# 2020 Pakistan Super League

2020 Pakistan Super League (also known as PSL 5 or for sponsorship reasons as HBL PSL 2020) was the fifth season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league which was established by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2015. It started on 20 February 2020. The league was held entirely in Pakistan for the first time. Karachi Kings won their first title after defeating Lahore Qalandars by five wickets in the final.
The playoff stage of the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In late March 2020, the PCB were looking at whether to declare the winner of the tournament based on the league standings, or to play the matches at a later date. On 2 July 2020, the PCB announced that they plan to complete the season in November 2020. On 2 September 2020, the PCB confirmed the fixtures for the remaining matches.

## Background

In February 2019, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, announced that the fifth season of the tournament will be held entirely in Pakistan. In March 2019, Ehsan Mani, Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board also expressed the desire to host all the matches of this season in Pakistan. On 1 January 2020, PCB announced fixtures for the tournament confirming that the entire tournament will take place in Pakistan.

## Teams and squads

| Islamabad United | Karachi Kings | Lahore Qalandars | Multan Sultans | Peshawar Zalmi | Quetta Gladiators |
| Shadab Khan (c) Luke Ronchi (wk) Amad Butt Faheem Ashraf Asif Ali Hussain Talat Muhammad Musa Rizwan Hussain Dale Steyn Colin Ingram Colin Munro Rumman Raees Zafar Gohar Phil Salt Akif Javed Dawid Malan Rassie van der Dussen Saif Badar Ahmed Safi Abdullah | Imad Wasim (c) Babar Azam Mohammad Rizwan (wk) Iftikhar Ahmed Mohammad Amir Aamer Yamin Usama Mir Umer Khan Alex Hales Chris Jordan Sharjeel Khan Cameron Delport Ali Khan Chadwick Walton (wk) Dan Lawrence Umaid Asif Mitchell McClenaghan Liam Plunkett Awais Zia Arshad Iqbal Waqas Maqsood | Sohail Akhtar (c) Mohammad Hafeez Dilbar Hussain Abid Ali Agha Salman Shaheen Afridi Ben Dunk (wk) David Wiese Haris Rauf Dane Vilas (wk) Salman Butt Usman Shinwari Fakhar Zaman Chris Lynn Samit Patel Seekkuge Prasanna Jaahid Ali (wk) Raja Farzan Muhammad Faizan Lendl Simmons Salman Irshad Maaz Khan | Shan Masood (c) Shahid Afridi Rohail Nazir (wk) Ali Shafiq Mohammad Irfan Mohammad Ilyas James Vince Junaid Khan Moeen Ali Rilee Rossouw Zeeshan Ashraf (wk) Ravi Bopara Sohail Tanvir Wayne Madsen Khushdil Shah Fabian Allen Usman Qadir Imran Tahir Bilawal Bhatti Asad Shafiq | Wahab Riaz (c) Sikandar Raza Daren Sammy Kamran Akmal (wk) Hammad Azam Shoaib Malik Hasan Ali Umar Amin Imam-ul-Haq Kieron Pollard Tom Banton (wk) Liam Dawson Lewis Gregory Carlos Brathwaite Mohammad Mohsin Yasir Shah Rahat Ali Adil Amin Dwaine Pretorius Liam Livingstone Haider Ali Mohammad Amir Khan Aamir Ali Mohammad Irfan Ali Khan | Sarfaraz Ahmed (c) (wk) Umar Akmal Ahmed Shehzad Ahsan Ali Ben Cutting Mohammad Hasnain Mohammad Nawaz Naseem Shah Shane Watson Jason Roy Fawad Ahmed Tymal Mills Abdul Nasir Sohail Khan Khurram Manzoor Keemo Paul Arish Ali Khan Azam Khan (wk) Zahid Mahmood Anwar Ali Omair Yousuf |
| Additional players selected for Playoffs ||||||
| | Sherfane Rutherford Wayne Parnell | Tamim Iqbal Mohammad Imran | Mahmudullah Adam Lyth Joe Denly Brendan Taylor | Faf du Plessis Hardus Viljoen Khurram Shehzad Saqib Mahmood Sohaib Maqsood | |
The players draft took place on 6 December, with the first round taking place on 3 November 2019. Ahead of the draft, each team was allowed to retain up to eight players from their previous squad. On 1 December 2019, PCB announced the retention players list with all six teams retaining a total of 45 players from the previous season.
Ahead of the play-offs, teams included new players in their squad as Faf du Plessis, Khurram Shehzad and Hardus Viljoen replaced Kieron Pollard, Mohammad Amir Khan and Liam Dawson respectively, in Peshawar Zalmi squad. In Multan Sultans squad Mahmudullah and Adam Lyth replaced Moeen Ali and Fabian Allen respectively. Lahore Qalandars replaced Chris Lynn, Salman Butt and Seekkuge Prasanna with Tamim Iqbal, Abid Ali and Agha Salman respectively. While, Karachi Kings replaced Chris Jordan and Ali Khan with Sherfane Rutherford and Waqas Maqsood. On 7 November 2020, Peshawar Zalmi replaced England's Liam Livingstone with his national side teammate Saqib Mahmood after he was included in the national team against South Africa. On 8 November, Multan Sultans's squad members Mahmudullah tested positive for COVID-19 making him unable to take part in the tournament and was replaced by Brendan Taylor, and James Vince was replaced by Joe Denly after he also tested positive for COVID-19. Kings' Mitchell McClenaghan and Zalmi's Daren Sammy were replaced by Wayne Parnell and Sohaib Maqsood respectively. Few days later, Hasan Ali of Peshawar Zalmi was ruled out of the tournament due to back-strain and was replaced by Mohammad Imran, and in Lahore Qalandars squad, Salman Irshad replaced Agha Salman who suffered an ankle injury.

