Sharjah: A disciplined bowling effort by Lahore Qalandars\u2019 bowlers overshadowed brilliant batting by Kumar Sangakkara of Karachi Kings to help Qalandars beat Kings by 7 runs in the 8th match of Pakistan Super League in Sharjah on Thursday.
\nKarachi\u2019s captain Kumar Sangakkara smashed one six and eight fours to score 65 off 45 deliveries and along with Shoaib Malik, added 101 runs for the third wicket partnership in 64 deliveries.
\nThe former captain of Kings\u2019 Shoaib Malik smashed two huge sixes to score 39 off 30 deliveries. However, Lahore bowlers kept their nerves in control and restricted Karachi Kings\u2019 to 172\/8, orchestrating the second win for the team in the tournament.
\nFor Lahore, Sunil Narine and Sohail Tanvir got two wickets apiece. Lahore\u2019s Muhammad Irfan, once again, bowled superbly and got two wickets, conceding 35 runs.
\nEarlier, Lahore Qalandars, riding on a brilliant half century by Fakhr Zaman, scored 179\/8 in 20 overs after being invited by Karachi Kings to bat first on a batting friendly wicket.
\nQalandars, despite losing Brendon McCullum (0 off two deliveries) early, went off to a good start as the batsmen kept the scorecard moving at a good pace.
\nCaptain McCullum was bowled by Imad Wasim in the second over with only 12 runs on the board, but Jason Roy and Fakhr Zaman didn’t allow Karachi Kings’ bowling line to take advantage of early wicket to keep the momentum for Lahore Qalandars going.
\nBoth Jason and Fakhr added 45 runs for the second wicket partnership which got broken with Jason’s wicket off Sohail Khan’s delivery after scoring 26 off 16.
\nFakhar Zaman is Man of the Match for his hard hitting 56 runs #HBLPSL #AbKhelJamayGa #LQvKK
\nPosted by Pakistan Super League on Thursday, February 16, 2017
\nAfter Jason’s wicket, Fakhr was joined by Umar Akmal to continue the momentum and the duo added 47 runs for the third wicket.
\nUmar Akmal scored 25 off 16 balls, smashing one six and three boundaries while Fakhr Zaman smashed three sixes and five boundaries for his 36-ball-56.
\nLahore couldn\u2019t keep the momentum at usual pace in last five overs and scored only 39 runs off them. Fast bowler Muhammad Aamir conceded just four runs of last over taking two wickets and causing one run out in final six balls to stop Qalandars from posting a possibly mammoth total.
\nMuhammad Rizwan scored 29 off 22 deliveries, Grant Elliot scored 17 off 18 deliveries while Sunil Narine scored 13 off 6 deliveries.
\nThis is Lahore\u2019s second win in four games, while Karachi has lost all the three games it played so far in the tournament, so far.
\nFor his brilliant knock, Fakhr Zaman was declared man of the match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sharjah: A disciplined bowling effort by Lahore Qalandars\u2019 bowlers overshadowed brilliant batting by Kumar Sangakkara of Karachi Kings to help Qalandars beat Kings by 7 runs in the 8th match of Pakistan Super League in Sharjah on Thursday. Karachi\u2019s captain Kumar Sangakkara smashed one six and eight fours to score 65 off 45 deliveries and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n