Overseas Warriors

اوورسیز وارئیرز
League	Kashmir Premier League
Personnel
Captain	Asad Shafiq
Coach	Azam Khan
Owner	Zeeshan Altaf Lohya
Team information
Colors
Founded	2021; 3 years ago (2021)
History
KPL wins	0
T20 kit

Seasons
2021 2022

The Overseas Warriors (Urdu: اوورسیز وارئیرز) is a Pakistani professional T20 franchise cricket team who compete in the Kashmir Premier League.^[1] They were established in 2021 following the announcement of the Kashmir Premier League by the PCB. The team is captained by Asad Shafiq and coached by Azam Khan. The franchise represents the Kashmiri diaspora.

History

2021 season

In the group stage, they won 2 matches and lost 3 but due to them having a better net run rate they qualified for the 1st eliminator ahead of Bagh Stallions.^[2][3] They were knocked out in the 1st eliminator as they were defeated by 4 wickets by Mirpur Royals.^[4]

2022 season

In July 2022, Asad Shafiq was announced as Overseas Warriors’ icon player.

Team identity

Year	Kit Manufacturer	Front Branding	Back Branding	Chest Branding	Sleeve Branding
2021		Inverex		Fruit Nation	Lush Hum News

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
1	Malik Nisar	Pakistan		Kashmiri	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2022
81	Asad Shafiq	Pakistan	(1986-01-28)28 January 1986 (aged 36)	Icon	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2022	Captain
	Hanan Ahmed	Pakistan		Kashmiri			2022
	Khawaja Nafay	Pakistan	(2002-02-13)13 February 2002 (aged 20)	Emerging	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2022
	Hashim Ali	Pakistan		Kashmiri	Left-handed		2022
All-rounders
15	Saif Badar	Pakistan	(1998-07-03)3 July 1998 (aged 24)	Gold	Right-handed	Leg break	2022
27	Muhammad Shehzad	Pakistan	(2004-02-05)5 February 2004 (aged 18)	Silver	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022
29	Mohammad Imran	Pakistan	(1996-12-25)25 December 1996 (aged 25)	Diamond	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2022
31	Bilal Asif	Pakistan	(1985-09-24)24 September 1985 (aged 36)	Silver	Right-handed	Off spin	2022
77	Adil Amin	Pakistan	(1990-12-13)13 December 1990 (aged 31)	Silver	Right-handed	Off spin	2022
98	Kamran Ghulam	Pakistan	(1995-10-10)10 October 1995 (aged 26)	Platinum	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2021
	Nosherwan Ibrahim	Pakistan					2022	Post-draft signing
	Umer Zeeshan	United Arab Emirates		Emerging	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2022
Wicket-keepers
23	Azam Khan	Pakistan	(1998-08-10)10 August 1998 (aged 23)	Platinum	Right-handed		2021
Bowlers
13	Umaid Asif	Pakistan	(1984-03-30)30 March 1984 (aged 38)	Gold	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022
14	Sohail Khan	Pakistan	(1984-03-06)6 March 1984 (aged 38)	Diamond	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2021
	Ali Shafiq	Pakistan	(1996-11-16)16 November 1996 (aged 25)	Silver	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022
	Farhan Shafiq	Pakistan	(1999-12-05)5 December 1999 (aged 22)	Kashmiri	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2022
	Saad Asif	Pakistan		Kashmiri			2022
	Sameer Khan	Pakistan	(2006-10-21)21 October 2006 (aged 15)	Supplementary	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2022
	Shayan Raza	Pakistan	(2006-09-19)19 September 2006 (aged 15)	Supplementary	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2022

Captains

No.	Nat.	Player	From	To	Mat	Won	Lost	Tie	NR	SR (%)
1		Imad Wasim	2021	2021	6	2	4	0	0	33.33
2		Asad Shafiq	2022	present	5	3	1	0	1	60.00

Coaches

No.	Nat.	Name	From	To
1		Mushtaq Ahmed	2021	2021
2		Azam Khan	2022	present

Result summary

Overall result in KPL

Year	Pld	Won	Loss	NR	Tied	SR(%)	Position	Summary
2021	6	2	4	0	0	33.33	4/6	Play-offs

Head-to-head record

Opposition	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied (won)	Tied (lost)	NR	SR(%)
Bagh Stallions	2021–present	1	1	0	0	0	0	100.00
Jammu Janbaz	2022–present	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00
Kotli Lions	2021–present	2	0	1	0	0	1	0.00
Mirpur Royals	2021–present	3	1	2	0	0	0	33.33
Muzaffarabad Tigers	2021–present	2	1	1	0	0	0	50.00
Rawalakot Hawks	2021–present	2	2	0	0	0	0	100.00

Source:,^[5] Last updated: 31 January 2022

Statistics

Most runs

Nat.	Player	From	To	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100	50
	Kamran Ghulam	2021	present	11	10	237	29.62	47	0	0
	Azam Khan	2021	present	11	11	222	24.67	51	0	1
	Asad Shafiq	2022	present	5	4	221	55.25	112	1	1
	Nasir Nawaz	2021	2021	6	6	209	34.83	66	0	2
	Haider Ali	2021	2021	5	5	189	47.25	91	0	2

Source:,^[6] Last updated: 21 November 2021

Most wickets

Nat.	Player	From	To	Matches	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	4w	5w
	Sohail Khan	2021	present	10	36.1	15	21.80	3/14	0	0
	Abbas Afridi	2021	2021	5	17.0	7	20.00	5/18	0	1
	Muhammad Musa	2021	2021	6	23.0	6	36.66	3/27	0	0
	Farhan Shafiq	2022	present	4	10.5	5	13.00	2/16	0	0
	Ali Shafiq	2022	present	3	12.0	3	19.60	2/31	0	0

Source:,^[7] Last Updated: 21 November 2021

References

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