The Karachi Kings beat their rivals Lahore Qalandars in a gripping match

The defending champions Karachi Kings defeated their rivals Lahore Qalandars by 7 points in the 27th game of the sixth Pakistan Premier League held at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Thursday to maintain their second place. Championship titles.

After choosing to hit the ball first, Karachi set a goal of 177 runs for Lahore.

Sohail Akhtar and Fakhar Zaman in the Lahore opener led their team to run 38 games, after which the Lahore captain was disbanded by Mohamed Ilias in the final goal of the fifth game.

After five games, the Kings put pressure on Qalandars with a penalty kick and finally reached a climax at Zaman’s wicket. The left-hander was tripped by Imad Wasim for 19 points in the ninth inning when he tried to get out of the crease and attack the captain of the Kings.

In the 10th game, a single out sent Agha Salman to the air-raid shelter, and the Qalandas three fell.

After Babar Azam quickly hit Noor Ahmed’s bowling ball from the final ball of the 12th game, Lahore lost their fourth goal.

Ahmed got the ball again in the 14th game. He fired Mohamed Hafez, leaving Lahore behind by five points. Hafez made 36 of 36 goals and left.

In the 16th game, Lahore needed 24 goals and 64 points. But then Tim David and James Faulkner hit some boundaries between Abbas Afridi and Ilias to keep their team in the game.

The two have established a partnership of 24 balls and 58 times.

When Afridi fired David to regain the benefit of Karachi, the two charges ended. He left after hitting 14 goals and 43.

Mohammad Amir was asked to bowl in the penultimate game of the game and only lost 7 times. This game is crucial because it limits Lahore to the point where it takes 20 points for the last 6 goals.

For Ulysses, these runs were enough, he kept the total points in the final, and Qalandas lost the game by seven points. They ended 169/7 in 20 games.

first round

In the first game, the Kings set a goal of 177 runs for Qalandars, thanks to Babar Azam’s half-century and cameos of Imad Wasim and Denmark Aziz.

The Kings lost their opener early in the game when he tried to hit Shaheen Shah Afridi for 6 shots. The ball did not cross the line and fell into Tim David’s hands on the square leg.

The Kings should have lost more wickets, but the loss ensured that Babar Azam and Martin Guptier remained in the crease until the 13th game.

On the last ball on the 13th, Guptill was fired by Ahmed Daniyal. In the next game, Mohammad Hafeez fired Najibullah Zadran, just when Karachi wanted to raise the stakes.

Babar Azam, who looked undisturbed at one end of the crease, reached his half-century in the 15th game of the game.

In the 16th game, Rashid Khan removed Chadwick Walton and Babar Azam, knocking out the Kings fivesome.

Azam was eliminated with 54 points and Walton left after only 10 runs.

In the past five games, Aziz and Wasim’s 44 unbeaten records have given the Kings a 176/5 lead.

For Qalandars, Rashid took two wickets, while Hafeez, Daniyal and Shaheen each took one.

Play eleven

Lahore Qalandars: Sohail Akhtar (c), Fakhar Zaman, Agha Salman, Mohammad Hafeez, Ben Dunk (wk), Tim David, James Faulkner, Rashid Khan, Ahmed Daniyal, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf

Karachi Kings: Imad Wasim (c), Babar Azam, Sharjeel Khan, Najibullah Zadran, Noor Ahmad, Martin Guptill, Chadwick Walton (wk), Abbas Afridi, Denmark Aziz, Moahmmad Amir, Mohammad Ilyas