PSL 9: Karachi Kings defeat Lahore Qalandars by three wickets
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Kings scored boundary of the last ball to win contest
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Karachi Kings have defeated Lahore Qalandars by three wickets in a crucial match of the Pakistan Super League season nine (PSL 9) at the National Bank Stadium Karachi.
Eearlier, Qalandars set a target of 178 runs for Kings.
After opening batsman Mirza Baig removed for four in an early blow to Qalandars, Fakhar Zaman and Abdullahd Shafique built a strong second wicket partnership to boost the total as they made 54 and 55, respectively.
After their dismissal, the middle order was removed in quick sessions. However, David Wiese from lower middle order showed fireworks by smashing 24 off 9 to set a challenging total against the hosts.
Zahid Mahmood took two wickets while Anwar Ali and Muzarabani claimed one wicket each.
Earlier, Kings won the toss and elect to field first.
Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi have already qualified for the playoffs
Karachi, who will play their last league match on March 11 against Peshawar Zalmi, must win their final two games and hope that either Islamabad United or Quetta Gladiators lose their remaining matches for them to qualify for the playoffs.
However, the path to the playoffs is quite straightforward for Islamabad and Quetta as they only need one more win to make it to the next stage.
It must be noted that defending champions Lahore Qalandars are already out of the race for playoffs.
Earlier on Friday, Peshawar Zalmi defeated Quetta Gladiators by 76 runs at Rawalpindi last night. Batting first, Peshawar Zalmi scored 196 runs for the loss of eight wickets in allotted 20 overs.
In reply, Quetta Gladiators were all out at 120 runs in 17.5 overs.
On Sunday, two matches will be played in PSL 9. Islamabad United will be facing Multan Sultans at Pindi Cricket Stadium and Quetta Gladiators will be trying to overpower Lahore Qalandars at National Bank Stadium Karachi.
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Rest of the matches will be played as per following schedule:
March 11: Karachi Kings v Peshawar Zalmi, National Bank Stadium
March 12: Quetta Gladiators v Multan Sultans, National Bank Stadium
March 14: Qualifier (1 v 2), National Bank Stadium
March 15: Eliminator 1 (3 v 4), National Bank Stadium
March 16: Eliminator 2 (Eliminator Winner v Qualifier Runner-up), National Bank Stadium
March 18: Final, National Bank Stadium
