22nd match of Pakistan Super League Season 9, Karachi Kings defeated Quetta Gladiators by 7 wickets.
By ; Nawaz Gohar
HBL PSL match being played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, no player of Quetta Gladiators could play and the whole team collapsed for 118 runs while Karachi Kings were given a target of 119 runs to win.
Karachi Kings achieved the target of 199 runs in the 16th over with the loss of 3 wickets, captain Shan Masood returned to the pavilion after scoring just 7 runs, James Vince scored 27 runs and Tim Seifert played an innings of 49 runs, Shoaib Malik scored 27 runs and Irfan Khan Niazi scored 27 runs. He was not out by scoring 4 runs.
Earlier, Saud Shakeel played an innings of 33 runs on behalf of Quetta Gladiators, Jason Roy 15, Khawaja Nafee 17, captain Riley Russo 10 and Aqeel Hasan scored 14 runs while 6 players could not even enter double figures.
Former captain Sarfraz Ahmed 7, Sharfeen Rutherford 9, Mohammad Amir 2, Mohammad Hasnain 5 and Usman Tariq returned to the pavilion scoring only one run while Abrar Ahmed remained not out scoring one run.
On the side of Karachi Kings, Hasan Ali showed devastating bowling and gave 15 runs in 4 overs to guide 4 players of Quetta Gladiators to the pavilion while Blessing Mazarbani, Zahid Mahmood took 2, 2 and Mir Hamza took one wicket. .
It should be noted that two changes were made in the playing XI of Gladiators, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Hasnain returned to the team in place of Sohail Khan and Mohammad Wasim, while Kieron Pollard returned to Karachi Kings and Lewis du Ploy was rested.
Playing XI of Quetta Gladiators ; The Quetta Gladiators team for this match includes Jason Roy, Saud Shakeel, Khawaja Nafi, Riley Russo (captain), Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Sharfeen Rutherford, Aqeel Hussain, Muhammad Hasnain, Muhammad Amir, Abrar Ahmed and Usman Tariq. were
Playing XI of Karachi Kings ; The Karachi Kings team for this match includes Sean Masood (Captain), Tim Seifert (Wicket Keeper), James Vince, Shoaib Malik, Kieron Pollard, Irfan Khan Niazi, Muhammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Zahid Mehmood, Mir Hamza and Blessing Muzarbani. were