PSL Imtiaz Ahmed Award Winners: Who Has Been The Best Wicketkeeper In Every Edition Of Pakistan Super League?

Pakistan Super League (PSL) started recognizing the wicketkeepers alongside the batters and bowlers from the second season of the T20 tournament, organized by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

The top run-getter of the edition received a green cap and a Hanif Mohammad award, while the highest wicket-taker of the season bagged a maroon cap and a Fazal Mahmood award. The best wicketkeeper, however, has received the Imtiaz Ahmed award at the end of the tournament.

Imtiaz Ahmed award, named after the second-ever Pakistani stumper, is given to the wicketkeeper, who has executed most dismissals during the PSL season from the second edition of the tournament.

While PCB-organized T20 league started in 2016, the awards were introduced from the 2017 edition onwards. Current Multan Sultans wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan has bagged the award the most times. He even finished the inaugural edition as the best wicketkeeper.

Rizwan has won the award for three seasons in a row now with Azam Khan, Kamran Akmal, Kumar Sangakkara, Luke Ronchi and Ben Dunk being the other recipients of the post-tournament award, which is given after the PSL final. Here is a look at the best wicketkeepers in every season of PSL:

PSL Imtiaz Ahmed Award Winners - Best Wicketkeeper in Every Edition of Pakistan Super League

Rizwan, the current wicketkeeper of the Pakistan national team, also leads the wicketkeeping stats in PSL history followed by two other stumpers who preceded him in the role on the international stage - Kamran Akmal and Sarfaraz Ahmed.

Former players Sangakkara, Ronchi and Dunk also feature in the top 10 list that also includes Azam Khan, Sam Billings and Mohammad Harris. Here is a look at the best wicketkeepers in PSL history:

Most Dismissals in PSL history

Rizwan also has registered the most dismissals in a single edition of PSL, having executed 20 dismissals in the 2021 edition. The next best haul is Kamran's 16 in the same season. The duo also take the third and fourth spots on the list.

Most Dismissals in single edition of PSL

• Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans) - 20 dismissals in 2021
• Kamran Akmal (Peshawar Zalmi) - 16 dismissals in 2021
• Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans) - 14 dismissals in 2023
• Kamran Akmal (Peshawar Zalmi) - 12 dismissals in 2017
• Sam Billings (Lahore Qalandars) - 11 dismissals in 2023
• Luke Ronchi (Islamabad United) - 11 dismissals in 2019
• Mohammad Rizwan (Lahore Qalandars) - 10 dismissals in 2016
• Kumar Sangakkara (Multan Sultans) - 10 dismissals in 2018
• Ben Dunk (Lahore Qalandars) - 10 dismissals in 2021
• Kamran Akmal (Peshawar Zalmi) - 10 dismissals in 2016