Pakistan Super League 2020

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The 2020 Pakistan Super League will be remembered above all as the COVID-19 edition — a tournament that began with full stadiums in February and ended eight months later in an empty, eerily silent National Stadium in November. When the pandemic forced a suspension in mid-March with the tournament incomplete, the cricketing world wondered whether it would ever resume. The PCB persisted, creating a bio-bubble in Karachi and completing the remaining fixtures in November 2020. No fans were permitted. The atmosphere was surreal. Karachi Kings, playing on their home ground, won the title they had long promised — defeating Lahore Qalandars by 5 wickets. Babar Azam's 63* in the final was the decisive innings, confirming his status as Pakistan's premier white-ball batsman. Lahore Qalandars, who had acquired a reputation as the PSL's perennial underachievers, reached their first final — a significant milestone for the franchise and its enormous fanbase. For Karachi cricket and the Kings' loyal supporters, who had waited through the whole league's history without a title, the victory — however muted by the circumstances — was everything. The PSL had survived its biggest external challenge.

Key Highlights

• 1Karachi Kings won their first PSL title — played in a COVID-19 bio-bubble behind closed doors in November 2020
• 2Babar Azam scored 63* in the final to win Player of the Match — one of the key moments in his rise to PSL greatness
• 3The tournament started in February 2020 but was suspended in March due to COVID-19 — resumed and completed 8 months later
• 4No spectators were allowed in the stands — the eerie silence of an empty National Stadium was unlike any PSL final before
• 5Lahore Qalandars reached their first PSL final — their journey from perennial underachievers to finalists was remarkable

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