RAWALPINDI CRICKET STADIUM: Karachi Kings has beaten Peshawar Zalmi here Saturday (17th May, 2025) in the 27th match of the PSL’s 10th Edition.
Though Babar Azam, the skipper of Peshawar Zalmi, (with the help of ten fours and four sixes) scored 94 runs off 49 deliveries, his team scored 214 for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs, chasing the 238-run target set by Karachi Kings (that mustered 237 runs up for the loss of 5 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs).
Scoreboard:
Karachi Kings:
Ben McDermott b Wood 0
David Warner c Saim b Arif 86
James Vince c Haris b Ali 72
Irfan Khan Niazi c Babar b Wood 2
Khushdil Shah not out 43
Mohammad Nabi not out 26
Extras: (LB-2, NB-1, W-5) 8
Total (for four wickets, 20 overs): 237
Did not Bat: Saad Baig, Hasan Ali, Aamer Jamal, Mir Hamza, Abbas Afridi
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (McDermott), 2-162 (Vince), 3-165 (Irfan), 4-167 (Warner)
Bowling: Wood 4-0-19-2, Saim 2-0-27-0, Ali 4-0-60-1 (1w), Ahmed 4-0-66-0 (2w), Hussain 3-0-34-0 (2w), Arif 3-0-29-1 (1w)
Peshawar Zalmi:
Saim Ayub c Vince b Abbas 47
Mohammad Haris c Vince b Hasan 9
Babar Azam run out 94
Tom Kohler-Cadmore c Warner b Hamza 20
Max Bryant c Vince b Abbas 7
Maaz Sadaqat not out 19
Hussain Talat not out 12
Extras: (B-4, LB-1, W-1) 6
Total (for five wickets, 20 overs): 214
Did not bat: Luke Wood, Ahmed Daniyal, Ali Raza
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Haris), 2-107 (Saim), 3-169 (Kohler-Cadmore), 4-178 (Bryant), 5-184 (Babar)
Bowling: 4-0-33-1 (1w), Nabi 4-0-36-0, Hasan 4-0-30-1, Abbas 4-0-48-2, Aamer 3-0-51-0, Khushdil 1-0-11-0
Result: Karachi Kings wins.
Squads:
Karachi Kings: David Warner (Skipper), Ben McDermott, James Vince, Saad Baig (Wicketkeeper), Khushdil Shah, Irfan Khan Niazi, Mohammad Nabi, Aamer Jamal, Abbas Afridi, Hassan Ali, Mir Hamza
Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam (Skipper), Mohammad Haris (Wicketkeeper), Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler Cadmore, Hussain Talat, Max Bryant, Maaz Sadaqat, Luke Wood, Ahmed Daniyal, Arif Yaqoob, Ali Raza
The new (post Indo-Pak War) Schedule:
May 21 – Qualifier (Gaddafi Stadium).
May 22 – Eliminator 1 (Gaddafi Stadium).
May 23 – Eliminator 2 (Gaddafi Stadium).
May 25 – Final (Gaddafi Stadium).
Pre-Indo-Pak War positions of six teams were as under:
1) Quetta Gladiators is perched at the pinnacle of the positions’ table with six wins;
2) Karachi Kings, that earned ten points after winning five matches, is in the second place;
3) Islamabad United (the defending champions) is in the third place;
4) Lahore Qalandars, that won four matches, is in the fourth place;
5) Peshawar Zalmi is in the fifth place;
6) Multan Sultans, that won only one match, had been eliminated.
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