Karachi Kings 179 for 7 (Vince 42, Irfan 35, Abbas 2-23) beat Lahore Qalandars 177 for five (Shafique 55, Zaman 54, Mahmood 2-27) by three wickets
Shoaib Malik hit a boundary off the final ball to provide Karachi Kings a three-wicket victory in a must-win recreation in opposition to two-time champion Lahore Qalandars within the Pakistan Tremendous League on Saturday.
The win stored alive the Kings’ hopes of a spot within the playoffs with eight points from 9 video games. Qalandars have been already eradicated, beating solely Quetta Gladiators and shedding seven video games within the absence of injured spinner Rashid Khan.
With three runs wanted off the final supply, Malik (27 not out) drove quick bowler Zaman Khan’s low full toss via level to information his group to a successful 179 for 7 in a tense end.
Qalandars had posted 177 for five on the again of half centuries from Abdullah Shafique (55) and Fakhar Zaman (54) after the Kings captain Shan Masood gained the toss and selected to area.
Masood’s resolution to demote himself to No. 3 after struggling as an opener in his first season because the group’s captain paid off because the pair of James Vince (42) and Tim Seifert (36) offered a assured begin of 59.
However Qalandars got here again strongly when quick bowler Tayyab Abbas (2-23) bought the large wicket of Kieron Pollard (3) and Seifert was run out after a serious misunderstanding with Malik.
Irfan Khan scored a brisk 35 off 16 balls with six boundaries earlier than the Qalandars captain Shaheen Shah Afridi (1-37) knocked again his center stump within the penultimate over. Zaman conceded simply 5 runs off his first 5 balls however Malik stayed calm to seal the sport for the Kings off the ultimate supply.
