Hasan opens up about 'leader' Warner
Hasan Ali, who recently became the leading wicket-taker in the history of the HBL PSL, is also leading the bowling charts in HBL PSL X for Karachi Kings with 13 wickets in six matches.
Karachi Kings is the third franchise, which he is representing in his 10-year HBL PSL career, after having made his HBL PSL debut for Peshawar Zalmi against Karachi Kings in February 2016 as a 22-year-old.
Prior to the HBL PSL, he returned to competitive cricket for Sialkot Region in the National T20 Cup 2025 after a nine-month hiatus due to an elbow injury. He immediately made an impact by winning the best bowler of the tournament with 13 wickets in four matches at average of 10.38.
Currently his wicket-tally in HBL PSL sits at 121 scalps in 88 matches at an average of 22.09, eight better of Wahab Riaz, who represented Peshawar Zalmi in as many matches till HBL PSL 8. Hasan overtook the left-arm pacer when he dismissed Hasan Nawaz against Quetta Gladiators at the National Bank Stadium on 18 April.
Hasan, who has also sent down the most overs in HBL PSL history with 332.1 overs to his name, talked to the PCB Digital regarding the ongoing HBL PSL season and shed light on his performances, "I'm satisfied with my performance as I'm leading the bowling charts after six games for Karachi Kings. It feels great when you take wickets for your team regularly."
Regarding his bowling rhythm in HBL PSL X, where he has snapped 13 wickets at an average of 14.85, he remarked, "I haven't made any major changes to my bowling, instead, I've modified the basics of my bowling and worked on my fitness and diet, which has helped me a lot this season."
Australia's David Warner is currently leading Karachi Kings, who have won three and lost as many so far, and Hasan is carrying out the vice-captain duties. He shed light on his experience, "I'm enjoying the responsibility of being the vice-captain of one of the biggest HBL PSL franchises. With such responsibilities you do get a lot of confidence, which helps in your own performances as well.
"The best thing about Warner is that he is a team man and has vast experience of playing the game around the globe. He has served Australia for a long time and the young players in our squad are learning a lot from him. I would like to thank him for coming over to play in his maiden HBL PSL season and well done to the league management and PCB for bringing him to Pakistan."
In their recent most game against Quetta Gladiators, Karachi went down by a mere five runs and regarding the loss, Hasan said, "We had taken that game lightly given that we were on the course to win it. Cricket is a funny game and the matches can turnaround in one or two overs in the short format.
"Anyways, we are still in a good position on the table and in our remaining four matches, we'll look to end up in the top two positions."
Hasan is looking forward to Karachi's return match against arch-rivals Lahore and answering to a question regarding crowds he replied, "As players we always want to play infront of bigger crowds and we are looking forward to our 4 May fixture against Lahore Qalandars. I hope the crowds turn out in big numbers and we entertain them with our skills.
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