Islamabad United Vs Karachi Kings 24th Match 07 March 2024

24th T20 • Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium • Rawalpindi

Karachi Kings

150/7 (20)

Islamabad United

151/5 (18.4)

IU won by 5 wickets

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Player of the Match Faheem Ashraf

12(8)

2/16

Player of the Series Shadab Khan

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Karachi Kings

150/7 (20)

Batters

Shan Masood

83.33

c Wasim b Ashraf

Tim Seifert

136.84

c Munro b Ashraf

James Vince

107.41

c Khan b Mills

Shoaib Malik

16.67

c Khan b Wasim

Mohammad Nawaz

166.67

c Munro b Mills

Kieron Pollard

139.29

c Ashraf b Shah

Irfan Khan

123.08

c Ashraf b Mills

Hasan Ali

75.00

Not out

Mir Hamza

50.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 6, NB: 0, W: 10)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.5)

150/7

Did not Bat

Blessing Muzarabani, Zahid Mahmood

Bowlers

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Matthew Forde

9.00

Hunain Shah

9.00

Imad Wasim

4.50

Faheem Ashraf

4.00

Tymal Mills

8.50

Shadab Khan

11.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Shan Masood

c Wasim b Ashraf

1-34

4.2

Tim Seifert

c Munro b Ashraf

2-43

6.4

Shoaib Malik

c Khan b Wasim

3-44

7.4

Mohammad Nawaz

c Munro b Mills

4-49

8.2

James Vince

c Khan b Mills

5-107

13.5

Kieron Pollard

c Ashraf b Shah

6-125

17.2

Irfan Khan

c Ashraf b Mills

7-142

18.3

Islamabad United

151/5 (18.4)

Batters

Colin Munro

81.82

c Khan b Hamza

Alex Hales

138.46

b Hamza

Agha Salman

110.00

c Seifert b Muzarabani

Shadab Khan

130.77

c Seifert b Hamza

Azam Khan

112.50

c & b Zahid Mahmood

Haider Ali

162.50

Not out

Faheem Ashraf

150.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 9)

TOTAL

(18.4 Ov, RR: 8.09)

151/5

Did not Bat

Imad Wasim, Tymal Mills, Hunain Shah, Matthew Forde

Bowlers

EXT

Mir Hamza

10.25

Blessing Muzarabani

6.00

Hasan Ali

3.4

8.45

Zahid Mahmood

7.50

Mohammad Nawaz

8.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Colin Munro

c Khan b Hamza

1-28

2.6

Alex Hales

b Hamza

2-39

4.5

Agha Salman

c Seifert b Muzarabani

3-97

12.1

Azam Khan

c & b Zahid Mahmood

4-111

14.2

Shadab Khan

c Seifert b Hamza

5-115

15.1

Match Info

Date & Time

07 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Match

24th T20,

Pakistan Super League

Umpires

Alex Wharf (England), Ruchira Palliyaguruge(Sri Lanka), Ahsan Raza (Pakistan, TV)

Referee

Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)

Toss

Islamabad United elected to bowl

W 6 3 1 1wd 1 1

Over 16

Runs: 13

1 0 1 2 0 2

Over 17

Runs: 6

0 1 0 4 1 0

Over 18

Runs: 6

0 4 6 1

Over 19

Runs: 11

All Overs

Player of the Match Faheem Ashraf

12(8)

2/16

Player of the Series Shadab Khan

Commentary

That will be that here from the PSL for the day! We will see you tomorrow as there is another game coming up with Quetta taking on Peshawar. A whole lot of other action from around the globe awaits you at Sportskeeda. For now, this is Sourabh and Lavil wishing you a good night, Ciao!

Shadab Khan (Islamabad United captain) - It was a tough decision to rest both the main bowlers, but that was the plan, to rest them as we had games on consecutive days. Imad Wasim is one of our senior players and it was wonderful the way he bowled tonight. Faheem Ashraf is our crisis man and performed really well for us, he has a very good record at Pindi and we were always going to back him here. We love playing against all teams, not just Karachi Kings.

Faheem Ashraf (Player of the match) - Initially, the management was utilizing the players according to the pitches. I was told that I will play a big role in Pindi. It gives you confidence when the captain and the management speak to you like that. When you perform in one department as an all-rounder, you definitely get the confidence in other departments. We were missing our key bowlers, so it was important for me to step up and not let the team miss our main bowlers.

Time for the post-match presentations!

