2020 Pakistan Super League
2020 Pakistan Super League (also known as PSL 5 or for sponsorship reasons HBL PSL 2020) is 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.[1] The league was held entirely in Pakistan for the first time.[2]
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| Dates | 20 February – November 2020 |
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| Administrator(s) | Pakistan Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and knockout |
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| Participants | 6 |
| Matches played | 30[lower-alpha 1] |
| Official website | psl-t20.com |
The knockout stage of the tournament was suspended due to the COVID-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]
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.[6][7][8][9] In March 2019, Ehsan Mani, Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board also expressed the desire to host all the matches of this season in Pakistan.[10] On 1 January 2020, PCB announced fixtures for the tournament confirming that the entire tournament will take place in Pakistan.[11][12]
Teams and squads
The players draft took place on 6 December,[13] with the first round taking place on 3 November 2019.[14] Ahead of the draft, each team was allowed to retain up to eight players from their previous squad.[15] On 1 December 2019, PCB announced the retention players list with all six teams retaining a total of 45 players from the previous season.
Venues
The tournament took place entirely in Pakistan.[19] Total 30 matches were played in four venues Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi and Multan.[20][21] The opening ceremony took place in Karachi. The knockout stage was scheduled to take place in Lahore[22] but was postponed for indefinite period after coronavirus outbreak.[23]
| Lahore | Karachi | Rawalpindi | Multan |
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| Gaddafi Stadium | National Stadium | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium | Multan Cricket Stadium |
| Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 34,228 | Capacity: 17,000 | Capacity: 35,000 |
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| Matches: 14 | Matches: 8 | Matches: 8 | Matches: 3 |
Match officials
Umpires
Referees
Promotion in media
The league has been promoted on social media by the hashtag #HBLPSLV and anthem titled #TayyarHain.[25]
Trophy
On 19 February 2020, the trophy for the league was unveiled by squash legend Jahangir Khan alongside PCB chairman Ehsan Mani at National Stadium, Karachi. The 65 centimetres long trophy weighing eight kilogrammes has a crescent and star with multi-coloured strips of enamel and is to be used in all future PSL events with every year's winning team name to be engraved on it.[26]
Ceremonies
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was held on 20 February 2020 at National Stadium, Karachi, prior to the first match of the season.[11]
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.[27]
Commentators
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Experts
Presenters
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.[29][30]
2019–20 coronavirus outbreak 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.[31][32] The matches from 13 March were announced to take place behind closed doors.[33][34]
As many as eighteen players were confirmed to not take part in any future matches after the increased cases of coronavirus 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.[35][36]
On 17 March 2020, it was the announced that the rest of the tournament is postponed for an indefinite period after English cricketer Alex Hales showed symptoms of the virus.[37][23] 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 who had.[38]
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 semifinals.
Points table
| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| Multan Sultans | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | +1.031 |
| Karachi Kings | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | –0.190 |
| Lahore Qalandars | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | –0.072 |
| Peshawar Zalmi | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | –0.055 |
| Quetta Gladiators | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | –0.722 |
| Islamabad United | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | +0.185 |
- Source: ESPNcricinfo
- Advanced to semifinals
Summary
| Visitor team → | IU | KK | LQ | MS | PZ | QG |
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| 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 | Knockout | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | S1 | S2 | 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 | ? | ||||
| Lahore Qalandars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | ? | ||||
| Multan Sultans | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | ? | ||||
| Peshawar Zalmi | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ? | ||||
| 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 (knockout) to see the match summary.
Fixtures
The PCB confirmed the fixtures for the tournament on 1 January 2020.[11][12][lower-alpha 3]
Islamabad United 168 (19.1 overs) |
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Quetta Gladiators 171/7 (18.3 overs) |
Azam Khan 59 (33) Muhammad Musa 3/30 (4 overs) |
- Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
- Abdul Nasir (Quetta Gladiators) made his T20 debut.
Quetta Gladiators 148/5 (20 overs) |
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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) |
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Islamabad United 165/2 (16.4 overs) |
- Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
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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 132/7 (12 overs) |
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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.
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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).[39]
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
Peshawar Zalmi 151/8 (20 overs) |
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Karachi Kings 152/4 (18.1 overs) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Peshawar Zalmi 170/6 (15 overs) |
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Quetta Gladiators 140/7 (15 overs) |
- Quetta Gladiators
- 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.
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Multan Sultans 94/1 (6.4 overs) | |
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
Lahore Qalandars 150/5 (20 overs) |
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Sharjeel Khan 74* (59) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Multan Sultans 154/6 (20 overs) |
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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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Multan Sultans 186/6 (20 overs) |
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- Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
- Lahore Qalandars qualified for the semi-finals.[43]
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Quetta Gladiators 154/5 (16.2 overs) | |
Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| November 2020 | ||||||
| Multan Sultans | ||||||
| November 2020 | ||||||
| Peshawar Zalmi | ||||||
| November 2020 | ||||||
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| Lahore Qalandars | ||||||
1st semi-final
2nd semi-final
Awards and statistics
Most runs
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |||||||||||||||
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Karachi Kings | 10 | 9 | 345 | 49.28 | 123.65 | 78 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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Lahore Qalandars | 8 | 8 | 284 | 40.57 | 179.74 | 113* | 1 | 1 | 32 | 16 | |||||||||||||||
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Lahore Qalandars | 8 | 7 | 266 | 53.20 | 186.01 | 99* | 0 | 2 | 15 | 23 | |||||||||||||||
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Islamabad United | 8 | 8 | 266 | 38.00 | 156.47 | 85* | 0 | 2 | 31 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
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Islamabad United | 9 | 8 | 263 | 37.57 | 159.39 | 77 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 15 | |||||||||||||||
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, Last updated: 15 March 2020
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Most wickets
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR | 4WI | 5WI | ||||||||||||||
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Quetta Gladiators | 9 | 9 | 15 | 19.13 | 8.96 | 4/25 | 12.8 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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Lahore Qalandars | 9 | 9 | 13 | 18.92 | 7.02 | 4/18 | 16.1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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Peshawar Zalmi | 9 | 9 | 11 | 23.19 | 8.01 | 3/21 | 17.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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Multan Sultans | 8 | 7 | 10 | 15.30 | 6.80 | 4/13 | 13.5 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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Multan Sultans | 8 | 7 | 10 | 18.60 | 7.75 | 3/28 | 14.4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, Last updated : 15 March 2020
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Notes
- Due to Coronavirus outbreak, the matches were reduced from 34 to 33. The knock-out stage was later postponed to an unannounced date.
- Darren Sammy stepped down as captain of Peshawar Zalmi mid tournament becoming head coach of the team and Wahab Riaz was appointed as team captain.
- All times are in UTC+5 (PST)
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