Pakistan Super League 2020
Dates 20 February – 17 November 2020
Champions Karachi Kings (1st title)Participants 6
Matches 34
Attendance 555,320 (16,333 per match)
Player of the series Babar Azam (KK ) (473 runs)Most runs Babar Azam (KK) (473)
Most wickets Shaheen Afridi (LQ ) (17)Official website
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The 2020 Pakistan Super League , also known as PSL 5 and branded as HBL PSL V , was the fifth edition of the Pakistan Super League , a professional Twenty20 cricket league which was established by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). It started on 20 February 2020. The league was held entirely in Pakistan for the first time. Karachi Kings won their first title after defeating Lahore Qalandars by five wickets in the final .
The playoff stage of the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic . In late March 2020, the PCB were looking at whether to declare the winner of the tournament based on the league standings, or to play the matches at a later date. On 2 July 2020, the PCB announced that they plan to complete the season in November 2020. On 2 September 2020, the PCB confirmed the fixtures for the remaining matches.
Background In February 2019, the Prime Minister of Pakistan , Imran Khan , announced that the fifth season of the tournament will be held entirely in Pakistan. In March 2019, Ehsan Mani , Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board also expressed the desire to host all the matches of this season in Pakistan. On 1 January 2020, PCB announced fixtures for the tournament confirming that the entire tournament will take place in Pakistan.
Teams and squads The players draft took place on 6 December, with the first round taking place on 3 November 2019. Ahead of the draft, each team was allowed to retain up to eight players from their previous squad. On 1 December 2019, PCB announced the retention players list with all six teams retaining a total of 45 players from the previous season.
Ahead of the play-offs, teams included new players in their squad as Faf du Plessis , Khurram Shehzad and Hardus Viljoen replaced Kieron Pollard , Mohammad Amir Khan and Liam Dawson respectively, in Peshawar Zalmi squad. In Multan Sultans squad Mahmudullah and Adam Lyth replaced Moeen Ali and Fabian Allen respectively. Lahore Qalandars replaced Chris Lynn , Salman Butt and Seekkuge Prasanna with Tamim Iqbal , Abid Ali and Agha Salman respectively. While, Karachi Kings replaced Chris Jordan and Ali Khan with Sherfane Rutherford and Waqas Maqsood . On 7 November 2020, Peshawar Zalmi replaced England's Liam Livingstone with his national side teammate Saqib Mahmood after he was included in the national team against South Africa. On 8 November, Multan Sultans's squad members Mahmudullah tested positive for COVID-19 making him unable to take part in the tournament and was replaced by Brendan Taylor , and James Vince was replaced by Joe Denly after he also tested positive for COVID-19. Kings' Mitchell McClenaghan and Zalmi's Daren Sammy were replaced by Wayne Parnell and Sohaib Maqsood respectively. Few days later, Hasan Ali of Peshawar Zalmi was ruled out of the tournament due to back-strain and was replaced by Mohammad Imran , and in Lahore Qalandars squad, Salman Irshad replaced Agha Salman who suffered an ankle injury.
Venues The tournament took place entirely in Pakistan. Total 34 matches were played in four venues Lahore , Karachi , Rawalpindi and Multan . The opening ceremony took place in Karachi. The playoffs were scheduled to take place in Lahore in November 2020, after being postponed for 8 months due to COVID-19 pandemic but were later shifted to Karachi.
Match officials Umpires Referees Marketing Anthem The league was promoted on social media by the hashtag #HBLPSLV and anthem titled #TayyarHain. The opening ceremony was held in Karachi, for the first time in Pakistan.
Cancer awareness The childhood cancer awareness day and the breast cancer awareness day were observed on 22 February and 7 March respectively, with the stadiums themed as gold and pink respectively.
COVID-19 pandemic impact The later part of the tournament was affected by COVID-19 pandemic . The matches were reduced from 34 to 33 and the playoffs were replaced by knockouts thus shortening the tournament by 4 days. The final was rescheduled from 22 March to 18 March. The matches from 13 March were announced to take place behind closed doors .
