Peshawar Zalmi (176/5) knock Karachi Kings (175/7) with a 5-wicket victory in Eliminator 1

[imshally81]

Back to back boundaries by Pareera

 

[imshally81]

22 runs in last over..

 

[Rafa]

That over might have gifted the victory to KK.

 

[imshally81]

Now Pareer justifying his selection...

 

[imshally81]

Pareera gone

 

[imshally81]

Now Walton gone

 

[Caved12]

Why do Karachi love playing Walton in their team? Can't they find a better player than him?

Oh wait they had Rizwan and they let him go, lmao.

 

[imshally81]

Boundary and now Sixer..

 

[imshally81]

Dropped.. ..

Imad lucky here

 

[imshally81]

Imad gone

 

[Firebat]

Good cameo from Imad

 

[Savak]

Lol at power hitter Imad

 

[Titan24]

Beautifully bowled back of the hand slower one by young Imran to get Imad

 

[silentkiller187]

Going to be a good game, pressure situation runs on the board , zalmi look nervous, collapse pending ?

 

[Rafa]

Momentum is with KK.. You could feel that Zalmis have lost their way in the last five overs and they know it.. Would be surprised if Zalmis are able to give a competitive fight here.

Expect them to collapse under pressure.

 

[imshally81]

Good total by KK

 

[imshally81]

70 runs in last 30 balls.. . Totally game changer. .

 

[Babar_Azam_fan]

Babar got out and KK were able to play with a good sr, as usual

 

[nextover666666]

Scoreboard pressure maybe can karachi kings defend this total

 

[El Generico]

Zalmis batting order is mostly depended on two TTFs who go missing under pressure so KK has this in my opinion.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Good total by KK

Yep, KK to win easy. No way are they chasing this unless Zazai has some fireworks up his sleeve.

 

[Titan24]

PZ have been nervous in the field. One off Kamran, Imam and Malik will have to stand up today.

 

[Rafa]

Is Zazai going to fire Tonite ? I expect a short stay at the wicket for the Afghan.

 

[El Generico]

Is Zazai going to fire Tonite ? I expect a short stay at the wicket for the Afghan.

I think Amir will get him early. Amir mostly steps up in knock out games.

 

[silentkiller187]

If kamran and zazai get going they can make light work of this chase, pitch isn’t that bad..But I wouldn’t cover it if I was a betting man

 

[silentkiller187]

Should have had the slip in from the start zazai didn’t mean to play the ball there

 

[silentkiller187]

Powerful shot hacks more confident against pace

 

[Firebat]

That six was just disrespectful from Zazai )

 

[silentkiller187]

Amir in zazai ear, few more sixes should spice this up

 

[Firebat]

Amir has not taken a wicket in the last 7 games (including today)

 

[Titan24]

Zarzai did the same to Amir in the previous KK match as well.

 

[silentkiller187]

Zarzai in the mood tonight

 

[Firebat]

Need his wicket badly. The type of player that could chase this in 14 overs if he felt like. Inconsistent but dangerous.

 

[silentkiller187]

This partnership is not too far from a run out disaster

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Best Aamir hides from Zazai .

 

[Titan24]

Lol! This is box office stuff

 

[Firebat]

This is going to be done soon.

 

[silentkiller187]

What a noise from the bat

 

[Titan24]

Ramiz saying “If he would have taken a cab he would have been charged 60 darhams” on Babar trying to get the ball from that mini hill where Zazai hit.

 

[Titan24]

Noor’s 4 overs will be really important in the context of the match

 

[imshally81]

Bowled...

 

[Titan24]

Poor execution from Kamran, it wasnt needed

 

[Titan24]

Imam needs to anchor the innings here like Babar while others bat around him.

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

What this joker doing here

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Nice little gift wicket for the 16 year old. Thanks Kami!

 

[El Generico]

All Karachi has to do now is not get Imam out and they should win.

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Imam needs to anchor the innings here like Babar while others bat around him.

If i was in kk i would never even think about imam's wicket .

