PSL 2020: Karachi Kings beat Islamabad United by 5 wickets

RAWALPINDI (92 News) – Karachi Kings on Sunday beat Islamabad United by 5 wickets in their Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020 encounter at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Chasing 184, Karachi were off to a nightmare start when opener Babar Azam was run out for zero without even facing a ball in the opening over. Meanwhile, instead of panicking and melting, the other opener Sharjeel Khan came good, contributing a blistering 20-ball 38 before Alex Hales (52) and Cameron Delport ‘s(38) crucial 66-run partnership swung the match in Karachi’s favour. Earlier, a vintage Luke Ronchi rampage (unbeaten 85 off 58) and increasingly impressive Shadab Khan’s 31-ball 54 (also unbeaten) had propelled Islamabad to a total of 183-3. Their 106-run stand for the fourth wicket had helped the capital city side to a total which had seemed unlikely when they had lost their first wicket in the very first over. Karachi Kings beat Islamabad United to keep pace with top four. Islamabad United: L Ronchi†, C Munro, Rizwan Hussain, Shadab Khan*, CA Ingram, Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Rumman Raees, Muhammad Musa, DW Steyn Karachi Kings: Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, AD Hales, CS Delport, CAK Walton†, Imad Wasim*, Iftikhar Ahmed, CJ Jordan, Umaid Asif, Umer Khan, Mohammad Amir