## Venues

The tournament took place entirely in Pakistan. Total 34 matches were played in four venues Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi and Multan. The opening ceremony took place in Karachi. The playoffs were scheduled to take place in Lahore in November 2020, after being postponed for 8 months due to COVID-19 pandemic but were later shifted to Karachi.
| Lahore | Karachi | Rawalpindi | Multan |
| Gaddafi Stadium | National Stadium | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium | Multan Cricket Stadium |
| Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 32,000 | Capacity: 17,000 | Capacity: 35,000 |
| Matches: 11 | Matches: 12 | Matches: 8 | Matches: 3 |
| LahoreKarachiMultanRawalpindi ||||

## Match officials
### Umpires

* Faisal Afridi
* Aslam Bareach
* Aleem Dar
* Michael Gough
* Majid Hussain
* Nasir Hussain
* Richard Illingworth
* Imtiaz Iqbal
* Saqib Khan
* Ranmore Martinesz
* Tariq Rasheed
* Ahsan Raza
* Shozab Raza
* Rashid Riaz
* Asif Yaqoob

### Referees

* Mohammad Anees
* Muhammad Javed
* Roshan Mahanama
* Aziz-ur-Rehman

## Promotion in media

The league was promoted on social media by the hashtag #HBLPSLV and anthem titled #TayyarHain.

### Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was held on 20 February 2020 at National Stadium, Karachi, prior to the first match of the season.
The show began with the national anthem, before a group of drummers and trumpeters performed an instrumental version of the official PSL 2020 anthem. Later, the first performance of the night was a Sufi medley featuring singer Sanam Marvi, qawwals Fareed Ayaz and Abu Mohammad, and the band Soch. This was followed by Sajjad Ali, Aima Baig, Abrar-ul-Haq and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan taking the stage one after another to perform their songs. The ceremony concluded with Ali Azmat, Arif Lohar, Haroon and Asim Azhar performing the PSL 2020 anthem Tayyar Hain, accompanied by a fireworks display in the background.

### Cancer awareness

The childhood cancer awareness day and the breast cancer awareness day were observed on 22 February and 7 March respectively, with the stadiums themed as gold and pink respectively.

## COVID-19 pandemic impact

The later part of the tournament was affected by COVID-19 pandemic. The matches were reduced from 34 to 33 and the playoffs were replaced by knockouts thus shortening the tournament by 4 days. The final was rescheduled from 22 March to 18 March. The matches from 13 March were announced to take place behind closed doors.
As many as eighteen players were confirmed to not take part in any future matches after the increased cases of COVID-19 in Pakistan as well as in the rest of the world, and also to avoid being stranded from their home countries due to border closures, as was the case for New Zealanders Colin Munro, Luke Ronchi, and Mitchell McClenaghan.
On 17 March 2020, it was announced that the knockout stage is suspended after English cricketer Alex Hales showed symptoms of the virus. Hales observed self-isolation on his return to England, whereas PCB released a statement saying that Hales was not the player suspected of coronavirus and instead refused to reveal the identity of the player suspected of having COVID-19.

