Islamabad United beat Karachi Kings: Karachi Kings beame the first team to get eliminated from the title race in the 2022 Pakistan Super League as they lost their seventh game of the season against Islamabad United by just 1 run at Gadaffi Stadium, Lahore on Monday. In a dramatic finish, Islamabad’s left-arm fast bowler Waqas Maqsood dropped a catch off his final ball but still ran out Chris Jordan to clinch a one-run victory. Follow InsideSport.IN for more updates.
Islamabad United beat Karachi Kings: Karachi Kings knocked out from playoff race after seventh consecutive loss in PSL 2022
Sherus got this out of the jaws of the Kings. A match to watch! #HBLPSL7 l #LevelHai l #IUvKK pic.twitter.com/LDSK0pogM8
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 14, 2022
Chasing a target of 191, Karachi Kings got off to a poor start. Skipper Babar Azam got out to a quick and short delivery from young pacer Zeeshan Zameer. But iopener Sharjeel Khan scored a blistering 29-ball 44 runs. However batters too Joe Clarke and Sahibzada Farhan failed to perform yet again. When they were staring at yet another defeat, Imad Wasim and Qasim Akram stitched a 108-run cameo to give hopes to the Karachi Kings unit.
In the last over all they required was eight runs. Waqas Maqsood came on to bowl and Wasim hammered Maqsood (3-34) to fine leg for a boundary off the second ball before he holed out at mid-off off the next delivery. Needing two runs off the last two deliveries, Maqsood held his nerve to clean bowl Jordan Thompson off a slower delivery before hitting the wickets at the non-striker’s end after dropping Jordan’s return catch to give Islamad a one-run victory.
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Earlier in the contest, Islamabad United’s batters delivered with the bat after a slow start to the game. Skipper Shadab Khan was the top scorer of Islamabad United as he scored 34 runs in 26 balls before getting bowled out by Imad Wasim. Asif Ali and Faheem Ashraf also scored blistering innings, Asif scored 28 while Faheem scored 29 to help them set a target of 191.
By virtue of the win, Islamabad jumped to No. 3 with eight points from seven games behind table-toppers Multan Sultans (12 points) and Lahore Qalandars (10 points).
PSL 2022 Final squads
Islamabad United
Final squad Asif Ali, Colin Munro, Hasan Ali (both Platinum), Faheem Ashraf, Marchant De Lange, Shadab Khan (Brand Ambassador), Alex Hales (Mentor), Azam Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr (all Gold), Danish Aziz, Mohammad Akhlaq, Paul Stirling, Reece Topley, Zafar Gohar (all Silver), Mubasir Khan, Zeeshan Zameer (both Emerging), Rehmanullah Gurbaz and Ather Mehmood (both Supplementary)
Karachi Kings
Final squad: Babar Azam, Chris Jordan, Imad Wasim (all Platinum), Mohammad Amir, Lewis Gregory, Mohammad Nabi (all Diamond), Joe Clarke (Brand Ambassador), Aamir Yamin, Sharjeel Khan (all both Gold), Mohammad Ilyas, Mohammad Imran, Rohail Nazir, Tom Abell, Umaid Asif (all Silver), Faisal Akram, Qasim Akram (Emerging), Romario Shepherd and Talha Ahsan (both Supplementary)
Islamabad United beat Karachi Kings: Karachi Kings knocked out from playoff race after seventh consecutive loss in PSL 2022
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