Pakistan Super League Updates: Karachi Kings Team Profile, Overview, Achievements and Squad

The Karachi Kings is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 cricket team that competes in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). Karachi Kings is a Pakistani professional cricket team based in Karachi, Sindh. It was founded in 2015, when the Pakistan Cricket Board established the Pakistan Super League (PCB). The team’s home field is National Stadium. The Karachi Kings competes in the Pakistan Super League, the country’s version of the IPL. The gang’s headquarters are in Karachi, Sindh’s largest and capital city. The lion on the insignia is designed to represent Karachi’s uncompromising nature, with the words “Karachi Kings” printed in white and gold below it.

The Karachi Kings plays their home games at the National Stadium, the city’s fifth and Pakistan’s eleventh first-class stadium. Pakistan and India met at NSK on April 21-24, 1955, in what would become a watershed moment in Pakistan cricket history as the first-ever first-class match.

Karachi Kings Records:

This HBL PSL franchise was founded in 2015 by Salman Iqbal and is owned by HBL. The Karachi Kings have never missed a season in the Pakistan Super League without making the playoffs. Karachi Kings advanced to the finals of the PSL 2020 (the league’s fifth season) and won. Karachi Kings finished fourth in the inaugural season of the HBL PSL after losing a playoff game.

Year	P	Win	Loss	PSL
2015-2016	9	2	7	Play-offs
2016-2017	10	5	5	Play-offs
2017-2018	12	5	5	Play-offs
2018-2019	11	5	6	Play-offs
2019-2020	12	6	4	Champions
2020-2021	11	5	6	Play-offs
2021-2022	10	1	9	League Stage
Total	75	29	42	Won 1 Time

Karachi Kings Team Squads:

There are currently team drafts. Both the club games and the league games now have teams. The Karachi Kings Squad is available, and games will start in February 2023.

Coach: Peter Moores

Owner: ARY Group (Salman Iqbal, CEO)

Karachi Kings Squad for Pakistan Super League (PSL):

1. Imad Wasim (Captain)
2. Mohammad Amir
3. Aamer Yamin
4. Sharjeel Khan
5. Qasim Akram
6. Mir Hamza
7. Shoaib Malik
8. Haider Ali
9. Matthew Wade
10. Imran Tahir
11. James Vince
12. James Fuller
13. Andrew Tye
14. Tayyab Tahir
15. Muhammad Akhlaq
16. Irfan Khan
17. Tabraiz Shamsi
18. Mohammad Umar

Karachi Kings Sponsors:

The team’s outfits are made by AJ Sports, a sports equipment firm. Throughout the first three seasons, the team’s title sponsor was Bahria Town, Pakistan’s largest real estate developer and investor, as well as Asia’s largest private housing society. Bahria Town, Summit Bank, The Arkadians, Oye Hoye, Pepsi, Brighto Paints, and Shield Corporation Ltd. were among the other sponsors. Naya Nazimabad was their official leading principal partner for the 2017 season. Cotton & Cotton agreed to become the official gear partner of platinum sponsor Bridge Power in December 2016. Vital Tea sponsored their drink, the Pakistan Observer sponsored their print media, and Titans sponsored their memorabilia.

Sponsor details are below:

Season	Kit Manufactures	Shirt (Front of Sponsor)	Shirt (behind Sponsor)	Chest mark	Sleeve Branding
2016	AJ Sports	Bahria Town	Summit Bank	The Arkadians	Oye Hoye Chips, K-Electric, Shield, Igloo Ice-cream
2017	AJ Sports	Bahria Town	Bridge Power Batteries	The Arkadians	Oye Hoye Chips, Shield, Tapal Tea
2018	AJ Sports	Bahria Town	Nurpur	The Arkadians	Brighto Paints, Imtiaz supermarket, Shield
2019	AJ Sports	TUC	Scene on!	Cadbury Dairy Milk	Imtiaz Super Market, Inverex, Rooh Afza
2020	AJ Sports	ARY Laguna	QMobile	Surf Excel	Imtiaz Super Market, Mughal Steel, ARY Laguna
2021	AJ Sports	ARY Laguna	Hashmi Ispaghol	Pepsi	Imtiaz Super Market, Mughal Steel, ME Body Spray
2022	AJ Sports	PSO Carient Motor Oil	BankIslami	Pepsi	Imtiaz Super Market, Mughal Steel, Bona Papa
2023		1X BAT		Pepsi	Imtiaz Super Market, Mughal Steel, ARY Laguna

Achievements:

• The Karachi Kings were sold to the ARY media firm in 2015 for $26 million USD over ten years, making them the most expensive team in the tournament until 2017, when the Multan Sultans were sold to the same buyer for $4.16 million USD over ten years.
• Shahid Afridi has stayed spotless as a player and president after three matches. The experienced player grabbed three wickets, which contributed significantly to their third victory. Karachi Kings had defeated 50% of their opponents at the end of the third season. They finished third out of six teams.
• Ravi Bopara was named Player of the Tournament in the first season of the PSL.

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