2018 Pakistan Super League
| Dates | 22 February–25 March 2018 |
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| Administrator(s) | Pakistan Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches played | 34 |
| Attendance | 398,765 (11,728 per match) |
| Player of the series | |
| Most runs | |
| Most wickets | |
| Official website | psl-t20.com |
2018 Pakistan Super League (also known as PSL 3[1] or for sponsorship reasons, HBL PSL 2018) was the third season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league which was established by the Pakistan Cricket Board in 2015. It featured six teams, which was the first expansion of the league since its formation.[2][3] The group stage took place in the United Arab Emirates, with two playoff matches played in Lahore and the final at the National Stadium, Karachi. The tickets for the final were sold out within three hours.
In the championship game, inaugural champions Islamabad United defeated defending champions Peshawar Zalmi by 3 wickets in Karachi to win the title for a record second time. Luke Ronchi of Islamabad United was named the Man of the Match of the Final, as well as the player of the tournament and the leading run scorer with a total of 435 runs in the tournament. Faheem Ashraf of Islamabad United was awarded the leading wicket taker award although he tied with Wahab Riaz of Peshawar Zalmi with 18 wickets.
Contents
1 Ceremonies
1.1 Opening ceremony
1.2 Closing ceremony
2 Teams and squads
3 Officials
4 Venues
5 Promotion in media
6 Format
6.1 Points table
7 League stage
7.1 Summary
7.2 League progression
7.3 Fixtures
8 Playoffs
8.1 Preliminary
8.1.1 Qualifier 1
8.1.2 Eliminator
8.1.3 Qualifier 2
8.2 Final
9 Awards and statistics
9.1 Most runs
9.2 Most wickets
10 See also
11 Notes
12 References
13 External links
Ceremonies
Opening ceremony
American pop singer Jason Derulo featured alongside Pakistani veterans including Abida Parveen, Ali Zafar and Shehzad Roy in the performance at opening ceremony in Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 22 February. Hareem Farooq and Bilal Ashraf were the hosts of the ceremony. The ceremony also featured Pakistani Sachal Orchestra and firework display.[4] Teaser of Zafar's first Pakistani film Teefa in Trouble was also released.[5][6]
Closing ceremony
Closing ceremony took place at National Stadium, Karachi on 25 March ahead of the final. The ceremony was hosted by Bilal Ashraf. Pakistani singers Ali Zafar, Shehzad Roy, Strings, Aima Baig and Farhan Saeed performed live in front of 33,000 people in the stadium.[7][8][9]
Teams and squads
The 2018 PSL features six team franchises, with five teams which also appeared in previous seasons; and a new team based in Multan.
The player draft for the 2018 season was held in Lahore on 12 November 2017. 501 players, including both Pakistani and international players, were divided into five different categories. Each franchise was allowed to pick a maximum of seven foreign players in their squads, which could have a maximum of 21 members.[10][11][12]
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Officials
Eight umpires and two match referees were included in the officials panel for the tournament. Aleem Dar, Ranmore Martinesz and Tim Robinson will stand in matches during the tournament. Pakistani umpires Ahmed Shahab, Shozab Raza, Rashid Riaz, Khalid Mehmood and Asif Yaqoob will be part of the panel as well. The match referees panel consists of former Sri Lankan ICC match referee
Roshan Mahanama and Pakistani match referee Mohammad Anees.
