Islamabad United Won The Match Against Karachi Kings By Batting brilliantly

February 24, 2021 By allahbukhsh786malik@gmail.com

Islamabad United batted brilliantly in the sixth match of Pakistan
Super League (PSL) 2021 the biggest goal of the season given by Karachi Kings
was achieved by scoring 197 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the last over and
achieved a memorable victory.

Earlier, in the sixth match of PSL 2021 against Karachi Kings Islamabad
United, Babar Azam and Sharjeel Khan scored 196 runs for the loss of 3 wickets
in the stipulated overs thanks to the brilliant batting and record opening
partnership.

In the match played at National Stadium Karachi, Islamabad captain
Shadab Khan won the toss and elected to field first.

Karachi’s Babar Azam and Sharjeel Khan started the innings and batted
responsibly to move the score forward.

Initially, both the batsmen played cautiously but then both of them
moved forward aggressively and both the openers scored half-centuries.

This is the third partnership of more than 100 runs in PS by Karachi
Kings. Meanwhile, Sharjeel Khan scored a half century in 32 balls, Alex Hales
dropped his catch when he had scored 70 runs.

Babar Azam continued to bat responsibly from the other end and
completed his half century in the 13th over with sixes off 39 balls.

Islamabad United fast bowler Sharjeel was dismissed for 126 and was
playing at 70 at the time, but the umpire pointed out that it was the nine
balls on which he returned to bat.

The bowlers of Islamabad United continued their no-balls and gave Babar
Azam two chances on nine balls, as a result of which PSL’s biggest partnership
was 159 runs, which was previously held by Multan Sultans.

Sharjeel Khan took full advantage of the opportunity and completed his
second century in the league.

Islamabad United had to wait a long time for the first wicket and on a
total of 176, Alex Hales dropped another catch to Babar Azam but this time he
was run out.

Babar Azam’s 62-run innings came to an end after sharing PSL’s record
176 runs with Sharjeel Khan.

Hassan Ali LBWed Sharjeel Khan on the second ball and took the second
wicket in a row. Sharjeel was dismissed for 105 off 59 balls with 9 fours and 8
sixes.

Karachi Kings scored 196 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs.

In pursuit of the biggest goal of the event so far, Islamabad United
did not have a good start and Phil Salt was already caught in the over trying
to play a high shot on Emad Wasim’s spin ball.

Islamabad’s second-out batsman Shadab Khan returned without giving his share
of the 13-wicket haul to Mohammad Amir, but then the team’s incoming batsmen
took an aggressive approach and upset the Karachi Kings. ۔

Alex Hales had a very poor performance in fielding but tried his best
to make up for it in batting and in the first 5 overs the team scored 68 runs
but was dismissed for 46 runs.

Faheem Ashraf also gave full support to Alex Hales but after Hales he
also got out quickly and he scored 25 runs off 15 balls.

Iftikhar Ahmed and Hussain Talat batted responsibly and put the score
ahead at a good pace.

Hussain Talat along with Iftikhar brought the team to a good position
and scored 42 runs and got out on the ball of Muhammad Nabi, at that time the
score of United was 176 runs.

Asif Ali was the last batsman to ensure the victory of the team by
hitting Mohammad Amir with high sixes.

Iftikhar Ahmed took the winning run while he could not complete half a
century by just one run and he scored an unbeaten 49 runs.

Islamabad United got the biggest target in the first ball of the last
over and won by 5 wickets.

Alex Hales of Islamabad United was declared the best player of the
match.

Remember that both teams have won their first matches in the event and
both teams have not made any changes for this match.

Karachi Kings captain Emad Waseem said that the batting of Islamabad
United is good while our bowling line is strong and we have to bowl well by
scoring maximum runs.

Islamabad United Captain Shadab Khan said, “We have to work harder
in bowling and try to keep Karachi to a minimum”.

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