## League stage
### Format

The six teams played 10 matches each and got 2 points for every win, none for a loss and 1 point for a no result. The top four team in the group stage were qualified for the play-offs.

### Points table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Multan Sultans (3rd) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 1.031 |
| 2 | Karachi Kings (C) | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | −0.190 |
| 3 | Lahore Qalandars (R) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | −0.072 |
| 4 | Peshawar Zalmi (4th) | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | −0.055 |
| 5 | Quetta Gladiators | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | −0.722 |
| 6 | Islamabad United | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.185 |
* The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
* Advanced to Qualifier
* Advanced to Eliminator 1

### Summary

| Visitor team → | IU | KK | LQ | MS | PZ | QG |
| Home team ↓ | IU | KK | LQ | MS | PZ | QG |
| Islamabad United | | Karachi 5 wickets | Islamabad 71 runs | Multan 9 wickets | Match abandoned | Quetta 5 wickets |
| Karachi Kings | Karachi 4 wickets | | Karachi 10 wickets | Match abandoned | Karachi 10 runs | Quetta 5 wickets |
| Lahore Qalandars | Islamabad 1 wicket | Lahore 8 wickets | | Multan 5 wickets | Lahore 5 wickets | Lahore 37 runs |
| Multan Sultans | Islamabad 8 wickets | Multan 52 runs | Lahore 9 wickets | | Multan 6 wickets | Multan 30 runs |
| Peshawar Zalmi | Peshawar 7 runs (D/L) | Karachi 6 wickets | Peshawar 16 runs | Multan 3 runs | | Peshawar 30 runs |
| Quetta Gladiators | Quetta 3 wickets | Quetta 5 wickets | Lahore 8 wickets | Match abandoned | Peshawar 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 | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | E1/Q | E2 | F |
| Islamabad United | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | | | |
| Karachi Kings | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | W | | W |
| Lahore Qalandars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | W | W | L |
| Multan Sultans | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | L | L | |
| Peshawar Zalmi | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | L | | |
| Quetta Gladiators | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | | | |
| 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