Venues
Similar to 2016 and 2017 seasons, most of the matches of 2018 season were played in UAE. However, the playoffs and final took place in Pakistan; they were played in Lahore and Karachi.[13] Each foreign cricketer who played PSL matches in the country was paid extra US$10,000 for each of these matches.[14][15][16][17]
The International Cricket Council security team visited National Stadium, Karachi, on 23 October, to ensure its condition.[18][19][20] So, chairman PCB Najam Sethi said on 22 November that the renovation of stadium will be completed in February 2018, to host PSL Final. The tickets for final Match was sold out within 3 hours.[21]
Dubai | Sharjah | Lahore | Karachi |
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Dubai International Cricket Stadium | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium | Gaddafi Stadium | National Stadium |
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 34,228 |
Dubai Sharjah | Lahore Karachi | ||
Promotion in media
The league has been promoted on social media by hashtag #HBLPSL 2018, due to its three-year contract (2016–18) with HBL Pakistan for title sponsorship.[1] Also, the six teams are promoted by #AbKhel6Ka.[22] It has also been promoted by #DilSeJaanLagaDe, the hashtag for the league's official anthem by Ali Zafar.[23][24]
Format
Points table
| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +0.296 | |||||
| 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | +0.028 | |||||
| 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +0.464 | |||||
| 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +0.312 | |||||
| 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | -0.191 | |||||
| 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -0.931 | |||||
- Source: Espncricinfo
- The top 4 teams will qualify for the playoffs
Advanced to Qualifier 1
Advanced to Eliminator
League stage
The league stage of the tournament will run from 22 February to 16 March 2018.[25]
Summary
| Visitor team → | IU | KK | LQ | MS | PZ | QG |
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| Home team ↓ | ||||||
| Islamabad United | Islamabad 8 wickets | Islamabad 6 wickets | Islamabad 33 runs | Peshawar 34 runs | Quetta 6 wickets | |
| Karachi Kings | Karachi 7 wickets | Karachi 27 runs | Karachi 63 runs | Peshawar 44 runs | Karachi 19 runs | |
| Lahore Qalandars | Islamabad Super Over | Lahore Super Over | Multan 43 runs | Peshawar 7 wickets | Quetta 9 wickets | |
| Multan Sultans | Islamabad 5 wickets | Match abandoned | Lahore 6 wickets | Multan 19 runs | Multan 9 wickets | |
| Peshawar Zalmi | Islamabad 26 runs | Karachi 5 wickets | Peshawar 10 wickets | Multan 7 wickets | Peshawar 5 wickets | |
| Quetta Gladiators | Islamabad 6 wickets | Quetta 67 runs | Lahore 17 runs | Quetta 2 wickets | Quetta 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 | Playoffs | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Q1/E | Q2 | F | |
| Islamabad United | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | W | W | |
| Karachi Kings | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | L | L | |
| Lahore Qalandars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Multan Sultans | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||
| Peshawar Zalmi | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | W | W | L |
| Quetta Gladiators | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | L | ||
| 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 (playoffs) to see the match summary.
Fixtures
[a]
22 February 22:00 Scorecard |
Peshawar Zalmi 151/6 (20 overs) | v | 152/3 (19.1 overs) |
Mohammad Hafeez 59 (52) Mohammad Irfan 2/19 (4 overs) | Kumar Sangakkara 57 (51) Wahab Riaz 2/19 (4 overs) |
- Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
- Ibtisam Sheikh (Peshawar Zalmi) made his T20 debut.
23 February 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
Karachi Kings 149/9 (20 overs) | v | 130/9 (20 overs) |
Colin Ingram 41 (21) Shane Watson 3/22 (4 overs) | Umar Amin 31 (31) Imad Wasim 2/19 (4 overs) |
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
23 February 21:00 Scorecard |
Multan Sultans 179/5 (20 overs) | v | 136 (17.2 overs) |
Kumar Sangakkara 63 (44) Mustafizur Rahman 2/22 (4 overs) | Fakhar Zaman 49 (30) Junaid Khan 3/24 (3 overs) |
- Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
- Shaheen Afridi (Lahore Qalandars) made his T20 debut.
Junaid Khan (Multan Sultans) became the first bowler in the team and the second bowler in PSL history to take a hattrick.[26]
24 February 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
Peshawar Zalmi 176/6 (20 overs) | v | 142/9 (20 overs) |
Kamran Akmal 53 (32) Faheem Ashraf 2/37 (4 overs) | Faheem Ashraf 54* (30) Umaid Asif 4/23 (4 overs) |
Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
24 February 21:00 Scorecard |
Lahore Qalandars 119/9 (20 overs) | v | 120/1 (14 overs) |
Brendon McCullum 30 (18) Jofra Archer 3/23 (4 overs) | Shane Watson 66 (42) Sunil Narine 1/40 (4 overs) |
Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
25 February 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
Multan Sultans 113 (19.5 overs) | v | 117/5 (17.4 overs) |
Shoaib Malik 35 (36) Rumman Raees 3/14 (3.5 overs) | Hussain Talat 48* (34) Imran Tahir 3/19 (4 overs) |
Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
25 February 21:00 Scorecard |
Peshawar Zalmi 131/9 (20 overs) | v | 135/5 (19.4 overs) |
Dwayne Smith 71* (51) Mohammad Amir 2/6 (2 overs) | Joe Denly 29 (39) Ibtisam Sheikh 2/25 (4 overs) |
Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.
