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The Karachi Kings is a franchise cricket team that represents Karachi in the Pakistan Super League. They are one of the five teams that had a competition in the 2017 Pakistan Super League . The team was captained by Kumar Sangakkara , and they stand on third position after winning four matches from their eight matches in the PSL 2017.
The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy was the eighth ICC Champions Trophy, a cricket tournament for the eight top-ranked One Day International teams in the world. It was held in England and Wales from 1 to 18 June 2017. [1] Pakistan won the competition for the first time with a 180-run victory over India in the final at The Oval. [2]
The 2017 NBP President's Cup was the first edition of NBP President's Cup. The tournament was sponsored by National Bank of Pakistan in 2017, as there was no footballing activity in Pakistan since 2016 PFF Cup .
The first international cricket match in what is now Pakistan today was held in Karachi on 22 November 1935 between Sindh and Australia (see Figure 1). The match was seen by 5,000 Karachiites. Cricket was introduced by the British during their colonial rule of British India, which covered the area now known as Pakistan.
The next match was against Australia, where Pakistan scored 191/5 with brilliant batting of Umar Akmal. Australia had a fierce going with 33 ball 74 runs by Glenn Maxwell, but only managed to score 175. Pakistan won the match by 16 runs. The match against Bangladesh was a comfortable win by 50 runs.
On 7 April 2017 Shahid Afridi joined the team as president and player, and left Peshawar Zalmi. [23] Mitchell Johnson was replaced by Tymal Mills as he pulled out from the tournament a month before 2018 season. In their opening match of the 2018 season, Kings ended the two-season losing streak against Quetta Gladiators by beating them by 19 ...
The Gladiators won the opening match by 8 wickets with Muhammad Nawaz being the man of the match for picking up four wickets and scoring an unbeaten 22 runs. Coincidentally, the same teams played the final match of the tournament too. The match was held on 23 February 2016 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
The final of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy was played on 18 June 2017 between Pakistan and India at The Oval in London, to determine the winner of the eighth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy. [1] Pakistan qualified for the final by defeating the hosts England by 8 wickets in the first semi-final at Cardiff in Wales on 14 June, and reached ...