Islamabad United (169/3) secure a convincing 7-wicket victory over Karachi Kings (165/5) in Match 15 of PSL 9

[Asad T]

most dull match of the psl so far
polly is probably due for a failure today

 

[The_KING]

This is such a boring match. Dead crowd, dead match.

 

[Asad T]

Karachi don't really have much batting after this, so they can't afford to go guns blazing yet

 

[Rana]

Karachi don't really have much batting after this, so they can't afford to go guns blazing yet

They won’t win with 130-140 either

Might as well go for it

 

[Rana]

Azam keeping well

Big pressure now on Rizwan misuser of power

 

[Rana]

What a soft cricketer

Pakistan wasted 4 years on this player who was preferred over Imad

 

[Rana]

The class of 22

Shan 27 off 31

Nawaz 6 off 11

 

[Rana]

Rehan ul Haq and Haider Azhar fighting in dug out

They should be in laboratories not on cricket fields!

 

[Asad T]

The need to target Raees, others will be harder to hit

 

[YousafTheBeast]

KK would’ve been 89-2 right now if Shan was still in, could be costly for IU.

 

[Rana]

Haider Azhar was once banned or fined before as well for something he did in the dug out. Once again seen visible on camera fighting with IU management for substitute fielder…

How is this guy allowed to act like he is Jose Morinhou or something? Cricket is a gentleman’s sport, not cakes acting like they are football managers

 

[Rana]

https://a-sports.tv/multans-sultans-manager-haider-azhar-one-match/amp/

This guy is an idiot

 

[Asad T]

only 2 runs from the 16th over
really poor batting

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Looks like the ground is a good 70% empty

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Where did Guptil come into this PSL?

 

[Rana]

Rumman is bowling poorly

Does this guy even play any FC/List A cricket?

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Why do all PAK stadiums look so outdated as they're in the 80's.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Why do all PAK stadiums look so outdated as they're in the 80's.

Because they are of the old 80s

 

[Asad T]

Watching Azam dive always cracks me up. also probably cracks the ground up

 

[Rana]

Islamabad as usual

Can’t concentrate on playing good cricket for a sustained amount of time

 

[Asad T]

If Karachi can get 170 it would be fun

 

[Rana]

Raees the guy who bowled beautifully against England in Cardiff 2017

Very sad to see him become this poor

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Because they are of the old 80s

Yeah because they're beyond being upgraded now.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Raees the guy who bowled beautifully against England in Cardiff 2017

Very sad to see him become this poor

What do you expect when he's 38 years old still coming and bowling.

 

[Asad T]

Too little too late

 

[oatmeal]

cant bowl no balls at this stage and that too to bring Pollard on strike

 

[Rana]

160 up

Runs on the board

 

[Asad T]

Too many extras from Hunanin at this stage of the game
otherwise he had bowled really well

 

[Rana]

Niazi is 100% Misbah reloaded

 

[Deewana Mastana]

What the heck happened there

Hales and Shadab

 

[oatmeal]

Didnt look very bad on the replay tbh but you have to call for the catch

 

[RidiculousMan]

Probably the first time ever Pollard ran 4

 

[Asad T]

From this angle it looks the the physio is about to eat Shadab for dinner

 

[Rana]

Shadab Khan running into fielders taking catches


Where have we seen this before?

 

[Rana]

Turns out Pollard wasn’t the worst ever first Platinum pick in the league’s history

He’s the only one keeping them afloat at the moment

 

[Champ_Pal]

Azam Khan is such a fun character.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Turns out Pollard wasn’t the worst ever first Platinum pick in the league’s history

He’s the only one keeping them afloat at the moment

He still has some juice left in him. Will continue to play for a couple more years I feel.

 

[Ahmed216]

He is scared, very scared

Yes he's scared of an unfit guy who averages 4 in international cricket at a staggering SR of 90

 

[Rana]

Yes he's scared of an unfit guy who averages 4 in international cricket at a staggering SR of 90

But Azam is clearly a better T20 batsman than Rizwan. This is not even up for debate. For the positions and roles they have, Azam is good…Rizwan isn’t.

 

[oatmeal]

Danny Morrison trying to touch the female commentator's hair and she brushed him off

 

[Rana]

Danny Morrison trying to touch the female commentator's hair and she brushed him off

He is very risky around women. I remember once he went into the cheerleaders somewhere and was dancing with them

 

[Ahmed216]

But Azam is clearly a better T20 batsman than Rizwan. This is not even up for debate. For the positions and roles they have, Azam is good…Rizwan isn’t.

Azam Khan looks so out of depth at international level. He's not fit to tie Rizwan's shoelaces. And he will never be considered for national selection ahead of Rizwan. Live with that

 

[Rana]

Azam Khan looks so out of depth at international level. He's not fit to tie Rizwan's shoelaces. And he will never be considered for national selection ahead of Rizwan. Live with that

As Amir said

‘4 saal mazzey kiye…”

Give him time, just like you gave time to Rizwan. He will come good.

