PSL 2 - Match 8 : Karachi Kings remain winless after seven-run loss to Lahore Qalandars

[Abdullah719]

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Karachi Kings Squad
Chris Gayle, Babar Azam, Kumar Sangakkara*, Shoaib Malik, Ravi Bopara, Kieron Pollard, Imad Wasim, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Amir, Usama Mir, Usman Khan Shinwari.

Lahore Qalandars Squad
Brendon McCullum*, Jason Roy, Fakhar Zaman, Umar Akmal, Grant Elliott, Mohammad Rizwan, Sunil Narine, Sohail Tanvir, Bilawal Bhatti, Yasir Shah, Mohammad Irfan Jr.

Sangakkara won the toss and continued the trend of captains winning the toss and fielding first. Imad opened the bowling with Amir and it paid dividends in the second over as McCullum was dismissed for a duck. Fakhar counter-attacked in a very aggressive manner with the run-rate over 10 but Sohail struck with a clever slower ball to dismiss Roy. Umar came and put on a brief but dangerous partnership with Fakhar before he was dismissed by Usama for a quick 25. Fakhar continued on his way, getting to a fifty off 33 balls before he fell to Usama as well. Run-scoring was a bit tougher thereafter despite occasional boundaries as Karachi finished well, restricting Lahore to 179/8.

Karachi's chase did not start well as Gayle once again fell cheaply to Narine. Lahore's tight bowling also resulted in the wicket of Babar whose promotion to open didn't pay off. Sangakkara hit boundaries on a regular basis but Malik took some time to get going as the required rate mounted. A spell of 53 runs off 4 overs in the middle of the innings gave the Kings some hope but Qalandars came back strongly with Tanvir first dismissing Sangakkara for 65, followed by Bhatti getting Malik. The lower order couldn't keep up with the equation and Lahore sealed the win with a good last over by Irfan Jr, winning by seven runs.

Next match: Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators

 

[super hitter]

the streak is broken, but the next el classico is again ours!

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Still don't understand why people from Karachi can be so hurt over this and compare it to losing to India etc. It's a domestic league and all players are Pakistani. Stop crying. Who cares? Karachi fans should give up on their team and support Lahore because of their energy. Hope Lahore go on to win this tournament. Just need to get Delport in for Elliott and Gohar in for Yasir

 

[Rayyman]

the streak is broken, but the next el classico is again ours!

Not el classico, but Klaasik.

 

[Sub-Zero]

dropped catches and playing dots cost them the game, but target was not easy for their struggling batting line up
Kudos to McCullum and co. they did well.

 

[Sarfarazian92]

At least KK vs LQ attracted crowds.

 

[Syed1]

Man when Sanga and Malik were going we had this in the bag. Both got out together

We have too many passengers in our side. Gayle and Pollard the biggest ones of them all. The worst part is we do not have any backups in the side anyway.

 

[Sub-Zero]

Man when Sanga and Malik were going we had this in the bag. Both got out together

We have too many passengers in our side. Gayle and Pollard the biggest ones of them all. The worst part is we do not have any backups in the side anyway.

Shazaib and Khurram should to play next game

 

[Sub-Zero]

At least KK vs LQ attracted crowds.

wait till Peshawar game, they'd attract more people

 

[jattafridi]

it was a entertaining game

PSL is fun

 

[Hasan123]

Karachi are absolutely awful. Gayle and Pollard should be out of the team. Sangakara shouldn't be captain. Why not give Babar or Imad a go? At least it will benefit Pakistan cricket. Sanga isn't going to get better as a captain, lol he quit the Sri Lanka capatincy which tells you how much he enjoys being captain.

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

Karachi are absolutely awful. Gayle and Pollard should be out of the team. Sangakara shouldn't be captain. Why not give Babar or Imad a go? At least it will benefit Pakistan cricket. Sanga isn't going to get better as a captain, lol he quit the Sri Lanka capatincy which tells you how much he enjoys being captain.

they could have tested imad for this role. might still do if they lose another couple of games on the trot.

they need a pace bowling all-rounder as bopara and pollard are almost similar. gayle is in terrible form atm. ryan mclaren can be given a go in place of any of these.

amir needs to be given a rest. shinwari is a good replacement of amir. they can probably swap a batsman for amir and get in mclaren in place of one of bopara or pollard. the batting position of bopara dictates that he is way too low, either bench him or move him a few numbers. malik, babar, and sanga in top 5 with gayle not firing makes the team very one dimensional.

i still feel that they are one game away from becoming a good team as they have a really good core of players.