On Wednesday afternoon, the Karachi Kings defeated the Quetta Gladiators by seven wickets with ease, sealing their third victory of the PSL 9.With the help of Hasan Ali’s four-for, Gladiators were limited to a pitiful 118 in the first innings. In response, Karachi Kings took just 15.3 overs to reach the target with seven wickets in hand.
Pitch report and toss update
The surface of Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium is ideal for batting since the ball falls onto the bat with ease. In the past, stroke players have performed admirably here.
This surface was two-paced, and spinners had expected to get greater success because of the turn and bounce that were present, but fast bowlers must have mixed their line well to succeed. The Karachi Kings chose to bowl first after winning the toss.
Quetta Gladiators lost wickets in quick succession
In the first over of bowling, Shoaib Malik gave up two boundaries to Jason Roy. Against Mir Hamza, Roy and Saud Shakeel each hit a boundary in the following over. Roy got caught by Hasan Ali at third man on the first delivery of Blessing Muzarabani’s third over, which proved to be the first breakthrough for the Karachi Kings.
Saud and Khawaja Nafay had a 47-run partnership at the second wicket; however, Hasan’s removal of both batsmen in the ninth over ended the stand with a gap of two deliveries. At deep midwicket, Saud holed one out to Shoaib, and Muzarabani caught Nafay at fine leg. Following a mix-up between the two batters, Anwar Ali, the substitute fielder, ran Sarfaraz Ahmed out in the 12th over.
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Quetta Gladiators’ got bundled out quickly as their middle-order got collapsed
After a brief eight-ball stay at the wicket, the wicketkeeper batsman returned having made just seven runs and one boundary. In the fourteenth over, Quetta’s problems became worse as captain Rilee Rossouw misplayed a shot to Mohammaz Nawaz, who was fielding at long off.
The Gladiators were battling at 100-7 in 15.3 overs when Sherfane Rutherford was caught for a run-a-ball nine and Zahid rattled Mohammad Amir’s stumps in the next overs. In the penultimate over, Hasan claimed the wickets of Mohammad Hasnain and Akeal Hosein, his second double-wicket over of the innings. With the first delivery of the last over, Hamza removed Usman Tariq, and Quetta was bowled out for 118.
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James Vince and Tim Seifert held the innings of the Karachi Kings after an early wicket
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Seifert and Malik led the Karachi Kings to victory
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