Islamabad United (191/2) beat Karachi Kings (190/4) by 8 wicket

[MenInG]

Islamabad United on a roll at the moment, whilst Karachi Kings will be keenly aware of the Multan Sultans threat to their top-4 position.

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Squads:

Karachi Kings Squad: Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Martin Guptill, Najibullah Zadran, Chadwick Walton(w), Thisara Perera, Imad Wasim(c), Qasim Akram, Waqas Maqsood, Mohammad Amir, Arshad Iqbal, Mohammad Ilyas, Abbas Afridi, Aamer Yamin, Zeeshan Malik, Danish Aziz, Mohammad Haris, Noor Ahmad

Islamabad United Squad: Usman Khawaja, Colin Munro, Rohail Nazir(w), Hussain Talat, Shadab Khan(c), Hassan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Asif Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Muhammad Musa, Fawad Ahmed, Ali Khan, Akif Javed, Faheem Ashraf, Umar Amin, Zafar Gohar, Brandon King, Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Zeeshan Zameer, Muhammad Akhlaq

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[Coolcapri]

I was gutted the way LQ lost but really impressed by Shadab captaincy.

 

[Coolcapri]

Also i like the way he was bowling for wickets yesterday. Maybe this is the time he gets his old bowling form

 

[shamaan]

Also i like the way he was bowling for wickets yesterday. Maybe this is the time he gets his old bowling form

You can already tell he's back to near bowling fitness

 

[Rellu_Katta]

Islamabad peaking at right time ...

Multan Sultans, Islamabad united, LQz and Peshwar Zalmi ... this top 4 is wat i wanna see

 

[Mr Crickekter]

Babar Azam
Martin Guptill
Zeshan Malik
Najiblah Zardan
Qasim Akram
Mohammad Haris (wk)
Imad Waseem
Thisara Parera
Mohammad Aamir
Mohammad Iliyas
Noor Ahmad

 

[PakPremi]

You can already tell he's back to near bowling fitness

Like I said in the thread of first Lahore vs IU match thread people need to give Shadab some time as he has not played much over past couple years because Pak do not play many matches and he has been off quite a lot with injuries or played half fit. He is a quality player and if he can get some form in his bowling you can also rely on him to score some useful runs what when batti g in lower middle order.
As far as his captaincy is concerned he has always been good as shown whe he captained Northern and IU. He leads by example in the field with his energetic and effective fielding.

 

[Rellu_Katta]

Like I said in the thread of first Lahore vs IU match thread people need to give Shadab some time as he has not played much over past couple years because Pak do not play many matches and he has been off quite a lot with injuries or played half fit. He is a quality player and if he can get some form in his bowling you can also rely on him to score some useful runs what when batti g in lower middle order.
As far as his captaincy is concerned he has always been good as shown whe he captained Northern and IU. He leads by example in the field with his energetic and effective fielding.

he will have to do a LOT to justify his position... but by the looks of it, he has accepted the fact that his place as a bowling all-rounder is under serious threat , not becz of any indivdual, but due to his own performance. so he is trying to prove himself as a batting all-rounder ... which isnt working as well

for a no5 spot, he has to compete with likes of Malik, Azam Khan, Haider Ali, Sarfraz, Imad, Fahim, who are all superior batsmen to him ... it will b real poor if he gets to play ahead of any of the above mentioned names

he should focus on his bowling...and once that starts delivering, his batting will follow from the confidence he gets...

at the min, its xtremly disappointing to see how far he has fallen from where he started...

 

[marlonbrowndo]

I wonder if Babar will single handedly lose his team the game again if the target is above 170

 

[shamaan]

Like I said in the thread of first Lahore vs IU match thread people need to give Shadab some time as he has not played much over past couple years because Pak do not play many matches and he has been off quite a lot with injuries or played half fit. He is a quality player and if he can get some form in his bowling you can also rely on him to score some useful runs what when batti g in lower middle order.
As far as his captaincy is concerned he has always been good as shown whe he captained Northern and IU. He leads by example in the field with his energetic and effective fielding.

Definitely I really like shadab he is good player and he's young but people expect to much from him but I think he is nearly back to his best. he was In my world squad
Even when he had injuries I knew he would come back strong.

 

[Shahzad1985]

Rumour is Amir has made himself available for National Selection so maybe he will want to prove he still has it in him.

