Islamabad United [197/5] defeat Karachi Kings [196/3] by 5 wickets in PSL6 thriller

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Time: 2:00 PM GMT, 7:00 PM LOCAL

Squads:

Islamabad United Squad: Philip Salt(w), Alex Hales, Shadab Khan(c), Hussain Talat, Asif Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Lewis Gregory, Faheem Ashraf, Zafar Gohar, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Akif Javed, Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Zeeshan Zameer, Rohail Nazir, Muhammad Musa, Ali Khan, Fawad Ahmed, Reece Topley

Karachi Kings Squad: Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Joe Clarke(w), Colin Ingram, Mohammad Nabi, Daniel Christian, Imad Wasim(c), Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Amir, Waqas Maqsood, Arshad Iqbal, Danish Aziz, Qasim Akram, Noor Ahmad, Mohammad Ilyas, Zeeshan Malik, Chadwick Walton

Table:



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[mastimasti]

Should be a good game with two solid sides on pitches which seem to be growing flatter.

 

[MHN1293]

Hales vs sharjeel. Whoever fires can win the game for their team. Toss will also play and important part. Both teams should look to bowl first.

 

[Firebat]

Islamabad United win the toss and elect to field first. Both teams unchanged.

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[Firebat]

In all matches so far in PSL6, the team who won the toss bowled first and won.

 

[Pakhs]

Should be a good match lets see if Karachi can win bowling second and break the trend.. They are the best team on paper.

 

[last_knight]

In all matches so far in PSL6, the team who won the toss bowled first and won.

Will have it's psychological impacts.

 

[Rafa]

All the matches in PSL 6 have been won by team batting 2nd/chasing the target

Must be an advantage to bat second in these conditions.

Would it be same today ?

 

[MHN1293]

Karachi are a good team on paper and can defend anything above 170 but islamabad have a good allround batting unit so 185+ is minimum against them.

 

[Rafa]

Mouth watering contest on the Cards. Want to see Sharjeel getting a bit score.

 

[Shafi]

Mohammad Haris should be in PSL team as a wicket keeper batsman. Instead we are accommodating a foreign player.

 

[JibranAnsari]

that hassan delivery swung like thrice in air before maoing contact with the ground.

 

[Rana]

Sharjeel is due some runs

 

[Rana]

Babar's timing hasnt been the same since he switched to GN

 

[MHN1293]

Faheem opening the bowling. Maybe islambad have learnt not to to bowl him at the death.

 

[Rana]

Another belter of a track. Need to get 200

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Mohammad Haris should be in PSL team as a wicket keeper batsman. Instead we are accommodating a foreign player.

He will play for Zalmi instead of Kamran Akmal next year.

 

[Shafi]

He will play for Zalmi instead of Kamran Akmal next year.

Will Kamran retire this year?

 

[Firebat]

Faheem opening the bowling. Maybe islambad have learnt not to to bowl him at the death.

He was opening the bowling in the previous game too

 

[MHN1293]

He was opening the bowling in the previous game too

Yes i was talking about him bowling to miller at death in the 3rd t201.

 

[Rafa]

Quiet start so far

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Babar's timing hasnt been the same since he switched to GN

So you’re telling me he’ll make a century today

 

[MHN1293]

Good shot by babar.

 

[Rana]

Dotjeel Khan

 

[Firebat]

Yes i was talking about him bowling to miller at death in the 3rd t201.

He also bowled the 18th over last game and got hit for 14, so we'll have to see if they've hopefully learnt from the T20I's and also from last game

 

[MHN1293]

8th dot from sharjeel.

 

[Rana]

What is Sharjeel doing?

He is making Imam ul Haq look like David Warner

 

[world cup captain]

Karachi batting how England should have batted. Loving this from ISLU.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Dotjeel Khan

Fourbar Azam

 

[Rana]

Babar has a start

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Bhai .. wth is happening here?
Babar proving why he is not a t20 batsmen.
The more he stays at crease more it will benifit the opposite team.

 

[MHN1293]

Sharjeel auditioning for the test side.

 

[MHN1293]

Bhai .. wth is happening here?
Babar proving why he is not a t20 batsmen.
The more he stays at crease more it will benifit the opposite team.

And dotjeel the 150 striking t20 star is having a brilliant game.

 

[Firebat]

13 dot balls in the first 3 overs. 9 of those from Sharjeel.

