Karachi Kings defeated Lahore Qalandars by 5 wickets thanks to Khushdil Shah’s smoky batting. In the match played at Gaddafi Stadium, Karachi Kings won the toss and invited Lahore Qalandars to bat first. Lahore Qalandars scored 199 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Abdullah Shafiq and Fakhar Zaman were prominent with 62 and 61 runs. For Karachi Kings, Moeen Ali got 2 wickets, Hasan Ali and Rizwanullah got one wicket each.
In reply, Karachi Kings achieved the target of 200 runs in 18.4 overs for 5 wickets thanks to Khushdil Shah’s smoky batting. Jason Roy scored 9, Reese Hendricks 10 and Salman Agha were dismissed for Karachi Kings by scoring 14 runs. Moeen Ali scored 39 runs off 17 balls. Azam Khan was dismissed by scoring 14 runs. In the final overs, Khushdil Shah came to the crease and scored 23 runs off Shaheen Afridi’s 18th over and 14 runs off Haris Rauf’s 4 balls in the next over to give the team victory with 8 balls to spare. Khushdil Shah played an unbeaten innings of 44 runs off just 14 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 2 fours while captain David Warner remained unbeaten by scoring 63 runs.