 

[shamaan]

he will have to do a LOT to justify his position... but by the looks of it, he has accepted the fact that his place as a bowling all-rounder is under serious threat , not becz of any indivdual, but due to his own performance. so he is trying to prove himself as a batting all-rounder ... which isnt working as well

for a no5 spot, he has to compete with likes of Malik, Azam Khan, Haider Ali, Sarfraz, Imad, Fahim, who are all superior batsmen to him ... it will b real poor if he gets to play ahead of any of the above mentioned names

he should focus on his bowling...and once that starts delivering, his batting will follow from the confidence he gets...

at the min, its xtremly disappointing to see how far he has fallen from where he started...

He won't be batting in the top 6 in international.in domestic he would be thou.

 

[Rellu_Katta]

Rumour is Amir has made himself available for National Selection so maybe he will want to prove he still has it in him.

he will be tied up with Harris Rauf .... which shld make him available for selection in XI .. he is def behind SSA, Hassan Ali and Faheem (Faheem an automatic choice due to the all-rounder tag)

might be a good idea not to play him and go with 3 spinners ... Imad and Shadab(dont want him to play but he will) and Usman Qadir should be a better option than imad + shadab + Aamir

 

[Rellu_Katta]

He won't be batting in the top 6 in international.in domestic he would be thou.

then he doesnt get a place ... it will be disappointing to see him play ahead of imad

 

[Rafa]

Karachi bat first

 

[Rafa]

Will be interesting to see how Babar bats at the top this time..

 

[MenInG]

Islamabad United have won the toss elected to bowl first against Karachi Kings

Hassan Ali , Muhammad Akhlaq and Akif Javed are in playing XI for Islamabad

Muhammad Akhlaq is today's debutant for Islamabad

 

[shamaan]

then he doesnt get a place ... it will be disappointing to see him play ahead of imad

I'd be disappointed if imad play ahead of shadab but to be honest both will play come the world cup.

 

[shamaan]

Islamabad United have won the toss elected to bowl first against Karachi Kings

Hassan Ali , Muhammad Akhlaq and Akif Javed are in playing XI for Islamabad

Muhammad Akhlaq is today's debutant for Islamabad

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I thought Hassan Ali wasn't avaliable?

 

[Shoaibbtt]

I thought Hassan Ali wasn't avaliable?

He was gonna join his family but then got talked out of it. He’s not left the bubble so is still eligible to play and doesn’t need to quarantine again.

 

[shamaan]

IU playing 2 Emerging players

 

[shamaan]

He was gonna join his family but then got talked out of it. He’s not left the bubble so is still eligible to play and doesn’t need to quarantine again.

Thankyou I fought it was confirmed that he's left.

 

[Rellu_Katta]

I'd be disappointed if imad play ahead of shadab but to be honest both will play come the world cup.

Imad as a bat is Far superior than most in the XI , bar obvious ones....as a T20 batsmen i think he is 5th behind Fakhar, Babar, Rizwan n Haffeez... on bowling he is much more effective in UAE conditions ... as a new ball bowler .... only place where Shadab trumps him is fielding

i personally hate imad .. esp how he behanved in NZ when he just walked off during a game...tht was shamefull to say the least.. but he deserves to be in there

 

[Justcrazy]

Islamabad United:

Munro, Khawaja, Shadab, Talat, Ifthikhar, Asif Ali, Akhlaq, Hasan Ali, Ali Khan, Waseem, Javed


Karachi Kings:

Imad, Babar, Sharjeel, Najibullah Zadran, Thisara, Guptill, Walton, Abbas, Maqsood, Amir, Iqbal

 

[Rellu_Katta]

anything on M.Ikhlaq? i have heard good things about him.... any ideas?

 

[Justcrazy]

Islamabad United have won the toss, will bowl first.

 

[shamaan]

Imad as a bat is Far superior than most in the XI , bar obvious ones....as a T20 batsmen i think he is 5th behind Fakhar, Babar, Rizwan n Haffeez... on bowling he is much more effective in UAE conditions ... as a new ball bowler .... only place where Shadab trumps him is fielding

i personally hate imad .. esp how he behanved in NZ when he just walked off during a game...tht was shamefull to say the least.. but he deserves to be in there

Imad can only slog at the end hence why he never promotes himself.i would back shadab as he can actually play apart in all three formats.shadab has a bigger ceiling whilst imad is limited but makes use of the limited skill he has.

 

[Baigel]

Is Imad opening the innings today?

 

[Rellu_Katta]

Imad can only slog at the end hence why he never promotes himself.i would back shadab as he can actually play apart in all three formats.shadab has a bigger ceiling whilst imad is limited but makes use of the limited skill he has.

we dont have much of a sample size to prove what you said above...
he hasnt scored tons of runs in domestic
he hasnt scored any runs in List-A games

based on above, Hassan Ali has more claim for this throne than shadab ... (not saying he shld) but atleast he can claim it with runs to back it

 

[Titan24]

Not sure what Qasim did wrong to be dropped. Even if they thought they dont need an extra spinner, they already had 4 pacers now they have 5.

