# Kotli Lions in 2022

Kotli Lions is a franchise cricket team that represents Kotli in the Kashmir Premier League. Khurram Manzoor was the captain and Mushtaq Ahmed was the coach of the team. Saeed Azad was originally Kotli Lions’ head coach but was replaced by Mushtaq Ahmed. Khurram Manzoor was announced as Kotli Lions’ icon player.

## 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 |||||||||
| 6 | Imran Shah | Pakistan | (1999-06-16)16 June 1999 (aged 23) | Emerging | Right-handed | | 2022 | |
| 12 | Ahsan Ali | Pakistan | (1993-12-10)10 December 1993 (aged 28) | Diamond | Right-handed | Leg break | 2021 | |
| 18 | Naveed Malik | Pakistan | (1995-03-18)18 March 1995 (aged 27) | Kashmiri | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 42 | Khurram Manzoor | Pakistan | (1986-06-10)10 June 1986 (aged 36) | Icon | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2022 | Captain |
| 44 | Khalid Usman | Pakistan | (1986-03-01)1 March 1986 (aged 36) | Gold | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | 2021 | |
| 100 | Omair Yousuf | Pakistan | (1998-12-27)27 December 1998 (aged 23) | | Right-handed | | 2022 | Post-draft signing |
| | Hanif Azad | Pakistan | (1997-08-07)7 August 1997 (aged 24) | Silver | Right-handed | | 2022 | |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 17 | Hasan Mohsin | Pakistan | (1998-01-11)11 January 1998 (aged 24) | Silver | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | |
| 22 | Danish Aziz | Pakistan | (1995-11-20)20 November 1995 (aged 26) | Platinum | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2022 | |
| | Basit Ali | Pakistan | | Kashmiri | | | 2022 | |
| | Mirwais Khan | Pakistan | (1991-05-04)4 May 1991 (aged 31) | | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | Post-draft signing |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 54 | Sarfaraz Ahmed | Pakistan | (1987-05-22)22 May 1987 (aged 35) | Platinum | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2022 | |
| | Abdul Rehman | Pakistan | | Supplementary | | | 2021 | |
| Bowlers |||||||||
| 03 | Mujtaba Ghayas | Pakistan | (1987-07-27)27 July 1987 (aged 34) | Kashmiri | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 | |
| 5 | Nadeem Khalil | Pakistan | (1997-11-01)1 November 1997 (aged 24) | Kashmiri | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2021 | |
| 8 | Khurram Shehzad | Pakistan | (1999-11-25)25 November 1999 (aged 22) | Diamond | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 | |
| 16 | Hassan Khan | Pakistan | (1998-10-16)16 October 1998 (aged 23) | Silver | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2022 | |
| 23 | Irfan Ali Qasmi | Pakistan | | Emerging | Right-handed | Leg spin | 2022 | |
| 97 | Irfanullah Shah | Pakistan | (1995-05-05)5 May 1995 (aged 27) | Gold | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2021 | |
| | Mushtaq Kalhoro | Pakistan | (1997-03-13)13 March 1997 (aged 25) | Silver | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| | Zayyan Khan | Pakistan | | Kashmiri | | | 2022 | |

## Season standings
### Points table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Mirpur Royals (C) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0.409 |
| 2 | Bagh Stallions (R) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0.449 |
| 3 | Overseas Warriors (3rd) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0.207 |
| 4 | Kotli Lions (4th) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0.457 |
| 5 | Jammu Janbaz | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −0.322 |
| 6 | Rawalakot Hawks | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −0.613 |
| 7 | Muzaffarabad Tigers | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −0.699 |
* Top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
* Advanced to Qualifier
* Advanced to Eliminator 1
Notes:
* C = Champions;
* R = Runner-up;
* (x) = Position at the end of the tournament;

