Babar Azam (77*) and Mohammad Nabi (67) help Karachi to an impressive 6-wicket win over Peshawar

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Time : 9:00 AM GMT, 2:00 PM LOCAL

Squads:

Peshawar Zalmi Squad: Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal(w), Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Shoaib Malik, Haider Ali, Sherfane Rutherford, Wahab Riaz(c), Saqib Mahmood, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Mohammad Imran, Umaid Asif, Mohammad Irfan, Ravi Bopara, David Miller, Amad Butt, Abrar Ahmed, Waqar Salamkheil, Mohammad Aamir Khan, Mohammad Imran

Karachi Kings Squad: Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Joe Clarke(w), Colin Ingram, Mohammad Nabi, Daniel Christian, Imad Wasim(c), Waqas Maqsood, Mohammad Ilyas, Mohammad Amir, Arshad Iqbal, Danish Aziz, Qasim Akram, Noor Ahmad, Zeeshan Malik, Aamer Yamin, Chadwick Walton

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Karachi Kings have won the toss and are bowling first against Peshawar Zalmi

Wahab Riaz is injured and resting, and Shoaib Malik is leading side today


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[Coolcapri]

Karachi Kings have won the toss and are bowling first against Peshawar Zalmi

Wahab Riaz is injured and resting, and Shoaib Malik is leading side today


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Is Wahab resting or injured?

[DHONI183]

Is Wahab resting or injured?

Injured, they say. God knows.....

[DHONI183]

Promises to be a cracker, this match. Hoping for a great match here.

[Ahmed216]

Good prospect abbas afridi. Tall pacer and can hit the ball big

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[Omer2002]

Afridi on fire and i hear he can hot a long ball too ..saw him in under 19s should get his pace up as he is pretty tall

[Omer2002]

lets see what innings Haider plays he needs to be sensible today

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Lets see if Haider can play a consolidating game

[Ahmed216]

lets see what innings Haider plays he needs to be sensible today

Strike rotation is his weakness

[Ahmed216]

Afridi falls off a bit in his action at the time of delivery. If he can rectify that he'll generate more pace and bounce

[Dark_Horse]

Just a question why didn’t imad bowled in last game? Just because it was coming on to bat he would get hit and his stats would have got hit alongside his legendary 0(1). Absolutely mediocre and selfish

[Dark_Horse]

Is being given royal treatment

[Indiafan]

Bopara taking some pressure off Haider. Hope that allows him time to settle and then go big

[Extra_Cover]

The new Afridi guy is a work in progress although he picked up 2 wickets

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I hope we can see an innings of substance from Amad today

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Very pathetic shot from Haider

[Energy]

Another Umar Akmal type idiotic innings comes to an end from Haider. Well played boy you're grabbing your chances well.

[Ahmed216]

Haider slogged his way to 9. Absolutely zero batting sense

[Omer2002]

what an pathetic shot...that is why he will never make it. Has so much talent and yet is going umar akmal route...

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Rutherford has a rather sad mugshot for PSL

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The shot from Haider was so pathetic that even Gower on commentary has spent 10 minutes on commentary illustrating the consequences of brain fade

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[Coolcapri]

PZ need at least 180+

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Very pathetic shot from Haider

His dismissal

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[Rana]

I had no clue this match was on!

[Coolcapri]

need some big hits.

[Coolcapri]

why bopara no trying big hits.

[Rafa]

Amir bowled well apart from the wides that he gave.

[Coolcapri]

got to reach 180+, need few sixes.

[LeedsGreen]

good from amad

[Rana]

Amad butt strikes it like Pandya

[Rafa]

Imad doesn't want to bowl more than an over then gives the Final over to Christian.

[Rana]

32 run over!!!!

Another Gem has been unearthed!!!!

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I hope we can see an innings of substance from Amad today

Well played Amad, but hoping for more substance later in PSL as I know this guy can bat but can bowl better.

[Rafa]

Will we have a victory for a team batting first in this PSL ? Peshawar have the momentum now.

[redmaverik84]

Fantastic hitting by Amad. Astounded to see that he is just 25, looks more like 35! Poor Dan Christain, at 37 he is clearly beyond his best but still trying to fit in unsuccessfully. And yeah he was picked for the IPL for 4+ crores I think!

[lahoriyah1234]

I believe PZ still short 20 runs here. It was a terrible over. Don’t understand this imad guy Captaincy, how can you have a part timer as your finishing over bowler, he has so many flaws in his capacity.

[Coolcapri]

Gr8 finish, Why imad only bowl 1 over, PZ score Could have been better have they not let Nabi bowl those 2 overs for nothing.

[Rafa]

Last match against Lahore Imad didn't bowl at all..this match he only bowled one over and gave the last over to Christian..don't know what is he in the team for. He doesn't even contribute much with the bat.

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Dan Christian bowls the most expensive over in the history of PSL. Smashed for 32 runs in the last over.

[Coolcapri]

PZ to bowl well in PP, need early wickets.

[lahoriyah1234]

Dan Christian bowls the most expensive over in the history of PSL. Smashed for 32 runs in the last over.

I don’t know why Umpires gave that bouncer a wide bowl, that was a fair delivery.

[lahoriyah1234]

PZ to bowl well in PP, need early wickets.

Babar to lead this Chase, KK SHOULD finish this match in 18th over.

