en 2024 Karachi Kings season

Karachi Kings
2024 season
Coach	Phil Simmons
Captain	Shan Masood
Ground(s)	National Stadium
PSL 2024	League stage
Most runs	Shoaib Malik (254)
Most wickets	Hasan Ali (14)
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Karachi Kings is a franchise cricket team that represents Karachi in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). They were one of the six teams that were competing in the 2024 Pakistan Super League. The team was coached by Phil Simmons,^[3]^[4] and captained by Shan Masood.^[5]^[6] Wasim Akram was the president of Karachi Kings.^[7]

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Ages are given as of 17 February 2024, the date of the first match in the tournament.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Category	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Notes
Batters
14	James Vince	England	(1991-03-14)14 March 1991 (aged 32)	Diamond	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2023	Vice-captain
75	Irfan Khan	Pakistan	(2002-12-28)28 December 2002 (aged 21)	Emerging	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2023
76	Leus du Plooy	South Africa	(1995-01-12)12 January 1995 (aged 29)	Supplementary	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2024
94	Shan Masood	Pakistan	(1989-10-14)14 October 1989 (aged 34)	Gold	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024	Captain
All-rounders
18	Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	(1982-02-01)1 February 1982 (aged 42)	Gold	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2023
21	Mohammad Nawaz	Pakistan	(1994-03-21)21 March 1994 (aged 29)	Platinum	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2024
23	Arafat Minhas	Pakistan	(2005-01-02)2 January 2005 (aged 19)	Silver	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2024
48	Anwar Ali	Pakistan	(1987-11-25)25 November 1987 (aged 36)	Silver	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024
55	Kieron Pollard	West Indies	(1987-05-15)15 May 1987 (aged 36)	Platinum	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2024
88	Jamie Overton	England	(1994-04-10)10 April 1994 (aged 29)	Supplementary	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2024
95	Daniel Sams	Australia	(1992-10-27)27 October 1992 (aged 31)	Platinum	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2024
Wicket-keepers
24	Saad Baig	Pakistan	(2006-11-01)1 November 2006 (aged 17)	Supplementary	Left-handed	—	2024
43	Tim Seifert	New Zealand	(1994-12-14)14 December 1994 (aged 29)	Diamond	Right-handed	—	2024
50	Muhammad Akhlaq	Pakistan	(1992-11-12)12 November 1992 (aged 31)	Silver	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2023
Bowlers
9	Mohammad Amir Khan	Pakistan	(2001-09-09)9 September 2001 (aged 22)	Silver	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2024
26	Tabraiz Shamsi	South Africa	(1990-02-18)18 February 1990 (aged 33)	Gold	Left-handed	Left-arm unorthodox	2023
32	Hasan Ali	Pakistan	(1994-07-02)2 July 1994 (aged 29)	Diamond	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2024
38	Sirajuddin	Pakistan	(2002-01-02)2 January 2002 (aged 22)	Emerging	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024
40	Blessing Muzarabani	Zimbabwe	(1996-10-02)2 October 1996 (aged 27)	—	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2024	Full replacement for Jamie Overton
56	Muhammad Rohid	United Arab Emirates	(2002-09-29)29 September 2002 (aged 21)	Supplementary	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2024
85	Zahid Mahmood	Pakistan	(1988-03-20)20 March 1988 (aged 35)	—	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2024	Partial replacement for Kieron Pollard; Full replacement for Saad Baig
92	Mir Hamza	Pakistan	(1992-09-10)10 September 1992 (aged 31)	Silver	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2022
99	Imran Tahir	South Africa	(1979-03-27)27 March 1979 (aged 44)	—	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2023	Full replacement for Tabraiz Shamsi
	Fawad Ali	Oman	(1993-04-30)30 April 1993 (aged 30)	—	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2024	Partial replacement for Tim Seifert

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Management and coaching staff

Position	Name
Owner	Salman Iqbal
President	Wasim Akram
CEO	Tariq Wasi
Director	Haider Azhar
Head Coach	Phil Simmons
Assistant coach	Muhammad Masroor
Batting coach	Ravi Bopara
Fast bowling coach	Steven Kirby
Fielding coach	Mohammad Mansoor
Physio	Imtiaz Khan
Trainer	Ibrahim Qureshi
Performance analyst	Mohsin Sheikh
Masseur	Muhammad Irfan
Head of marketing	Shehzad Hassan Khan
Media manager	Rai Azlan

Source: Official website

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Chest branding	Sleeve branding
ARY Laguna	Imtiaz Super Market	VGO Tel	Mughal Steel, Eazicolor, Dawlance

Playing kit

Season standings

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Multan Sultans (R)	10	7	3	0	14	1.150
2	Peshawar Zalmi (3rd)	10	6	3	1	13	0.147
3	Islamabad United (C)	10	5	4	1	11	0.224
4	Quetta Gladiators (4th)	10	5	4	1	11	−0.921
5	Karachi Kings	10	4	6	0	8	−0.192
6	Lahore Qalandars	10	1	8	1	3	−0.554

Source: ESPNcricinfo

The four top-ranked 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;

Group fixtures

Match 3
18 February 2024
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Multan Sultans 185/2 (20 overs)	v	Karachi Kings 130/8 (20 overs)
Reeza Hendricks 79* (54) Mir Hamza 1/30 (4 overs)		Shoaib Malik 53 (35) Mohammad Ali 3/23 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 55 runs
Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Reeza Hendricks (Multan Sultans)

Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Saad Baig (Karachi Kings) made his T20 debut.

