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24th match of Pakistan Super League, Islamabad United defeated Karachi Kings by five wickets.
Islamabad United achieved the target of 151 runs at the loss of five wickets on the fourth ball of the 18th over.
By ; Nawaz Gohar
24th match of Pakistan Super League Season 9 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Islamabad United captain Shadab Khan invited Karachi Kings to bat after winning the toss, however, while batting first, Karachi Kings lost 7 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs. Scored 150 runs.
Shadab Khan 34 and Agha Salman stood out with 33 runs from Islamabad United. Hyder Ali scored 26, Alex Hales scored 18, Faheem Ashraf scored 12, Colin Munro and Azam Khan scored 9 and 9 runs respectively.
Mir Hamza took 3 wickets, Blessing Mozrabani and Zahid Mehmood took 1 wicket each from Karachi Kings.
Earlier, Islamabad United captain Shadab Khan won the toss and decided to field first.
Batting first, Karachi Kings scored 150 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs. Kieron Pollard 39, James Vince 29, Tim Seifert 26 and Irfan Khan stood out with 16 runs.
On behalf of Islamabad United, Timel Mills took 3 wickets, Faheem Ashraf took 2 wickets, Haneen Shah and Imad Wasim took one wicket each.
Karachi Kings have won 3 out of 7 matches so far and are at the fifth position on the points table, United have won three matches from 8 matches, one match was rained out and are at the fourth position with 7 points.
Playing XI of Islamabad United; Alex Hales, Colin Munro, Salman Ali Agha, Shadab Khan (captain), Azam Khan, Haider Ali, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Matthew Ford, Haneen Shah and Tymal Mills were part of the Islamabad United squad.
Playing XI of Karachi Kings; Shaan Masood (captain), Tim Seifert, James Vince, Shoaib Malik, Kieron Pollard, Irfan Khan Niazi, Muhammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Zahid Mehmood, Mir Hamza and Blessing Mazar Bani were included in the playing XI of Karachi Kings.