Karachi Kings beat Lahore Qalandars by 5 wickets in PSL

by Alastair Symondson Thursday 28 February 2019

Karachi Kings President, Wasim Akram, pleased with the result today

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Karachi Kings won the toss and decided to bowl against Lahore Qalandars at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai today, in the PSL.

Match Summary

Lahore Qalandars 133-5 (AB de Villiers 33, Sohail Akhtar 29*, Corey Anderson 22; Iftikhar Ahmed 2-4)

Karachi Kings 134-5 (Liam Livingstone 38, Iftikhar Ahmed 33* ; Sandeep Lamichhane 2-17)

Result – Karachi Kings won by 5 wickets

Scorecard

Tournament Stats and Points Table

Karachi has a new HERO! @Ifti221 wins it for @KarachiKingsARY with his all round performance.#HBLPSL #KhelDeewanoKa #KKvLQ pic.twitter.com/WCcfoe7dxy
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) 28 February 2019

Asked to bat first, Lahore Qalandars scored a below par 133-5 with AB de Villiers 33, Sohail Akhtar 29* and Corey Anderson 22 the main run getters and Iftikhar Ahmed 2-4, the star with the ball for Karachi Kings.

In reply, Karachi Kings just got over the line, with 5 balls to spare - Liam Livingstone 38 and Iftikhar Ahmed 33* the mainstays with the bat and Sandeep Lamichhane 2-17, the pick of the bowlers for Lahore Qalandars.

Karachi Kings - Babar Azam, Colin Munro, Liam Livingstone, Colin Ingram, Aaron Summers, Imad Wasim(c), Aamer Yamin, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Amir, Umer Khan, Mohammad Rizwan(wk)

Lahore Qalandars - Fakhar Zaman(c), Gauhar Ali(wk), Haris Sohail, AB de Villiers, Corey Anderson, David Wiese, Sohail Akhtar, Sandeep Lamichhane, Yasir Shah, Haris Rauf, Aizaz Cheema