-Vinay Kumar
In the Pakistan Super League (PSL 2022), Karachi Kings, the team led by captain Babar Azam, suffered their 7th consecutive defeat of this season on the night of 14 February. In the 21st match of the tournament being played at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore, Islamabad United defeated Karachi Kings, the team of captain Babar Azam by just 1 run.
In this thrilling match, Karachi Kings had to score 8 runs in the 20th over. He had 5 wickets in his hands. But, failed to score 8 runs in 6 balls. Karachi Kings could only score 7 runs in this over and during this 3 wickets were lost in this over. Asif Ali played a big role in this victory of Islamabad United.
Batting first, Asif Ali scored 28 runs in 11 balls with the help of 1 four and 3 sixes. After that, when it came to bowling, he also dropped 2 wickets for 27 runs in the bowling of 3 overs. For this match, he was awarded the ‘Player of the Match’ (PSL). At the same time, Babar Azam, the captain of the opposition team Karachi Kings, hit 3 fours and went on to score 13 runs facing 9 balls in total.
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In this very exciting match, Karachi Kings won the toss and took the bowling first. The team of Islamabad United, who came to the field to bat first, scored 191 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs and gave a target of 192 runs to Babar Azam & Co. to win. Chasing the target, Karachi Kings could only score 190 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs and the lollipop of victory was left in the mouth. In this latest season, currently the team of Dhakad captain Karachi Kings is down in the points table of PSL 2022.
Earlier, on behalf of Islamabad United, captain Shadab Khan scored the highest 38 runs for the team, performing well. He faced 26 balls, in which his bat also hit 3 fours and 1 six. Alex Hales was dismissed after scoring 25 runs. Faheem Ashraf faced 10 balls and scored 29 runs with the help of 3 fours and 2 brilliant fours and remained not out.
Karachi Kings had a bad start. The team had lost its 2 wickets for 17 runs. After this, openers Sharjeel Khan and Sahibzada Farhan shared a 59-run partnership for the third wicket. Sharjeel Khan went on after scoring 44 runs.
After him, Qasim Akram hit 6 sixes in 26 balls and also scored a brilliant six and scored a total of 51 runs and remained not out. Imad Wasi scored 55 runs in 28 balls with the help of 6 fours and 3 sixes. But, Jordan Thompson and Chris Jordan could not even open the account. And the victory slipped from the hands of Babar Azam by just 1 run.