Shan Masood (Karachi Kings captain) : I think we were off to a decent start, in my mind I was looking at 170 as a total, although it would have been a good total. When you choose a team with new players, it is often tough. I'll put my hand up and say I didn't bat well. We were 15 runs short, did well in consecutive games and gave Islamabad United a tough fight. We have two crunch games coming up and cannot rely on only one guy (Pollard). Mir Hamza was unlucky at the start of last year's PSL. He came from his finger fracture and did well in the domestic circuit and on the tour to Australia, also proving what he can do with the white ball. We are doing well as a fielding unit and as a bowling unit but we need to improve with our batting

Haider Ali: I finished it nicely, if the batters above you set the chase nicely, as Agha bhai and Shadab bhai did and get a 100-run partnership then I and Azam were there to end the game. I do not have a preferred position, the team needed a finisher and played me there so I'm happy. Faheem didn't play well in the first couple of games, he came to the crease and said that if we stayed in the middle for longer, we could end the game and win it. Credit to Hanif bhai for my power-hitting (as translated from Urdu)

MATCH SUMMARY

Islamabad United won by 5 wickets

Shadab Khan 34(26) | Tymal Mills 3/34(4)
Kieron Pollard 39(28) | Mir Hamza 3/41(4)

Just not enough runs on the board for Karachi Kings as Islamabad United get to the target in a convincing way with 8 deliveries to spare and have now made it 8 consecutive wins against Karachi Kings. As a result, they have jumped to the second spot in the points table while Karachi Kings, on the other hand, will have to depend on other results to have any hope of getting through to the playoffs.

Even though Islamabad lost both their openers to Mir Hamza, who was the pick of the bowlers with 3 wickets, in the powerplay, they scored at a brisk rate and did not allow the pressure to build up. After that, it was a calming partnership of 58 runs between Agha Salman and skipper Shadab Khan which made sure that the game was all but won for them.

However, there was a little stutter towards the end with 3 wickets falling in the space of 3 overs, but Haider Ali and Faheem Ashraf applied the finishing touches and took their team over the line.

Earlier in the piece, it was the same story with the bat for Karachi Kings as they kept on losing wickets in their batting effort. Even though Kieron Pollard scored a powerful 39, he did not have enough support from the other end.

A lot of that should be credited to the bowling from Islamabad United. Faheem Ashraf was spectacular and he started it all for them, Tymal Mills also joined the action and scalped 3 wickets along with an excellent spell from Imad Wasim.

18.4 Hasan Ali to Haider Ali, ONE RUN! ISLAMABAD UNITED WIN! Back of a length delivery on the line of the off stump, Haider pulls that one towards square leg and picks up the single, which propels them to the top half of the table. Islamabad United win by 5 wickets and get to the second place on the points table

That is one of the shots of the match from Haider Ali. Just 1 needed now

18.3 Hasan Ali to Haider Ali, SIX! AUDACIOUS! Length delivery on the line of the off stump, Haider Ali steps down the track and sends it sailing way back into the crowd for a game-sealing maximum. Scores level

18.2 Hasan Ali to Haider Ali, FOUR! HAIDER ALI IS PLAYING A BLINDER! Back of a length delivery on the line of the off stump, Haider gets onto his backfoot and pulls it towards deep backward square leg for a boundary. 7 runs needed off 10 balls now!

18.1 Hasan Ali to Haider Ali, length delivery on the line outside the off stump. Haider Ali knocks that one towards point. No run

Can he pull off a miracle for his team?

Hasan Ali [3.0-0-20-0] is back into the attack

The result is now looking like a foregone conclusion now. Just 11 needed off 12 deliveries!

overs

140 /5 score

runs

Faheem Ashraf *

12 (8)

Haider Ali

15 (12)

Zahid Mahmood

1 /30

17.6 Zahid Mahmood to Faheem Ashraf, length delivery on the line of the middle and off stump. Faheem pushes that one back to the bowler. No run

17.5 Zahid Mahmood to Haider Ali, length delivery on the off stump. Haider Ali comes down the track and hits it towards deep midwicket for a single

17.4 Zahid Mahmood to Haider Ali, FOUR! HAIDER BREAKS LOOSE! Length delivery on the line outside the off stump, Haider comes down the track and hits it towards deep extra cover. Irfan Niazi gets his hand to that one and keeps it in but it trickles and touches the ropes for a four

17.3 Zahid Mahmood to Haider Ali, length delivery on the line of the off stump. Haider pushes that one towards covers. No run

17.2 Zahid Mahmood to Faheem Ashraf, full and on the middle and off stump. Faheem knocks it down the ground to long on for a single