[cric_4life]

Glad this PsL has exposed Imad wasims captaincy. A lot of so called experts on TV was asking him to lead the T20 side.

[Coolcapri]

Babar to lead this Chase, KK SHOULD finish this match in 18th over.

I have a feeling, this chase will not be as straight fwd, and this might be the match where chasing streek ends.

[Coolcapri]

Glad this PsL has exposed Imad wasims captaincy. A lot of so called experts on TV was asking him to lead the T20 side.

Can't agree more, seems very defensive captain.

[Coolcapri]

Sharjeel gone

[Abdurmirr]

This is who everyone wants opening instead of Rizwan 🤣🤣

[lahoriyah1234]

This is who everyone wants opening instead of Rizwan 🤣🤣

Relax he is a match winner. I rather have him than a hack like fakhar zaman.

[Coolcapri]

Good over by Imran except for last ball.

[Coolcapri]

Relax he is a match winner. I rather have him than a hack like fakhar zaman.

For me both are hackers, But agree we need to have them in the team.

[Coolcapri]

PZ attack is very inexperience, Irfan needs to bowl well.

[Coolcapri]

Irfan looks unfit, just ambling across, Struggle to complete his runup

[Abdurmirr]

For me both are hackers, But agree we need to have them in the team.

Match winner?? When has he ever one a match for Pk or even Karachi kings? Both his 60 odd and 100 came about from him being dropped multiple times, something which will not occur in international cricket.

[Titan24]

Dan Christian bowls the most expensive over in the history of PSL. Smashed for 32 runs in the last over.

KK bowlers competing with each other for the record. Previous was Yamin’s 29 and now Christian’s 32 runs over.

[Coolcapri]

Match winner?? When has he ever one a match for Pk or even Karachi kings? Both his 60 odd and 100 came about from him being dropped multiple times, something which will not occur in international cricket.

i said hackers.

[Abdurmirr]

i said hackers.

Sorry meant to reply to other comment

[ChTab]

So required run rate for Karachi is 10 & Babar is playing at a S/R of 75

[Coolcapri]

Sorry meant to reply to other comment

But i do think one of them needs to be in the 15 so can be used as and when required.

[Coolcapri]

So required run rate for Karachi is 10 & Babar is playing at a S/R of 75

I think the plan is for him to stay on one end and joe attack from other.

[Coolcapri]

Gone, KK under pressure, Lets see how Babar respond. This kind of pressure situations will help Babar.

[redmaverik84]

This is a true test of Babar's mettle. Lets see if he brings the team home or wilt under the pressure. This looks like the first match that the team batting first may win.

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I find it quite amusing when posters point out to strike rates when batsman hasn't even faced 10 deliveries.

[cric_4life]

Can't agree more, seems very defensive captain.

He is absolutely clueless. Have no idea at times. Bowling his worst option in Dan Christian for last over, he lost them a game few days ago.

[Titan24]

No specialist spinners for PZ today. Mujeeb has been disappointing, Abrar Ahmed deserves a go in the tournament.

[Rafa]

Babars batting will be tested today's. He has to get runs and get them quickly .

[ChTab]

I think the plan is for him to stay on one end and joe attack from other.

But still, you should at least try & play a T20 with more than 120 S/R this is so pathetic from the so-called best player in T20.

[Coolcapri]

This is a true test of Babar's mettle. Lets see if he brings the team home or wilt under the pressure. This looks like the first match that the team batting first may win.

Agree

[Abdurmirr]

But i do think one of them needs to be in the 15 so can be used as and when required.

Well from those 2 I would only select Fakhar, just due to the fact that he can field plus is in shape. Sharjeel is equally inconsistent as Fakhar but at least Fakhar can do something in the field.

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Looking forward to see Amad bowl. He has much better chance of making it to Pakistan team on his bowling abilities rather than batting because lets face it Faheem is a better batsman than him and its only in bowling where he can outplay Faheem.

[Coolcapri]

Is Kamran glove work improve, Hasn't seen him drop a catch this psl, surprisingly.

[ChTab]

Babars batting will be tested today's. He has to get runs and get them quickly .

So far he's awful. It's like he has forgotten how to bat currently, he is batting at a S/R of 57 & Pakistani fans compare him to Kohli.

[Rayyman]

Rather watch National T20 with full strength teams than this crap.

Only good international players are Gayle, Rashid and Du Plessis.

The foreign journeyman playing means that promising youngsters miss out.

[Coolcapri]

Looking forward to see Amad bowl. He has much better chance of making it to Pakistan team on his bowling abilities rather than batting because lets face it Faheem is a better batsman than him and its only in bowling where he can outplay Faheem.

If he perform well with bowling, can be prepare as back up to faheem, But on current form Faheem is ahead.

[Titan24]

This is a true test of Babar's mettle. Lets see if he brings the team home or wilt under the pressure. This looks like the first match that the team batting first may win.

He did chase 196 against Multan, scoring 90* off 60 but yes it will be another test and currently looks like a potentially tougher one.

[Extra_Cover]

This Imran kid can be a good T20 bowler. He has that natural outswing action and can bowl hard lengths that is not a norm in T20. Let's see how he fares after a season or two.

[PakPremi]

Glad this PsL has exposed Imad wasims captaincy. A lot of so called experts on TV was asking him to lead the T20 side.

He was hopeless when he captained Pak, and also when he returned for Northern taking over captaincy from Shadab, who was doing really well.

[imshally81]

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