 

[Rafa]

Imam momentum killer

 

[Rafa]

Noor is also an Afghan. So many Afghans performing in the PSL. Afghans likely to have a good future in the shorter formats.

 

[Saj]

KK need more of Imam on strike and not to get him out.

 

[Titan24]

Brutal 50 from Zazai but pretty poor planning from KK as they didnt test him enough against short balls and slower ones.

 

[Rafa]

Malik would have been better in such situations..he knows how to milk the spinners for boundaries and rotate the strike..imam seems.to be playing only for himself.

 

[Firebat]

Need his wicket badly. The type of player that could chase this in 14 overs if he felt like. Inconsistent but dangerous.

The damage is done.

 

[Titan24]

If i was in kk i would never even think about imam's wicket .

Lol! Yes thats true he is struggling to get going but, can be useful here if he can rotate the strike and put the lose balls away. PZ has got a pretty good start and unless they lose couple or quick wickets they should get it. Zazai, Powell and Rutherford are really good hitters but not dependable incase wickets fall and you have to develop a partnership. Imam can help with that if he can carry on with bit more flow.

 

[Rafa]

Only problem is Zazai is doing all the work and not much support from the other end.

 

[silentkiller187]

The way zarzai going imam is fine just accumulating, rr of around 7 should be easily gettable from here

 

[Titan24]

Some of the surprise picks in this leg have been outstanding for their respective teams.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Only problem is Zazai is doing all the work and not much support from the other end.

When a guy is hitting it that well, it makes logical sense to just rotate the strike.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

Some of the surprise picks in this leg have been outstanding for their respective teams.

It's guys like Zazai that make me scared to play Afghanistan.

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Zazai is everything pakistan fans were wishing from sharjeel .. but all they got is couch potato

 

[Caved12]

Lmao, just went to make tea and came back to this. What is happening here? Where is Amir and his wicketless match winning spells?

 

[ravisurya]

The bowling standards are ridiculously high.

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

What on earth imam ??
Can't even play parera

 

[imshally81]

Imam gone

 

[Rafa]

Match loser Imam..should never play T20s again.

 

[Titan24]

Poor from Imam

 

[Saj]

KK need more of Imam on strike and not to get him out.

Big mistake to get him out.

We have Imam ul Haq, Afghanistan have the likes of Zazai.

 

[imshally81]

Zazai is lucky too..

 

[Smudger]

Big mistake to get him out.

We have Imam ul Haq, Afghanistan have the likes of Zazai.

Remind me what Zazai did in the wc.

 

[Titan24]

It's guys like Zazai that make me scared to play Afghanistan.

He did play in WC warm up match if I am not wrong and successfully attacked Shaheen.

However, he is technically very vulnerable and in my opinion a hit and miss kind of a player. Will be difficult for him to carry on like that against any international team with proper homework.

KK were poor against him in both the matches and didnt test him enough.

 

[Titan24]

Other than a couple or 4s in the opening over off Amir and an edge or two, everything has been hit towards the legside by Zarzai.

KK’s tactics have been all over the place.

 

[imshally81]

Zazai gone

 

[Titan24]

Slower ball outside off stump and Zazai goes.

Lol! Embarrassing stuff from KK’s think tank

 

[Caved12]

Sharjeel and Walton should not get picked ahead of other players and Amir needs a reality check as he is not even half of the bowler what he used to be. This game has a way of teaching you a lesson if you bring politics and play players as per you likes and dislikes.

 

[Titan24]

Sharjeel gifting a 4 to Malik

 

[Darkrai]

Karachi has plenty of super overrated cricketers like Babar, Amir, Imad, Sharjeel, etc.

What kind of bowler is Amir?? One who can't take wickets but behaves like a legend and is treated like one too.

 

[imshally81]

Bad line by Ilyas...

 

[silentkiller187]

Karachi still in this one wicket will change things dramatically

 

[Darkrai]

This Zazai is what you call an explosive opener, not Sharjeel and Fakhar who have worse SRs than Babar and Rizwan in PP. Embarrassing.

 

[Saj]

Well KK need Amir to turn up now or they are gone.