As many as eighteen players were confirmed to not take part in any future matches after the increased cases of COVID-19 in Pakistan as well as in the rest of the world, and also to avoid being stranded from their home countries due to border closures, as was the case for New Zealanders Colin Munro , Luke Ronchi , and Mitchell McClenaghan .
On 17 March 2020, it was announced that the knockout stage is suspended after English cricketer Alex Hales showed symptoms of the virus. Hales observed self-isolation on his return to England, whereas PCB released a statement saying that Hales was not the player suspected of coronavirus and instead refused to reveal the identity of the player suspected of having COVID-19.
League stage Format The six teams played 10 matches each and got 2 points for every win, none for a loss and 1 point for a no result. The top four team in the group stage were qualified for the play-offs.
Points table Pos Teamvte Pld W L NR Pts NRR 1 Multan Sultans (3rd) 10 6 2 2 14 1.031 2 Karachi Kings (C) 10 5 4 1 11 −0.190 3 Lahore Qalandars (R) 10 5 5 0 10 −0.072 4 Peshawar Zalmi (4th) 10 4 5 1 9 −0.055 5 Quetta Gladiators 10 4 5 1 9 −0.722 6 Islamabad United 10 3 6 1 7 0.185
The top four teams qualified for the playoffs Advanced to Qualifier Advanced to Eliminator 1 Summary Visitor team → IU KK LQ MS PZ QG Home team ↓ Islamabad United Karachi 5 wickets Islamabad 71 runs Multan 9 wickets Match abandoned Quetta 5 wickets Karachi Kings Karachi 4 wickets Karachi 10 wickets Match abandoned Karachi 10 runs Quetta 5 wickets Lahore Qalandars Islamabad 1 wicket Lahore 8 wickets Multan 5 wickets Lahore 5 wickets Lahore 37 runs Multan Sultans Islamabad 8 wickets Multan 52 runs Lahore 9 wickets Multan 6 wickets Multan 30 runs Peshawar Zalmi Peshawar 7 runs (D/L) Karachi 6 wickets Peshawar 16 runs Multan 3 runs Peshawar 30 runs Quetta Gladiators Quetta 3 wickets Quetta 5 wickets Lahore 8 wickets Match abandoned Peshawar 6 wickets
Home team won Visitor team won
Note : Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.Note : Click on a result to see a summary of the match.League progression Team Group matches Playoffs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 E1/Q E2 F Islamabad United 0 2 4 4 5 5 7 7 7 7 Karachi Kings 2 2 2 4 6 7 7 9 11 11 W W Lahore Qalandars 0 0 0 2 2 4 6 8 8 10 W W L Multan Sultans 2 2 4 6 8 9 11 12 14 14 L L Peshawar Zalmi 0 2 2 4 5 5 7 9 9 9 L Quetta Gladiators 2 2 4 6 6 6 6 6 7 9
Note : The total points at the end of each group match are listed.Note : Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.Fixtures The PCB confirmed the fixtures for the tournament on 1 January 2020.
