Babar, Nabi and Afridi make it 13 in 13 for the chasing side
\nnews desk
\nKARACHI
\nKarachi Kings on Wednesday beat Peshawar Zalmi by six wickets to dethrone them as league leaders in Pakistan Super League\u2019s match 13.
\nKarachi Kings were given a target of 189 runs by the Peshawar Zalmi and the home team chased it with three balls to spare.
\nThe Kings were in trouble early in the innings when they lost three wickets for 43 runs by the end of the seventh over.
\nBut a 118-run partnership between Babar Azam and Mohmmad Nabi helped the Kings secure victory. Babar Azam remained unbeaten, scoring 77 runs off 47 balls.
\nThe Kings lost Mohammad Nabi after he made 67 during the 17th over with the team still requiring 28 runs from 21 balls. However, Babar Azam did not let that hinder the team\u2019s chances for a victory.
\nEarlier, Peshawar were asked to bat first by Karachi Kings after Imad Wasim won the toss.
\nPeshawar were looking to set a below par score after they lost three wickets in the powerplay at just 39 runs due to the two-wicket over by debutant Abbas Afridi. Till the 10th over Karachi Kings looked like in command at the end of when Peshawar were 69\/4 and had lost Haider Ali just when he was looking to charge.
\nHowever, an 82-run partnership between West Indian Sherfane Rutherford and Englishman Ravi Bopara had taken the game away from Karachi\u2019s position.
\nRutherford fell to Mohammad Ilyas in the 18th over but by that time the stage was set for Amad Butt to propel the Peshawar Zalmi to 188.
\nThe all rounder hit Dan Christian for 32 runs at the last over to help his side put up a defendable total.
\nPCB bans franchise owners\u2019 dugout, say sources
\nThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has put in place new coronavirus SOPs in place, a day after three more persons in the bio-secure bubble tested positive for coronavirus.
\nSources told Geo News that the cricket board has banned franchise owners\u2019 dugout at the stadium.
\nDuring the matches, families of franchise owners used to sit at the dugout, confirmed sources.
\nThe PCB has spoken to the hotel management and instructed it to ensure the new SOPs are implemented.
\nThe cricket board has beefed up precautions a day after it confirmed that three more persons \u2014 two foreign cricketers and a member of the local support staff \u2014 tested positive for the virus.
\n\u201cWe conducted 244 PCR tests, in addition to the rapid tests conducted,\u201d Sami ul Hasan Burni, the PCB\u2019s Media Director, had said during a news conference on Tuesday. \u201cOf the 244 tests, three have come back positive. Two foreign players and one support staff have tested positive,\u201d he added.
\nBurni had said that all three persons had been isolated from the rest, adding that they were being quarantined at a different floor on the hotel.
\nHe said that all other people who are in the bio-secure bubble will be retested for the virus on Thursday. \u201cAt the moment, more than 300 people are in the bubble,\u201d he had said. \u201cThese include players, officials, support staff, franchise owners and security officials,\u201d he had said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Babar, Nabi and Afridi make it 13 in 13 for the chasing side news desk KARACHI Karachi Kings on Wednesday beat Peshawar Zalmi by six wickets to dethrone them as league leaders in Pakistan Super League\u2019s match 13. Karachi Kings were given a target of 189 runs by the Peshawar Zalmi and the home team […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n