26 February 21:00 Scorecard |
Karachi Kings 159/7 (20 overs) | v | 132 (18.3 overs) |
Ravi Bopara 50* (34) Sunil Narine 2/18 (4 overs) | Brendon McCullum 44 (30) Shahid Afridi 3/19 (4 overs) |
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
28 February 21:00 Scorecard |
Islamabad United 134/7 (20 overs) | v | 135/4 (17.1 overs) |
Luke Ronchi 43 (26) Hasan Khan 1/12 (2 overs) | Kevin Pietersen 48 (34) Steven Finn 3/35 (4 overs) |
Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
1 March 21:00 Scorecard |
Quetta Gladiators 141/8 (20 overs) | v | 143/5 (19.4 overs) |
Shane Watson 47 (32) Wahab Riaz 2/16 (4 overs) | Tamim Iqbal 36 (38) Shane Watson 1/16 (4 overs) |
Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
2 March 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
Karachi Kings | v | |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
No play was possible due to rain.
2 March 21:00 Scorecard |
Islamabad United 121/9 (20 overs) | v | 121 (19.4 overs) |
JP Duminy 34 (36) Yasir Shah 3/20 (4 overs) | Agha Salman 48 (35) Samit Patel 3/17 (4 overs) |
- Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
- This was the first ever super over in PSL history.
| Super Over | ||||||
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| Delivery | ||||||
| Bowler | Batsman | Runs | Bowler | Batsman | Runs | |
| 1 | Mohammad Sami | Brendon McCullum | 6 | Mustafizur Rahman | Andre Russell | 1 |
| Total | 15/1 | Total | 19/0 | |||
3 March 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
Quetta Gladiators 102 (15.4 overs) | v | 108/1 (16.4 overs) |
Sarfraz Ahmed 30 (33) Sohail Tanvir 3/14 (3 overs) | Kumar Sangakkara 51* (44) Hasan Khan 1/25 (3 overs) |
- Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
- Imran Tahir (Multan Sultans) became the third bowler in PSL history to take a hattrick.[27]
3 March 21:00 Scorecard |
Lahore Qalandars 100 (17.2 overs) | v | 104/0 (13.4 overs) |
Fakhar Zaman 30 (17) Liam Dawson 3/20 (4 overs) | Kamran Akmal 57* (47) Fakhar Zaman 0/1 (1 over) |
- Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to bat.
- This was the first ever victory by a 10 wicket margin in PSL history.[28]
4 March 21:00 Scorecard |
Karachi Kings 153/6 (20 overs) | v | 156/2 (17.2 overs) |
Babar Azam 55 (53) Faheem Ashraf 3/23 (4 overs) | Luke Ronchi 71 (37) Mohammad Irfan 1/16 (3 overs) |
Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
6 March 21:00 Scorecard |
Multan Sultans 183/3 (20 overs) | v | 164/8 (20 overs) |
Sohaib Maqsood 85* (42) Liam Dawson 1/17 (4 overs) | Mohammad Hafeez 56 (41) Sohail Tanvir 3/14 (4 overs) |
Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
7 March 21:00 Scorecard |
Multan Sultans 152/5 (20 overs) | v | 156/8 (19.5 overs) |
Shoaib Malik 65* (43) Mohammad Nawaz 1/18 (3 overs) | Rilee Rossouw 27 (24) Umar Gul 6/24 (4 overs) |
Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
8 March 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
Lahore Qalandars 163/8 (20 overs) | v | 164/4 (17.4 overs) |
Anton Devcich 62 (42) Faheem Ashraf 3/32 (4 overs) | Luke Ronchi 77 (41) Sunil Narine 3/28 (4 overs) |
Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
8 March 21:00 Scorecard |
Quetta Gladiators 180/4 (20 overs) | v | 113/8 (20 overs) |
Shane Watson 90* (58) Usman Khan 1/22 (4 overs) | Imad Wasim 35 (31) Anwar Ali 2/21 (3 overs) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- This was the biggest win in PSL history in term of runs.[29]
9 March 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
Multan Sultans 114 (19.4 overs) | v | 115/4 (18.4 overs) |
Kumar Sangakkara 45 (30) Shaheen Afridi 5/4 (3.4 overs) | Brendon McCullum 35* (35) Shoaib Malik 1/6 (1 over) |
Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.
