PSL Matches: Karachi Kings defeat Lahore Qalandars by 2 wickets

PSL Match

Karachi Lords on Saturday foisted a two-gate defeat on Lahore Qalandars in a dramatic hassle held at the Gaddafi Stadium during the ongoing Pakistan Super League( PSL) season nine.

Lords chased down the 176-run target on the last ball of the final over to hand Qalandars their fourth straight loss of the season. 11 runs were demanded in the final over with Hasan Ali and Irfan Khan Niazi in the middle with incentive Ahsan Bhatti brushing the over for the lords. Hasan smacked six to reduce the periphery to five runs in PSL Match.

The brace minced in with mates and doubled but Haris Rauf’s stunning catch gave Qalandars a stopgap. Mir Hamza faced the final delivery with one demand of the final coliseum. His inside edge put lords across the finish line.

The lords did not have a great launch to the chase, losing four lattices in the powerplay in PSL Match. Kieron Pollard partnered with Shoaib Malik in the middle to make a cooperation. The brace accumulated 95 runs for the fifth gate, with Pollard scoring 58 off 33 balls, including five sixes and a four.

Malik anchored with 39 off 32 balls, while Irfan Khan remained not out on 12 off 10 balls. Zaman Khan was the name bowler for the Qalandars, claiming numbers of 2/19, while Haris Rauf conceded 22 runs with one gate in his four-over spell. before, Shan Masood decided to club first, and Mir Hamza made a brilliant launch with the ball, dismissing Fakhar Zaman( 6) in the third over.

Sahibzada Farhan and Rassie van der Dussen( 26) also formed a solid cooperation of 36 runs from as numerous balls before Tabraiz Shamsi dismissed his South African teammate LBW while trying a slog reach. Farhan held firm amidst provident bowling by Karachi lords, reducing Lahore Qalandars to 90- 4 within 13 overs.

Shai Hope played a quick gem of 21 runs from 13 balls, featuring one six and two boundaries, before trying to clear the boundary again, only to be caught by Shoaib Malik. George Linde joined Farhan with the scoreboard at 121- 6, and they turned effects around with a quick 54-run cooperation from 26 balls, lifting the platoon’s aggregate to 175 in their allocated 20 overs.

Farhan carried his club through the innings with an unbeaten 72 off 45, including four boundaries and numerous sixes. Meanwhile, Linde scored 26 runs at a strike rate of 200, with the help of three boundaries, including one six. For Karachi lords, Hamza, Shamsi, and Hasan Ali claimed two lattices each. Here is the link to previous PSL Matches.