 

[Rana]

Horrendous batting by Sharjeel

 

[Rafa]

Lol Dotjeel is a nice name

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Bhai .. wth is happening here?
Babar proving why he is not a t20 batsmen.
The more he stays at crease more it will benifit the opposite team.

Babar is fine 15(11) right now. Sharjeel is supposed to be the aggressor in this partnership and playing 4(13) or something

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

And dotjeel the 150 striking t20 premiere is having a brilliant game.

Not even commenting on that fixer .
No wonder he got selected in Karachi kings with wasim akram, amir & Gibbs .lol

 

[MHN1293]

Well done dotjeel first single.

 

[Rafa]

It will be a disaster if anyone of these two get dismissed after playing so many deliveries

 

[world cup captain]

Sharjeel looks bigger (fatter) than 2017 or that just me?

 

[Rana]

High quality

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Bhai .. wth is happening here?
Babar proving why he is not a t20 batsmen.
The more he stays at crease more it will benifit the opposite team.

Batting at a SR of 200 now.

 

[Rana]

Babar, Hafeez and Rizwan are giving some quality for sky sports viewers I must say

 

[Rafa]

Babar is still getting boundaries. About Dotjeel you never about which team he is playing for today.

 

[Firebat]

Did Babar and Sharjeel switch roles in the team?

 

[Titan24]

Thats high quality batting from Babar.

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Sharjeel looks bigger (fatter) than 2017 or that just me?

Look like his legs are cemented in the crease

 

[Firebat]

What team is Sharjeel playing for. This is embarrassing

 

[world cup captain]

Babar clearly farming the strike from Sharjeel. There is no reason to get Sharjeel out in the next couple of overs.

 

[Rana]

Recon Sharjeel is getting out this over

 

[Titan24]

Knuckle ball from Hassan on that last one, interesting

 

[Rana]

Dotjeel mistiming everything

 

[MHN1293]

Sharjeel is saving his wicket for blasting against the spinners. Atleast thats what i hope.

 

[NeVerMind]

Islamabad better keep Sharjeel there and not try to get him out

 

[Titan24]

Slow left arm spin of Zafar should be tried against Babar, you never know

 

[Firebat]

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[PakistanMeriJaan]

Babar is still getting boundaries. About Dotjeel you never about which team he is playing for today.

This made me laugh. True say.

 

[MHN1293]

Fulltoss gently driven to cover by dotjeel

 

[Rana]

Another dot

 

[silentkiller187]

There was actually fans who wanted Sharjeel to open for pak instead of Rizwan Rizwan takes up too many balls they said. Sharjeel has taken 3 overs to score 6 runs in a powerplay against some inexperianced bowlers.

 

[Titan24]

Sharjeel making solid test squad claim here

 

[Rana]

Waste of a powerplay

 

[NeVerMind]

Sharjeel making another leftie, Khushdil, look like David Warner...

 

[MHN1293]

Waste of a powerplay

Would have been pretty decetn had sharjeel batted at even run a ball.

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Wow this is another level of embarassment..
I never saw even tailenders struggle like that.

 

[world cup captain]

Geez at least try to knock the ball around and rotate the strike. This is just pathetic!

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Karachi should have tried to get Zak Crawley instead of Dotjeel for the opening spot

 

[Titan24]

KK 33-0 after powerplay. Good stuff by IU and well supported by Sharjeel who is on 6 off 17

 

[MHN1293]

This should settle the fakhar vs rizwan debate. Atleast 1 dosent waste balls.

 

[Extra_Cover]

The irony is that a lot of posters on this forum recommended Sharjeel for Pakistan colours. There is a massive disconnect between fans and reality cricket.

 

[Bilal_103]

sharjeel is too fat tbh

 

[Firebat]

I was hoping that would find the fielder

 

[MHN1293]

Come on man atleast do something against tbe spinners.

 

[Rafa]

Sharjeel gets another boundary

 

[world cup captain]

Shadab's bowling has really regressed. Two dragged downs in one over is unacceptable.

 

[Firebat]

This is very poor batting by Karachi. Run rate of 5.87 halfway through the 8th over

 

[Rafa]

First six of the match

 

[shah_1]

Babar is a good example of stat padding

 

[MHN1293]

Wah sharjeel 20 ball aik 6 ke liye.