MoM Mohammad Hafeez (59) for Peshawar and Ravi Bopara (67) from Karachi Kings were the standout performers in this hard fought encounter.
By PakPassion.net Staff (11th February, 2016)
Result : Peshawar Zalmi won by 3 runs ; Peshawar Zalmi 182/4 (20/20 ov); Karachi Kings 179/9 (20.0/20 ov)
Toss: Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat first
Karachi Kings
Lendl Simmons, Nauman Anwar, James Vince, Shakib Al Hasan, Shoaib Malik(c), Ravi Bopara, Imad Wasim, Saifullah Bangash(wk), Usama Mir, Mohammad Amir, Sohail Tanvir
Peshawar Zalmi
Mohammad Hafeez, Tamim Iqbal, Dawid Malan, Kamran Akmal(wk), Shahid Yousuf, Shahid Afridi(c), Darren Sammy, Wahab Riaz, Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Asghar, Shaun Tait
Peshawar Zalmi innings : 1-93 (M Hafeez 10.3 overs), 2-108 (Tamim 12.4 overs), 3-143 (K Akmal 16.3 overs), 4-153 (D Malan 17.4 overs)
Karachi Kings: 1-26 (L Simmons 4.1 overs), 2-27 (Nauman Anwar 5.1 overs), 3-28 (Imad Wasim 5.3 overs), 4-46 (S Malik 7.5 overs), 5-48 (Shakib 8.5 overs), 6-109 (J Vince 14.3 overs), 7-170 (Tanvir , 18.6 overs) 8-178 (R Bopara , 19.3 overs), 9-179 (Usama Mir , 19.5 overs)
Excellent performance from Zalmi who kept their nerve in a thrilling game, taking them to the top of the table, while Karachi join Lahore at the bottom of the table. It must be a shock as both these teams were expected to perform better. Hafeez batted beautifully while Amir bowled well for the first innings, Karachi collapsed woefully chasing with Asghar and Tait bowling very economical spells. With the game looking dead Bopara gave a vintage exhibition of stunning hitting and took Tait to the cleaners with some magnificent hitting, 26 runs off that over changed the game and left Kings needing 22 off the final two overs and then 13 off the final over. However his wicket proved costly and Karachi were defeated by 3 runs in the end. A fantastic advert for PSL. The crowd, again for the second day in a row, was fantastic unlike Dubai. The table shaping up nicely and looks to be a tight race for all teams concerned!