 

[Rana]

Munro looks like he’s on a mission today

 

[Ahmed216]

Danny Morrison trying to touch the female commentator's hair and she brushed him off

Once he took a female presenter by the arms. Don't remember where it was

 

[Rana]

Just checked Youtube. Danny once did a pitch report with a cheerleader on his shoulders

 

[The Bald Eagle]

IU has such a long batting line up, if they lose today then certainly they deserve to go out too.

 

[Rana]

Hamza getting wiped out here

Was bowling well outside of Karachi

 

[Asad T]

Karachi will need to bowl economically if they want any chance to win today. But so far IU continue to dominate

 

[Rana]

Shan didn’t dive

There was a chance

 

[Rana]

Proper batting wicket made to look like a landmine by Karachi

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Shan didn’t dive

There was a chance

Imagine if it was Sharjeel, they’d blame his fitness for not being able to dive.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Imagine if it was Sharjeel, they’d blame his fitness for not being able to dive.

What about Azam

 

[oatmeal]

Hasan Ali getting tonked around

 

[Omer2002]

Hasan Ali getting tonked around

Nothing new is it

 

[FearlessRoar]

They are on absolute fire

https://twitter.com/x/status/1762877662433812736

 

[FearlessRoar]

I think the match will finish before 15 overs.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Wow loving IU onslaught

 

[Asad T]

IU making this pitch look easy

 

[Asad T]

A birthday present for Azhar Mahmood it seems

 

[Rana]

Hor nikalo Imad aur Amir ko

Hor nikalo Sharjeel ko

 

[Rana]

What’s the new core they are building after removing Amir, Sharjeel and Imad?

Malik
Nawaz
Shan
Hassan Ali

???

 

[Rana]

Don’t worry Nawaz will serve a 25+ over next over

 

[Asad T]

What’s the new core they are building after removing Amir, Sharjeel and Imad?

Malik
Nawaz
Shan
Hassan Ali

???

And after Pollard retires, they will pick up emerging middle order specialist, Abdullah Shafique

 

[Rana]

Surely that’s 5 runs for fake fielding by Malik?

 

[ads101]

What’s the new core they are building after removing Amir, Sharjeel and Imad?

Malik
Nawaz
Shan
Hassan Ali

???

Would like a reset if possible with no players retained. Karachi don’t have a core they just have discarded players as they gave away their players for next to nothing.

It’s very difficult for teams at the bottom to compete in future years right now as the good players are retained. And it’s usually the same players dominating every year who also get retained.

Quetta lucked out a bit as they got players like Amir and Rilee who usually would have been retained or at least traded for better players.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

97/0 after 10, brilliant from IU

 

[Nado_]

Crowd can play a huge factor when it comes to the excitement of a match. Once again Karachi disappoints , Lahore was packed even during a neutral game. What is the reason for Karachi people not attending games. It’s not the first time this has happened

 

[Rana]

Well done for replacing Amir with Hassan Ali

 

[Rana]

I wanna see Azam

Not boring Salman Ali Agha

 

[ads101]

Crowd can play a huge factor when it comes to the excitement of a match. Once again Karachi disappoints , Lahore was packed even during a neutral game. What is the reason for Karachi people not attending games. It’s not the first time this has happened

Can’t blame the fans. Karachi has been such a disappointment over all PSLs it’s unreal. Even when they won during covid I thought they were a bit lucky. And they started with the strongest squad on paper in PSL 1, it should have set them up for an advantage.

I think a lot of their failure as a franchise can be attributed to Mickey Arthur. He did a terrible job with the strongest squads. The rest are just picking up the pieces after that.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Islamabad needs to win this quickly to get their NRR up.

 

[PakEngFan]

He is scared, very scared

Yeah of someone who average 4.

 

[PakEngFan]

But Azam is clearly a better T20 batsman than Rizwan. This is not even up for debate. For the positions and roles they have, Azam is good…Rizwan isn’t.

Yeah it's very hard to average 4 in the middle order. I am sure even Chris martin would have done better than fat Azam Khan.

 

[Rana]

Yeah it's very hard to average 4 in the middle order. I am sure even Chris martin would have done better than fat Azam Khan.

Ask your coward Idol to come and bat in the middle where he should

Not hide in the powerplay eating up deliveries and waiting for easy leg side balls

 

[RidiculousMan]

Most boring game of this season yet.

 

[Rana]

United doing the kind of chawlain that have been the reason for their downfall in the past

 

[Rana]

I’m sensing another Islamabad stinker here

Shamsi gets one more and you never know

 

[PakEngFan]

Ask your coward Idol to come and bat in the middle where he should

Not hide in the powerplay eating up deliveries and waiting for easy leg side balls

He's not my idol for a start. I can guarantee you where ever he plays he will average more than 4 lol. Btw another duck for your idol Imad lol can't even score his customary 1 off 4 balls anymore.

 

[Rana]

He's not my idol for a start. I can guarantee you where ever he plays he will average more than 4 lol. Btw another duck for your idol Imad lol can't even score his customary 1 off 4 balls anymore.

Yes he is your idol

Don’t deny it. You have to come out here and defend nonsense cricket.