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Earlier Shahid Afridi won the toss and elected to bowl first. This move looked a bit surprising when Misbah said that he would have liked to bowl first because of the dew factor, but at the end, it proved out to be an excellent choice made up by Afridi.
Tamim and Hafeez looked solid and promising at the start. Hafeez, in particular, was batting with authority and struck 2 fours in his 11 runs. But then Watson produced a brilliant ball that took the outside of his bat and Billings took a ripper behind the wicket.
Malan then hit Raees straight to Watson and shortly after him, Kamran Akmal was trapped lbw by Ajmal and Zalmi were 3 down for 43 in 7.5 overs. Tamim, however, kept his end safe for the Zalmi. He did not panic and kept on hitting his runs though majorly in the form of singles and doubles.
Half of his runs came in the form of singles and doubles and his innings provided the foundation to the Zalmi at the end. Shahid Yousaf and Afridi hit some short partnerships with Tamim and they proved out to be of real importance.
Yousaf and Afridi both made 16 runs each before Russell took them both out. Tamim fell to Russell right after he reached his fifty. United bowlers bowled well, but the Zalmi played some really rational cricket. They had a batting plan and they executed it perfectly. Zalmi ended up making 145 runs.
The chase for horrible for the Islamabad United. Shaun Tait struck early after being hit for two fours by Sharjeel Khan, he came back strong and rattled his stumps on 8. Babar once again was a flop story who became the first victim to Asghar, who was the pick of the bowler from Zalmi.
Umar Amin lofted Asghar straight to Junaid and United were 3 for 37. Misbah once again walked into the crease with his team in trouble. Three batsmen were already out and Watson was not finding his touch. Misbah who hardly fails in such situations did fail today. Asghar did not fear I giving the ball flight and Misbah tried to hit him for a maximum one hit the straight into the lap of Dalan at long off.
Once United lost Misbah there was hardly any hope left in the dugout, Wahab Riaz then ripped through the middle order of the United. Watson was his first victim caught by Hafeez for Zalmi. Later Asghar took two back to back stunners in the deep to dismiss Dangerous Russell and Billings.
With a lot of wickets lost and many runs needed at the end, United could not make it to the other side of the line. Zalmi remained the better of the two. Afridi led his troops really well and one best thing about him was he and his team executed each and every portion of their plan perfectly. Asghar was named the man of the match for his brilliant bowling figures.
Peshawar Zalmi 145/7 in 20 overs
(Tamim Iqbal 51, Shahid Afridi 16; Andre Russell 3-31)
beat Islamabad United 121/9 in 20 overs
(Shane Watson 28, Sam Billings 26; Md. Asghar 3-20, Wahab Riaz 3-23) by 24 runs.
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]]>But this was not the case. Wahab bowled a fast ball outside the off stump and Watson went for a big cut, hi it straight to Hafeez and he does not drop such easy ones.
If there is one player in the Islamabad Untied dug put who can win the game for the United here he is Misbah. Russell will become handy in the later stages but right in the middle, it is Misbah. The contest is getting tough here.
Peshawar Zalmi batted well in their first innings as they reached the 146 in their 20 overs. Tamim played well for his fifty. He remained there till the end and anchored the Zalmi innings. There were a few other moderate sores that eventually give the Zalmi good score.
For the united Watson will be the key at the top. If he fires then United will hardly have to do anything else. Watson is in the form of his previous scores in the BBL and India show. Watson can make a lot of difference in the result with his bat.
Misbah is another man on whom the United is relying upon. Babar Azam is failing which is a worrying sign for the United. Umer Amin is another choice cut he has not impressed till now. Misbah and Russell from the middle order can change the direction of the game and we know that.
United will be desperate to get the win and save some respect because last night they were looking completely lost in the first game against the Quetta Gladiators. There was no motion in the shots. Today they looked a better side. Let’s see who wins at the end of the day. By the looks of the game progress, it seems it will be again Misbah.
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]]>Peshawar Zalmi did manage to get a decent score on the board at the end of their 20 overs. The wicket once again was on the slower side and the spinners straight forward were into the action. Afridi and his men did well with the bat. But this did not happen. Watson went for a cut and hit the ball straight into the lap of Hafeez and Wahab once again has got his man.
The reason is that they managed to hit a challenging score in the first innings. Tamim remained there till the end and hit fifty. He played a lot of balls but the good thing was that he did some runs. On these wickets run matter and not the balls because of the slowness.
