Karachi Kings (176/8) defeat their arch rivals Lahore Qalandars (175/6) by 2 wickets in a thrilling encounter to claim their second win of PSL 9

[BouncerGuy]

Updated points table after 9 games:

In today’s 10th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2024, the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore will witness a clash between the Lahore Qalandars and the Karachi Kings.

While the defending champions, Lahore Qalandars, are still seeking their first victory in the tournament, Karachi Kings enter this match with confidence after their recent win against Babar Azam’s team.

Squads:
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Karachi Kings (KAR) Squad: Shoaib Malik, Kieron Pollard, Anwar Ali, James Vince, Shan Masood, Zahid Mahmood, Tabraiz Shamsi, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Nawaz, Jamie Overton, Tim Seifert, Hasan Ali, Leus du Plooy, Muhammad Akhlaq, Blessing Muzarabani, Daniel Sams, Irfan Khan, Amir Khan, Siraj Uddin, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Arafat Minhas, Saad Baig and Fawad Ali

Lahore Qalandars (LAH) Squad: Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Rassie van der Dussen, Sikandar Raza, Jahandad Khan, David Wiese, Carlos Brathwaite, Fakhar Zaman, George Linde, Shai Hope, Kamran Ghulam, Sahibzada Farhan, Tayyab Abbas, Tom Bruce, Dan Lawrence, Abdullah Shafique, Salman Fayyaz, Lorcan Tucker, Ahsan Hafeez, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Imran, Zaman Khan, Syed Faridoun and Mirza Baig

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[MenInG]

Lahore not looking that impressive nowadays.

 

[Rana]

Qalandars will get this win today

 

[FearlessRoar]

Down the ground, it's 80 meters, square leg 66m and off-side 69 meters. Waqar Younis, in the pitch report, says the pitch has a bit of sheen and bowlers may get some swing in the first few overs but it's going to be a belter.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Playing XI for both teams.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Toss update:

Lahore Qalandars v Karachi Kings at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Karachi Kings have won the toss and are fielding first

 

[Asad T]

Karachi unchanged after their win last game.

 

[Asad T]

I'm interested to see Mir Hamz vs Farhan
Farhan has shown he is strong on the off-side, and and struggled with the straighter one
Mir swings it into the right hander, so might trouble him

 

[Asad T]

Mir Hamza getting banana swing

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Poor last ball to end the first over

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Malik is a canny bowler here lol

 

[Dark_Horse]

Papakaprince Vs lalakaprince.

 

[Asad T]

Wow Shan took a catch! That too a tough one

 

[FearlessRoar]

Mir Hamza picks up a crucial early wicket. Fakhar Zaman can't clear mid on and is out caught.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Fakhar has had a poor start this year

 

[Asad T]

I think they should let Hamza bowl another one. One more wicket here and Lahore will be in trouble

 

[Asad T]

Farhan struggling when he isn't given width

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Power play belonged to Karachi

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Are the South Africans going to be replaced when they leave in a weeks or so time?

 

[Asif321]

Shan is quite a proactive captain not a going through motions type of captain

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Poor keeping by Akhlaq missed stumping

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Shan is quite a proactive captain not a going through motions type of captain

Which is a pleasant change for a Pakistani player

 

[Asad T]

Argh Akhlaq misses and easy stumping

 

[Asad T]

Which is a pleasant change for a Pakistani player

yeah and making smart bowling changes as well. i like what i see

 

[Deewana Mastana]

yeah and making smart bowling changes as well. i like what i see

It's good to see he has game awareness and doesn't keep going with one plan.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Shamsi gets RVD lbw

 

[Asad T]

Shamsi gets RVD lbw

Finally gets one

 

[Asad T]

I like the swag of Ahsan, not wasting any time

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Really weird process of how they sign up and pick up players for PSL.

This Ahsan Bhatti looking at his player records has only just 2 games of T20 before today at 26 years of age. While he made his FC and List A debut 6 years back and in total in 3 formats has only played 10 games in 6 years.

How does this even work is beyond me at times while there's many deserving ones not even picked or signed up for PSL.

 

[topspin]

What a captain Shan Masood is.

