Karachi Kings vs Islamabad United: Major fantastic partnership by captain Babar Azam and Sharjeel Khan, as they scored the highest PSL partnership of 176 runs as Karachi Kings posted the highest team’s total of 196-3 in Pakistan Super League (PSL) 6 against Islamabad United.
A record breaking opening stand took @KarachiKingsARY to the highest score in #HBLPSL6. Can @IsbUnited chase it down?
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— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 24, 2021
A record-breaking opening stand took by Karachi Kings to the highest score in the ongoing seventh match of PSL 6; played at National Stadium Karachi.
The fans are overjoyed, as Sharjeel struck nine boundaries and eight sixes to score his second PSL century.
However, Babar supported his partner strongly and smashed 62 runs off 54 balls with the help of six boundaries and a six.
Sharjeel suffered earlier with the bat as he scored just 6 runs off 17 balls but thereafter he didn’t look back. Both the batters left united bowlers speechless before Babar got run-out.
Toss – Karachi Kings vs Islamabad United:
Also, Islamabad United’s Shadab Khan wins the toss and elects to bowl first against K- Kings.
Karachi Kings and Islamabad United have won their first match of the tournament and whoever wins this contest today; will join Lahore Qalandars at the top of the table with an unbeaten 2-0 record.
Added that Daniel Christian added handy 12 runs off just five balls with the help of two boundaries; whereas Mohammad Nabi struck a six on the second last ball to further strengthen the score.
Hasan Ali was the lone wicket-taker from United.
Faheem Ashraf made 25 runs before getting out Arshad Iqbal. But, Iftikhar and Hussain remained prominent in the end. Iftikhar was not-out for 49 runs whereas Hussain smashed 42 runs spread over four boundaries.
The Match is going very tough let’s see who wins!
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