Match 1 20 February 2020 21:30 (D/N )
Islamabad United v Quetta Gladiators Dawid Malan 64 (40) Mohammad Hasnain 4/25 (4 overs)Azam Khan 59 (33) Muhammad Musa 3/30 (4 overs)
Quetta Gladiators won by 3 wickets National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Mohammad Hasnain (Quetta Gladiators)
Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field. Abdul Nasir (Quetta Gladiators) made his T20 debut.Match 2 21 February 2020 15:00
Karachi Kings v Peshawar Zalmi Babar Azam 78 (56) Hasan Ali 2/52 (4 overs)Liam Livingstone 54* (29) Umaid Asif 2/23 (4 overs)
Karachi Kings won by 10 runs National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Babar Azam (Karachi Kings)
Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field. Match 3 21 February 2020 20:00 (D/N )
Lahore Qalandars v Multan Sultans Chris Lynn 39 (19) Moeen Ali 2/13 (2 overs)Shan Masood 38 (29) David Wiese 1/11 (2 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 5 wickets Gaddafi Stadium , Lahore Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Imran Tahir (Multan Sultans)
Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field. Match 4 22 February 2020 14:00
Quetta Gladiators v Peshawar Zalmi Jason Roy 73* (57) Wahab Riaz 2/21 (4 overs)Kamran Akmal 101 (55) Fawad Ahmed 2/40 (3.3 overs)
Peshawar Zalmi won by 6 wickets National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Kamran Akmal (Peshawar Zalmi)
Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field. Mohammad Amir Khan (Peshawar Zalmi) made his T20 debut.Match 5 22 February 2020 19:00 (D/N )
Multan Sultans v Islamabad United Zeeshan Ashraf 50 (29) Amad Butt 4/27 (4 overs)Luke Ronchi 74 (45) Mohammad Ilyas 1/17 (2.4 overs)
Islamabad United won by 8 wickets Gaddafi Stadium , Lahore Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Luke Ronchi (Islamabad United)
Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field. Match 6 23 February 2020 14:00
Karachi Kings v Quetta Gladiators Alex Hales 29 (27) Mohammad Hasnain 3/33 (4 overs)Azam Khan 46 (30) Imad Wasim 1/20 (4 overs)
Quetta Gladiators won by 5 wickets National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Azam Khan (Quetta Gladiators)
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat. Match 7 23 February 2020 19:00 (D/N )
Lahore Qalandars v Islamabad United Mohammad Hafeez 98* (57) Shadab Khan 2/14 (4 overs)Shadab Khan 52 (29) Shaheen Afridi 4/18 (4 overs)
Islamabad United won by 1 wicket Gaddafi Stadium , Lahore Attendance: 12,500 Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Shadab Khan (Islamabad United)
Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field. Ahmed Safi Abdullah (Islamabad United) made his T20 debut.Match 8 26 February 2020 19:00 (D/N )
Peshawar Zalmi v Multan Sultans Haider Ali 47 (27) Sohail Tanvir 4/13 (3.3 overs)Rilee Rossouw 49* (42) Wahab Riaz 2/36 (3.5 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 6 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium , Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Sohail Tanvir (Multan Sultans)
Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field. Match 9 27 February 2020 19:00 (D/N )
Islamabad United v Quetta Gladiators Colin Ingram 63* (40) Naseem Shah 2/23 (4 overs)Jason Roy 50 (38) Ahmed Safi Abdullah 2/17 (3 overs)
Quetta Gladiators won by 5 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium , Rawalpindi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match: Ben Cutting (Quetta Gladiators)
Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field. Match 10 28 February 2020 15:00
Multan Sultans v Karachi Kings Moeen Ali 65 (42) Mohammad Amir 2/27 (4 overs)Alex Hales 29 (21) Imran Tahir 3/28 (3 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 52 runs Multan Cricket Stadium , Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Moeen Ali (Multan Sultans)
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field. Match 11 28 February 2020 20:00 (D/N )
Peshawar Zalmi v Lahore Qalandars Haider Ali 34 (12) Dilbar Hussain 4/24 (3 overs)Samit Patel 34* (15) Lewis Gregory 4/25 (3 overs)
Peshawar Zalmi won by 16 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium , Rawalpindi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match: Lewis Gregory (Peshawar Zalmi)
Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field. The match was reduced to 12 overs per side due to rain. Match 12 29 February 2020 14:00
Multan Sultans won by 30 runs Multan Cricket Stadium , Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans)
Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat. Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans) scored the fastest century in the PSL (43 balls).Match 13 29 February 2020 19:00 (D/N )
No toss. No play was possible due to rain. Match 14 1 March 2020 19:00 (D/N )
Islamabad United v Karachi Kings Luke Ronchi 85* (58) Umer Khan 1/24 (4 overs)Alex Hales 52 (30) Ahmed Safi Abdullah 1/21 (2 overs)
Karachi Kings won by 5 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium , Rawalpindi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match: Alex Hales (Karachi Kings)
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field. Match 15 2 March 2020 19:00 (D/N )
Peshawar Zalmi v Karachi Kings Shoaib Malik 68 (55) Mohammad Amir 4/25 (4 overs)Babar Azam 70* (59) Yasir Shah 2/28 (4 overs)
Karachi Kings won by 6 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium , Rawalpindi Attendance: 15,500 Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Amir (Karachi Kings)
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field. Match 16 3 March 2020 19:00 (D/N )
Lahore Qalandars v Quetta Gladiators Ben Dunk 93 (43) Ben Cutting 2/36 (3 overs)Ben Cutting 53 (27) Salman Irshad 4/30 (4 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 37 runs Gaddafi Stadium , Lahore Attendance: 20,500 Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Ben Dunk (Lahore Qalandars)
Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field. Match 17 4 March 2020 19:00 (D/N )
Islamabad United v Lahore Qalandars Colin Munro 87* (59) Mohammad Hafeez 1/11 (2 overs)Usman Shinwari 30 (14) Rumman Raees 3/29 (3.5 overs)
Islamabad United won by 71 runs Gaddafi Stadium , Lahore Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Colin Munro (Islamabad United)
Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field. Match 18 5 March 2020 19:00 (D/N )
Peshawar Zalmi v Quetta Gladiators Shoaib Malik 54 (27) Mohammad Hasnain 4/34 (3 overs)Jason Roy 45 (26) Wahab Riaz 3/21 (3 overs)
Peshawar Zalmi won by 30 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium , Rawalpindi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Peshawar Zalmi)
Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat The match was reduced to 15 overs per side due to rain. Match 19 6 March 2020 19:00 (D/N )
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field. No further play was possible due to rain. Match 20 7 March 2020 14:00
Islamabad United v Peshawar Zalmi Shadab Khan 77 (42) Hasan Ali 2/36 (4 overs)Kamran Akmal 37 (21) Zafar Gohar 1/11 (2 overs)
Peshawar Zalmi won by 7 runs (DLS method ) Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium , Rawalpindi Umpires: Tariq Rasheed (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Shadab Khan (Islamabad United)
Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field. Match 21 7 March 2020 19:00 (D/N )
Lahore Qalandars won by 8 wickets Gaddafi Stadium , Lahore Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Samit Patel (Lahore Qalandars)
Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field. Match 22 8 March 2020 14:00
Islamabad United v Multan Sultans Colin Munro 25 (12) Imran Tahir 2/13 (2 overs)James Vince 61* (24) Shadab Khan 1/30 (2 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 9 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium , Rawalpindi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match: James Vince (Multan Sultans)
Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field. The match was reduced to 9 overs per side due to rain. Multan Sultans qualified for the play-offs. Match 23 8 March 2020 19:00 (D/N )
Karachi Kings v Lahore Qalandars Alex Hales 80* (48) Maaz Khan 2/31 (4 Overs)Ben Dunk 99* (40) Mohammad Amir 1/33 (4 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 8 wickets Gaddafi Stadium , Lahore Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Ben Dunk (Lahore Qalandars)
Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field. Match 24 10 March 2020 19:00 (D/N )
Peshawar Zalmi v Lahore Qalandars Haider Ali 69 (43) Shaheen Afridi 3/28 (4 overs)Fakhar Zaman 63 (46) Carlos Brathwaite 3/28 (2.5 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 5 wickets Gaddafi Stadium , Lahore Attendance: 18,500 Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Fakhar Zaman (Lahore Qalandars)
Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field. Match 25 11 March 2020 19:00 (D/N )
