In the Pakistan Super League, Karachi Kings’ win-win streak continues, while Islamabad United have once once more secured the second position on the points table of the tournament.
In the match once morest Islamabad United in Rawalpindi on Thursday, Karachi Kings had a chance to grab the fourth position on the points table but they might not do so.
Islamabad United achieved the target of 151 runs with the loss of five wickets eight balls early thanks to Haider Ali’s quick innings following Agha Salman and Shadab Khan.
Karachi Kings defended 150 runs with good fast and swing bowling and two wickets fell early but following that the partnership between captain Shadab Khan and Salman Ali Agha did not give Karachi Kings a chance to come back.
Shadab and Salman Ali Agha scored 58 runs together, from which the body language of Karachi Kings fielders seemed to have given up.
Meanwhile, there was also a bitter verbal incident between Shadab and Shaan Masood apparently over a review issue, on which some people said that the partnership put pressure on Shaan Masood, which led to this incident.
Empires immediately stepped forward and separated the two players before the heated exchange might escalate.
Immediately following this incident, first Salman Ali Agha returned to the pavilion following giving a catch and then Azam Khan and Shadab were also dismissed.
In such a situation, Karachi Kings had a chance to return to the match, but Haider Ali and Faheem Ashraf, the batsmen who came to the crease, appeared to be in a hurry.
Haider Ali, who has been out of form and under fire for a long time, showed his talent once once more today, albeit for a short time.
Haider Ali scored 26 runs off 16 balls with the help of one six and two fours and remained unbeaten while Faheem Ashraf scored 12 runs off eight balls.
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The bowling story of Karachi Kings is what was seen in the whole tournament. The most prominent bowler for them was Mir Hamza, who took three wickets but also conceded 41 runs in four overs.
Earlier, Karachi Kings scored 150 runs for the loss of seven wickets in the allotted 20 overs while batting first.
The highest run-scorer was once Kieron Pollard who scored 39 off 28 balls which included three sixes and three fours.
Kieron Pollard has been the only batsman in this tournament for Karachi Kings who has consistently played an important role in getting the team out of trouble.
On the other hand, Islamabad United once once more showed good bowling today. Even in the absence of Naseem Shah, he did not give the Kings batsmen an easy chance to score runs.
On behalf of Islamabad United, Tamil Mills took three wickets, Faheem Ashraf took two wickets, while Haneen Shah and Imad Wasim took one wicket each.
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2024-07-20 18:45:53
