# Mirpur Royals

Mirpur Royals (Urdu: میرپور رائلز) is a Pakistani professional T20 franchise cricket team that takes part in the Kashmir Premier League. They are captained by Shoaib Malik, coached by former Pakistani cricketer Abdul Razzaq and owned by Abdul Wajid. The team represents the city of Mirpur, the capital of the Mirpur District.

## Team Identity

| Year | Kit Manufacturer | Front Branding | Back Branding | Chest Branding | Sleeve Branding |
| 2021 | | Cutting Edge Builders and Developers | POREF | Aaj News | Fair Deal |

## History
### 2021 season

In first season of Kashmir Premier League, they finished with 3 wins and 2 losses from 5 matches in the group stage. They came third and qualified for the 1st eliminator. Although they defeated Overseas Warriors in the 1st eliminator, they lost the 2nd eliminator to eventual champions, Rawalakot Hawks, even though they scored the highest total in KPL history, it was chased down thanks to a century from Kashif Ali which meant that Mirpur were knocked out of the tournament.

### 2022 season

In July 2022, Shoaib Malik was retained by Mirpur Royals as their icon player.

## Current squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* Ages are correct as of 21 July 2022
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Category | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||||
| 77 | Hassan Nawaz | Pakistan | (1992-01-23)23 January 1992 (aged 30) | Emerging | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2022 | |
| | Arsalan Mehzood | Pakistan | (1998-06-06)6 June 1998 (aged 24) | | Right-handed | | 2022 | Post-draft signing |
| | Hamza Arshad | Pakistan | (1995-03-15)15 March 1995 (aged 27) | Silver | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2022 | |
| | Shan Khan | Pakistan | (2003-06-01)1 June 2003 (aged 19) | Kashmiri | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| | Zaid Alam | Pakistan | (1999-12-24)24 December 1999 (aged 22) | Silver | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2022 | |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 9 | Imad Wasim | Pakistan | (1988-12-18)18 December 1988 (aged 33) | Platinum | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2022 | |
| 18 | Shoaib Malik | Pakistan | (1982-02-01)1 February 1982 (aged 40) | Icon | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2021 | Captain |
| 89 | Haris Sohail | Pakistan | (1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 33) | Platinum | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2022 | |
| | Ali Imran | Pakistan | (1998-02-25)25 February 1998 (aged 24) | Diamond | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2022 | |
| | Ali Razzaq | Pakistan | | Emerging | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| | Umar Hayat | Pakistan | (2001-01-20)20 January 2001 (aged 21) | Kashmiri | Right-handed | Off spin | 2022 | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 27 | Raza-ul-Mustafa | Pakistan | (2003-12-27)27 December 2003 (aged 18) | Supplementary | Right-handed | | 2022 | |
| 61 | Muhammad Akhlaq | Pakistan | (1992-11-12)12 November 1992 (aged 29) | Gold | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2021 | |
| Bowlers |||||||||
| 7 | Abrar Ahmed | Pakistan | (1998-10-16)16 October 1998 (aged 23) | Gold | Left-handed | Left-arm leg break | 2021 | |
| 38 | Shadab Majeed | Pakistan | (1997-06-07)7 June 1997 (aged 25) | Kashmiri | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2021 | |
| 41 | Kashif Ali | Pakistan | (2002-10-04)4 October 2002 (aged 19) | Silver | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | |
| 66 | Izhar-ul-Haq | Pakistan | (2007-04-06)6 April 2007 (aged 15) | Kashmiri | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | Post-draft signing |
| 82 | Sufiyan Muqeem | Pakistan | | Kashmiri | | | 2022 | |
| 86 | Yasir Shah | Pakistan | (1986-05-02)2 May 1986 (aged 36) | Supplementary | Right-handed | Leg spin | 2022 | |
| 99 | Salman Irshad | Pakistan | (1995-12-03)3 December 1995 (aged 26) | Diamond | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2021 | |
| | Faizan Saleem | Pakistan | | Kashmiri | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | |
| | Zubair Lodhi | Pakistan | (1996-06-20)20 June 1996 (aged 26) | Silver | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |

## Captains

| No. | Nat. | Player | From | To | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied (won) | Tied (lost) | NR | SR (%) |
| 1 | | Shoaib Malik | 2021 | present | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 61.54 |

## Coaches

| No. | Nat. | Name | From | To |
| 1 | | Inzamam-ul-Haq | 2021 | 2021 |
| 2 | | Abdul Razzaq | 2022 | Present |

## Result summary
### Overall result in KPL

| Year | Pld | Won | Loss | NR | Tied (won) | Tied (lost) | SR(%) | Position | Summary |
| 2021 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 | 3/6 | Play-offs |
| 2022 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 | 1/6 | Champions |

### Head-to-head record

| Opposition | Span | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied (won) | Tied (lost) | NR | SR(%) |
| Bagh Stallions | 2021–present | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Jammu Janbaz | 2022–present | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Kotli Lions | 2021–present | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Muzaffarabad Tigers | 2021–present | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Overseas Warriors | 2021–present | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Rawalakot Hawks | 2021–present | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Source: , Last updated: 31 January 2022

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Player | From | To | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100 | 50 |
| Shoaib Malik | 2021 | present | 13 | 13 | 419 | 41.90 | 77 | 0 | 1 |
| Muhammad Akhlaq | 2021 | present | 11 | 11 | 300 | 33.33 | 68 | 0 | 2 |
| Sharjeel Khan | 2021 | 2021 | 6 | 6 | 296 | 49.33 | 141 | 1 | 1 |
| Hassan Nawaz | 2022 | present | 6 | 6 | 241 | 40.17 | 68 | 0 | 2 |
| Mukhtar Ahmed | 2021 | 2021 | 7 | 7 | 194 | 27.71 | 61 | 0 | 1 |
Source: , Last updated: 22 August 2022

### Most wickets

| Player | From | To | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 4w | 5w |
| Salman Irshad | 2021 | present | 13 | 50.0 | 21 | 21.57 | 3/25 | 0 | 0 |
| Shadab Majeed | 2021 | present | 11 | 36.4 | 15 | 25.13 | 4/45 | 1 | 0 |
| Amad Butt | 2021 | 2021 | 7 | 25.0 | 11 | 19.54 | 3/20 | 0 | 0 |
| Abrar Ahmed | 2022 | present | 9 | 36.0 | 8 | 33.25 | 2/9 | 0 | 0 |
| Imad Wasim | 2022 | present | 5 | 19.0 | 6 | 21.50 | 2/14 | 0 | 0 |
Source: , Last Updated: 22 August 2022