-Vinay Kumar
In the sixth match of the latest season of Pakistan Super League-2022 (Pakistan Super League PSL 2022), Lahore Qalandars defeated Karachi Kings by 6 wickets. This is the third consecutive defeat of the team of Captain Babar Azam in the Karachi Kings tournament. At the same time, Lahore Qalandars have registered their first win this season.
In this match played on the night of 30 January 2022 at the National Stadium Karachi, Afghanistan’s deadly spin bowler Rashid Khan trapped Babar Azam in his googly. Rashid Khan was here to bowl the 15th over of his team’s bowling. Babar Azam was playing for 41 at the crease to face his ball in front. Rashid Khan bowls the fourth ball of his over outside off stump.
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Babar Azam, the captain of Karachi Kings, made a mistake in understanding that ball of Rashid Khan. He put his front knee on the pitch and swung the bat to sweep the ball, but was deceived. The ball committed infidelity and went straight into the stumps. Let us remind you that in T20 cricket, Rashid Khan had earlier made Babar Azam his victim in the ICC T20 World Cup, 2021.
At the same time, Fakhar Zaman of Lahore Kalandars (LK PSL 2022) smashed the bowlers of Karachi Kings PSL and hit a century in just 56 balls. This is his first century in the history of Pakistan Super League (PSL). This left-handed batsman also completed his 1500 runs in the PSL. Significantly, he is the fourth batsman to score 1500 or more runs in the PSL. The batsmen who touched or hit this figure before him include Babar Azam, Kamran Akmal and Shoaib Malik.
This 6th of PSL 2022
Talking about the match, Lahore Kalandars captain Shaheen Shah Afridi won the toss and called Karachi Kings PSL to bat. Batting first, Karachi Kings scored 170 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs and set Lahore Qalandars a target of 171 runs to win. Lahore Qalandars won this target by scoring 174 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 19.2 overs with 4 balls to spare, thanks to Fakhar Zaman’s scintillating century.
Fakhar Zaman’s bat hit 12 boundaries and 4 brilliant sixes came out. He scored 106 runs in 60 balls and was dismissed. Apart from him, his teammate Mohammad Hafeez scored 24 and Samit Patel scored 26 runs in this match.