PSL-6: Karachi Kings set 176-run target for Peshawar Zalmi
Last updated on: 22 June,2021 03:28 am
Babar Azam remained top scorer for Karachi Kings with 53 runs off 45 balls.
ABU DHABI (Dunya News) – Karachi Kings set 176-run target for Peshawar Zalmi in the Eliminator 1 of the sixth edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium on Monday.
Sharjeel and Babar got the early runs for Kings. Babar then carried on despite three wickets falling around him. Perera then helped Kings change gears, and Imad-Amir helped them set a 176 target.
Babar Azam remained top scorer for Karachi Kings with 53 runs off 45 balls. Thisara Perera(37), Sharjeel Khan (26) and Imad Wasim (16) were other main conrtributers.
Overall, the Zalmi bowlers were on the mark. A couple of expensive overs means they ve let Kings score 15 runs more than they d have liked.
Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Sharjeel Khan, 5.5 ov), 2-42 (Martin Guptill, 6.3 ov), 3-73 (Danish Aziz, 11.2 ov), 4-101 (Babar Azam, 14.3 ov), 5-134 (Thisara Perera, 16.4 ov), 6-142 (Chadwick Walton, 17.4 ov), 7-165 (Imad Wasim, 19.2 ov).
Squads:
Karachi Kings: Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Martin Guptill, Danish Aziz, , Thisara Perera, Chadwick Walton, Imad Wasim, Muhammad Amir, Muhammad Ilyas, Noor Ahmad, Arshad Iqbal.
Peshawar Zalmi: Kamran Akmal, Hazratullah Zazai, Imam-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Wahab Riaz, Khalid Usman, Mohammad Irfan, Umaid Asif, Mohammad Imran.