In the 14th and important match of HBL Pakistan Super League 8, Karachi Kings have set a target of 168 runs to win Multan Sultans.
According to reports, Multan Sultans won the toss and invited Karachi Kings to bat first in the 14th match of HBL Pakistan Super League at National Stadium Karachi. Kings scored 167 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
Kings innings style was aggressive, especially James Vince kept the scoreboard moving with lightning speed and took Karachi’s score above 30 in three overs, However, on the total score of 32, Vince caught Miller off the ball of Anwar Ali. He scored 27 runs off just 12 balls, including two sixes and three fours.
After the run-out of James Vince kings score was slowed, Tayyab Tahir came to the crease to support Matthew Wade and the two shared a 109-run partnership.
The total score of the team reached 141 when Tayyab Tahir was dismissed lbw on Ehsanullah’s dodge ball after scoring a half-century, He played an innings of 65 runs for which he faced 46 balls. Tahir Tayyab hit a six and 8 fours.
Kings’ third wicket to fall was Matthew Wade who played very slowly against the norm today. The opener, who scored 46 runs off 47 balls, was bowled and became the second wicket of Ehsanullah.
In the last minutes of the game, captain Imad Wasim played an aggressive shot and took the team’s score to 167 runs. He was 14 off 6 balls while Shoaib Malik remained not out by scoring 10 runs off 9 balls.
No changes have been made in Multan Sultans squad for today’s match while Karachi Kings have made 3 changes.
Karachi Kings gave debut to Tabriz Shamsi in place of South African spinner Imran Tahir, while Tayyab Tahir replaced Haider Ali and Mohammad Musa replaced Mohammad Umar in the playing XI.
It should be noted that to return to the current PSL 8, Karachi Kings need a mandatory victory against Multan Sultans in today’s match.
In the 5 matches played so far in the event, the Kings have managed only one victory, while in three matches the victory came very close. It has only two points on the points table, while on the other hand, rivals Multan Sultans have won 4 out of 5 matches in the event and are at the top of the points table.
If we look at the head-to-head matches in PSL, both the teams have won 5 matches against each other.
All PSL matches are being shown live on A Sports.
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