RAWALPINDI: In the 24th match of HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 9, Islamabad United easily defeated Karachi Kings by 5 wickets.
In the match being played at Rawalpindi Stadium, Islamabad United captain Shadab Khan won the toss and invited Karachi Kings to bat first.
Islamabad United made 2 changes in their team today while Karachi Kings did not make any changes in their team for today’s match, Playing first, Karachi Kings scored 150 runs for 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
On behalf of Karachi Kings, Kieron Pollard scored 39 runs and James Vince played 29 runs, Tim Seifert scored 26 runs and Shaun Masood scored 10 runs.
Apart from them, Mohammad Nawaz scored 5 runs and Shoaib Malik scored one run, Irfan Khan was dismissed with 16 runs.
Timel Mills dismissed 3 and Faheem Ashraf 2 players on behalf of Islamabad United, Haneen Shah and Imad Wasim got one wicket each.
Islamabad United easily achieved the target of 151 runs in the 19th over at the loss of 5 wickets.
On behalf of United, Shadab Khan 34 and Agha Salman played an innings of 33 runs, Alex Hales 18, Colin Munro and Azam Khan scored 9 and 9 runs. Hyder Ali 26 and Faheem Ashraf remained unbeaten with 12 runs.
On behalf of Karachi, Mir Hamza dismissed 3 players. Moza Rabbani and Zahid Mehmood got one wicket each.
Talking about the points table, Multan Sultans is first with 12 points, Islamabad, Quetta and Peshawar are second, third and fourth with 9, 9 points respectively.
Karachi is fifth with 6 points after playing 8 matches and Lahore Qalandars is last with 3 points.