9 March 21:00 Scorecard |
Islamabad United 182/5 (20 overs) | v | 156/9 (20 overs) |
JP Duminy 73* (54) Wahab Riaz 3/30 (4 overs) | Wahab Riaz 33* (25) Samit Patel 4/34 (4 overs) |
Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
10 March 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
Karachi Kings 188/3 (20 overs) | v | 125 (19.4 overs) |
Joe Denly 78 (55) Hardus Viljoen 2/49 (4 overs) | Sohail Tanvir 34* (29) Shahid Afridi 3/18 (4 overs) |
Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
10 March 21:00 Scorecard |
Peshawar Zalmi 157/5 (20 overs) | v | 158/4 (19.2 overs) |
Dwayne Smith 49 (33) Shane Watson 2/26 (4 overs) | Sarfraz Ahmed 45* (31) Hasan Ali 1/25 (4 overs) |
- Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
- As a result of this match Lahore Qalandars were eliminated from the competition.
11 March 21:00 Scorecard |
Karachi Kings 163/5 (20 overs) | v | 163/8 (20 overs) |
Babar Azam 61 (49) Sohail Khan 3/34 (4 overs) | Agha Salman 50 (45) Mohammad Irfan 2/35 (4 overs) |
- Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
Super Over
Delivery
Lahore Qalandars
Karachi Kings
Bowler
Batsman
Runs
Bowler
Batsman
Runs
1
Mohammad Amir
Fakhar Zaman
1W
Sunil Narine
Lendl Simmons
0
Total
11
Total
8/1
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13 March 21:00 Scorecard |
Islamabad United 185/4 (20 overs) | v | 152 (19.1 overs) |
Luke Ronchi 58 (36) Umar Gul 2/26 (4 overs) | Kieron Pollard 73 (47) Samit Patel 2/11 (2 overs) |
- Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
- As a result of this match Islamabad United and Quetta Gladiators advanced to playoffs.
14 March 21:00 Scorecard |
Lahore Qalandars 186/4 (20 overs) | v | 169/6 (20 overs) |
Fakhar Zaman 94 (50) Hasan Khan 1/3 (1 over) | Rilee Rossouw 42 (22) Sunil Narine 2/22 (4 overs) |
Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
15 March 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
Peshawar Zalmi 181/6 (20 overs) | v | 137/8 (20 overs) |
Kamran Akmal 75 (51) Usman Khan 3/11 (4 overs) | Babar Azam 66 (50) Liam Dawson 3/17 (4 overs) |
Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.
15 March 21:00 Scorecard |
Quetta Gladiators 147/7 (20 overs) | v | 149/4 (18.2 overs) |
Sarfraz Ahmed 43 (30) Faheem Ashraf 3/19 (4 overs) | JP Duminy 54 (47) Rahat Ali 2/33 (3.2 overs) |
Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.
16 March 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
Lahore Qalandars 172/4 (20 overs) | v | 176/3 (18 overs) |
Anton Devcich 70 (42) Hasan Ali 2/24 (4 overs) | Kamran Akmal 107* (61) Yasir Shah 2/40 (4 overs) |
- Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kamran Akmal (Peshawar Zalmi) scored his second century in PSL and the first player to do it.
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16 March 21:00 Scorecard |
Islamabad United 124 (19 overs) | v | 125/3 (17 overs) |
Asif Ali 34 (14) Usman Khan 4/17 (4 overs) | Joe Denly 36 (28) Faheem Ashraf 1/13 (3 overs) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Karachi Kings advanced to playoffs as a result of this match.