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We have seen wickets falling a lot and so batters need balls to score runs. There will be dot balls because of the difficulties the batters face while playing against the slow bowlers. So each runs matters on such wickets even in the T20 format.
United want to chase down this total for them to get the points on the table. Misbah will play an important role here. Sharjeel is already gone and hence there are a few players who will have to stand up for United. Zalmi has Afridi who knows how to bowl on such tracks and Afridi will play a big part here in these wickets.
If United wants to win this game then they will have to bat really well in the second innings. for the Zalmi, it is simple to get United all out or stop the flow of runs and don’t bother much about wickets as they come automatically when runs are dried out. This is surely some intense cricket here as Misbah and his men are competing against Afridi and his.
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]]>Kamran Akmal is in some really good form with the bat. he has scored a lot of runs in the domestic cricket and even there are whispers that he will soon replace Ahmad Shahzad in the national team for the Asia cup and World T20.
This was a fantastic piece of bowling by Ajmal. The ball was on the middle stump and Kamran who already had collected 4 runs looked greedy in getting another one. He went for a sweet shot but this time, Ajmal controlled the pace of the ball and Kamran did not check it alt all. The ball hit him on his pads and he was plumb in front of the wickets. He is gone as the umpire raised his finger.
Ajmal is back and Misbah looked a lot happy to see his old friend getting a wicket. Ajmal himself looked happy as taking a wicket in the first game in tournaments always good sign nd now this will boost te confidence of Ajmal who has been pressurized for hos previous performance. United now is in a good petition and if they take few more wickets then they can dominate the game from here completely. It ll depends on the bowling of United now.
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]]>Kamran went out to play a big sweep shot and this time, Ajmal was ready. The variation worked as Kamran completely missed the ball with his shot and it hit on his front pad and Ajmal knew it was close. He went for the appeal and umpire gave that out.
Ajmal is on a well here fantastic comeback by him. Islamabad United are making things count here. They are doing their job nicely. Watson first took it Hafeez who looked dangerous thanks to some excellent skills shown by the keeper Billings and now Ajmal has struck against Kamran Akmal who was also looking dangerous.
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Ajmal is the backbone for United and if he gets set going ten there will not be much batting et to stop him. Ajmal was signed by United in the drafts and now he is making their money go valuable. Ajmal did the trick here and Kamran was baffled into playing such rash shot. There was no way he could have escaped from this appeal. He was a gone the moment the ball hit pads. Ajmal and Misbah were excited to get the second important wicket. United needs to take wickets at regular interval o win this game from the Zalmi.
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Earlier Shoaib Malik won the toss and decided to bowl first not knowing exactly how the wicket would behave. This decision immediately gave a positive result when Malik took out the most important wicket of the match, Chris Gayle.
Gayle was caught in the deep by Vince for 6 runs. Kings immediately put Qalandars under pressure. Azhar Played well for his 18 but then he started trying for too many things and eventually was bowled by Shakib.
With the captain gone, Qalandars did not look confident after. Delport got run out for 17 to an ugly call and brilliant piece of fielding by Iftikhar. Maqsood made 22 off 27 balls and gave his wicket away when he was settled at the crease.
Kings spinners did a decent job in the middle part along with Sohail Tanvir. Their bowling was absolutely fantastic and the Qalandars never looked confident in their shots for any moment in the game. Rizwan was the top scorer for Qalandars with his 37. He was the only one who looked a bit in from the rest there was nothing much.
In the death overs, Qalandars were completely thrown away by Mohammad Amir, who completed the first hat-trick of PSL. Amir took Bravo, Zohaib and Cooper in three balls to complete his hat-trick. Amir was absolutely unplayable and showed that on this wicket even the fast bowlers can make the difference. Qalandars ended up making 125 runs in their 20 overs.
The start for Kings in the second innings was a healthy one as Anwar and Vince went out quickly and the pressure flew back to the Kings right at the start. However, Simmons and Shakib two of the most experienced players in T20 format showed resistance and started the rebuilding phase and ten kept on batting till the Kings almost made it to the other side of the line.
Simmons hit 62 and remained not out coming in as an opener for the Kings while Shakib fell to Delport after making 51. Kings captain Malik finished the game in style with two big shots. Shakib was named the man of the match for his all-round performance.
