In the 19th match of PSL 8, Islamabad United defeated Karachi Kings by 6 wickets by achieving a difficult target of 201 runs thanks to Azam Khan’s brilliant batting.
Azam Khan scored 74 runs off 41 balls and played an important role in the victory of Islamabad by 6 wickets, Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim’s innings of 92 runs off 54 balls also went in vain.
In the match played at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim won the toss and decided to bat first. On behalf of Karachi Kings, Sharjeel Khan and Adam Rossington opened the innings, but Sharjeel Khan scored only 8 runs for Roman Raees. Bowled on the ball, Rossington was also dismissed for 20 runs while Tayyab Tahir scored 19 runs and Shoaib Malik scored 12 runs.
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Imad Wasim batted brilliantly with Irfan Khan Niazi to advance the team’s score and scored 201 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Imad Wasim hit 2 sixes and 11 fours on 54 balls. He remained not out by scoring 92 runs while Irfan Khan Niazi played an innings of 30 runs.
On behalf of Islamabad, Tom Curran dismissed two players while Faheem Ashraf, Ruman Raees and Hasan Ali got one wicket each.
A treat of a match where the @KarachiKingsARY skipper batted superbly in the first innings and then @MAzamKhan45 stole the show in the second. @IsbUnited have arrived in their city! #SabSitarayHumaray l #HBLPSL8 I #IUvKK pic.twitter.com/MyJWXaLQlB
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 3, 2023
Chasing the target of 202 runs, Islamabad K’s first wicket fell for 12 runs while Alex Hales was also bowled for a total of 62 while Rasi van der Dusen was also bowled for 22 runs.
After the fall of three wickets, Azam Khan and Faheem Ashraf batted responsibly and not only advanced the team’s score but also laid the foundation of victory for their team, but Faheem Ashraf was run out after scoring 41 runs. gone.
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— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 3, 2023
On the other hand, Azam Khan once again showed a brilliant batting performance and led his team to victory by playing an unbeaten inning of 74 runs off 41 balls. Azam Khan was declared a male field.
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— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 3, 2023
It should be remembered that in PSL 8, Karachi and Islamabad were competing for the second time. In the first match too, Islamabad United defeated Karachi Kings by 4 wickets.
Karachi Kings have lost 6 matches and won only 2 in the tournament so far, making it almost impossible for Imad XI to qualify for the play-offs and face a do-or-die stage.