Английская Википедия:2018 Karachi Kings season

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Шаблон:Infobox cricket club season

The Karachi Kings is a franchise cricket team that competed in the 2018 Season of Pakistan Super League. The team represents Karachi a city in Pakistan. Kings were coached by Mickey Arthur and appointed Imad Wasim as their new Captain succeeding from Kumar Sangakara from 2017 edition.[1]They finished the tournament on 3rd position as Peshawar Zalmi beat them by 13 runs in Eliminator round of PSL.[2]

Major changes

Шаблон:See Also Before the 2018 season Kings announced the change of captain as Imad Wasim replaced Kumar Sangakara at the top spot.[1] Shahid Afridi left Peshawar Zalmi and joined the team as president and player.[3] Mitchell Johnson was selected in the initial players draft but was later replaced by Tymal Mills as he pulled out from the tournament.

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

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Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest branding Sleeve branding
AJ Sports Bahria Town Nurture The Arkadians Brighto Paints, Imtiaz Super Market, Shield

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Performance

Kings opened the season by ending their losing streak against Quetta Gladiators and beating them by 19 runs.[4] They beat the defending champions, Peshawar Zalmi, in a closely fought game. Chasing a target of 132 runs, the team won with 2 balls and 5 wickets to spare.[5] Their third game was against arch-rivals, Lahore Qalandars.[6][7] batting first, the Kings posted 159 for 9 on the board thanks to Bopara's unbeaten innings of 50 runs. In reply, the Qalandars got off to a great start, and were 68 for 1 inside 6 overs, but 3 quick wickets from man of the match, Shahid Afridi, ensured a third consecutive win for his side as the Qalandars fell short by 27 runs.[8]

One of the match against Multan Sultans was washed out due to persistent rain.[9] Their unbeaten run in the season was ended by Islamabad United when they were defeated by 154 runs. Batting first, the Kings posted the highest target in Sharjah that year - 154 runs - before failing to defend it and losing the match by 8 wickets.[10]

KK finished on Second position on league stage and qualified for the playoffs where they faced Islamabad United in 1st Qualifier where they lost by 8 wickets.

The Kings got eliminated in the second eliminator match played at Lahore on 21 March 2018 against Peshawar Zalmi.[11]

Teams standings

Points table

Шаблон:2018 Pakistan Super League points table

Playoffs

Preliminary

Qualifier 1

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Eliminator 2

Шаблон:Limited overs matches

References

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