The PCB confirmed the fixtures for the tournament on 1 January 2020.
* Match 1 20 February 2020 21:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Islamabad United 168 (19.1 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 171/7 (18.3 overs) |
| Dawid Malan 64 (40) Mohammad Hasnain 4/25 (4 overs) | | Azam Khan 59 (33) Muhammad Musa 3/30 (4 overs) |
* Quetta Gladiators won by 3 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Mohammad Hasnain (Quetta Gladiators)
* Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
* Abdul Nasir (Quetta Gladiators) made his T20 debut.
* Match 2 21 February 2020 15:00 Scorecard
| Karachi Kings 201/4 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 191/7 (20 overs) |
| Babar Azam 78 (56) Hasan Ali 2/52 (4 overs) | | Liam Livingstone 54* (29) Umaid Asif 2/23 (4 overs) |
* Karachi Kings won by 10 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Babar Azam (Karachi Kings)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 3 21 February 2020 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Lahore Qalandars 138/8 (20 overs) | v | Multan Sultans 142/5 (16.1 overs) |
| Chris Lynn 39 (19) Moeen Ali 2/13 (2 overs) | | Shan Masood 38 (29) David Wiese 1/11 (2 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 5 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Imran Tahir (Multan Sultans)
* Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 4 22 February 2020 14:00 Scorecard
| Quetta Gladiators 148/5 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 153/4 (18.3 overs) |
| Jason Roy 73* (57) Wahab Riaz 2/21 (4 overs) | | Kamran Akmal 101 (55) Fawad Ahmed 2/40 (3.3 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 6 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Kamran Akmal (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
* Mohammad Amir Khan (Peshawar Zalmi) made his T20 debut.
* Match 5 22 February 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 164/8 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 165/2 (16.4 overs) |
| Zeeshan Ashraf 50 (29) Amad Butt 4/27 (4 overs) | | Luke Ronchi 74 (45) Mohammad Ilyas 1/17 (2.4 overs) |
* Islamabad United won by 8 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Luke Ronchi (Islamabad United)
* Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 6 23 February 2020 14:00 Scorecard
| Karachi Kings 156/9 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 157/5 (19 overs) |
| Alex Hales 29 (27) Mohammad Hasnain 3/33 (4 overs) | | Azam Khan 46 (30) Imad Wasim 1/20 (4 overs) |
* Quetta Gladiators won by 5 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Azam Khan (Quetta Gladiators)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 7 23 February 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Lahore Qalandars 182/6 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 183/9 (19.5 overs) |
| Mohammad Hafeez 98* (57) Shadab Khan 2/14 (4 overs) | | Shadab Khan 52 (29) Shaheen Afridi 4/18 (4 overs) |
* Islamabad United won by 1 wicket Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Attendance: 12,500 Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Shadab Khan (Islamabad United)
* Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
* Ahmed Safi Abdullah (Islamabad United) made his T20 debut.
* Match 8 26 February 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 123 (18.3 overs) | v | Multan Sultans 124/4 (14.5 overs) |
| Haider Ali 47 (27) Sohail Tanvir 4/13 (3.3 overs) | | Rilee Rossouw 49* (42) Wahab Riaz 2/36 (3.5 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 6 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Sohail Tanvir (Multan Sultans)
* Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 9 27 February 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Islamabad United 187/7 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 190/5 (19.4 overs) |
| Colin Ingram 63* (40) Naseem Shah 2/23 (4 overs) | | Jason Roy 50 (38) Ahmed Safi Abdullah 2/17 (3 overs) |
* Quetta Gladiators won by 5 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match: Ben Cutting (Quetta Gladiators)
* Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 10 28 February 2020 15:00 Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 186/6 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 134 (17 overs) |
| Moeen Ali 65 (42) Mohammad Amir 2/27 (4 overs) | | Alex Hales 29 (21) Imran Tahir 3/28 (3 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 52 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Moeen Ali (Multan Sultans)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 11 28 February 2020 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 132/7 (12 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 116/6 (12 overs) |
| Haider Ali 34 (12) Dilbar Hussain 4/24 (3 overs) | | Samit Patel 34* (15) Lewis Gregory 4/25 (3 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 16 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match: Lewis Gregory (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 12 overs per side due to rain.
* Match 12 29 February 2020 14:00 Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 199/5 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 169/7 (20 overs) |
| Rilee Rossouw 100* (44) Mohammad Nawaz 1/16 (3 overs) | | Shane Watson 80 (41) Bilawal Bhatti 3/26 (4 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 30 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans)
* Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans) scored the fastest century in the PSL (43 balls).
* Match 13 29 February 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Islamabad United | v | Peshawar Zalmi |
* Match abandoned Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak)
* No toss.
* No play was possible due to rain.
* Match 14 1 March 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Islamabad United 183/3 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 187/5 (18.4 overs) |
| Luke Ronchi 85* (58) Umer Khan 1/24 (4 overs) | | Alex Hales 52 (30) Ahmed Safi Abdullah 1/21 (2 overs) |
* Karachi Kings won by 5 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match: Alex Hales (Karachi Kings)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 15 2 March 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 151/8 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 152/4 (18.1 overs) |
| Shoaib Malik 68 (55) Mohammad Amir 4/25 (4 overs) | | Babar Azam 70* (59) Yasir Shah 2/28 (4 overs) |
* Karachi Kings won by 6 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Attendance: 15,500 Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Amir (Karachi Kings)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 16 3 March 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Lahore Qalandars 209/5 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 172 (20 overs) |
