Muzaffarabad Tigers in 2021

Muzaffarabad Tigers
2021 season
Coach	Mohtashim Rasheed
Captain	Mohammad Hafeez
KPL 2021	2nd (runner-up)
Most runs	Zeeshan Ashraf (284)
Most wickets	Sohail Tanvir (8) ; Arshad Iqbal (8)
	2022 →

Muzaffarabad Tigers is a franchise cricket team that represents Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir in the Kashmir Premier League. They were coached by Mohtashim Rasheed, and captained by Mohammad Hafeez.^[3]^[4]^[5] They lost in the final to Rawalakot Hawks.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Squad[edit]

Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Ages are correct as of 3 July 2021

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Category	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Notes
Batsmen
1	Malik Nisar	Pakistan		Emerging	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2021	Post-draft signing
12	Sohaib Maqsood	Pakistan	(1987-04-15)15 April 1987 (aged 34)	Diamond	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021
75	Taimoor Sultan	Pakistan	(1994-10-04)4 October 1994 (aged 26)	Emerging	Right-handed		2021
N/A	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	(1976-10-14)14 October 1976 (aged 44)	Overseas	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	Overseas
All-rounders
8	Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	(1980-10-17)17 October 1980 (aged 40)	Icon	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	Captain
17	Sohail Akhtar	Pakistan	(1986-03-02)2 March 1986 (aged 35)	Silver	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2021
33	Sohail Tanvir	Pakistan	(1984-12-12)12 December 1984 (aged 36)	Platinum	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2021
48	Anwar Ali	Pakistan	(1987-11-25)25 November 1987 (aged 33)	Silver	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2021
74	Mohammad Wasim	Pakistan	(2001-08-25)25 August 2001 (aged 19)	Diamond	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2021
88	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	(1997-07-22)22 July 1997 (aged 23)	Emerging	Right-handed	Slow left arm orthodox	2021
Wicket-keepers
60	Zeeshan Ashraf	Pakistan	(1992-05-11)11 May 1992 (aged 29)	Gold	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2021
Bowlers
9	Arsalan Arif	Pakistan	(1993-01-05)5 January 1993 (aged 28)	Emerging	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2021
10	Usama Mir	Pakistan	(1995-12-23)23 December 1995 (aged 25)	Silver	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2021
32	Arshad Iqbal	Pakistan	(2000-12-26)26 December 2000 (aged 20)	Gold	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2021
78	Usman Arshad	England	(1993-01-09)9 January 1993 (aged 28)	Emerging	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2021
115	Usman Yousuf	Pakistan		Emerging	Right-handed	Leg break	2021	Post-draft signing
N/A	Tahir Hussain	Pakistan	(2000-12-20)20 December 2000 (aged 20)	Emerging	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2021

Season standings[edit]

Points table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Rawalakot Hawks (C)	5	3	1	1	7	0.228
2	Muzaffarabad Tigers (R)	5	3	2	0	6	0.530
3	Mirpur Royals (3rd)	5	3	2	0	6	−0.323
4	Overseas Warriors (4th)	5	2	3	0	4	−0.032
5	Bagh Stallions	5	2	3	0	4	−0.201
6	Kotli Lions	5	1	3	1	3	−0.107

Source: ESPNcricinfo

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[edit]

Match 3
7 August 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Overseas Warriors 153/8 (20 overs)	v	Muzaffarabad Tigers 156/3 (17.2 overs)
Imad Wasim 34 (30) Usama Mir 3/18 (4 overs)		Sohail Akhtar 58* (24) Kamran Ghulam 2/32 (4 overs)

Muzaffarabad Tigers won by 7 wickets
Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad
Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Usama Mir (Muzaffarabad Tigers)

Overseas Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 7
9 August 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Rawalakot Hawks 175/7 (20 overs)	v	Muzaffarabad Tigers 174/8 (20 overs)
Hussain Talat 47* (35) Mohammad Wasim 3/26 (4 overs)		Mohammad Hafeez 44 (31) Zaman Khan 3/27 (4 overs)

Rawalakot Hawks won by 1 run
Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad
Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Imtiaz Iqbal (Pak)
Player of the match: Hussain Talat (Rawalakot Hawks)

Rawalakot Hawks won the toss and elected to bat
Mohammad Wasim took the first-ever hat trick in KPL history.^[9]

Match 8
10 August 2021
14:00
Scorecard

Kotli Lions 195/4 (20 overs)	v	Muzaffarabad Tigers 196/5 (18.3 overs)
Asif Ali 67 (34) Mohammad Hafeez 1/10 (1 over)		Zeeshan Ashraf 107* (62) Akif Javed 2/46 (4 overs)

Muzaffarabad Tigers won by 5 wickets
Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad
Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Zeeshan Ashraf (Muzaffarabad Tigers)

Kotli Lions won the toss and elected to bat
Zeeshan Ashraf scored the first century in KPL history

