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| Dates | 20 February – 17 November 2020 |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Pakistan Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round robin andplayoffs |
| Champions | Karachi Kings (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Lahore Qalandars |
| 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 | psl-t20.com |
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2020 Pakistan Super League (also known asPSL 5 or for sponsorship reasons asHBL PSL 2020) was the fifth season of thePakistan Super League, a franchiseTwenty20cricket league which was established by thePakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2015. It started on 20 February 2020.[1] The league was held entirely in Pakistan for the first time.[2]Karachi Kings won their first title after defeatingLahore Qalandars by five wickets in thefinal.
The playoff stage of the tournament was postponed due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[3] 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.[4] On 2 July 2020, the PCB announced that they plan to complete the season in November 2020.[5] On 2 September 2020, the PCB confirmed the fixtures for the remaining matches.[6]
In February 2019, thePrime Minister of Pakistan,Imran Khan, announced that the fifth season of the tournament will be held entirely in Pakistan.[7][8][9][10] In March 2019,Ehsan Mani, Chairman ofPakistan Cricket Board also expressed the desire to host all the matches of this season in Pakistan.[11] On 1 January 2020, PCB announced fixtures for the tournament confirming that the entire tournament will take place in Pakistan.[12][13]
The players draft took place on 6 December,[19] with the first round taking place on 3 November 2019.[20] Ahead of the draft, each team was allowed to retain up to eight players from their previous squad.[21] On 1 December 2019, PCB announced the retention players list with all six teams retaining a total of 45 players from the previous season.[22][23]
Ahead of the play-offs, teams included new players in their squad asFaf du Plessis,Khurram Shehzad andHardus Viljoen replacedKieron Pollard,Mohammad Amir Khan andLiam Dawson respectively, inPeshawar Zalmi squad. InMultan Sultans squadMahmudullah andAdam Lyth replacedMoeen Ali andFabian Allen respectively.Lahore Qalandars replacedChris Lynn,Salman Butt andSeekkuge Prasanna withTamim Iqbal,Abid Ali andAgha Salman respectively. While,Karachi Kings replacedChris Jordan andAli Khan withSherfane Rutherford andWaqas Maqsood.[24][25] On 7 November 2020, Peshawar Zalmi replaced England'sLiam Livingstone with his national side teammateSaqib Mahmood after he was included in the national team against South Africa.[18] On 8 November, Multan Sultans's squad members Mahmudullah tested positive forCOVID-19 making him unable to take part in the tournament and was replaced byBrendan Taylor,[26] andJames Vince was replaced byJoe Denly after he also tested positive for COVID-19.[27] Kings'Mitchell McClenaghan and Zalmi'sDaren Sammy were replaced byWayne Parnell andSohaib Maqsood respectively.[28] Few days later,Hasan Ali of Peshawar Zalmi was ruled out of the tournament due to back-strain and was replaced byMohammad Imran, and in Lahore Qalandars squad,Salman Irshad replacedAgha Salman who suffered an ankle injury.[29]
The tournament took place entirely in Pakistan.[30] Total 34 matches were played in four venuesLahore,Karachi,Rawalpindi andMultan.[31][32] 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.[33][34]
| Lahore | Karachi | Rawalpindi | Multan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaddafi Stadium | National Stadium | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium | Multan Cricket Stadium |
| Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 32,000 | Capacity: 17,000 | Capacity: 35,000 |
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| Matches: 11 | Matches: 12 | Matches: 8 | Matches: 3 |
The league was promoted on social media by the hashtag #HBLPSLV and anthem titled #TayyarHain.[36]
The opening ceremony was held on 20 February 2020 at National Stadium, Karachi, prior to the first match of the season.[12]
Directed by Shubhra Bhardwaj,[37] he show began with thenational anthem, before a group of drummers and trumpeters performed an instrumental version of the official PSL 2020 anthem. Later, the first performance of the night was a Sufi medley featuring singerSanam Marvi, qawwalsFareed Ayaz and Abu Mohammad, and the band Soch. This was followed bySajjad Ali,Aima Baig,Abrar-ul-Haq andRahat Fateh Ali Khan taking the stage one after another to perform their songs. The ceremony concluded withAli Azmat,Arif Lohar,Haroon andAsim Azhar performing the PSL 2020 anthemTayyar Hain, accompanied by a fireworks display in the background.[38]
Thechildhood cancer awareness day and thebreast cancer awareness day were observed on 22 February and 7 March respectively, with the stadiums themed as gold and pink respectively.[39][40]
The later part of the tournament was affected byCOVID-19 pandemic. The matches were reduced from 34 to 33 and theplayoffs were replaced byknockouts thus shortening the tournament by 4 days. The final was rescheduled from 22 March to 18 March.[41][42] The matches from 13 March were announced to take placebehind closed doors.[43][44]
As many as eighteen players were confirmed to not take part in any future matches after the increased cases ofCOVID-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 ZealandersColin Munro,Luke Ronchi, andMitchell McClenaghan.[45][46]
On 17 March 2020, it was announced that the knockout stage is suspended after English cricketerAlex Hales showed symptoms of the virus.[47][34] 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.[48]
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.
| Pos | Team | 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 |
| 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 |
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| Win | Loss | No result |
The PCB confirmed the fixtures for the tournament on 1 January 2020.[12][13][b]
Islamabad United 168 (19.1 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 171/7 (18.3 overs) |
Quetta Gladiators won by 3 wickets National Stadium,Karachi Umpires:Faisal Afridi (Pak) andRichard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match:Mohammad Hasnain (Quetta Gladiators) |
v | Peshawar Zalmi 191/7 (20 overs) | |
Karachi Kings won by 10 runs National Stadium,Karachi Umpires:Faisal Afridi (Pak) andRichard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match:Babar Azam (Karachi Kings) |
v | Multan Sultans 142/5 (16.1 overs) | |
Multan Sultans won by 5 wickets Gaddafi Stadium,Lahore Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andRashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match:Imran Tahir (Multan Sultans) |
Quetta Gladiators 148/5 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 153/4 (18.3 overs) |
Peshawar Zalmi won by 6 wickets National Stadium,Karachi Umpires:Faisal Afridi (Pak) andRichard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match:Kamran Akmal (Peshawar Zalmi) |
Multan Sultans 164/8 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 165/2 (16.4 overs) |
Islamabad United won by 8 wickets Gaddafi Stadium,Lahore Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Luke Ronchi (Islamabad United) |
v | Quetta Gladiators 157/5 (19 overs) | |
Quetta Gladiators won by 5 wickets National Stadium,Karachi Umpires:Faisal Afridi (Pak) andRichard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match:Azam Khan (Quetta Gladiators) |
v | Islamabad United 183/9 (19.5 overs) | |
Islamabad United won by 1 wicket Gaddafi Stadium,Lahore Attendance: 12,500[49] Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andRashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match:Shadab Khan (Islamabad United) |
Peshawar Zalmi 123 (18.3 overs) | v | |
Multan Sultans won by 6 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium,Multan Umpires:Faisal Afridi (Pak) andAsif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match:Sohail Tanvir (Multan Sultans) |
v | Quetta Gladiators 190/5 (19.4 overs) | |
Quetta Gladiators won by 5 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium,Rawalpindi Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andTariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match:Ben Cutting (Quetta Gladiators) |
v | Karachi Kings 134 (17 overs) | |
Multan Sultans won by 52 runs Multan Cricket Stadium,Multan Umpires:Faisal Afridi (Pak) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Moeen Ali (Multan Sultans) |
Peshawar Zalmi 132/7 (12 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 116/6 (12 overs) |
Peshawar Zalmi won by 16 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium,Rawalpindi Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andTariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match:Lewis Gregory (Peshawar Zalmi) |
v | Quetta Gladiators 169/7 (20 overs) | |
Multan Sultans won by 30 runs Multan Cricket Stadium,Multan Umpires:Faisal Afridi (Pak) andAsif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match:Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans) |
v | ||
Match abandoned Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium,Rawalpindi Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andTariq Rasheed (Pak) |
v | Karachi Kings 187/5 (18.4 overs) | |
Karachi Kings won by 5 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium,Rawalpindi Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andTariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match:Alex Hales (Karachi Kings) |
Peshawar Zalmi 151/8 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 152/4 (18.1 overs) |
Karachi Kings won by 6 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium,Rawalpindi Attendance: 15,500[51] Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andTariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match:Mohammad Amir (Karachi Kings) |
v | Quetta Gladiators 172 (20 overs) | |
Lahore Qalandars won by 37 runs Gaddafi Stadium,Lahore Attendance: 20,500[52] Umpires:Faisal Afridi (Pak) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Ben Dunk (Lahore Qalandars) |
Islamabad United 198/3 (20 overs) | v | |
Islamabad United won by 71 runs Gaddafi Stadium,Lahore Umpires:Shozab Raza (Pak) andAsif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match:Colin Munro (Islamabad United) |
Peshawar Zalmi 170/6 (15 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 140/7 (15 overs) |
Peshawar Zalmi won by 30 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium,Rawalpindi Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andTariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match:Shoaib Malik (Peshawar Zalmi) |
Multan Sultans 102/6 (16.5 overs) | v | |
v | Peshawar Zalmi 85/2 (9 overs) | |
