Late Dean Jones, the former Australian batsman, and coach of the Karachi Kings outfit in the Pakistan Super League were remembered by the team’s players led by their captain on its historic title win. Babar Azam, the Kings’ captain posted an emotional tweet with Jones’ photo alongside a victorious Karachi Kings, saying that the job has been finally done.
“Deano, job done coach! #Champions #KarachiKings,” Babar tweeted after Kings’ historic five-wicket win over Lahore Qalandars.
But it was not the first time that the newly appointed all formats captain of Pakistan had shown gratitude towards their deceased coach through tweets. Earlier after Karachi reached their first-ever PSL finals in the history of the tournament by beating Multan Sultans in the Super Over, he had tweeted, “This is for you Deano - the first final for #KarachiKings! #GoneButNeverForgotten #DoItForDeano.”
In the finals of the PSL, which was hosted in November in Karachi after the pandemic forced its postponement from March, Kings chased down a mellow total of 135 set up by Qalandars in the nineteenth over itself with 8 balls to spare. The 25-year-old Babar Azam was awarded Man of the Match for his composed innings of 63 not out.
Imad Wasim the spin-bowling all-rounder too thanked and remembered Dean Jones in his tweet after the victory. Imad wrote, “To the people of Karachi and supporters of @KarachiKingsARY: we did it! To @ProfDeano: your Kings miss you. We hope you can see the trophy shine from Karachi all the way up there Red heart @Salman_ARY @wasimakramlive.”
Jones, coach of Karachi Kings and a former coach of Islamabad United in PSL had passed away in September due to cardiac arrest while he was in Mumbai on commentary duties for the Indian Premier League.
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