Magnificent fifty by Mohammad Ikhlaq against Lahore Qalanders, Karachi Kings thrashes Lahore by 86 runs
Karachi Kings registered a magnificent 86 runs win against Lahore Qalanders in the Pakistan Super League season eight.
Karachi kings set a massive 197 runs to chase for Lahore Qalanders. Lahore Qalander’s batting line tried hard to reach 110 runs. Rashid Khan didn’t support Lahore Qalanders in the match due to injury.
Pakistan Super League season eight is on the way to success; Karachi Kings beat Lahore Qalanders by 86 runs. It was bad luck for Qalanders to chase a target of 197 runs in 20 overs. The batting line of Lahore Qalanders hardly manages to cross one hundred. Fakhar Zaman scored 13 runs, and Abdullah Shafique scored two in the first four overs. Qalanders managed to score 20 runs in the first four overs.
Karachi Kings’ bowling line set up a strong field for Lahore batters. Qalanders were stuck in the bowling attack by Karachi bowlers. Lahore Qalanders reached 110 runs in the 19th over with the loss of 9 wickets.
Rashid Khan was a strong player for Lahore Qalanders, but unfortunately, he got a head injury during a match. Later, he got retried due to a severe injury from the Pakistan Super League season eight. A day of bad luck for Lahore as they lost the match at home from Karachi Kings.
Rashid Khan retired from PSL due to a head injury he caught during the match. After his retirement, Lahore Qalanders drop a fall in performance in ongoing matches. In the absence of Rashid Khan, Karachi bowlers thrashed Lahore Qalanders and dominated Lahore Qalanders by 86 runs in the match.
Karachi Kings opted to bat first as the match began, setting up a massive 197-run chase for Lahore Qalanders. Batters faced the bowling attacks of Qalanders smartly and helped to reach the team at 197 runs. Captain Imad Waseem, Imran Tahir, Aakif and Mohammad Umar picked up two wickets each, while James Fuller bowled out one batsman.
At the start of the match, the Kings faced trouble as Haider Ali was gone for 5 out of 8 deliveries in the first two overs. After that, Akhlaq and Tayyab Tahir scored a partnership of 70 runs for Karachi Kings. Tayyab was looking for fifty runs, but unfortunately, he was gone at 40 runs due to a misbalanced partnership by Talat in the 8th over.
Tayyab scored 40 runs on 23 balls, including four and a six. Later, Talat again tried to trouble Karachi batters and picked up the wicket of Wasim Akram. After the fall of the second wicket, King’s wickets continued to fall back to back by Qalanders. At the fourth wicket, Imad Waseem, Captain of Karachi Kings, took charge of the bat and came to the field.
Imad settled up a massive score for Qalanders as he finished his quick half-century against Lahore Qalanders. Imad did the partnership of 52 runs against Lahore Qalanders with Ben Cutting for Kings. Ben Cutting thrashed Lahore Qalanders on the Haris Rauf balls in the late 19th over. Ben Cutting scored 33 runs on 14 balls featuring three sixes and two back-to-back boundaries.
Later in the match, all-rounder Fuller added ten runs on five deliveries that declared Karachi a strong competitor against Lahore Qalanders, setting up a massive 196/7 chase.
For Qalanders, Fakhar Zaman, Hairs Rauf and Talat picked up two wickets each, while Dilbar only picked up a single wicket. Lahore Qalanders lost the match against Karachi Kings by 86 runs. Qalanders tried hard to reach one hundred, but they could not survive the bowling attack of Karachi bowlers.
Both teams played a match in Lahore, and Karachi registered a massive 86 runs win against the Host team in the Pakistan Super League season eight.
