The

Karachi Kings Karachi Kings ( ur, ; sd, ڪراچي ڪنگز) (abbreviated as KK) is a Pakistani professional franchise Twenty20 cricket team that competes in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The team is based in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, P ...

is a franchise cricket team that competed in the 2018 Season of

Pakistan Super League The Pakistan Super League (PSL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league contested during February and March of every year by six teams representing six cities of Pakistan. The league was founded on 9 September 2015 with five teams by the Paki ...

. The team represents

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

a city in

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. Kings were coached by

Mickey Arthur John Michael Arthur (born 17 May 1968) is a South African-Australian cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer, who played in South African domestic cricket from 1986 to 2001. He has served as the head coach of the Derbyshire County Crick ...

and appointed Imad Wasim as their new Captain succeeding from

Kumar Sangakara Kumara Chokshananda Sangakkara ( si, කුමාර් චොක්ශනාද සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan cricket commentator, former professional cricketer, businessman, ICC Hall of Fame inductee and t ...

from 2017 edition.They finished the tournament on 3rd position as Peshawar Zalmi beat them by 13 runs in Eliminator round of PSL.

Major changes

Before the 2018 season Kings announced the change of

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as Imad Wasim replaced

at the top spot.

Shahid Afridi Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi ( ur, شاہد افریدی‎, ps, شاهد افریدی; born 1 March 1977), known as Shahid Afridi, is a Pakistani former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. He is current ...

left Peshawar Zalmi and joined the team as president and player.Zalmi Shahid Afridi joins Karachi Kings as president
PKKH, 2017-4-6. Retrieved 2017-4-6.] Mitchell Johnson (cricketer), Mitchell Johnson was selected in the initial players draft but was later replaced by Tymal Mills as he pulled out from the tournament.

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Performance

Kings opened the season by ending their losing streak against

Quetta Gladiators Quetta Gladiators (Urdu, Balochi: ; Pashto: کویټه ګلیډیټرز) is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 cricket franchise that competes in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). They play most home games at the 27,000-capacity Gaddafi Stadium ...

and beating them by 19 runs. 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. Their third game was against arch-rivals,

Lahore Qalandars Lahore Qalandars ( ur, ; pnb, لہور قلندرز; abbreviated as LQ) is a Pakistani professional cricket franchise which plays in the Pakistan Super League, representing the city of Lahore. The home ground of the team is Gaddafi Stadium. ...

. 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,

, ensured a third consecutive win for his side as the Qalandars fell short by 27 runs. One of the match against Multan Sultans was washed out due to persistent rain. Their unbeaten run in the season was ended by

Islamabad United Islamabad United ( ur, ) is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). It was the inaugural champion of the Pakistan Super League. The team is based in Islamabad, the capital cit ...

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. 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.

Teams standings

Points table

Playoffs

Preliminary

Qualifier 1

Eliminator 2

References

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