 

[Asad T]

Jahandad above Shai hope,
intersing batting order here

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Jahandad above Shai hope,
intersing batting order here

Hope should've come in

 

[Rana]

Feels like a sluggish wicket

160 should be good

LQ have 3 good spinners

 

[Asad T]

Hope should've come in

maybe they wanted a right-left combo
challo, at least this way we get to see what he's made of

 

[Rana]

Big boy six by Farhan

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Feels like a sluggish wicket

160 should be good

LQ have 3 good spinners

Is tonight going to be the night for them to defend their score

 

[Rana]

Is tonight going to be the night for them to defend their score

They need 160,

And Shaheen needs to be smart. Use your spinners wisely

 

[Rana]

Go on Sahibzadey

Take them to 160 boy

 

[Asad T]

That was some shot

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Lahore struggling

 

[Asad T]

What a catch from polly,
catch of the tournament by far

 

[Blackbradman]

Daniel Sams is one of the worst T20 bowler ever.

 

[Asad T]

2 catches dropped this over. Must be like 30 drop catches in this tourament now lol

 

[Rana]

“Now, Lahore fans want Lahore to do well”

-Waqar Younis

 

[Blackbradman]

Big wicket for Karachi

 

[Justcrazy]

114 . 5

30 balls left

 

[Blackbradman]

In last 14 balls Farhan has scored 32 runs

 

[Justcrazy]

Lahore loose another wicket , they are struggling here

 

[Asad T]

Love Alim Dar as 3rd man
Doesn't take ages to make a simple decision
see's it in real time and says not-out

 

[Human786]

136/6 & 160 on - par score ?

 

[Asad T]

His run of good form continues this PSL. Started really slow but has accelerated well since then

 

[Justcrazy]

136 . 6

18 balls to go.

 

[Asad T]

136/6 & 160 on - par score ?

Not an easy pitch to bat on, a bit slow.
Also Karachi's batting is a bit weak so 160 could be competititve

 

[Justcrazy]

Sahaibzada is playing a crucial innings , one man army

 

[Justcrazy]

Four

64 from 40 balls now.

Can he finish with a bang here ?

 

[Human786]

waisey yeh kisi famous shaqsiyat ke Sahibzade hain ?Aaj Lahore jitega , script kuch aisi hai imo . 151/6 - 2 to go . @BouncerGuy pehli post par KETO ponzi aa gaya .

 

[FearlessRoar]

It's Sahibzada Farhan's show tonight.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

170 up

Sams ain't having a good outing so far this PSL

 

[Deewana Mastana]

175 decent score after the slow start

 

[Justcrazy]

176 is the target

 

[Asad T]

good comeback from lahore
the pendulum has swing in lq's favor now
KK have a weak batting lineup so may struggle unless dew falls now

 

[Asad T]

Sams is so useless

 

[Justcrazy]

Sams 26 from just 13 balls , Lahore finish with a defend able target.

 

[Rana]

Solid score

Surely Shaheen can’t botch this?

 

[Asif321]

Why only 3 overs of Nawaz ?

 

[FearlessRoar]

A very competitive total, Shoaib Malik can be crucial for Karachi Kings.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1761418531063685434

 

[Savak]

KK has messed up. LQ has got a very good score on this slow sluggish pitch where the ball is not coming on to the bat.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Lahore keep losing because they can't defend the target. Will be interesting to see if they can change that today.

Gotta say, when targets are 160-180 and there is enough in the pitch to go either way, it produces the most entertaining matches. A lot of recent matches have been like this and its been great. Much better than flat pindi roads.

 

[Nasty Naz]

145.5 clicks from Shaheen there. Slowly that pace is starting to come back a bit. Maintaining it in the longer format will the question but still this is positive signs.

 

[Rana]

No intent from Shan

 

[Rana]

Rubbish bowling from Shaheen

 

[Nasty Naz]

Would be nice if the broadcast & commentators actually showed what his previous delivery used to look like if they are going to talk about how its changed so much. Show it, don't just say it.

 

[Rana]

Shan sold down the river

 

[Rana]

Shan has no business whatsoever opening the innings

 

[Nasty Naz]

ooh 146.3 yorker for Shaheen there.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Another drop this time Hope.

Next ball 4 down the ground

Vince on the charge

 

[Rana]

Dropped

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Next ball clean bowled Vince

Bhatti ecstatic

 

[Rana]

Big wicket

Vince is the only proper batsman they have

 

[oatmeal]

Sahibzada Farhan fielding has been top notch even before the run out