Karachi Kings defeat Multan Sultans in Super Over to qualify for final of PSL 2020

[SensiblePakFan]

Karachi making sure psl gets maximum attention on its return, incredible game.

 

[MHN1293]

6 to win this is when u needed lala.

 

[MHN1293]

What an over amir.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Great game

 

[QalandarFan]

8 FREAKIN YORKERS IN A ROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But yes Hasnain, Naseem, Rauf, Faheem etc are better

 

[Titan24]

Outstanding superover from Amir

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Brilliant bowing from Amir

 

[Zeshan547]

MAn Amir is still must atleast for next two T20 WC, no ifs and butts.

 

[Omer Baloch]

That's why you need amir.

 

[Rayyman]

Multan was never gonna win

 

[Amjid Javed]

Excellent over by Amir. KK through to the final

 

[kingusama92]

This is why Amir is a must for the world cup. He can handle pressure.

 

[OldWarHorse]

Showed his quality there Amir

 

[Zeshan547]

If Amir don't make it for next two WT20 , then that selectors needs to be fired.

 

[Kaddy]

And here i was thinking of going for a shower after 16th over, thinking its done and dusted.

Now you should go....

 

[Rayyman]

Misbah in tears rn

 

[QalandarFan]

Amir is the most clutch player I've ever seen play for Pakistan, he never lets the pressure get to him.

 

[angrypathan]

Fantastic bowling by Amir. Great to see after some pretty ordinary performances over the last few months.

 

[saeed5646]

Perfect script for amir .Pcb and misbah will receive alot of flake if pakistan fast bowlers fail in nz t20 series

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

If Amir don't make it for next two WT20 , then that selectors needs to be fired.

Selectors should be praised for giving him a wake up call.

 

[saeed5646]

Misbah in tears rn

TBF can hardly blame misbah .Pcb are not happy with amir with retirement from test format

 

[Kaddy]

Charged up Aamir is still one of the best in Pakistan.

He is taking his career too easy.

 

[Xoib]

Good over but its bopara and riley two domestic journeyman not exactly what he could face at world championship

 

[angrypathan]

Selectors should be praised for giving him a wake up call.

Yep, it's also still ridiculous that a guy who could crank it up to 150kph as a teenager struggles to cross 135kph in his late 20s without having suffered any major injuries.

 

[kingusama92]

Amir is the most clutch player I've ever seen play for Pakistan, he never lets the pressure get to him.

Exactly.

This is why stat-watching is silly.

The man has already proven himself under intense pressure on the biggest of stages. But somehow the other bowlers are better for T20s.

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

Amir haters

Talk nah

 

[Rana]

Great match. Thank you PCB for this experience

 

[QalandarFan]

Exactly.

This is why stat-watching is silly.

The man has already proven himself under intense pressure on the biggest of stages. But somehow the other bowlers are better for T20s.

Yep he's still our best bowler in T20I's and second best bowler in ODI's just behind Shaheen. He needs to be apart of the next two World T20s and the 2023 Word Cup.

 

[QalandarFan]

Amir haters

Talk nah

They'll still find a way to hate lmao.

The comeback is real

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

6 consecutive legal deliveries
6 consecutive yorkers (at 135+)

What more do you want Misbah, you damn knucklehead?
Not good enough for national team, my foot

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

If an out of form Amir can do this then I want him in the team ahead of Musa, Faheem, Hasnain etc

 

[Rana]

Imad Wasim is a proper T20 captain. What a fighter!

 

[Kroll]

it was never about amirs ability, misbah has an axe to grind and vent his frustrations.

 

[SensiblePakFan]

Selectors should be praised for giving him a wake up call.

Agreed.

 

[Usman Chadda]

6 consecutive legal deliveries
6 consecutive yorkers (at 135+)

What more do you want Misbah, you damn knucklehead?
Not good enough for national team, my foot

Amir has been consistently mediocre for a while now. This hue and cry about his non-selection is dumb, and this is coming from an Amir fan. If hes needed to be dropped every time he needs to get 'charged up', we are better off without him.

