KARACHI: Peshawar Zalmi on Tuesday beat Karachi Kings by 2 runs in a nail-biting contest at the National Bank Cricket Arena in Karachi.
Chasing a mammoth target of 200, Karachi Kings made a game out of it due Imad Wasim and Shoaib Malik’s brilliant batting. Shoaib made 52 while Imad finish the inning with unbeaten 80 off 47 balls.
In the last over KK needed 13 runs in the final over and despite having a free-hit, KK couldn’t achieve the target and fell short by just 2 runs.
Earlier, Tom Kohler-Cadmore helped Peshawar Zalmi set a huge 200-run target. After losing two quick wickets, Cadmore and skipper Babar Azam helped Zalmi get back in the game.
The English batter put on a sensational performance for his side, scoring 92 runs off 50 balls, laced up with seven boundaries and six maximums.
Cadmore hit Kings’ skipper Imad Wasim for three maximums in a row, while Babar showed his brilliant skills to hit boundaries.
Meanwhile, Babar also accompanied Cadmore, hitting seven fours and a maximum to score his 24th PSL fifty.
The two batters stitched a massive 139-run partnership for the third wicket.
However, the partnership broke after Imran Tahir sent Babar back to the pavilion after scoring 68 runs off 46 balls.
Following Babar’s departure, Sri Lankan batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa came to the crease but was sent packing after scoring six runs off six balls.
After Mohammad Amir conceded two boundaries in the first over, Mohammad Haris welcomed Mir Hamza with a boundary, but the left-arm pacer trapped the young wicket-keeper batter for an lbw with an in-swinging yorker.
In the same over, Saim Ayub got out after an unlucky run-out following Babar’s straight drive, which hit Hamza’s hand before toppling the wickets at the non-striker’s end.
Lineups
Karachi Kings: Sharjeel Khan, Matthew Wade, Haider Ali, Shoaib Malik, Qasim Akram, Ben Cutting, Imad Wasim, Andrew Tye, Imran Tahir, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Amir.
Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam, Mohammad Haris, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, James Neesham, Shakib Al Hasan, Wahab Riaz, Khurram Shahzad, Sufiyan Muqeem, Salman Irshad.
