Karachi Kings beat Lahore Qalandars by two wickets in a thrilling match at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday. It is consecutive fourth defeat to Lahore Qalandars as it could not win even a single match so far.
The KIngs won the toss and decided to bowl first against Lahore Qalandars in the 10th match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) Season 9 on Saturday.
Earlier, Sahibzada Farhan powered Lahore Qalandars to set a target of 170-run to Karachi Kings in the 10th match of Pakistan Super League season 9 being played at Qaddafi Stadium Lahore on Saturday.
Sahibzada Farhan and George Linde blitz in last overs guided Lahore Qalandars to score 175 runs after the loss of six wickets.
Karachi Kings invited the home team to bat first and started brilliantly with the ball as Mir Hamza sent Fakhar Zaman (6) back in the third over.
Sahibzada Farhan and Rassie van der Dussen (26) then knitted an anchoring partnership of 36 runs from as many balls before Tabraiz Shamsi got his South African teammate lbw while attempting a slog sweep.
Farhan stayed firm amidst economical bowling by Karachi Kings, which reduced Lahore Qalandars to 90-4 inside 13 overs.
Shai Hope then played a quick cameo of 21 runs from 13 balls featuring one six and two boundaries before he attempted to clear the boundary again only to get caught by Shoaib Malik.
George Linde joined Farhan with the scoreboard reading 121-6 but they turned things around with a quick 54-run partnership from 26 balls to lift the team’s total to 175 in their allocated 20 overs.
Farhan carried his bat through the innings with an unbeaten 72 off 45, which included four boundaries and as many sixes.
Meanwhile, Linde scored 26 runs at a strike rate of 200 with the help of three boundaries including one six.
For Karachi Kings, Hamza, Shamsi and Hasan Ali claimed two wickets each.
Lahore Qalandars Playing XI: Fakhar Zaman, Sahibzada Farhan, Rassie van der Dussen, Shai Hope (wk), Sikandar Raza, George Linde, Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti, Jahandad Khan, Shaheen Afridi (c), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan
Karachi Kings Playing XI: Shan Masood (c), Mohammad Akhlaq (wk), James Vince, Shoaib Malik, Kieron Pollard, Mohammad Nawaz, Irfan Khan Niazi, Daniel Sams, Hasan Ali, Mir Hamza, Tabraiz Shamsi.—Agencies
