Karachi Kings defeat Quetta Gladiators by 1 run to qualify for the play-off stage

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">3 teams so far through to the play-offs:<br><br>Quetta Gladiators<br>Peshawar Zalmi<br>Islamabad United<br><br>Still fighting for a play-off place:<br><br>Karachi Kings<br>Lahore Qalandars<br><br>Already knocked-out:<br><br>Multan Sultans<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSL4?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSL4</a> <a href="https://t.co/auVOiI8S9B">pic.twitter.com/auVOiI8S9B</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1104459041206685704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Lot to play for but can the Karachi Kings give more joy to their city today?

 

[Green Patriot]

Raining real hard in Karachi.

 

[King-Misbah]

Raining real hard in Karachi.

The rain has stopped

 

[pakistani pride]

The rain has stopped

Any one close to the ground, how are the conditions?

 

[pakistani pride]

Just saw some clips on TV and its sunny..

 

[Gayle_Force]

Better be a full house today. This match is basically Karachi vs Karachi

 

[angeldsoul]

How was crowd yesterday? Was it full house??

 

[lahoriyah1234]

How was crowd yesterday? Was it full house??

Bhai saab, it was last minutes arranged fixture. So it wasnt a full house but 60% stadium was full. Alot of people have complained about the security and the process is so long and tiring.

 

[angeldsoul]

Inshallah full house tonight though
Who win toss ?

 

[Baigel]

Babar not playing! *Correction. Azam Khan not playing

 

[Zeeraq]

Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to bowl

Playing XIs:

 

[Theo_14]

Full house...... Alhamdullilah!

 

[Titan24]

KK playing Sohail Khan in such a crucial match. cometh the hour cometh the man

 

[Zeeraq]

 

[Titan24]

Better be a full house today. This match is basically Karachi vs Karachi

Funny thing is other than Sarfaraz, Anwer Ali and Sohail Khan, no player of Karachi is playing in both teams.

 

[a_tahir]

Shinwari and Sohail in the same team.

RIP karachi

 

[Titan24]

Great atmosphere today with chants and stuff

Watson is laughing and looks really excited.

 

[MRSN]

good crowd in for tonight.

 

[babajee]

What an atmosphere wow.

 

[imshally81]

Why is amir not playing?

 

[RobinJay]

Why is amir not playing?

His mother passed away a week ago. Arthur said they'll give him some rest and see if he'll play next game.

 

[Titan24]

All the young bowlers can learn from Sohail Tanvir in terms of accuracy. Irrespective of conditions Shaheen and Musa both could have bowled better lines.

 

[Theo_14]

You know the atmosphere is good but the quality of the coverage team is v poor in terms of sound (cannot hear the background noise of fans) and angles of the camera (hardly showing footages of fans; hopefully that won’t be the case later on)

So don’t be fooled PP’ers; its a packed house!!!

 

[imshally81]

Any improvement in boundaries today?

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Crowd looks slightly bigger tonight

 

[Gayle_Force]

Why is amir not playing?

His mom passed away few days ago

 

[Mueez]

Awesome atmosphere in Karachi.

Wish I could be there.....

 

[Titan24]

Just shows how much crowd will come in when we can have matches in home grounds of most teams.

 

[Titan24]

Any improvement in boundaries today?

Look same to me.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

You know the atmosphere is good but the quality of the coverage team is v poor in terms of sound (cannot hear the background noise of fans) and angles of the camera (hardly showing footages of fans; hopefully that won’t be the case later on)

So don’t be fooled PP’ers; its a packed house!!!

Well obviously when it's not going to be Dolby sound and HD coverage than what else is to expect. Blurry visuals and atrocious graphics to go with it make it even worse.

 

[RobinJay]

Crowd looks slightly bigger tonight

I take it the tea you're drinking is bitter?

 

[Titan24]

Cant wait for full PSL in Pakistan with full houses and people coming to support their home teams. Ideally we can add another team as well amongst Sialkot, Faisalabad or Rawalpindi and they all have pretty good stadiums as well.

 

[imshally81]

 

[Deewana Mastana]

I take it the tea you're drinking is bitter?

Whats so bitter in that?

Are you telling me that it's 34k people in the ground?

 

[Theo_14]

Well obviously when it's not going to be Dolby sound and HD coverage than what else is to expect. Blurry visuals and atrocious graphics to go with it make it even worse.

I wasn’t talking about HD, otherwise I would have mentioned it.

I’m talking about the production team not showing the fans enough and quality of sound either bring poor or set background noise is set to a low volume limit so naturally you cannot hear the fans as much.

Either way, point is, its electrifying out there which people on their sofas may not feel.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

One part of the ground seating being closed due to an atrocious screen put in there.

 

[imshally81]

 

[MRSN]

Well obviously when it's not going to be Dolby sound and HD coverage than what else is to expect. Blurry visuals and atrocious graphics to go with it make it even worse.

yep quality needs to improve but you can still hear crowd roar. Crowd is great today.

