A solid partnership between Babar Azam and Alex Hales guided Karachi Kings to a six-wicket triumph over Peshawar Zalmi in their PSL match. The Kings, who were pursuing a 152-run target set by Zalmi, completed with a score of 152-4 with 11 balls to spare out of their 20 overs.
Despite the fact that the Kings lost Sharjeel Khan, who got LBW by Hasan Ali, in the first over of second innings, Hales (49 off 27) and Babar (70 from 59) developed a solid association to ensure their side’s win.
The two batsmen continued heaping runs until the twelfth over. That was when Yasir Shah bowled Alex Hales out and sent Cameron Delport back to the pavilion with a gap of four balls. Babar Azam stayed on the crease till the very end.
The Kings additionally lost Chadwick Walton to Carlos Brathwaite in the eighteenth over, yet it was past the point where it was possible to hurt their odds of triumph. Babar struck a four to take his team over the line.
Prior, subsequent to being sent in to bat, Peshawar Zalmi had completed with a score of 151-8.
Zalmi lost early wickets and were 17-3 toward the finish of five overs. Player of the match Mohammad Amir had Tom Banton lbw on the absolute first ball of the match, and struck again two balls later to bowl out Haider Ali. In the fourth over, Kamran Akmal lost his wicket by giving Babar Azam a catch off Aamer Yamin in the wake of contributing four runs from eight.
Amir came back to take the wickets of Lewis Gregory and Carlos Brathwaite while Chris Jordan took the wickets of Wahab Riaz and Shoaib Malik.
For Kings, Aamer Yamin came in for Umaid Asif. Zalmi rolled out three improvements and they were driven by Wahab Riaz with Darren Sammy resting for this match.
Karachi Kings came into the game after a morale-boosting five-wicket triumph over Islamabad United. They have won three out of the five matches they’ve played so far in the competition. 2017 heroes Zalmi have won two out of their six matches played.