In the last match of the league stage in HBL PSL 8, Karachi Kings gave Lahore Qalandars a target of 197 runs to win.
In the match being played at Gaddafi Stadium, Karachi Kings scored 196 runs for 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Muhammad Akhlaq scored 51 runs, captain Imad Wasim scored 45 runs and Tayyab Tahir scored 40 runs.
Karachi Kings first wicket fell in the first over of the innings when 2 fours hitter Haider Ali was caught by Kamran Ghulam off Dilbar Hussain, he scored 8 runs.
After that, Tayyab Tahir came to support Mohammad Akhlaq and both of them batted great and took the team to 79 runs after a partnership of 70 runs. Done, he also hit 4 fours and a six in his innings.
The third wicket of Karachi Kings fell on the score of 83, when Qasim Akram was dismissed for just 3 runs by Lahore Qalandars bowler Hussain Taat.
Captain Imad Wasim came to take over the team after Qasim Akram and thanks to his brilliant batting, he took the team’s score to 117. Hit 2 sixes and 5 fours. Imad Wasim and Akhlaq Ahmed scored 34 runs in the fourth wicket partnership.
Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim was dismissed on the fifth ball of the 18th over with the help of 6 fours for 45 runs off 31 balls. At that time the team score was 169. The sixth wicket of the Kings fell on 185 runs when Ben Cutting hit 3 sixes and After scoring 31 runs off 14 balls with the help of 2 fours, he was left lbw by Haris Rauf.
Irfan Khan, the seventh player of the team, was caught out on the second ball of the last over of the innings at a score of 191, he scored no runs in two balls.
Lahore Qalandars Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan, Hussain Talat took two wickets each, while Dilbar Hussain took 1 wicket.
Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim won the toss and decided to bat first.
Speaking after the toss, Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim said that we should have won three league matches.
Lahore Qalandars captain Shaheen Afridi was rested and today the team is led by David Wassa.
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