 

[imshally81]

 

[Deewana Mastana]

I wasn’t talking about HD, otherwise I would have mentioned it.

I’m talking about the production team not showing the fans enough and quality of sound either bring poor or set background noise is set to a low volume limit so naturally you cannot hear the fans as much.

Either way, point is, its electrifying out there which people on their sofas may not feel.

Yes it's the sound mostly as pictures are always blurry anyways with Pakistani channels.

The camera angles they show also are quite poor too.

 

[MRSN]

I wasn’t talking about HD, otherwise I would have mentioned it.

I’m talking about the production team not showing the fans enough and quality of sound either bring poor or set background noise is set to a low volume limit so naturally you cannot hear the fans as much.

Either way, point is, its electrifying out there which people on their sofas may not feel.

poor light in the stands may be the reason for not much camera following fans?

 

[imshally81]

Great atmosphere....

 

[RobinJay]

Whats so bitter in that?

Are you telling me that it's 34k people in the ground?

See for yourself. Enjoy the game and the atmosphere.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

yep quality needs to improve but you can still hear crowd roar. Crowd is great today.

Yes you can hear them a lot better tonight than last night that's for sure.

 

[imshally81]

poor light in the stands may be the reason for not much camera following fans?

Exactly....

 

[Deewana Mastana]

See for yourself. Enjoy the game and the atmosphere.

Didn't say I wasn't watching or enjoying it but you're fooling yourself if you don't see or know the facts.

 

[Theo_14]

poor light in the stands may be the reason for not much camera following fans?

Yes that is a very valid point also cameraman may be placed in areas which may make it difficult for them to give us “elite” angles of the fans.

 

[Mueez]

I want Babar to score a century today!!

What a treat that would be for the Karachiites.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Anwar Ali

 

[imshally81]

:

 

[imshally81]

What a great view of stadium... Love it

 

[Mueez]

Ah shot!

 

[RobinJay]

Didn't say I wasn't watching or enjoying it but you're fooling yourself if you don't see or know the facts.

I know for a fact that I couldn't get tickets for this game at half the centers in the city a couple of days after they were released.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Strange why they opted for Sohail instead of Amir Yamin

 

[Titan24]

Ilays has one of the best economies in the power play in PSL 2019. Great work in the very first PSL.

 

[saeed5646]

This will great experience for husnain to play in jam pack stadium.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

I know for a fact that I couldn't get tickets for this game at half the centers in the city a couple of days after they were released.

Well that's bound to happen when they're going to release tickets a week before the match. Where as all over the world tickets are released months or even a year before and they get sold out in good time too.

 

[imshally81]

Review time

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Pretty good bowling here by Bravo

 

[Hawkeye]

Wonderful crowd.

Probably the best in any PSL match so far.

So lively.

 

[Titan24]

This will great experience for husnain to play in jam pack stadium.

Yes hopefully he can maintain good lines and lengths unlike Musa and Shaheen yesterday who were nervous I guess considering the conditions and playing in front of home crowd.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Doubt that it's out

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Bravo and Sarfraz)

 

[x_KINGKHAN_x]

Great review from sarfaraz. Wise decision

 

[RobinJay]

Well that's bound to happen when they're going to release tickets a week before the match. Where as all over the world tickets are released months or even a year before and they get sold out in good time too.

....your point??

 

[Titan24]

Strange why they opted for Sohail instead of Amir Yamin

Both are playing. Sohail Khan is playing over Aron Summers

 

[ask_analyse_act]

saud shakeel couldnt get 1 game on the other hand Saad Ali couldnt get one game...

if they dont play any game they can be released to play the domestic cricket instead...

 

[Hawkeye]

Strange why they opted for Sohail instead of Amir Yamin

Because Yamin is not even 10% of any current international player .

We need to stop hyping these no names who haven't played any competitive enough match.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

....your point??

Let's enjoy the match shall we?

 

[imshally81]

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Because Yamin is not even 10% of any current international player .

We need to stop hyping these no names who haven't played any competitive enough match.

To have an economy rate of under 6 in the powerplay overs must be worth something?

 

[Shafi]

So no match for Saud even if QG made it to play off? Very selfish from Moin and Sarfraz. Even Misbah would have played Saud 1-2 games.
Saud is not very well known to franchises so he will never get his opportunity and eventually will be lost in the system.

 

[Titan24]

Because Yamin is not even 10% of any current international player .

We need to stop hyping these no names who haven't played any competitive enough match.

Yamin is playing I guess.

 

[Sadozai]

Cmon Bobby get out so that we can get a dependable total

 

[MRSN]

The boundary lengths today from one end: 70m straight, 68m cover, 60m point, 54m third man, 54m fine leg, 62m backward-square, 68m deepmidwicket.

 

[imshally81]

 

[Hawkeye]

To have an economy rate of under 6 in the powerplay overs must be worth something?

Not unless it's at the international level over a decent sample size.

 

[Theo_14]

Hasnain’s action??? For a second I thought it was Sami bowling lol.

 

[Titan24]

146 Kph

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

146 kph

Well played Babar e Azam.