These Are the Best Performers from PSL 2020

PSL 5 came to an end with Karachi Kings defeating Lahore Qalandars to earn their first title. Karachi’s well-disciplined bowling and Babar Azam’s exceptional batting led Karachi to their first-ever PSL title.

The tournament brought forward some brilliant individual performances by world-class cricketers such as Shaheen Afridi, Ben Dunk and Babar Azam. Let’s have a look at the best performers in PSL 5:

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Most Runs

PLAYER MAT INNS RUNS SR HS AVE
Babar Azam (KK) 12 11 473 124.14 78 59.12
Fakhar Zaman (LQ) 12 12 325 128.96 63 27.08
Mohammad Hafeez (LQ) 13 12 312 126.53 98* 39.00
Ben Dunk (LQ) 11 10 300 167.59 99* 37.50
Chris Lynn (LQ) 8 8 284 179.74 113* 40.57

Babar Azam ended as the leading run-scorer in the tournament with 473 runs at an astonishing average of 59.12. He also scored 5 half-centuries in the tournament.

Most Wickets

PLAYER MAT INNS RUNS WKTS BBI ECON AVE
Shaheen Afridi (LQ) 12 12 332 17 4/18 7.11 19.52
Mohammad Hasnain (QG) 9 9 256 15 4/25 8.96 19.13
Sohail Tanvir (MS) 10 9 230 14 4/13 7.54 16.42
Dilbar Hussain (LQ) 11 11 279 14 4/24 8.08 19.92
David Wiese (LQ) 11 10 252 12 3/27 8.40 21.00

Shaheen Afridi led the bowling charts for the tournament with 17 wickets to his name.

Most Sixes

PLAYER MAT INNS 6S BF
Ben Dunk (LQ) 11 10 23 179
Chris Lynn (LQ) 8 8 16 158
Shane Watson (QG) 9 9 16 157
Sharjeel Khan (KK) 12 11 16 157
Colin Munro (IU) 8 8 15 168

Australian six-hitting machine, Ben Dunk, was the leading six-hitter in the tournament. He hit 23 maximums including 12 in one innings against arch-rivals, Karachi Kings.

Highest Totals

TEAM SCORE OPP RR INNS DATE
Lahore 209/5 Quetta 10.45 1st 03-03-2020
Karachi 201/4 Peshawar 10.05 1st 21-02-2020
Multan 199/5 Quetta 9.95 1st 29-02-2020
Islamabad 198/3 Lahore 9.90 1st 04-03-2020
Islamabad 195/5 Peshawar 9.75 1st 07-03-2020

Runners-up, Lahore Qalandars, registered the highest total of the tournament. They scored 209/5 against Quetta Gladiators with Ben Dunk scoring 93 of just 43 balls, including 10 huge sixes.

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Most Catches

PLAYER MAT INNS CT CT/INN
Fakhar Zaman (LQ) 12 12 10 0.83
Mohammad Nawaz (QG) 9 9 8 0.88
Babar Azam (KK) 12 12 8 0.66
Tom Banton (PZ) 7 7 7 1.00
Shan Masood (MS) 11 10 7 0.70

Fakhar Zaman was brilliant in the outfield as he took 10 catches in the tournament, the most by any outfield player this PSL.

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