Karachi Kings keep PSL dreams alive by beating Lahore Qalandars

In a thrilling encounter, Karachi Kings beat Lahore Qalandars by five wickets in the 18th fixture of the Pakistan Super League which was played at the Dubai Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Saturday.

Kieron Pollard played a blistering knock of 45 off just 20 balls, seeing Karachi Kings home on the last ball of the match.

Kings required 14 runs in the final over to chase down the 156-run target set by Qalandars, and Pollard did it in style by smashing a six on the last ball.

Batting first, Qalandars had scored 155 runs for the loss of six wickets in their allotted 20 overs.

In reply, Karachi Kings swiftly pursued the target. Opener Babar Azam lead the chase for Kings, scoring 49 off 42 ball, which included seven boundaries.

Wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan and skipper Brendon McCullum were the leading run scorers for Qalandars with 32 and 31 runs respectively.

Both teams are sporting one change each as Kings have replaced Chris Gayle by Mahela Jayawardene while Mohammad Irfan (Jr) is filling in for Ghulam Mudassar in the Qalandars' lineup.

This is a crucial match as the result would determine if the Qalandars make it to the play-offs.

Karachi Kings' squad

Babar Azam
Kumar Sangakkara (C)
Mahila Jayawardene
Shoaib Malik
Kevin Pollard
R Bopara
Imad Wasim
Sohail Khan
Mohammad Amir
Usama Mir
Usman Khan

Lahore Qalandars' squad

C Delport
B McCullum (c)
Fakhar Zaman
Umar Akmal
Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
G Elliott
S Narine
Aamer Yamin
Sohail Tanvir
Yasir Shah
Mohammad Irfan

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Comments (14) Closed

Shahzad

Feb 25, 2017 06:40pm

If Lahore loses than it is most likely that they would be out of the tournament. It is obvious, as one of the two teams (Lahore or Karachi) would be out of tournament and if Karachi beat Lahore, both would be sitting on 6 points with Karachi at higher run rate. On the other hand, Karachi has to play one more game, against Islamabad. So, in such situation, if they lose to Islamabad than their run rate might go down, how much, it depends, and if run rate do not go below Lahore, Lahore would be out. On the other hand, if they beat Islamabad, there is tie, or no game due to rain, than also Lahore would be out.

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Sara

Feb 25, 2017 06:51pm

If karachi kings want to perform good Bahar Azam should not be playing. Most selfish player just wants to consume the overs and score runs for himself. Useless guys

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Sara

Feb 25, 2017 06:56pm

Babar Azam can only be used in test cricket

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SARA

Feb 25, 2017 08:28pm

Babar Azam highest runs in PSL 2, still the team qualifies almost due to courtesy of Pollard. Selfish player should be replaced by Khurram Manzoor in the next match

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HASSAN

Feb 26, 2017 12:14am

@Shahzad and if ISLAMABAD LOSE THEN ?

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Kau

Feb 26, 2017 12:57am

Very well played karachi.

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Imran

Feb 26, 2017 02:24am

@sara: you seems to have no knowledge of cricket at all. He is also ne the best in business.

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RIZ

Feb 26, 2017 05:46am

@SARA Why don't you join PCB there are several there think like you and no wonder Pakistan cricket going down on international level.

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Waseem Sarwar

Feb 26, 2017 08:12am

@SARA , You look quite biased against Pakistan's best player right now. He has been leading Karachi kings's revival and there is a reason he is top scorer of tournament.

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Sara

Feb 26, 2017 04:40pm

@Imran its more about common sense. Best in the business but that business is not T20. His mind set is to play all the overs and put the pressure on rest of the team. He got the highest runs in PSL but karachi is still praying for play offs.

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Sara

Feb 26, 2017 04:45pm

@RIZ come on you guys are countimg the numbers, take my word for it he will be out of Pakistan T20 side very soon. Player with wishes of playing out 20 overs with out any regard to strike rate can be a top scorer but his side will loose 90% of the matches

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Sara

Feb 26, 2017 04:50pm

@Waseem Sarwar ya sheikh you are looking at the numbers, his mind set is negative not fit for T20 ar all. He is a test player

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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad

Feb 26, 2017 05:39pm

Excellent display of great cricketing talents by both teams in this PSL match played in the United Arab Emirates. It was for sure a scintillating and outstanding batting display by Pollard who hit two sixes in the last over of the match to seal victory for his team. It's awesome to watch top level T/20 cricket like this. However, at the same time, it's bad news for BCCI and its "moves and shakers" in New Delhi who are covertly and overtly using all their resources, influence, power and connections to isolate PCB and discourage international cricketers and global teams to play cricket on the soil of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

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Sara

Feb 26, 2017 05:44pm

@Imran your knowledge and vision is too small, it was pollards heroic innings that saved karachi kings. Pollard used half the number of balls as Babar Azam did to score as many runs. If Babar had played for the team it would not have been so tight at the end. He scored his runs and got out. We need players who play for the team not for themselves.

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Karachi Kings' squad

Lahore Qalandars' squad

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