SHARJAH – Karachi Kings on late Friday became the fourth team to qualify for playoffs after beating Islamabad United by seven wickets in the last match of the ongoing Pakistan Super League’s last league match.
With that victory, the Kings qualified for the PSL 2018 play-offs and ended expansion franchise Multan Sultans’ hopes of going through.
Islamabad United will play Karachi Kings in Qualifier-1 again on 18th. The winner goes through to the final. The loser will play the winner between Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiator.
Courtesy a four-wicket haul by Usman Khan Shinwari, the Morgan-led team restricted Islamabad United to 124 runs. The fast bowler bagged wickets of JP Duminy, Faheem Ashraf, Zafar Gohar and Steven Finn.
The fast bowler was well-assisted by leg-spinner Shahid Afridi, who bagged two wickets in the match, he finished with figures of 4-1-18-2, bowling out skipper Misbah (19) and Walton (21) to leave Islamabad looking clueless after a shaky start.
The Kings won the toss and elected to field first.
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Islamabad United have scored 124. Will Karachi Kings chase it down?
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The King of @KarachiKingsARY celebrates his 13th wicket of the season, most by any Kings’ bowler.#HBLPSL #DilSeJaanLagDe #KKvIU pic.twitter.com/xs9vyK5TdE
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OUT! 14.2 Mohammad Amir to Shadab Khan
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OUT! 13.4 Tymal Mills to Asif Ali
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SIX! 13.3 Tymal Mills to Asif Ali
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SIX! 13.3 Tymal Mills to Asif Ali
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SIX! 13.2 Tymal Mills to Asif Ali
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The match started at 9:00pm PST. PTV Sports and Ten Sports are broadcasting live in Pakistan and UAE.
Cricket fans can also view the match online on the PSL-T20 Official website. For the live score, updates, and analysis, you can follow dailypakistan.com.pk.
Alternatively, you can also download Goonj application for Live Streaming.
Islamabad United have already qualified for the play-offs stage. The former champions are at the top of the points table with 14 points. They played nine matches and won seven games.
Karachi Kings will be playing to win the match and qualify for the next stage of the tournament.
The side – at third place with nine points – played nine matches and won four games. Their one match was washed out due to rain.
Match Prediction
Karachi 60%
Islamabad 40%
Weather Report
Mostly sunny. No chances of rain.