Dont mind seeing Abbas Afridi playing though but, feel for Qasim.

 

[Firebat]

Rohail Nazir has been dropped in favour of the debutant Muhammad Akhlaq it seems

 

[imshally81]

666

 

[shamaan]

we dont have much of a sample size to prove what you said above...
he hasnt scored tons of runs in domestic
he hasnt scored any runs in List-A games

based on above, Hassan Ali has more claim for this throne than shadab ... (not saying he shld) but atleast he can claim it with runs to back it

Hassan ali averages 22 in tests whilst shadab averages 33 with the bat in international yes the sample size is small but shadab has shown in international that he has a decent technique and can score runs against decent attacks.

 

[Titan24]

Akif got the both inside and outside edges of Babar’s bat in that over.

 

[wajid]

Akif is really good...

 

[Rana]

Sharjeel so much more intent to go after it! goes for 6 as a reward!

 

[Rana]

babar tuk tuk

 

[imshally81]

Akif & Waseem Jr..... Both are very good..

 

[imshally81]

Out

 

[Rana]

Out to a nothing ball!

 

[Titan24]

Top bowling from Akif. Was extracting edges of both the openers bat with a little bit of movement

 

[Yasir_ch]

Akif is good.He is very talented.

 

[imshally81]

Out to a nothing ball!

Very little seam movement...

 

[Third Man]

Akif is already much more polished than most young Pakistani bowlers. Doesn't just bang it in. He thinks about his bowling and has skills.

 

[shamaan]

Akif javed the Gem

 

[Firebat]

Akif bowling a very tidy opening spell

 

[shamaan]

Akif is already much more polished than most young Pakistani bowlers. Doesn't just bang it in. He thinks about his bowling and has skills.

His control is phenomenal I can remember an over he bowled to Watson I think last season it was world class over

 

[Gullycricket]

Alif is amazing. Like him already

 

[shamaan]

Babar showing respect to akif

 

[Gullycricket]

Sharjeel so much more intent to go after it! goes for 6 as a reward!

Sharjeel is finished. All those who think he is better than Riz are deluding themselves

 

[Firebat]

Beautiful flick from Babar.

 

[imshally81]

Beautiful six

 

[imshally81]

17 runs in last over

 

[Firebat]

Babar takes the final over of the powerplay for 17 runs. Full array of shots on show there.

 

[Saj]

Good to see Babar not just looking to increase the tempo in the last few overs of the innings.

 

[sharmaji]

Babar in good form is a treat to watch.

 

[guna]

At this point in their careers, Babar is well ahead of Kohli who is on a downward slope for about an year now. Kohli's best years are behind him.

 

[Ahmed216]

What a talent akif. Tying down bob and sharjeel is not easy

 

[imshally81]

Guptill gone

 

[Rana]

Wasim JR has taken Du Plesis and Guptil in a space of days

 

[Titan24]

Wasim gets Guptill with an in dipper

 

[Justcrazy]

63 . 2

7 overs

Interesting game right now.

 

[wajid]

Both akif and Waseem are making good bowling look so easy. Not too much focused on pace but line, length and seam

 

[shamaan]

2 pak youngsters getting wickets

 

[wajid]

Akif and Waseem are miles better than Rauf

 

[shamaan]

Babar in good form is a treat to watch.

He's never out of form

 

[Rafa]

Chacha into the attack

 

[Justcrazy]

Babar needs to bat through here and rest around him need to take calculated chances

 

[shamaan]

KK need 170+

 

[Ahmed216]

Tight bowling from chacha

 

[imshally81]

6666 by Babar

 

[Justcrazy]

SIX

Babar goes big here

 

[Ahmed216]

There comes the usual short ball from shadab right when pressure was building

 

[Justcrazy]

89 . 2

Karachi looking to accelerate here

 

[Rafa]

Even Afghan Zadran smashing Shadab

 

[SangasCoverDrive]

I don't know what is the role of Shadab in the side? Is he a bowler, batsmen or a specialist cheerleader?

 

[Rafa]

Babar plays with more confidence and freedom in the first innings.

 

[Ahmed216]

I don't know what is the role of Shadab in the side? Is he a bowler, batsmen or a specialist cheerleader?

None

 

[Babar_Azam_fan]

Babar back to his selfishness

 

[MRSN]

Each time a commentator is forced to say "You can win a washing machine" they really struggle to control their laughter after saying this ...))