In the first round match of the seventh edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL), Islamabad United defeated Karachi Kings by 42 runs after a ...
In the first round match of the seventh edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL), Islamabad United defeated Karachi Kings by 42 runs after a one-sided contest.
Chasing the target of 178 runs, Karachi Kings scored 135 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Muhammad Nabi remained prominent by scoring 47 runs.
It should be noted that this is the fifth consecutive failure in the Karachi Kings event.
In the match played at National Stadium Karachi, Islamabad United captain Shadab Khan won the toss and elected to bat first.
Islamabad scored 177 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Paul Sterling remained prominent by scoring 39 runs.
Islamabad United's innings
Islamabad's innings got off to a good start with a 66-run partnership between opener Alex Hales and Paul Sterling.
However, Hales was dismissed for 30 off 21 balls. Islamabad suffered another loss in the form of setter Paul Sterling, who returned to the pavilion with 39 runs.
After losing 2 wickets, a 55-run partnership was formed between captain Shadab Khan and Colin Monroe which took the team's total score to 130. However, Shadab was dismissed for 34 off 19 balls.
Apart from this, Monroe scored 33 and Asif Ali 10 runs while Azam Khan and Fahim Ashraf remained unbeaten.
For Karachi, Chris Jordan took two wickets while Emad Wasim, Usman Shinwari, Ameed Asif and Muhammad Nabi took one wicket each.
Karachi Kings innings
In pursuit of the target of 178 runs, Karachi Kings did not have a good start at all and on a total score of only 6 runs, aggressive batsman Sharjeel Khan was run out for 6 runs, after which captain Babar Azam also failed to score big and 8 After scoring runs, they returned to the pavilion.
Karachi had to bear the third loss in the form of EN Kokbin, he left the team with only 2 runs while Sahibzada Farhan scored 25 runs.
In addition, Chaos Georgie 15 and Emad Wasim 9 runs were out.
After losing 8 wickets for 83 runs, Mohammad Nabi put up some resistance but he also failed to give the Karachi Kings their first victory in the event. Nabi remained unbeaten on 47 runs.
For Islamabad, captain Shadab Khan once again bowled brilliantly and took 4 wickets.
Shadab Khan has become the first bowler to take 4 wickets in 3 consecutive matches in PSL.
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