Karachi Kings confronted Multan Sultans in match no. 11 of the Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL) 2023 at Multan Cricket Stadium on Wednesday (February 22) and lost the contest by three runs.
Requested to bat first, Multan received off to a flying begin as Mohammad Rizwan slammed a blazing ton to energy his staff to a aggressive whole of 196/2 of their allotted 20 overs. Rizwan scored a superb 110 off 64 deliveries consisting of 4 sixes and ten fours. Shan Masood additionally contributed beneficial 51 runs to the staff’s whole. In the meantime, Mohammad Umar and Shoaib Malik scalped a wicket every for Karachi.
In reply, Karachi did not chase down the set goal regardless of a great begin and completed three runs behind Multan’s whole at 193/5 in 20 overs. James Vince top-scored for his staff with 75 runs off 34 balls, whereas skipper Imad Wasim additionally smashed a quick-fire 46 however sadly couldn’t information his facet to victory. Alternatively, Abbas Aridi grabbed two wickets for Multan, with Usama Mir and Khushdil Shah additionally selecting up a scalp every.
At one level, it appeared like Karachi would possibly snatch the sport away from Multan, as after the blockbuster begin given by Vince, they solely wanted 52 runs from 12 overs. Nevertheless, resulting from shedding wickets at common intervals, the Wasim-led facet finally tasted one more shut defeat in PSL 2023.
After the match, Pakistan’s veteran quick bowler and Karachi-based staff’s present head coach within the ongoing PSL, Wasim Akram, was seen totally devastated. He even kicked off the couch in anger submit the final ball of the match.
Right here’s the video:
Wasim Akram shouldn’t be completely happy 😲#MSvKKpic.twitter.com/2qGRKaoWsx
— Cricket Pakistan (@cricketpakcompk) February 22, 2023
Notably, this was the third consecutive loss for Karachi, and they’re on the fourth place within the factors desk. Within the meantime, Multan sits on the high within the factors tally with 4 wins out of 5 video games.