| Ben Dunk 93 (43) Ben Cutting 2/36 (3 overs) | | Ben Cutting 53 (27) Salman Irshad 4/30 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Qalandars won by 37 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Attendance: 20,500 Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Ben Dunk (Lahore Qalandars)
* Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 17 4 March 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Islamabad United 198/3 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 127 (18.5 overs) |
| Colin Munro 87* (59) Mohammad Hafeez 1/11 (2 overs) | | Usman Shinwari 30 (14) Rumman Raees 3/29 (3.5 overs) |
* Islamabad United won by 71 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Colin Munro (Islamabad United)
* Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 18 5 March 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 170/6 (15 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 140/7 (15 overs) |
| Shoaib Malik 54 (27) Mohammad Hasnain 4/34 (3 overs) | | Jason Roy 45 (26) Wahab Riaz 3/21 (3 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 30 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat
* The match was reduced to 15 overs per side due to rain.
* Match 19 6 March 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 102/6 (16.5 overs) | v | Karachi Kings |
| Shahid Afridi 35* (17) Imad Wasim 2/14 (4 overs) | | |
* No result Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* No further play was possible due to rain.
* Match 20 7 March 2020 14:00 Scorecard
| Islamabad United 195/5 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 85/2 (9 overs) |
| Shadab Khan 77 (42) Hasan Ali 2/36 (4 overs) | | Kamran Akmal 37 (21) Zafar Gohar 1/11 (2 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 7 runs (DLS method) Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Tariq Rasheed (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Shadab Khan (Islamabad United)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 21 7 March 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Quetta Gladiators 98/9 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 100/2 (11.5 overs) |
| Sohail Khan 32 (35) Samit Patel 4/5 (4 overs) | | Mohammad Hafeez 39* (32) Mohammad Nawaz 2/9 (3 overs) |
* Lahore Qalandars won by 8 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Samit Patel (Lahore Qalandars)
* Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 22 8 March 2020 14:00 Scorecard
| Islamabad United 91/7 (9 overs) | v | Multan Sultans 94/1 (6.4 overs) |
| Colin Munro 25 (12) Imran Tahir 2/13 (2 overs) | | James Vince 61* (24) Shadab Khan 1/30 (2 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 9 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match: James Vince (Multan Sultans)
* Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 9 overs per side due to rain.
* Multan Sultans qualified for the play-offs.
* Match 23 8 March 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Karachi Kings 187/5 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 190/2 (19.1 overs) |
| Alex Hales 80* (48) Maaz Khan 2/31 (4 Overs) | | Ben Dunk 99* (40) Mohammad Amir 1/33 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Qalandars won by 8 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Ben Dunk (Lahore Qalandars)
* Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 24 10 March 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 187/7 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 189/5 (19.5 overs) |
| Haider Ali 69 (43) Shaheen Afridi 3/28 (4 overs) | | Fakhar Zaman 63 (46) Carlos Brathwaite 3/28 (2.5 overs) |
* Lahore Qalandars won by 5 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Attendance: 18,500 Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Fakhar Zaman (Lahore Qalandars)
* Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 25 11 March 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Quetta Gladiators | v | Multan Sultans |
* Match abandoned Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
* No toss.
* No play was possible due to rain.
* Match 26 12 March 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Lahore Qalandars 150/5 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 151/0 (17.1 overs) |
| Sohail Akhtar 68 (49) Arshad Iqbal 2/15 (3 overs) | | Sharjeel Khan 74* (59) |
* Karachi Kings won by 10 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Sharjeel Khan (Karachi Kings)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 27 13 March 2020 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 154/6 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 151/7 (20 overs) |
| Zeeshan Ashraf 52 (39) Rahat Ali 3/24 (4 overs) | | Imam-ul-Haq 56 (41) Sohail Tanvir 3/26 (4 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 3 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Zeeshan Ashraf (Multan Sultans)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 28 14 March 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Islamabad United 136/6 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 137/6 (19.2 overs) |
| Hussain Talat 37 (30) Iftikhar Ahmed 1/12 (3 overs) | | Sharjeel Khan 37 (14) Shadab Khan 2/28 (4 overs) |
* Karachi Kings won by 4 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Sharjeel Khan (Karachi Kings)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Karachi Kings qualified for the semi-finals play-offs.
* Islamabad United were eliminated from the tournament.
* Match 29 15 March 2020 14:00 Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 186/6 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 191/1 (18.5 overs) |
| Khushdil Shah 70* (29) Shaheen Afridi 2/23 (4 overs) | | Chris Lynn 113* (55) Usman Qadir 1/24 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Qalandars won by 9 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Lahore Qalandars)
* Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
* Lahore Qalandars qualified for the semi-finals play-offs.
* Match 30 15 March 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Karachi Kings 150/5 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 154/5 (16.2 overs) |
| Cameron Delport 62 (44) Naseem Shah 2/17 (4 overs) | | Shane Watson 66 (34) Waqas Maqsood 2/19 (4 overs) |
* Quetta Gladiators won by 5 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Shane Watson (Quetta Gladiators)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
* Quetta Gladiators were eliminated from the tournament.
* Peshawar Zalmi qualified for the semi-finals play-offs.

