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Peshawar Zalmi beat Karachi Kings by 2 runs
Tom Kohler missed a century, played explosive innings
New Delhi. It rained heavily on Tuesday night at the National Stadium in Karachi. In the match between Peshawar Zalmi and Karachi Kings, Babar Azam showed his class, but English batsman Tom Kohler did the job of spoiling the party. This player hit 64 runs in just 13 balls. The explosion of Tom and Babar decided the victory of Peshawar Zalmi. Babar also completed his ‘revenge’ by defeating his old team Karachi Kings by 2 runs.
In the second match of this season of PSL, Karachi Kings decided to field after winning the toss. Tom Kohler came to support captain Babar Azam after falling for 2 wickets at 16 runs. England’s batter started creating ruckus as soon as he came to the crease. Tom Kohler scored 92 runs in 50 balls. It included 6 sixes and 7 fours, that is, Kohler scored 64 runs in 13 balls only. He missed a century by 8 runs.
Babar Azam also supported Kohler by scoring 68 runs in 46 balls. The captain hit 7 fours and a six. Kohler and Babar hit the balls of speed gun Mohammad Aamir, who was preparing to return to international cricket. Amir looted 42 runs in 4 overs. He did not get a single wicket. Peshawar Zalmi scored 199 runs losing 5 wickets in 20 overs.
Imad’s stormy innings also did not work
Karachi Kings, chasing a big score, lost 4 wickets for 46 runs. Karachi’s captain Imad Wasim did the work of holding the breath of Peshawar Zalmi, which was easily moving towards victory. He along with Shoaib Malik added 131 runs for the fifth wicket. Imad Wasim scored an unbeaten 80 in 47 balls, hitting 7 fours and 4 sixes. Shoaib Malik, 41, proved again that he still has cricket left in him. Shoaib scored 52 runs in 34 balls, which included 4 fours and 2 sixes.
After the dismissal of Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim tried his best to win the team but he failed. Karachi needed 16 runs in the last over, but Imad Wasim and Ben Cutting could only score 14 runs. Peshawar Zalmi won the match by 2 runs. Please tell that for the last several years, the command of Karachi Kings was in the hands of Babar Azam. After the poor performance of the team in the last season of PSL, questions were raised on Babar’s captaincy. Babar is leading Peshawar Zalmi this time, while Karachi Kings has made Imad Wasim the captain.
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Tags: Babar Azam, Imad Wasim, P.S.L., Shoaib Malik
FIRST PUBLISHED : February 15, 2023, 09:27 IST