Karachi Kings (149) beat Lahore Qalandars (127/9) by 22 runs in Match 25

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The only question on people's minds - Will Karachi win their first game of the tournament?
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Squads:

Lahore Qalandars:

Shaheen Afridi (c), Sohail Akhtar, Haris Rauf, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, David Wiese, Ahmed Daniyal, Zeeshan Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafique, Philip Salt, Harry Brook, Kamran Ghulam, Dean Foxcroft, Maaz Khan, Samit Patel, Syed Faridoun, Ben Dunk, Akif Javed, Mohammad Imran Randhawa, Zaman Khan, Matty Potts

Karachi Kings

PlayingAamer Yamin, Babar Azam (c), Joe Clarke, Faisal Akram, Lewis Gregory, Imad Wasim, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Ilyas, Mohammad Nabi, Qasim Akram, Rohail Nazir, Sharjeel Khan, Talha Ahsan, Umaid Asif, Mohammad Taha, Sahibzada Farhan, Jordan Thompson, Mohammad Imran, Ian Cockbain, Tom Lammonby, Romario Shepherd, Tom Abell

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[Cric_lover4487]

Since this is a dead rubber, will LQ test their bench strength?

 

[Coolcapri]

No, LQ will go with full strength as they aren't guarantee top 2 spot yet.

 

[Savak]

Match has been sold out

 

[James]

Just over an hour until toss.

 

[Ummii]

Easy win for LQ. I wish that KK lost their remaining two matches with big margins so that we can get red of this management and dhakam pail mindset. There is no way they are looking as a team. It is Lahore Qalandars vs Private TV channel that just hired few players so that they can promote their causes and commercialize themself.

 

[Ummii]

Lol they dropped Umaid Asif

 

[shamaan]

Hopefully Lohare win so they can rest some of the players including Shaheen and Rauf.

 

[James]

Karachi Kings have won the toss and elected to bat first.

 

[shamaan]

Karachi Kings have won the toss and elected to bat first.

Bat first against Shaheen

 

[silentkiller187]

sharjeel demoted down the order

 

[James]

Teams:

Karachi Kings (Playing XI): Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam(c), Joe Clarke, Lewis Gregory, Mohammad Nabi, Rohail Nazir(w), Qasim Akram, Imad Wasim, Chris Jordan, Usman Shinwari, Mir Hamza

Lahore Qalandars (Playing XI): Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hafeez, Philip Salt(w), Harry Brook, Rashid Khan, David Wiese, Shaheen Afridi(c), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan

 

[Rana]

So Babar the serial failure as an opener demotes the other opener who is actually scoring runs

 

[silentkiller187]

shaheen loves a pointless review

 

[James]

From the toss:

 

[James]

Joe Clarke out.

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KRK 16/1 (1.4) CRR: 9.6

Karachi Kings opted to bat

Babar Azam *10
Sharjeel Khan 0

 

[Rana]

That innings by Harris yesterday has lifted the standards for openers

Babar showing great intent!

 

[ha5is12]

Sunday 11 plus babar back in action

 

[ha5is12]

That innings by Harris yesterday has lifted the standards for openers

Babar showing great intent!

Just wondering is Harris the standard of Pakistani openers now?

 

[PakPremi]

So Babar the serial failure as an opener demotes the other opener who is actually scoring runs

Babar I'm sure has scored more despite not in good touch.

 

[silentkiller187]

opening or coming in at 3 same result, sharjeel is one of the most usless cricketer going

 

[Villager6964]

LOL the explosive player sharjeel hack Khan has exploded again.

 

[Rana]

Well done Babar for making the most pointless change in the batting order

 

[Villager6964]

This sharjeel is just awful.

 

[silentkiller187]

Well done Babar for making the most pointless change in the batting order

Babar has been poor as a captain but dont blame babar for sharjeel incompetence

 

[ha5is12]

Babar I'm sure has scored more despite not in good touch.