Match abandoned Gaddafi Stadium , Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
No toss. No play was possible due to rain. Match 26 12 March 2020 19:00 (D/N )
Lahore Qalandars v Karachi Kings Sohail Akhtar 68 (49) Arshad Iqbal 2/15 (3 overs)Sharjeel Khan 74* (59)
Karachi Kings won by 10 wickets National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Sharjeel Khan (Karachi Kings)
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field. Match 27 13 March 2020 20:00 (D/N )
Multan Sultans v Peshawar Zalmi Zeeshan Ashraf 52 (39) Rahat Ali 3/24 (4 overs)Imam-ul-Haq 56 (41) Sohail Tanvir 3/26 (4 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 3 runs National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Zeeshan Ashraf (Multan Sultans)
Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field. Match 28 14 March 2020 19:00 (D/N )
Islamabad United v Karachi Kings Hussain Talat 37 (30) Iftikhar Ahmed 1/12 (3 overs)Sharjeel Khan 37 (14) Shadab Khan 2/28 (4 overs)
Karachi Kings won by 4 wickets National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Sharjeel Khan (Karachi Kings)
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field. Karachi Kings qualified for the semi-finals play-offs. Islamabad United were eliminated from the tournament. Match 29 15 March 2020 14:00
Multan Sultans v Lahore Qalandars Khushdil Shah 70* (29) Shaheen Afridi 2/23 (4 overs)Chris Lynn 113* (55) Usman Qadir 1/24 (4 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 9 wickets Gaddafi Stadium , Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Lahore Qalandars)
Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field. Lahore Qalandars qualified for the semi-finals play-offs. Match 30 15 March 2020 19:00 (D/N )
Karachi Kings v Quetta Gladiators Cameron Delport 62 (44) Naseem Shah 2/17 (4 overs)Shane Watson 66 (34) Waqas Maqsood 2/19 (4 overs)
Quetta Gladiators won by 5 wickets National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Shane Watson (Quetta Gladiators)
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat. Quetta Gladiators were eliminated from the tournament. Peshawar Zalmi qualified for the semi-finals play-offs. Playoffs On 2 September 2020, PCB announced the venue and dates for the remaining four matches, with Gaddafi Stadium hosting all four; matches will be held on 14 and 15, with the Final scheduled on 17 November. However, later the matches were shifted to National Stadium in Karachi due to poor air quality in Lahore .
Semifinals Preliminary final Final 14 November — Karachi 17 November — Karachi 1 Multan Sultans 141/7 (20 overs) 2 Karachi Kings 135/5 (18.4 overs) 2 Karachi Kings 141/8 (20 overs) 15 November — Karachi 3 Lahore Qalandars 134/7 (20 overs) 1 Multan Sultans 157 (19.1 overs) 14 November — Karachi 3 Lahore Qalandars 182/6 (20 overs) 3 Lahore Qalandars 171/5 (19 overs) 4 Peshawar Zalmi 170/9 (20 overs)
Qualifier Match 31 14 November 2020 15:00
Multan Sultans v Karachi Kings Ravi Bopara 40 (31) Arshad Iqbal 2/21 (4 overs)Babar Azam 65 (53) Sohail Tanvir 3/25 (4 overs)
Match tied (Karachi Kings won the Super Over ) National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Babar Azam (Karachi Kings)
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field. Super Over: Karachi Kings 13/2 (1 over), Multan Sultans 9/0 (1 over) Eliminators Eliminator 1 Match 32 14 November 2020 20:00 (D/N )
Lahore Qalandars won by 5 wickets National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Lahore Qalandars)
Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field. Eliminator 2 Match 33 15 November 2020 20:00 (D/N )
Lahore Qalandars v Multan Sultans David Wiese 48* (21) Shahid Afridi 2/18 (4 overs)Adam Lyth 50 (29) David Wiese 3/27 (4 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 25 runs National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: David Wiese (Lahore Qalandars)
Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field. Final Match 34 17 November 2020 20:00 (D/N )
Lahore Qalandars v Karachi Kings Tamim Iqbal 35 (38) Waqas Maqsood 2/18 (4 overs) Umaid Asif 2/18 (4 overs)Babar Azam 63* (49) Dilbar Hussain 2/28 (4 overs)
Karachi Kings won by 5 wickets National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Babar Azam (Karachi Kings)
Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to bat. Karachi Kings are the Champion of HBL PSL 2020 (1st Title)Awards and statistics Most runs Babar Azam of Karachi Kings received the Green Cap.Most wickets Notes External links