Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings, PSL 2023 (Peshawar Zalmi Win By 24 Runs)

A blockbuster  clash in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2023 will take place on Wednesday (March 1) as Peshawar Zalmi will lock horns with Karachi Kings at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Both teams are struggling this season sitting at the bottom half of the points table with four points each. Pakistan and Peshawar Zalmi captain Babar Azam will be keen to defeat his former team in the current edition of the PSL. The duel between Babar and pace bowler Mohammad Amir is expected to be an intense one as the bowler has been critical of Babar's batting style on several live tv shows and interviews.

Interestingly, Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim is also not a big fan of Babar Azam as he recently took a dig at his leadership skills and batting style. Karachi won all the games in the last five meetings between Karachi Kings and Peshawar Zalmi.

Imad Wasim,  captain of Karachi Kings says that they didn't bowl well and they have not figured out how to complete their bowling execution well. Makes sense of that they need to bowl yorkers in the demise overs and since there is no turn on offer the onus falls on the quick bowlers . Specifies that there are three additional games and they should be up for each match. Claims that it was intense for the spinners and Shamsi bowled all around well. Figures that they might have limited the rivals to under 180 and 200 was standard score not winning score. Feels that they need to come hard in the excess games and executes their arrangements. Closes by saying that they are still in the competition and with 3 games to go they desire to get into a wining run.

MATCH SUMMARY

KARACHI KINGS :               173/8  (20 OVERS)

PESHAWAR ZALMI :           197/5  (20 OVERS)

MAN OF THE MATCH

Rovman Powell

Spitting fire 🔥Muhammad Amir 

Haris ✅  Babar Azam ✅   Saim ✅   Powell ✅ 

Mohammad Amir ends his spell with 04/26

Karachi Kings VS Peshawar Zalmi: PSZ finish innings

Rovman Powell 64 (34), Haseebullah Khan 50 (29) and Tom Kohler-Cadmore 56 (45) get Peshawar Zalmi to a serious all out of after 20 overs. Mohammad Amir is the pick of the bowlers from the Karachi kings bowling arrangement, he took 4 wickets offering only 26 runs.

Imad Wasim, Karachi Kings last hope batting on 15 off 10. All the other batters have failed to make an impact now. Karachi need 76 in 28 balls to win.

Spitting fire 🔥 Aamir Jamal 

Calls for a celebration 💛 - Aamir Jamal sends Shoaib Malik back to the Pavilions 

In a blink of an eye, Karachi Kings have lost 3 wickets and now the pressure is on as they need 94 runs in 43 balls. Mujeeb Ur Rahman with 2 wickets from his spell giving away just 28 runs in four overs.

Karachi kings - Sharjeel Khan, Matthew Swim, Haider Ali, Shoaib Malik, Qasim Akram, Ben Cutting, Imad Wasim(c), Andrew Tye, Imran Tahir, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Amir

Peshawar Zalmi - Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Haris, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, James Neesham, Shakib Al Hasan, Wahab Riaz, Khurram Shahzad, Sufiyan Muqeem, Salman Irshad.

SCORE TABLE