PSL X: Karachi Kings crush Peshawar Zalmi by 23 runs

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In the 27th match of PSL Season 10 at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Saturday, Karachi Kings scored 23 runs against Peshawar Zalmi.

After the victory, Kings, led by David Warner, qualified for the PSL 10 playoffs along with defending champions Islamabad United.

Chasing a target of 238 runs, Zalmi can only manage 214/5 in his allotted 20 overs and thus suffer a major defeat.

Zalmi started a short flight to pursue him as his new opening duo Mohammad Herses (nine) and Sam Ayub stared a sharp stand of 30 runs as a result of the previous dismissal in the third over.

At that time, Ayub was involved in an important partnership of 77 for the second wicket with captain Babar until Abbas Afridi was victimized in the 11th over.

He scored 31 runs with five fours and two sixes.

After that, Babar shared a unilateral partnership with Tom Kohler-Cadre and Max Bryant until he ends his brave knocking, when he went out of only seven shame of a good century.

He was Zalmi’s top scorer with 94 balls, with 10 fours and four sixes.

His dismissal had made Peshawar Zalmi 184/5 in 17.5 overs, needing 55 more runs in 13 delivery.

All -rounder Mazar Sadaqat and Hussein Talat can add only 30 runs tomorrow, with 19 and 12 not scoring respectively.

Abbas was the Kings’ bowlers to take two wickets for 48 runs in their four overs, while Hassan Ali and Mir Hamza made a skull a skull.

First put into the bat, the Kings registered a total of 237/4 in their allotted 20 overs, with the second wicket partnership of the marathon between the courtesy Warner and the Vince.

However, the Karachi Kings started contradicting his innings when Luke Wood cleared Debbutant Ben McDermut on the first delivery of the innings.

After the initial turmoil, Vince joined Warner in the middle, and he started a surprising restoration by scoring 162 for the second wicket until Ali Raza sacked the former in the 15th over.

Vince broke 11 fours and six on the way to 42 ball 72.

The kings then lost another wicket in the next over when Wood dismissed Mohammad Irfan Khan for two.

Arif Yaqub gave Zalmi another widespread progress in the 17th over when he was caught in a deep -mid -wicket.

The left -handed opener has been a top scorer for kings, with less than 50 remittances, which are tied up with 11 fours and two sixes.

The back -to -back wickets, however, did not take the Kings march on a massive scale as all -rounders Khushdil Shah and Mohammad Nabi added valuable runs at a rate as they made an unbeaten 70 -run partnership.

The happy deal was the main aggressor of the stand with no 43 peeling, of which 15 were not out of delivery, while the prophet scored 26 off 10 balls.

Wood was a standout bowler for Zalmai with two wickets for just 19 runs in his four overs, while Arif and Ali entered with a skull.

A tribute was paid to the Armed Forces

The league resumed on Saturday with the players and the match officials in which the Armed Forces were honored, which was expressed in a show of solidarity at a ceremony by PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi.

Before the start of the game, he paid tribute to the martyrs who made their lives in defense of the country.

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir and Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, Director General of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), were also present at the stadium to watch the PSL match.

Famous singers Saheer Ali Baga and Israr Shah presented the electricity related to the bravery of Pakistan’s armed forces, after which fireworks were demonstrated.

The Cricket Board also announced that the three stages of the tournament would be named in honor of the army, the Navy and the Air Force.

The tribute came in the wake of the Pakistani Armed Forces response to Indian aggression during the recent regional tensions.

The recent Indian enmity with Pakistan resulted in the suspension of both PSL 10 and 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL).