2020 Pakistan Super League
Dates | 20 February – 17 November 2020 |
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Administrator(s) | Pakistan Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and playoffs |
Host(s) | Pakistan |
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 |
2020 Pakistan Super League (also known as PSL 5 or for sponsorship reasons as HBL PSL 2020) was the fifth season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league which was established by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2015. 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.
Lahore | Karachi | Rawalpindi | Multan |
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Gaddafi Stadium | National Stadium | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium | Multan Cricket Stadium |
Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 32,000 | Capacity: 17,000 | Capacity: 35,000 |
Matches: 11 | Matches: 12 | Matches: 8 | Matches: 3 |
Match officials
Umpires
- Faisal Afridi
- Aslam Bareach
- Aleem Dar
- Michael Gough
- Majid Hussain
- Nasir Hussain
- Richard Illingworth
- Imtiaz Iqbal
- Saqib Khan
- Ranmore Martinesz
- Tariq Rasheed
- Ahsan Raza
- Shozab Raza
- Rashid Riaz
- Asif Yaqoob
Referees
- Mohammad Anees
- Muhammad Javed
- Roshan Mahanama
- Aziz-ur-Rehman
Promotion in media
The league was promoted on social media by the hashtag #HBLPSLV and anthem titled #TayyarHain.
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was held on 20 February 2020 at National Stadium, Karachi, prior to the first match of the season.
The show began with the national 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 singer Sanam Marvi, qawwals Fareed Ayaz and Abu Mohammad, and the band Soch. This was followed by Sajjad Ali, Aima Baig, Abrar-ul-Haq and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan taking the stage one after another to perform their songs. The ceremony concluded with Ali Azmat, Arif Lohar, Haroon and Asim Azhar performing the PSL 2020 anthem Tayyar Hain, accompanied by a fireworks display in the background.
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 | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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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 |
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Home team ↓ | ||||||
Islamabad United |
Karachi 5 wickets |
Islamabad 71 runs |
Multan 9 wickets |
Match abandoned |
Quetta 5 wickets |
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Karachi Kings |
Karachi 4 wickets |
Karachi 10 wickets |
Match abandoned |
Karachi 10 runs |
Quetta 5 wickets |
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Lahore Qalandars |
Islamabad 1 wicket |
Lahore 8 wickets |
Multan 5 wickets |
Lahore 5 wickets |
Lahore 37 runs |
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Multan Sultans |
Islamabad 8 wickets |
Multan 52 runs |
Lahore 9 wickets |
Multan 6 wickets |
Multan 30 runs |
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Peshawar Zalmi |
Peshawar 7 runs (D/L) |
Karachi 6 wickets |
Peshawar 16 runs |
Multan 3 runs |
Peshawar 30 runs |
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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 | |||||||||||
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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 |
Win | Loss | No result |
- 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.
Islamabad United
168 (19.1 overs) |
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Quetta Gladiators
171/7 (18.3 overs) |
- Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
- Abdul Nasir (Quetta Gladiators) made his T20 debut.
Karachi Kings
201/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Peshawar Zalmi
191/7 (20 overs) |
- Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
Lahore Qalandars
138/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Multan Sultans
142/5 (16.1 overs) |
- Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
Quetta Gladiators
148/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Peshawar Zalmi
153/4 (18.3 overs) |
- Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohammad Amir Khan (Peshawar Zalmi) made his T20 debut.
Multan Sultans
164/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Islamabad United
165/2 (16.4 overs) |
- Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
Karachi Kings
156/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Quetta Gladiators
157/5 (19 overs) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Lahore Qalandars
182/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Islamabad United
183/9 (19.5 overs) |
- Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
- Ahmed Safi Abdullah (Islamabad United) made his T20 debut.
Peshawar Zalmi
123 (18.3 overs) |
v
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Multan Sultans
124/4 (14.5 overs) |
- Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
Islamabad United
187/7 (20 overs) |
v
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Quetta Gladiators
190/5 (19.4 overs) |
- Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
Multan Sultans
186/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Karachi Kings
134 (17 overs) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Peshawar Zalmi
132/7 (12 overs) |
v
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Lahore Qalandars
116/6 (12 overs) |
- Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 12 overs per side due to rain.
Multan Sultans
199/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Quetta Gladiators
169/7 (20 overs) |
- Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans) scored the fastest century in the PSL (43 balls).
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
Islamabad United
183/3 (20 overs) |
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Karachi Kings
187/5 (18.4 overs) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Peshawar Zalmi
151/8 (20 overs) |
v
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Karachi Kings
152/4 (18.1 overs) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Lahore Qalandars
209/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Quetta Gladiators
172 (20 overs) |
- Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
Islamabad United
198/3 (20 overs) |
v
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Lahore Qalandars
127 (18.5 overs) |
- Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
Peshawar Zalmi
170/6 (15 overs) |
v
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Quetta Gladiators
140/7 (15 overs) |
- Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat
- The match was reduced to 15 overs per side due to rain.
Multan Sultans
102/6 (16.5 overs) |
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- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
Islamabad United
195/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Peshawar Zalmi
85/2 (9 overs) |
- Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
Quetta Gladiators
98/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Lahore Qalandars
100/2 (11.5 overs) |
- Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
Islamabad United
91/7 (9 overs) |
v
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Multan Sultans
94/1 (6.4 overs) |
- 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.
Karachi Kings
187/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Lahore Qalandars
190/2 (19.1 overs) |
- Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
Peshawar Zalmi
187/7 (20 overs) |
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Lahore Qalandars
189/5 (19.5 overs) |
- Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
Lahore Qalandars
150/5 (20 overs) |
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Karachi Kings
151/0 (17.1 overs) |
Sharjeel Khan 74* (59)
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- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Multan Sultans
154/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Peshawar Zalmi
151/7 (20 overs) |
- Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
Islamabad United
136/6 (20 overs) |
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Karachi Kings
137/6 (19.2 overs) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Karachi Kings qualified for the
semi-finalsplay-offs. - Islamabad United were eliminated from the tournament.
Multan Sultans
186/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Lahore Qalandars
191/1 (18.5 overs) |
- Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
- Lahore Qalandars qualified for the
semi-finalsplay-offs.
Karachi Kings
150/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Quetta Gladiators
154/5 (16.2 overs) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
- Quetta Gladiators were eliminated from the tournament.
- Peshawar Zalmi qualified for the
semi-finalsplay-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
Multan Sultans
141/7 (20 overs) |
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Karachi Kings
141/8 (20 overs) |
- 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
Peshawar Zalmi
170/9 (20 overs) |
v
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Lahore Qalandars
171/5 (19 overs) |
- Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
Eliminator 2
Lahore Qalandars
182/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Multan Sultans
157 (19.1 overs) |
- Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
Final
Lahore Qalandars
134/7 (20 overs) |
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Karachi Kings
135/5 (18.4 overs) |
- 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
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
- Babar Azam of Karachi Kings received the Green Cap.
Most wickets
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | BBI | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
- Shaheen Afridi of Lahore Qalandars received the Maroon Cap.