PSL 2020: The Lahore Qalandars whipped Karachi Kings with an eight-wicket triumph in the PSL 2020 conflict between the different sides on Sunday.
The Qalandars pursued down the 188-run target set by the Kings easily graciousness the attack of sixes by Ben Dunk, who sent the ball flying a huge multiple times, including the last shot of the match.
Dunk missed the mark concerning a century, anyway figuring out how to accumulate 99 runs off only 40 conveyances.
Sohail Akhtar was the other large hitter who scored 68 off 46 balls.
Both stayed remaining till the finish of the innings, which came at 19.1 overs.
The sole two wickets guaranteed by the Karachi Kings were those of Fakhar Zaman, bowled out by Mohammad Amir for a duck and Mohammad Hafeez (16 runs off 24 balls) got by Cameron Delport off Umer Khan’s conveyance.
The result has given the two sides a not too bad opportunity to fit the bill for the best 4. Karachi Kings are set at the fourth spot with seven focuses while Lahore Qalandars are in fifth spot with six focuses.
Karachi Kings innings
The Kings’ down was impelled by Alex Hales and Chadwick Walton who scored 80 and 45 individually. The high-octane first innings saw Hales and Walton hit five 6s each.
Preceding the organization between the two, the side encountered a consistent fall of wickets — five to be exact.
Sharjeel Khan was the main man expelled, run out by wicketkeeper Wiese off Shaheen Afridi’s ball at 2.4 overs.
The second to go was Babar Azam (38 off 29), got at additional spread by Sohail Akhtar off Maaz Khan’s conveyance at 8.5 overs. The wicket denoted Maaz’s first of the competition.
The adolescent struck again at 1.2 overs, when he bowled and got Delport, who followed scoring 15 off 13 balls.
Delport’s substitution, Iftikhar Ahmed, was the alongside go. He was run out off Fakhar Zaman’s conveyance. His commitment to the all out was a minor run.
The fifth wicket taken was that of Walton’s who set up a great remain of 45 off 20 preceding he was taken out by Salman Arshad’s conveyance.
The Qalandars had won the hurl and chose for field first, leaving the Kings to set the match target.
Pre-coordinate perceptions
The Kings went into this match after their game against Multan Sultans was cleaned out, while Qalandars pounded Quetta Gladiators by eight wickets in their match the previous evening.
For Qalandars, Mohammad Hafeez is the top scorer with 123 runs with a best of 98*. Samit Patel and Ben Dunk, the saints of the previous evening’s games, have both scored 121 runs each.
In the bowling division, Dilbar Hussain and Shaheen Shah Afridi have both picked six wickets each for the Qalandars.
For the Kings, Babar Azam is driving the batting graphs with 187 runs. Alex Hales is the other one pouring in the runs with 159 runs.
Among the bowlers, Mohammad Amir has been great with nine wickets and a best of 4-25.