Match 12
12 August 2021
10:30
Scorecard

Bagh Stallions 213/4 (20 overs)	v	Muzaffarabad Tigers 214/6 (18.4 overs)
Iftikhar Ahmed 86* (38) Mohammad Hafeez 2/24 (4 overs)		Sohaib Maqsood 59 (40) Aamir Sohail 2/37 (4 overs)

Muzaffarabad Tigers won by 4 wickets
Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad
Umpires: Mohammad Sajid (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Anwar Ali (Muzaffarabad Tigers)

Muzaffarabad Tigers won the toss and elected to field

Match 15
13 August 2021
15:30 (N)
Scorecard

Muzaffarabad Tigers 227/6 (20 overs)	v	Mirpur Royals 231/5 (19.4 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 110 (55) Salman Irshad 2/27 (4 overs)		Khushdil Shah 56* (22) Arsalan Arif 1/15 (2 overs)

Mirpur Royals won by 5 wickets
Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Faisal Afridi
Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Muzaffarabad Tigers)

Muzaffarabad Tigers won the toss and elected to field
Mohammad Hafeez scored his first century in the KPL

Playoffs[edit]

Qualifier[edit]

Match 16
14 August 2021
16:00 (N)
Scorecard

Muzaffarabad Tigers 164/8 (20 overs)	v	Rawalakot Hawks 157 (19.4 overs)
Anwar Ali 57 (34) Mohammad Imran 2/9 (2 overs)		Hussain Talat 52 (35) Sohail Tanvir 4/29 (4 overs)

Muzaffarabad Tigers won by 7 runs
Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Anwar Ali (Muzaffarabad Tigers)

Rawalakot Hawks won the toss and elected to field
As a result of this match Muzaffarabad Tigers advanced to the final.
As a result of this match Rawalakot Hawks advanced to eliminator 2.

Final[edit]

Match 19
17 August 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard

Rawalakot Hawks 169/7 (20 overs)	v	Muzaffarabad Tigers 162/9 (20 overs)
Kashif Ali 54 (29) Usama Mir 2/25 (4 overs)		Zeeshan Ashraf 46 (26) Hussain Talat 3/18 (4 overs)

Rawalakot Hawks won by 7 runs
Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad
Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Aleem Dar (Pak)
Player of the match: Asif Afridi (Rawalakot Hawks)

Muzaffarabad Tigers won the toss and elected to field
Rawalakot Hawks won the 2021 KPL as a result of this match

Statistics[edit]

Most runs[edit]

Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100	50
Zeeshan Ashraf	7	7	284	47.33	107	1	0
Mohammad Hafeez	7	7	194	27.71	110	1	0
Sohaib Maqsood	7	7	194	32.33	60	0	2
Anwar Ali	7	6	156	31.20	57	0	1
Sohail Akhtar	7	7	120	24.00	58	0	1

Source: Score360

Most wickets[edit]

Player	Matches	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	4w
Sohail Tanvir	7	27.0	8	37.12	4/29	1
Arshad Iqbal	7	26.4	8	31.38	2/35	0
Mohammad Hafeez	7	16.0	7	18.14	2/24	0
Usama Mir	6	21.0	7	24.14	3/18	0
Mohammad Wasim	7	28.0	6	44.00	3/26	0

Source: Score360

References[edit]

^ "Kashmir Premier League: Batting Records - Score360". cricclubs.com. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ "Kashmir Premier League: Bowling Records - Score360". cricclubs.com. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ "KPL 2021: Squads & Team List For Each Kashmir Premier League Side". Wisden. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ "Happy to play under Hafeez's captaincy in KPL: Sohail Akhtar". cricketpakistan.com.pk. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ "KPL 2021: Mohammad Hafeez backs Kashmiri talent, wants them to make great strides". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ "KPL 2021 Final: Rawalakot Hawks defeat Muzaffarabad Tigers by 7 runs". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "Afridi-led Rawalakot Hawks crowned champions of KPL 2021 | SAMAA". Samaa TV. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "Rawalakot Hawks crowned KPL champions". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "Watch: Mohammad Wasim Jr. makes history with first KPL 2021 hat-trick". Geo News. 10 August 2021.

External links[edit]

Team Records 2021 at ESPNcricinfo

[1] "Kashmir Premier League: Batting Records - Score360". cricclubs.com. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

[2] "Kashmir Premier League: Bowling Records - Score360". cricclubs.com. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

[3] "KPL 2021: Squads & Team List For Each Kashmir Premier League Side". Wisden. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[4] "Happy to play under Hafeez's captaincy in KPL: Sohail Akhtar". cricketpakistan.com.pk. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[5] "KPL 2021: Mohammad Hafeez backs Kashmiri talent, wants them to make great strides". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[6] "KPL 2021 Final: Rawalakot Hawks defeat Muzaffarabad Tigers by 7 runs". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[7] "Afridi-led Rawalakot Hawks crowned champions of KPL 2021 | SAMAA". Samaa TV. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[8] "Rawalakot Hawks crowned KPL champions". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[9] "Watch: Mohammad Wasim Jr. makes history with first KPL 2021 hat-trick". Geo News. 10 August 2021.

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