Karachi\u2019s platinum pick stars with bat guiding one-time PSL champions to comfortable win
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\nKarachi Kings eased past Peshawar Zalmi to gain a seven-wicket win in the sixth match of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, on Wednesday.
\nKarachi\u2019s platinum pick, Kieron Pollard, starred with the bat as he guided the one-time PSL champions to a comfortable win by successfully chasing down the 155-run target.
\nThe batter\u2019s powerful blitz posted an unbeaten 49 off 21 balls with the help of four boundaries and as many maximums.
\nKings started cautiously as the target wasn\u2019t too big to chase and continued to play with the required run rate in sight.
\nOpener Mohammad Akhlaq played a quick knock scoring 24 off just 13 balls with three fours and two sixes before he fell prey to Luke Wood in the fifth over.
\nAfter Akhlaq\u2019s departure, experienced batter Shoaib Malik came and provided much-needed stability to the team after they were 40-2 in 4.3 overs
\nMalik scored 29 off 29 before departing for the pavilion, after which James Vince and Pollard finished the job and ensured the Kings\u2019 first win in the PSL 9.
\nVince scored 38 off 30 with four boundaries while Pollard amassed 49 runs in 21 balls with eight boundaries.
\nWood picked two wickets for the losing side while Waqar Salamkheli got one.
\nEarlier in the first innings, the Kings\u2019 bowlers caused all kinds of trouble to Zalmi\u2019s batters.
\nZalmi were 40-3 in just 5.1 overs but skipper Babar Azam stayed on the crease and took control of his side\u2019s batting. The 29-year-old formed a 68-run partnership with Rovman Powell but the latter departed after contributing 39 runs.
\nAfter Powell\u2019s wicket, hard-hitter Asif Ali came to bat and scored 23 off 16 but his quick knock couldn\u2019t take Zalmi to a competitive total as they were all out for 154 runs in 19.5 overs.
\nMir Hamza and Hasan Ali bagged three wickets each for the winning side while Daniel Sams got two. Mohammad Nawaz and Shoaib Malik picked one each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karachi\u2019s platinum pick stars with bat guiding one-time PSL champions to comfortable win islamabad Karachi Kings eased past Peshawar Zalmi to gain a seven-wicket win in the sixth match of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, on Wednesday. Karachi\u2019s platinum pick, Kieron Pollard, starred with the bat as he guided […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-388631","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n