Karachi Kings beaten Lahore Qalandars by 4 wickets in the 24th feature of HBL PSL X at Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday. Karachi Kings’ Irfan Khan recorded unbeaten 48 runs off 21 balls and helped his team to win the match. Former, Lahore Qalandars forwarded 160 for 8 in a rain-curtailed 15-over match.
Openers Mohammad Naeem and Fakhar Zaman placed a strong substance with an explosive 90-run partnership. Naeem burnt 65 off just 29 deliveries, great six boundaries and five sixes at a rapid rate of 224.13 before being fixed by Irfan Khan off Aamer Jamal.
Fakhar Zaman followed up with a well-crafted 51 off 33 balls, beating four fours and three sixes, but his notice by Abbas Afridi activated an affected failure.
Abbas Afridi led Karachi’s comeback, final with figures of 4 for 27, counting key wickets of Abdullah Shafique (18), Daryl Mitchell (0), and Sikandar Raza (8). Mir Hamza and Hasan Ali disjointed in with one wicket each, while Tim Seifert achieved a shrill run-out of Asif Ali.
From 89-0, Lahore lost eight wickets for just 67 runs in the space of 43 balls. A late cameo by Asif Afridi, who hit a six off two balls, aided the Qalandars finish at 160 for 8 at a run rate of 10.66.
The studied match format allowed only 15 overs per side due to a former rain delay. Karachi Kings attained the target of 168 under DLS method with 3 balls remaining.