## Playoffs

On 2 September 2020, PCB announced the venue and dates for the remaining four matches, with Gaddafi Stadium hosting all four; matches will be held on 14 and 15, with the Final scheduled on 17 November. However, later the matches were shifted to National Stadium in Karachi due to poor air quality in Lahore.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Final | Final | Final |
| 14 November — Karachi | 14 November — Karachi | 14 November — Karachi | | | | 17 November — Karachi | 17 November — Karachi | 17 November — Karachi |
| 1 | Multan Sultans | 141/7 (20 overs) | | | | 2 | Karachi Kings | 135/5 (18.4 overs) |
| 2 | Karachi Kings | 141/8 (20 overs) | 15 November — Karachi | 15 November — Karachi | 15 November — Karachi | 3 | Lahore Qalandars | 134/7 (20 overs) |
| | | | 1 | Multan Sultans | 157 (19.1 overs) | | | |
| 14 November — Karachi | 14 November — Karachi | 14 November — Karachi | 3 | Lahore Qalandars | 182/6 (20 overs) | | | |
| 3 | Lahore Qalandars | 171/5 (19 overs) | | | | | | |
| 4 | Peshawar Zalmi | 170/9 (20 overs) | | | | | | |

### Qualifier

* Match 31 14 November 2020 15:00 Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 141/7 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 141/8 (20 overs) |
| Ravi Bopara 40 (31) Arshad Iqbal 2/21 (4 overs) | | Babar Azam 65 (53) Sohail Tanvir 3/25 (4 overs) |
* Match tied (Karachi Kings won the Super Over) National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Babar Azam (Karachi Kings)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Super Over: Karachi Kings 13/2 (1 over), Multan Sultans 9/0 (1 over)

### Eliminators
#### Eliminator 1

* Match 32 14 November 2020 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 170/9 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 171/5 (19 overs) |
| Shoaib Malik 39 (24) Dilbar Hussain 3/33 (4 overs) | | Mohammad Hafeez 74* (46) Saqib Mahmood 3/41 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Qalandars won by 5 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Lahore Qalandars)
* Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

#### Eliminator 2

* Match 33 15 November 2020 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Lahore Qalandars 182/6 (20 overs) | v | Multan Sultans 157 (19.1 overs) |
| David Wiese 48* (21) Shahid Afridi 2/18 (4 overs) | | Adam Lyth 50 (29) David Wiese 3/27 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Qalandars won by 25 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: David Wiese (Lahore Qalandars)
* Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.

### Final

* Match 34 17 November 2020 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Lahore Qalandars 134/7 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 135/5 (18.4 overs) |
| Tamim Iqbal 35 (38) Waqas Maqsood 2/18 (4 overs) Umaid Asif 2/18 (4 overs) | | Babar Azam 63* (49) Dilbar Hussain 2/28 (4 overs) |
* Karachi Kings won by 5 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Babar Azam (Karachi Kings)
* Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to bat.
* Karachi Kings are the Champion of HBL PSL 2020 (1st Title)

## Awards and statistics
### Most runs

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS |
| Babar Azam | Karachi Kings | 12 | 11 | 473 | 78 |
| Fakhar Zaman | Lahore Qalandars | 12 | 12 | 325 | 63 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | Lahore Qalandars | 13 | 12 | 312 | 98* |
| Ben Dunk | Lahore Qalandars | 11 | 10 | 300 | 99* |
| Chris Lynn | Lahore Qalandars | 8 | 8 | 284 | 113* |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, Last updated: 18 November 2020 ||||||
* Babar Azam of Karachi Kings received the Green Cap.

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | BBI |
| Shaheen Afridi | Lahore Qalandars | 12 | 12 | 17 | 4/18 |
| Mohammad Hasnain | Quetta Gladiators | 9 | 9 | 15 | 4/25 |
| Sohail Tanvir | Multan Sultans | 10 | 9 | 14 | 4/13 |
| Dilbar Hussain | Lahore Qalandars | 11 | 10 | 14 | 4/24 |
| David Wiese | Lahore Qalandars | 11 | 10 | 12 | 3/27 |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, Last updated: 18 November 2020 ||||||
* Shaheen Afridi of Lahore Qalandars received the Maroon Cap.