- As a result of this match Multan Sultans were eliminated from the competition.
Playoffs
[a]
| Preliminary | Final | |||||||||||
| | 25 March — Karachi | |||||||||||
| 18 March — Dubai | ||||||||||||
1 | 155/2 (12.3 overs) | |||||||||||
| 2 | 154/4 (20 overs) | 1 | 154/7 (16.5 overs) | |||||||||
| 3 | 148/9 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
| 21 March — Lahore | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 157/2 (16 overs) | |||||||||||
3 | 170/7 (16 overs) | |||||||||||
| 20 March — Lahore | ||||||||||||
3 | 157 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
| 4 | 156/9 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
Preliminary
Qualifier 1
18 March 21:00 Scorecard |
Karachi Kings 154/4 (20 overs) | v | 155/2 (12.3 overs) |
Colin Ingram 68* (39) Mohammad Sami 2/20 (4 overs) | Luke Ronchi 94* (39) Tymal Mills 1/32 (2 overs) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
- This was the largest victory in terms of balls remaining in PSL history.
- As a result of this match Islamabad United advanced to the final.
Eliminator
20 March 19:00 Scorecard |
Peshawar Zalmi 157 (20 overs) | v | 156/9 (20 overs) |
Liam Dawson 62 (35) Rahat Ali 4/16 (4 overs) | Sarfraz Ahmed 35 (21) Hasan Ali 2/21 (4 overs) Sameen Gul 2/21 (4 overs) |
- Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
- As a result of this match Peshawar Zalmi advanced to Qualifier 2.
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- As a result of this match Quetta Gladiators were eliminated from the competition.
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Qualifier 2
21 March 19:00 Scorecard |
Peshawar Zalmi 170/7 (16 overs) | v | 157/2 (16 overs) |
Kamran Akmal 77 (27) Ravi Bopara 3/35 (3 overs) | Joe Denly 79* (46) Sameen Gul 1/20 (3 overs) |
- Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Match was reduced to 16 overs per side due to rain.
- Kamran Akmal (Peshawar Zalmi) scored the fastest fifty of PSL (17 balls).
- As a result of this match Peshawar Zalmi advanced to the final.
- As a result of this match Karachi Kings were eliminated from the competition.
Final
25 March 20:00 Scorecard |
Peshawar Zalmi 148/9 (20 overs) | v | 154/7 (16.5 overs) |
Chris Jordan 36 (26) Shadab Khan 3/25 (4 overs) | Luke Ronchi 52 (26) Chris Jordan 2/22 (3 overs) |
- Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.
- Islamabad United won the championship as a result of this match and became the most successful team in PSL history.[31]
Awards and statistics
Most runs
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |||||||||||||||
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| 11 | 11 | 435 | 43.50 | 182.00 | 7001940000000000000♠94* | 0 | 5 | 51 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 13 | 425 | 38.63 | 153.42 | 7002107000000000000♠107* | 1 | 4 | 41 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 11 | 402 | 40.20 | 122.18 | 7001660000000000000♠66 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 11 | 323 | 32.30 | 125.68 | 7001790000000000000♠79* | 0 | 3 | 40 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 10 | 319 | 35.44 | 135.16 | 7001900000000000000♠90* | 0 | 2 | 25 | 22 | |||||||||||||||||
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, Last updated : 25 March 2018
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Luke Ronchi of Islamabad United received the Green Cap.
Most wickets
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR | 4WI | 5WI | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 12 | 18 | 17.22 | 7.75 | 3/19 | 13.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 13 | 18 | 19.11 | 6.90 | 3/30 | 16.6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 9 | 16 | 16.12 | 8.02 | 4/17 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 11 | 15 | 21.46 | 7.60 | 4/16 | 16.9 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 9 | 13 | 14.46 | 6.96 | 4/34 | 12.4 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, Last updated : 25 March 2018
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Faheem Ashraf of Islamabad United received the Maroon Cap.
See also
- Islamabad United in 2018
- Lahore Qalandars in 2018
- Karachi Kings in 2018
- Multan Sultans in 2018
- Peshawar Zalmi in 2018
- Quetta Gladiators in 2018
Notes
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