Peshawar Zalmi won by 7 runs (DLS method) Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium,Rawalpindi Umpires:Tariq Rasheed (Pak) andRashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match:Shadab Khan (Islamabad United) |
Quetta Gladiators 98/9 (20 overs) | v | |
Lahore Qalandars won by 8 wickets Gaddafi Stadium,Lahore Umpires:Michael Gough (Eng) andAsif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match:Samit Patel (Lahore Qalandars) |
v | Multan Sultans 94/1 (6.4 overs) | |
Multan Sultans won by 9 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium,Rawalpindi Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andTariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match:James Vince (Multan Sultans) |
Karachi Kings 187/5 (20 overs) | v | |
Lahore Qalandars won by 8 wickets Gaddafi Stadium,Lahore Umpires:Michael Gough (Eng) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Ben Dunk (Lahore Qalandars) |
Peshawar Zalmi 187/7 (20 overs) | v | |
Lahore Qalandars won by 5 wickets Gaddafi Stadium,Lahore Attendance: 18,500[54] Umpires:Aleem Dar (Pak) andMichael Gough (Eng) Player of the match:Fakhar Zaman (Lahore Qalandars) |
v | ||
Lahore Qalandars 150/5 (20 overs) | v | |
Sharjeel Khan 74* (59) |
Karachi Kings won by 10 wickets National Stadium,Karachi Umpires:Michael Gough (Eng) andAhsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Sharjeel Khan (Karachi Kings) |
Multan Sultans 154/6 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 151/7 (20 overs) |
Multan Sultans won by 3 runs National Stadium,Karachi Umpires:Michael Gough (Eng) andRashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match:Zeeshan Ashraf (Multan Sultans) |
Islamabad United 136/6 (20 overs) | v | |
Karachi Kings won by 4 wickets National Stadium,Karachi Umpires:Michael Gough (Eng) andAhsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Sharjeel Khan (Karachi Kings) |
Multan Sultans 186/6 (20 overs) | v | |
Lahore Qalandars won by 9 wickets Gaddafi Stadium,Lahore Umpires:Aleem Dar (Pak) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Chris Lynn (Lahore Qalandars) |
v | Quetta Gladiators 154/5 (16.2 overs) | |
Quetta Gladiators won by 5 wickets National Stadium,Karachi Umpires:Michael Gough (Eng) andRashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match:Shane Watson (Quetta Gladiators) |
On 2 September 2020, PCB announced the venue and dates for the remaining four matches, withGaddafi Stadium hosting all four; matches will be held on 14 and 15, with theFinal scheduled on 17 November.[58][b] However, later the matches were shifted toNational Stadium inKarachi due to poor air quality inLahore.[59]
| 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) | |||||||||||
Multan Sultans 141/7 (20 overs) | v | |
Match tied (Karachi Kings won theSuper Over) National Stadium,Karachi Umpires:Michael Gough (Eng) andRashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match:Babar Azam (Karachi Kings) |
Peshawar Zalmi 170/9 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 171/5 (19 overs) |
Lahore Qalandars won by 5 wickets National Stadium,Karachi Umpires:Aleem Dar (Pak) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Mohammad Hafeez (Lahore Qalandars) |
Lahore Qalandars 182/6 (20 overs) | v | Multan Sultans 157 (19.1 overs) |
Lahore Qalandars won by 25 runs National Stadium,Karachi Umpires:Aleem Dar (Pak) andMichael Gough (Eng) Player of the match:David Wiese (Lahore Qalandars) |
Lahore Qalandars 134/7 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 135/5 (18.4 overs) |
Karachi Kings won by 5 wickets National Stadium,Karachi Umpires:Aleem Dar (Pak) andMichael Gough (Eng) Player of the match:Babar Azam (Karachi Kings) |
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babar Azam | Karachi Kings | 12 | 11 | 473 | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Fakhar Zaman | Lahore Qalandars | 12 | 12 | 325 | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Mohammad Hafeez | Lahore Qalandars | 13 | 12 | 312 | 98* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ben Dunk | Lahore Qalandars | 11 | 10 | 300 | 99* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Lynn | Lahore Qalandars | 8 | 8 | 284 | 113* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Source:ESPNcricinfo.com, Last updated: 18 November 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | BBI | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaheen Afridi | Lahore Qalandars | 12 | 12 | 17 | 4/18 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mohammad Hasnain | Quetta Gladiators | 9 | 9 | 15 | 4/25 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sohail Tanvir | Multan Sultans | 10 | 9 | 14 | 4/13 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dilbar Hussain | Lahore Qalandars | 11 | 10 | 14 | 4/24 | |||||||||||||||||||
| David Wiese | Lahore Qalandars | 11 | 10 | 12 | 3/27 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Source:ESPNcricinfo.com, Last updated: 18 November 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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