Match 6
21 February 2024
14:00
Scorecard

Peshawar Zalmi 154 (19.5 overs)	v	Karachi Kings 157/3 (16.5 overs)
Babar Azam 72 (51) Mir Hamza 3/28 (4 overs)		Kieron Pollard 49* (21) Luke Wood 2/20 (3.5 overs)

Karachi Kings won by 7 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Mir Hamza (Karachi Kings)

Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 10
24 February 2024
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Lahore Qalandars 175/6 (20 overs)	v	Karachi Kings 176/8 (20 overs)
Sahibzada Farhan 72* (45) Hasan Ali 2/29 (4 overs)		Kieron Pollard 58 (33) Ahsan Hafeez 2/19 (2 overs)

Karachi Kings won by 2 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (Karachi Kings)

Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 15
28 February 2024
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Karachi Kings 165/5 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 169/3 (18.3 overs)
Kieron Pollard 48* (28) Salman Ali Agha 1/17 (2 overs)		Colin Munro 82 (47) Mohammad Nawaz 1/23 (4 overs)

Islamabad United won by 7 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Colin Munro (Islamabad United)

Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

Match 16
29 February 2024
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Karachi Kings 165/8 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 169/5 (20 overs)
James Vince 37 (25) Abrar Ahmed 3/31 (4 overs)		Sherfane Rutherford 58* (31) Zahid Mahmood 2/17 (4 overs)

Quetta Gladiators won by 5 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Abdul Muqeet (Pak)
Player of the match: Sherfane Rutherford (Quetta Gladiators)

Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

Match 19
3 March 2024
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Multan Sultans 189/3 (20 overs)	v	(H) Karachi Kings 169/7 (20 overs)
Usman Khan 106* (59) Blessing Muzarabani 2/32 (4 overs)		Shoaib Malik 38 (28) Usama Mir 2/29 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 20 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
Player of the match: Usman Khan (Multan Sultans)

Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.
As a result of this match, Multan Sultans qualified for the playoffs.^[8]

Match 22
6 March 2024
14:00
Scorecard

Quetta Gladiators 118 (19.1 overs)	v	Karachi Kings 121/3 (15.3 overs)
Saud Shakeel 33 (28) Hasan Ali 4/15 (4 overs)		Tim Seifert 49 (31) Mohammad Amir 1/23 (2 overs)

Karachi Kings won by 7 wickets
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Hasan Ali (Karachi Kings)

Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
As a result of this match, Lahore Qalandars were eliminated from the tournament.^[9]

Match 24
7 March 2024
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Karachi Kings 150/7 (20 overs)	v	(H) Islamabad United 151/5 (18.4 overs)
Kieron Pollard 39 (28) Tymal Mills 3/34 (4 overs)		Shadab Khan 34 (26) Mir Hamza 3/41 (4 overs)

Islamabad United won by 5 wickets
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and Alex Wharf (Eng)
Player of the match: Faheem Ashraf (Islamabad United)

Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

Match 26
9 March 2024
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Lahore Qalandars 177/5 (20 overs)	v	(H) Karachi Kings 179/7 (20 overs)
Abdullah Shafique 55 (39) Zahid Mahmood 2/27 (4 overs)		James Vince 42 (27) Tayyab Abbas 2/23 (3 overs)

Karachi Kings won by 3 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Irfan Khan (Karachi Kings)

Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 29
11 March 2024
21:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Peshawar Zalmi 147/6 (20 overs)	v	(H) Karachi Kings 145/5 (20 overs)
Babar Azam 51 (46) Arafat Minhas 1/11 (4 overs)		Tim Seifert 41 (30) Naveen-ul-Haq 2/22 (4 overs)

Peshawar Zalmi won by 2 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Alex Wharf (Eng)
Player of the match: Babar Azam (Peshawar Zalmi)

Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Inns	Runs	Ave	HS	50s
Shoaib Malik	10	254	31.75	53	1
Kieron Pollard	8	239	47.80	58	1
James Vince	9	214	26.75	42	0
Tim Seifert	7	182	26.00	49	0
Irfan Khan	8	171	42.75	39*	0

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

Player	Inns	Wkts	Ave	BBI
Hasan Ali	10	14	22.42	4/15
Mir Hamza	7	10	22.30	3/28
Zahid Mahmood	6	8	20.87	2/17
Blessing Muzarabani	5	6	25.50	2/27
Daniel Sams	4	4	38.50	2/28

Source: ESPNcricinfo

References

^ "2024 T20 match batting most runs career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^ "2024 T20 match bowling most wickets career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^ "Phil Simmons appointed Karachi Kings head coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
^ "PSL 9: Karachi Kings appoint Phil Simmons as head coach". www.geosuper.tv. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
^ "Karachi Kings appoint Shan Masood as captain for PSL 9". cricketpakistan.com.pk. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
^ "Shan Masood appointed Karachi Kings captain". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
^ "Watch: Wasim Akram sends shockwaves with dressing room outburst, kicks chairs in anger after Karachi Kings lose in PSL". Hindustan Times. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
^ "Usman Khan ton powers Multan Sultans into playoffs". Cricbuzz. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
^ "Lahore Qalandars knocked out of PSL 9 Playoffs race". A Sports. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.

External links

[1] "2024 T20 match batting most runs career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

[2] "2024 T20 match bowling most wickets career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

[3] "Phil Simmons appointed Karachi Kings head coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[4] "PSL 9: Karachi Kings appoint Phil Simmons as head coach". www.geosuper.tv. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

[5] "Karachi Kings appoint Shan Masood as captain for PSL 9". cricketpakistan.com.pk. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[6] "Shan Masood appointed Karachi Kings captain". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

[7] "Watch: Wasim Akram sends shockwaves with dressing room outburst, kicks chairs in anger after Karachi Kings lose in PSL". Hindustan Times. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

[8] "Usman Khan ton powers Multan Sultans into playoffs". Cricbuzz. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.

[9] "Lahore Qalandars knocked out of PSL 9 Playoffs race". A Sports. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.

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