OTD| Karachi Kings got their hands on their first PSL Title in 2020

Karachi Kings had to wait four years to get their hands on the Pakistan Super League title. The season began in February but the playoffs were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic which had caused mayhem across the world. By the time the tournament reached its finale stage, Karachi Kings beat Lahore Qalandars by 5 wickets with 8 balls to spare and claimed their first-ever title.

Babar Azam’s led side began with a win over Peshawar Zalmi by 10 runs. This was followed by losses to Quetta and Multan in the next two games. Karachi then won their game against Islamabad and their return fixture against Peshawar.

After the halfway stage of the tournament, Karachi saw their game against Multan rained off while losing their next match to Lahore. The Kings exacted revenge against the Qalandars with a ten-wicket win followed by a win over Islamabad and losing their final league match to Quetta.

Once the playoff stages resumed in November, Karachi beat Multan in the super-over. The game had ended in a tie and Karachi went on to score 13 runs in the super over before restricting Multan to just 8 runs in reply and winning the game by 5 runs.

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Karachi Kings lord over Lahore to take home the title

It was Lahore skipper Sohail Akhtar who won the toss and chose to bat first. His team scored 134/7 from their 20 overs. Tamim Iqbal and Fakhar Zaman added 68 runs for the opening wicket in 10 overs. Both batters were aggressive against the new ball bowlers as they kept the scoreboard ticking.

Umaid Asif removed both batters in a space of three balls to bring Karachi back into the game. Tamim Iqbal scored 35 before falling to Asif to be caught by Iftikhar Ahmed. The same pair also removed Fakhar Zaman who was out for 27. Imad Wasim then struck to remove Mohammad Hafeez for 2 caught by Babar Azam.

Arshad Iqbal then dismissed the dangerous Ben Duck for 11 and Samit Patel for 5 to make it 97/5 in the 16^th over. Sohail Akhtar and David Wiese scored 14 each while Shaheen Afridi scored 12 not out off 4 balls to help Lahore reach 134.

Samit Patel dismissed Sharjeel Khan for 13 as he was caught by Fakhar Zaman to deal Karachi with an early blow. Dilawar Hussain then castled Alex Hales for 11 as the Kings were reduced to 49/2 in the 7^th over. Chadwick Walton joined Babar Azam as the pair added 61 runs for the third wicket before the West Indian was out to Dilawar Hussain.

Haris Rauf then struck to dismiss Iftikhar Ahmed for 4 and Sherfane Rutherford for a first-ball duck. Babar Azam though kept his cool as he scored an unbeaten 63 off 49 balls with 7 fours to help his side win the contest. Imad Wasim was not out on 10 from 7 balls as the winning runs were hit.

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