 

[shamaan]

Very very good supoerover nailed the Yorkers spot on well done amir.

 

[MenInG]

Mohammad Amir defended 14 runs in the Super Over against Multan Sultans in the HBL Pakistan Super League 2020 Qualifier to guide Karachi Kings to their first-ever final of the tournament.

In the nail-biter played at the National Stadium, the left-arm pacer gave away only nine runs as his immaculate bowling denied boundaries to Sultans’ batsmen.

Kings’ made 13 runs as Shane Rutherfold smoked Sohail Tanvir for a four and a six after Sharjeel Khan was caught at long-on on the third ball.

Sultans have another chance of progressing to the final as they play the winner of the Eliminator 1 in the Eliminator 2 on Sunday evening.

That the match had to be decided on the Super Over was because of Sohail as he sent Babar Azam and Chadwick Walton back to the hut in a span of three balls in the 17th over to spark a collapse.

Kings were on their way to a comfortable run chase before Babar, who stroked his 45th T20 half-century, was caught-behind on the third ball. Following the dismissal, Kings slipped to 135 for eight from 117 for three.

Kings needed seven runs off the last over with Mohammad Amir and their captain, Imad Wasim, at the crease. Sultans’ pacer Mohammad Ilyas gave away only two runs in the first five balls – and dismissed Amir on the second ball – before Imad, who scored a fighting 16-ball 27 not out, flicked the ball off his legs at the backward square leg for a boundary.

In their pursuit of 141, Babar provided Kings a solid start with a brilliant 65 off 53, which was studded with five fours and two sixes.

He stitched a 42-run partnership with Alex Hales (22 off 19, four fours) for the second wicket after Sharjeel Khan (four of seven) was dismissed early in the proceedings. Babar then stitched 29-run and 27-run alliances with Iftikhar Ahmed (13 off 12) and Imad.

Sohail took three wickets for 25 runs and his exploits with the ball followed a blistering 25 not out of 13 balls.

That Sultans bowlers had something to bowl at was largely due to Sohail’s late onslaught which brought 28 runs off the last two overs, including 19 off the last six balls. The 35-year-old struck two sixes and a four.

Sultans were dealt with blows earlier in their innings as they had Adam Lyth, Shan and Rilee Rossouw back in the hut inside the powerplay overs. When Rossouw was run not on the second last powerplay delivery, the scorecard read 36 for three.

Their problems compounded with the dismissal of opener Zeeshan Ashraf, who scored 19-ball 21, five balls later.

An 40-run stand between Bopara, who made 40 from 31 balls, and Khushdil Shah (17 off 21) provided stability to the Sultans innings before the latter was dismissed by Arshad Iqbal.

Arshad returned two for 21 as he took the prized wicket of Shahid Afridi, who made run-a-ball 12, in the 17th over.

For Kings’ Waqas Maqsood was the other bowler who took two wickets.

Scores in brief:

Karachi Kings beat Multan Sultans in Super Over

Multan Sultans 141-7, 2o overs (Ravi Bopara 40, Sohail Tanvir 25 not out, Zeeshan Ashraf 21; Arshad Iqbal 2-21, Waqas Maqsood 2-26)

Karachi Kings 141-8, 20 overs (Babar Azam 65, Imad Wasim 27 not out, Alex Hales 22; Sohail Tanvir 3-25)

Player of the match – Babar Azam (Karachi Kings)

 

[Saj]

For a team with so many international players and experienced players, you always feel that a collapse is around the corner.

 

[DHONI183]

It's combination of tragedy and comedy what makes PSL what it is, it makes it my most favourite T20 league. It is the dropped catches, false strokes and poor bowling which in the end prepares the recipe of such nail-biting and almost heart-stopping matches. It is the beauty of the PSL I suppose.

Karachi kept gifting the match to Multan, Multan kept refusing to accept such an expensive gift - as good guests are supposed to do of course!