Cricket Pakistan Super League 2022 (PSL)

The Pakistan Super League 2022 or the PSL 2022 was the seventh edition of the Pakistan Super League, Pakistan's premier T20 franchise league. The tournament was played from January 27 to February 27. Due to Covid-19 protocols, the entire competition was held in Karachi and Lahore.

The first phase was held in Karachi while the second phase including the playoffs and final took place in Lahore. Multan Sultans were the defending champions but failed to defend their title. They made it to the final but lost the title-decider to Lahore Qalandars as the Lahore-based outfit clinched its first PSL title.

PSL 2022 Teams:

A total of six teams participated in PSL 2022. The six teams were - 

Multan Sultans
Lahore Qalandars
Peshawar Zalmi
Islamabad United
Quetta Gladiators
Karachi Kings

PSL 2022 Points Table:

After the double round robin format, Multan Sultans finished at the top of the points table. They won 9 of their 10 league games. Lahore Qalandars finished at the second spot with 6 wins from 10 games. The other teams to qualify for the playoffs were Peshawar Zalmi and Islamabad United. 

PSL 2022 Points table:

Teams Mat Won Lost Tied NR Pts NRR
Multan Sultans 10 9 1 0 0 18 1.253
Lahore Qalandars 10 6 4 0 0 12 0.765
Peshawar Zalmi 10 6 4 0 0 12 -0.34
Islamabad United 10 4 6 0 0 8 -0.069
Quetta Gladiators 10 4 6 0 0 8 -0.708
Karachi Kings 10 1 9 0 0 2 -0.891

PSL 2022 Stats:

At the end of the season, the player with most runs received a Green cap and the Hanif Mohammad Award while the player with most wickets received a Maroon cap and the Fazal Mahmood Award. Lahore Qalandars' Fakhar Zaman finished PSL 2022 as the highest run-scorer, scoring 588 runs in 13 innings. On the other hand, Shaheen Afridi was the highest wicket-taker, claiming 20 wickets.

Most runs:

Player Team Innings Runs Batting average High score
Fakhar Zaman Lahore Qalandars 13 588 45.23 106
Mohammad Rizwan Multan Sultans 12 546 68.25 83*
Shan Masood Multan Sultans 12 478 39.83 88
Shoaib Malik Peshawar Zalmi 11 401 44.55 58
Alex Hales Islamabad United 9 355 44.37 82*

Most wickets:

Player Team Matches Wickets Best innings bowling
Shaheen Afridi Lahore Qalandars 13 20 3/30
Shadab Khan Islamabad United 9 19 5/28
Zaman Khan Lahore Qalandars 13 18 4/16
Shahnawaz Dahani Multan Sultans 11 17 3/19
Khushdil Shah Multan Sultans 12 16 4/35

 

Lahore Qalandars and Multan Sultans participated in the PSL 2022 final.

Lahore Qalandars won their maiden Cricket Pakistan Super League title in 2022 after defeating Multan Sultans.

Shaheen Shah Afridi led Lahore Qalanders in PSL 2022.
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