He has mate its just that people are blinded by agenda unfortunately

 

[Rana]

Babar has been poor as a captain but dont blame babar for sharjeel incompetence

That was a harsh decision

 

[Ahmed216]

Can only laugh at those who rate sharjeel over rizzy

 

[Rana]

Just wondering is Harris the standard of Pakistani openers now?

He has played superbly in every game

Much better than all the openers from Pakistan

 

[OneManShow]

Whenever I need a laugh I log on to read Rana's comments ��

 

[Rana]

Babar slowing down because he was going too fast for his own liking

 

[James]

KRK 24/2 (3.1) CRR: 7.58

Babar Azam *16
Qasim Akram 0

 

[Rana]

Don’t mind that drop if I were an LQ fan

 

[CricVet]

BATTERS R B 4s 6s SR
Babar 18 16 3 0 112.50
Qasim 14 8 3 0 175.00

Is Qasim the the Rookie or BaBAR? Babar will need to man up!

 

[ha5is12]

He has played superbly in every game

Much better than all the openers from Pakistan

But is he the standard of Pakistani openers after 3 successful psl matches?

 

[as-95]

Qasim Akram playing well. Where has he been this tournament? Seems a good talent

 

[ha5is12]

Qasim Akram playing well. Where has he been this tournament? Seems a good talent

Was busy at u19 world cup mate

 

[Ahmed216]

Good learning experience this for Qasim playing against rashid

 

[CricVet]

Even though PSL is not exactly a standard to judge a talent, but it certainly shows that we have some good prospects in batting coming up!

 

[Rana]

But is he the standard of Pakistani openers after 3 successful psl matches?

He is better IMO

Pakistani openers play their own brand of rubbish T20 cricket

 

[Rana]

Babar has opened in every game for KK and not once have they crossed 50 in the powerplay

 

[realitygaf]

lets hope Babar Azam gains some match awareness and realizes that Qasim Akram is a bowler as well

 

[Rana]

What a bowler Rashid Khan

What a bowling attack LQ! If only they can bring the bald headed destroyer Dilbar Hussain!

 

[ha5is12]

When you know you're team is going to collapse you have no choice but to stick around

 

[ha5is12]

He is better IMO

Pakistani openers play their own brand of rubbish T20 cricket

It's crazy how much value you give to psl over international cricket is all I can say.

More power to Harris though he does look extraordinary

 

[PakPremi]

BATTERS R B 4s 6s SR
Babar 18 16 3 0 112.50
Qasim 14 8 3 0 175.00

Is Qasim the the Rookie or BaBAR? Babar will need to man up!

Qasim been taking awful risks and eventually gets bowled out on one.

 

[CricVet]

This is why I have started to dislike Babar leadership now. How pathetic for a leader to choose his rookie fellow to attack while he is sitting pretty in his shell to accumulate his stats - gutless!

 

[CricVet]

Qasim been taking awful risks and eventually gets bowled out on one.

yeah. And you waiting for this exact moment to reply. What do you expect from a ROOKIE when he takes all the risks while captain stat paddler busy working on his useless stats.

 

[Rana]

It's crazy how much value you give to psl over international cricket is all I can say.

More power to Harris though he does look extraordinary

So is PSL a higher standard of cricket than bilateral T20 cricket?

 

[Rana]

This is why I have started to dislike Babar leadership now. How pathetic for a leader to choose his rookie fellow to attack while he is sitting pretty in his shell to accumulate his stats - gutless!

What was the point of swapping Sharjeel and Clarke’s positions and not himself?

 

[CricVet]

What was the point of swapping Sharjeel and Clarke’s positions and not himself?

He wanted more time to build stats to show his stats lovers how great of a batsman he is (which he is we can't deny). It is his toxic mindset right now which I have started to point of a hate now.

 

[ha5is12]

So is PSL a higher standard of cricket than bilateral T20 cricket?

No I don't believe it is

 

[Rana]

Things you will find in Rashid Khan’s pocket:

Keys
Shanakhti Card
Babar Azam

 

[castortroy]

Babar is rashid khan bunny

He has no clue on how to play him

 

[CricVet]

I see Babar Fans (mind you I am also his big BATTING fan) are sitting pretty in their shell hiding and praying that Babar scores another 50-100 to say how calculated and awesome leader Babar is.