## League fixtures and results

* Match 2 14 August 2022 14:00 Scorecard
| Kotli Lions 151/6 (20 overs) | v | Mirpur Royals 152/4 (19.4 overs) |
| Danish Aziz 52* (43) Zubair Lodhi 2/43 (4 overs) | | Ali Imran 84 (57) Khurram Shahzad 3/27 (4 overs) |
* Mirpur Royals won by 6 wickets Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad Umpires: Imran Javed (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Ali Imran (Mirpur Royals)
* Mirpur Royals won the toss and elected to bowl.
* Match 7 16 August 2022 19:00 (N) Scorecard
| Kotli Lions | v | Overseas Warriors |
* Match Abandoned Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad Umpires: Aaley Haider (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
* Match 11 18 August 2022 21:00 (N) Scorecard
| Jammu Janbaz 162/8 (20 overs) | v | Kotli Lions 166/6 (19.2 overs) |
| Sharjeel Khan 81 (48) Hassan Khan 2/11 (3 overs) | | Ahsan Ali 53 (36) Mehran Mumtaz 2/29 (4 overs) |
* Kotli Lions won by 4 wickets Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Nasir Hussain (Pak) Player of the match: Sarfaraz Ahmed (Kotli Lions)
* Kotli Lions won the toss and elected to bowl.
* Match 14 20 August 2022 14:00 Scorecard
| Kotli Lions 86/4 (9 overs) | v | Bagh Stallions 88/4 (7.4 overs) |
| Ahsan Ali 37 (20) Rumman Raees 3/11 (2 overs) | | Kamran Akmal 37 (17) Basit Ali 2/19 (2 overs) |
* Bagh Stallions won by 6 wickets (DLS method) Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad Umpires: Mohammad Asif (Pak) and Mohammad Sajid (Pak) Player of the match: Rumman Raees (Bagh Stallions)
* Bagh Stallions won the toss and elected to field.
* Match reduced to 9 overs per side due to rain.
* Bagh Stallions were set a revised target of 88 runs.
* Match 16 21 August 2022 10:00 Scorecard
| Kotli Lions 156/7 (20 overs) | v | Muzaffarabad Tigers 149/4 (17.4 overs) |
| Khurram Manzoor 37 (34) Arshad Iqbal 2/40 (4 overs) | | Haseebullah Khan 67 (50) Irfanullah Shah 2/24 (3 overs) |
* Muzaffarabad Tigers won by 16 runs (DLS method) Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad Umpires: Saqib Khan (Pak) and Zameer Haider (Pak) Player of the match: Haseebullah Khan (Muzaffarabad Tigers)
* Muzaffarabad Tigers won the toss and elected to bowl.
* Match abandoned due to wet outfield.
* Match 21 23 August 2022 19:00 (N) Scorecard
| Rawalakot Hawks 133/9 (18 overs) | v | Kotli Lions 136/0 (11.1 overs) |
| Amad Butt 47* (24) Irfanullah Shah 3/35 (4 overs) | | Khurram Manzoor 85* (42) Faisal Akram 0/11 (1 over) |
* Kotli Lions won by 10 wickets Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad Umpires: Saqib Khan (Pak) and Zameer Haider (Pak) Player of the match: Khurram Manzoor (Kotli Lions)
* Kotli Lions won the toss and elected to field.
* Match reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
* Rawalakot Hawks were eliminated as a result of this match.

## Playoffs
### Eliminator 1

* Match 23 24 August 2022 19:00 (N) Scorecard
| Overseas Warriors | v | Kotli Lions |
* Match Abandoned Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad
* Overseas Warriors qualified for Eliminator 2 due to their better position in the points table.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100 | 50 |
| Ahsan Ali | 5 | 5 | 168 | 42.00 | 53 | 0 | 1 |
| Khurram Manzoor | 5 | 5 | 130 | 32.50 | 85* | 0 | 1 |
| Sarfaraz Ahmed | 5 | 4 | 119 | 119.00 | 52* | 0 | 1 |
| Danish Aziz | 5 | 4 | 85 | 28.33 | 52* | 0 | 1 |
| Hassan Khan | 5 | 4 | 52 | 17.33 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Cricinfo

### Most wickets

| Player | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 4w | 5w |
| Basit Ali | 5 | 15.3 | 7 | 17.85 | 2/19 | 0 | 0 |
| Irfanullah Shah | 5 | 17.0 | 7 | 20.57 | 3/35 | 0 | 0 |
| Khurram Shahzad | 5 | 16.0 | 5 | 31.80 | 3/27 | 0 | 0 |
| Danish Aziz | 4 | 11.0 | 3 | 27.33 | 2/27 | 0 | 0 |
| Hassan Khan | 5 | 14.2 | 3 | 35.67 | 2/11 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Cricinfo