Karachi Kings won the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020 after beating Lahore Qaladners by five wickets in the final at the National Stadium Karachi.
Lahore Qaladners won the toss and decided to bat first. Qalanders managed to put mere 134 runs on the scoreboard. Lahore Qalander’s batsmen failed to score big in the final match. Tamim Iqbal was pick of the batsman who managed to score 35 of 38 balls with help of 4 fours and 1 six.
Waqas Masood, Arshad Iqbal, and Umaid Asif picked 2 wickets each. Karachi Kings’ bowlers did a fanastic job to restrict Qalanders to 134 .
Karachi Kings, chasing 135 to win, reached the total in 18.4 overs with seven wickets to spare thanks to powerful 50s by Babar Azam. Babar stayed calm scored 63 runs
Kings qualified for the final after beating Multan Sultans in the nail biting qualifier match.
Meanwhile, Qalanders beat Multan Sultans in the eliminator and sealed their place in the final by.
LAHORE QALANDARS INNINGS (20 OVERS MAXIMUM)
| BATSMEN | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamim Iqbal | c Iftikhar Ahmed b Umaid Asif | 35 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 92.10 | |||
| Fakhar Zaman | c Iftikhar Ahmed b Umaid Asif | 27 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 112.50 | |||
| Mohammad Hafeez | c Babar Azam b Imad Wasim | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| BR Dunk † | c Babar Azam b Arshad Iqbal | 11 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 78.57 | |||
| SR Patel | c Waqas Maqsood b Arshad Iqbal | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 | |||
| Sohail Akhtar (c) | c Rutherford b Waqas Maqsood | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| D Wiese | not out | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| Muhammad Faizan | c Iftikhar Ahmed b Waqas Maqsood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | not out | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 300.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 9, nb 1, w 4) | 14 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (20 Ov, RR: 6.7) | 134/7 | |||||||
Did not bat: Haris Rauf, Dilbar Hussain | |||||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-68 (Tamim Iqbal, 10.1 ov), 2-69 (Fakhar Zaman, 10.4 ov), 3-70 (Mohammad Hafeez, 11.1 ov), 4-81 (Samit Patel, 13.3 ov), 5-97 (Ben Dunk, 15.4 ov), 6-110 (Sohail Akhtar, 18.1 ov), 7-118 (Muhammad Faizan, 18.5 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imad Wasim | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Amir | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 9.50 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Waqas Maqsood | 4 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 4.50 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Arshad Iqbal | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 6.50 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Umaid Asif | 4 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 4.50 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 9.50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
KARACHI KINGS INNINGS (TARGET: 135 RUNS FROM 20 OVERS)
| BATSMEN | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharjeel Khan | c Fakhar Zaman b Patel | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 108.33 | |||
| Babar Azam | not out | 63 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 128.57 | |||
| AD Hales | b Dilbar Hussain | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| CAK Walton † | lbw b Dilbar Hussain | 22 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 81.48 | |||
| Iftikhar Ahmed | c Wiese b Haris Rauf | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |||
| SE Rutherford | c Sohail Akhtar b Haris Rauf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Imad Wasim (c) | not out | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 142.85 | |||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 8) | 12 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (18.4 Ov, RR: 7.23) | 135/5 | |||||||
Did not bat: Umaid Asif, Mohammad Amir, Waqas Maqsood, Arshad Iqbal | |||||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Sharjeel Khan, 3.1 ov), 2-49 (Alex Hales, 6.5 ov), 3-110 (Chadwick Walton, 15.1 ov), 4-124 (Iftikhar Ahmed, 17.1 ov), 5-124 (Sherfane Rutherford, 17.2 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | 3.4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 8.45 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haris Rauf | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 7.50 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SR Patel | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 5.50 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dilbar Hussain | 4 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 7.00 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| D Wiese | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7.00 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Karachi Kings Beats Lahore Qaladners In PSL 2020 Final
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