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KARACHI: Fakhar, Mitchell, and bowlers powered Lahore Qalandars to a win against Karachi Kings in the sixth match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 10 here at the National Bank Stadium on Tuesday.
Chasing a challenging total of 202 runs, the Kings were all out for 136 runs in 19.1 overs, despite Khushdil Shah’s determined effort.
The home side got off to a difficult start as the Qalandars’ captain, Shaheen Shah Afridi, bowled beautifully in the first over, dismissing both David Warner and James Vince for the score of zero.
After this initial setback, Shan Masood joined Tim Seifert, and the two contributed 18 runs each in an attempt to stabilize the innings. However, their partnership only yielded 39 runs before they were both out in consecutive overs, leaving the Kings at 45/4 after 7.1 overs.
Things worsened for the Kings as they lost three more wickets in quick succession, slipping to 50/7 in just 9.5 overs.
Hasan Ali and Khushdil Shah then provided some resistance against the aggressive Qalandars’ bowling attack, putting together a partnership of 48 runs for the eighth wicket until Hasan was dismissed by Afridi. Hasan scored 27 runs off 25 balls, hitting two fours and two sixes.
Khushdil, however, carried his bat through most of the innings and top-scored for the 2020 champions with a 27-ball knock of 39, which included four fours and two sixes.
For the Qalandars, Afridi and Rishad Hossain took three wickets each, while Sikandar Raza claimed two. Haris Rauf and Asif Afridi also contributed with one wicket each.
Opting to bat first, Qalandars posted 201 on losing six wickets in their allocated 20 overs.
Karachi Kings struck early, as Qalandars lost their opener Mohammad Naeem (7) and Abdullah Shafique (6) in the second and fourth overs.
However, Daryl Mitchell and Fakhar Zaman again steadied the Qalandars’ ship with a mammoth stand of 125 runs.
Fakhar scored his second fifty of PSL 10, making 76 runs off 47 deliveries, featuring six fours and five sixes.
Mitchell then shared a brief 28-run partnership with Sam Billings, who scored19 off 10 deliveries before perishing to Hasan.
The Qalandars then suffered another blow to their expedition when Mitchell was removed by Abbas Afridi in the next over. Mitchell hit nine fours and two sixes on his way to a 41-ball 75.
Hasan was the standout bowler for the Kings as he picked up four wickets for just 28 runs in his four overs, while Abbas made one scalp.
PLAYING XIs
Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Muhammad Naeem, Abdullah Shafique, Daryl Mitchell, Sam Billings (wk), Sikandar Raza, Shaheen Afridi (c), Rishad Hossain, Haris Rauf, Asif Afridi, Zaman Khan
Karachi Kings: David Warner (c), Tim Seifert (wk), James Vince, Shan Masood, Irfan Khan Niazi, Khushdil Shah, Arafat Minhas, Abbas Afridi, Adam Milne, Hassan Ali, Fawad Ali