 

[CricVet]

So there. Babar's misery is over - nice!

 

[PakEngFan]

Babar is always getting out to Rashid Lhan. Having said that Babar seems to be back in touch was timing the ball well. That’s all it matters. At the end of the day it’s t20. Should be used as time pass.

 

[Rana]

So there. Babar's misery is over - nice!

His strike rate is mis leading today because of those 2 boundaries on Weise’s over

 

[CricVet]

Except for Rashid, all Afghan players have been useless. What is the fascination of useless foreign players instead of some deserving upcoming domestic players?

 

[ha5is12]

His strike rate is mis leading today because of those 2 boundaries on Weise’s over

Yhyh weise doesn't count as a player so any runs babar made off him we'll deduct to fit your agenda

 

[CricVet]

His strike rate is mis leading today because of those 2 boundaries on Weise’s over

Who was happened to be the worst opposition bowler - way to go tiger!

 

[Darkrai]

Why is everyone up Babar's behind here all the time? So he failed in this PSL, get over it. Almost every other Pakistani batsman have had pathetic PSL seasons year after year. Babar hasn't done anything new here.

 

[Rana]

Why is everyone up Babar's behind here all the time? So he failed in this PSL, get over it. Almost every other Pakistani batsman have had pathetic PSL seasons year after year. Babar hasn't done anything new here.

Because he was awarded captaincy by the worst politician/tactician in Pakistan history Misbah ul Haq.

 

[Rana]

Another rescue job for Imad Wasim

 

[ha5is12]

Babar captaincy record at international level which matters most is stellar. Don't let people tell you otherwise guys

 

[CricVet]

Because he was awarded captaincy by the worst politician/tactician in Pakistan history Misbah ul Haq.

The disease he spread of tuk tuk seems like is ending soon. We got some talented players coming up hopefully - inspired by some aggressive Indian/AU batting style.

 

[CricVet]

Babar captaincy record at international level which matters most is stellar. Don't let people tell you otherwise guys

The sample is not even large enough to call it mediocre!

 

[Justcrazy]

Karachi on the way to lose all games this season

 

[Justcrazy]

Its weird to a champion Team about to lose all games .

 

[Justcrazy]

Karachi would get to around 150 here , very average score

 

[ha5is12]

What a recover from Imad. People need to understand the calibre of players in this Karachi team is nowhere near good enough

 

[CricVet]

Its weird to a champion Team about to lose all games .

The whole organization needs a thorough introspection!

 

[Rana]

What a recover from Imad. People need to understand the calibre of players in this Karachi team is nowhere near good enough

Including incompetent captain Babar Azam

 

[CricVet]

Karachi's best inning came from the rookie player which shows the dire straits nature of this organization which has employed the best batsman of Pak cricket.

 

[Savak]

Can't blame Babar for batting slow and wanting to bat through to the end. The reality is that the KK lower order is horribly unreliable including Imad, Gregory, Nabi

 

[PakEngFan]

This Karachi team is a joke bar Babar. Even while being out of form he’s outperformed his team mates by a mile. What did they the fixer do today?

 

[CricVet]

Can't blame Babar for batting slow and wanting to bat through to the end. The reality is that the KK lower order is horribly unreliable including Imad, Gregory, Nabi

That is his style of T20 cricket, not an adoption!

 

[ha5is12]

Including incompetent captain Babar Azam

Babar gets out and this is what happens. Clear to see who the glue is mate however much you don't want to admit it

 

[Rana]

That is his style of T20 cricket, not an adoption!

100%

It’s not like he is capable of batting like Jason Roy )

 

[PakEngFan]

Babar gets out and this is what happens. Clear to see who the glue is mate however much you don't want to admit it

Don’t bother this poster wants sharjeel to replace Babar and wanted zeeshan ashraf instead of rizwan. He will probably prefer sohail tanvir over Shaheen.