | |
| 95 | Iftikhar Ahmed | (1990-09-03)3 September 1990 (aged 31) | Platinum | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 13 | Haseebullah Khan | (2004-03-04)4 March 2004 (aged 18) | Diamond | Left-handed | | 2022 | |
| 60 | Zeeshan Ashraf | (1992-05-11)11 May 1992 (aged 30) | Gold | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | |
| | Ameer Hamza | (1995-09-22)22 September 1995 (aged 26) | Supplementary | Right-handed | | 2022 | |
| Bowlers |||||||||
| 9 | Amir Khan | (2001-09-09)9 September 2001 (aged 20) | Emerging | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 14 | Ahmed Daniyal | (1997-07-03)3 July 1997 (aged 25) | Supplementary | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 35 | Arshad Iqbal | (2000-12-26)26 December 2000 (aged 21) | Gold | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2021 | |
| 42 | Aaqib Liaquat | (2001-05-28)28 May 2001 (aged 21) | Emerging | Right-handed | Leg spin | 2022 | |
| 92 | Mir Hamza | (1992-09-10)10 September 1992 (aged 29) | Silver | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2022 | |
| | Ahmed Safi Abdullah | (1998-03-01)1 March 1998 (aged 24) | Silver | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2022 | |
| | Osama Fazil | | Kashmiri | | Right-arm fast | 2022 | |

## Captains

| No. | Nat. | Player | From | To | Mat | Won | Lost | Tie | NR | SR (%) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | | Mohammad Hafeez | 2021 | present | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 |

## Coaches

| No. | Nat. | Name | From | To |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | | Mohtashim Rasheed | 2021 | 2021 |
| 2 | | Misbah-ul-Haq | 2022 | Present |

## Result summary

### Overall result in KPL

| Year | Pld | Won | Loss | NR | Tied | SR(%) | Position | Summary |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 | 2/6 | Runners-up |
| 2022 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 | 7/7 | Group Stage |

### Head-to-head record

| Opposition | Span | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | SR (%) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagh Stallions | 2021–present | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Jammu Janbaz | 2022–present | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Kotli Lions | 2021–present | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Mirpur Royals | 2021–present | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Overseas Warriors | 2021–present | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Rawalakot Hawks | 2021–present | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |

Source: , Last updated: 31 January 2022

## Statistics

### Most runs

| Player | From | To | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100 | 50 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zeeshan Ashraf | 2021 | present | 12 | 12 | 311 | 28.27 | 107 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 2021 | present | 12 | 12 | 289 | 24.08 | 110 | 1 | 1 |
| Anwar Ali | 2021 | present | 12 | 11 | 264 | 33.00 | 57 | 0 | 1 |
| Sohaib Maqsood | 2021 | 2021 | 7 | 7 | 194 | 32.33 | 60 | 0 | 2 |
| Haseebullah Khan | 2022 | present | 5 | 5 | 142 | 28.40 | 67 | 0 | 1 |

Source: , Last updated: 22 August 2022

### Most wickets

| Player | From | To | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 4w | 5w |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arshad Iqbal | 2021 | present | 12 | 44.4 | 17 | 23.18 | 3/17 | 0 | 0 |
| Sohail Tanvir | 2021 | present | 11 | 38.3 | 10 | 35.80 | 4/29 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 2021 | present | 9 | 20.0 | 7 | 23.14 | 2/24 | 0 | 0 |
| Usama Mir | 2021 | 2021 | 6 | 21.0 | 7 | 24.14 | 3/18 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Wasim | 2021 | 2021 | 7 | 28.0 | 6 | 44.00 | 3/26 | 0 | 0 |

Source: , Last Updated: 22 August 2022