Lahore Qalandars 125/8 in 20 overs
(Mohammad Rizwan 37, Sohaib Maqsood 22; Md. Amir 3-27) lost to
Karachi Kings 131/3 in 15.5 overs
(Lendl Simmons 62*, Shakib-Al-Hasan 51; Zia-ul-Haq 1-7) by seven wickets
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]]>The second game of the PSL is underway and it seems that both the teams have an equal chance in the game. Karachi Kings were excellent in the first half. Taking Gayle out of the equation was the biggest advantage they get and that too in the first over.
Malik was eager not to let Gayle open up and hence they went himself against the giant left-hander. Malik was hit for a four but then he made a brilliant comeback and lured Gayle into hitting him aerial and Vince took a smart catch.
Azhar Ali played a few good shots but he has not a t20 material as he was cleaned up by Shakib and there was no way he could have escaped this one. He ball turned a lot and Azhar was no way near to it. Talking about the whole first innings, Kings did a neat job. Malik captained the team really well and knew what the weaknesses of his opponents are.His team kept on taking the wickets and eventually made it count at the end. Qalandars is a good team and performed well and not like Islamabad United who were thrashed last night by the Quetta Gladiators. The ball is turning and the wickets are sluggish. The batsmen will have to make some hard runs here.Taking singles and exploring he gaps is the way forward from here. Each team will monitor these wickets a now ill alter their plans. This will not be the perfect T20 setup with such pitches.so Kings and Qalandars both will take the margin here.
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]]>Karachi Kings and Lahore Qalandars are fighting it hard in the middle and both teams are putting in every effort to seal the game in their favor. Gayle went out early which was a big setback for the Qalandars and right after him the captain departed. Azhar Ali did not look convincing.
Gayle hit Malik in the air and Vince completed a really good catch. Malik did make the right move here. He did not give Gayle and ease while going against some inexperienced bowler. Malik took the new ball and went in himself against Gayle. The wicket once again is turning a lot and this will make the difference.
Azhar Ali was bowled by Shakib and then are Qalandars found themselves in some deep trouble. Both openers were out and they need some cool heads in the middle. Karachi Kings have done a great job here. They bowled well with the new ball and old as well.
Mohammad Aamir Hattrick in PSL 2016 by HDCricketVideo
The ball is gripping and turning so massive hitting I not on the cards here in Sharjah and Dubai. The batsmen will have to settle on first and then try to hit a few. Coming in and going against the bowling is not a term used for these pitches. Malik was excellent as a captain and did well in the field. He took the initiative and his decisions were spot on. Lahore Qalandars lack a few things and they will have to work on these things. They need bowling depth and some sensible batters. Rest the tournament is all open for all the teams now.
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]]>Malik took the new ball and started bowling himself against Gayle. His was a great move by Malik knowing that any other bowler might get plenty of runs from Gayle and also Gayle will settle and when he settles down then the opposition is literally out of the game.
The first ball was pushed by Gayle on the off side and he ran two on it. Gayle hates running ad we all know that but as the ball went deep on the off side so he managed a couple easily. The second ball was hit on the off side.
Malik was turning the ball but then again Gayle never knows any other plan of action except to attack. On the third ball, he hit Malik over long on to get his first four. Now this hit did not come from the middle of the bat. Gayle went down the track on this one and still could not counter the spin well enough. Malik knew it is coming and on the very next ball Gayle again tossed him up in the air. This went straight and Vince patrolling the long off fence went under it and took the catch easily. Gayle is out and Karachi Kings have made their first mark.
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]]>Experienced Malik knew if Gayle starts off then it will be really Hard for the Karachi Kings to stop him. Gayle is such a beast that once unleashed he is just unstoppable no matter how tight the opposition bowling is.
Malik tossed up all three balls at Gayle. The first one was hit down towards the long off and Gayle scampered back tot complete a couple. The next ball was hit over long-on. This did not come in the middle of the bat and it encouraged Malik.
Mohammad Amir to Gayle Four And Out by HDCricketVideo
The ball is turning once again and it will reduce the totals to be made by both teams. Gayle went down the track and still could not find the middle of his bat. credit goes to Malik who did not alter his line and length despite Gayle went after him. On the very next ball, Malik gave the ball again flight and, this time, Gayle again tried to go aerial and he ball went miles in the air. The ball went high and Vince who was deployed at long off came under it and took a really good catch. This was the most precious catch in the first half and Malik was jubilant watching Vince taking the catch. Kings are on the top at the moment.
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