Lahore Qalandars beat Karachi Kings by 22 runs

DUBAI: Lahore Qalandars’ bowling attack was too hot to handle for the Imad Wasim-led Karachi Kings in a relatively low-chase game at the second fixture of the day in the Dubai International Stadium.

The Qalandars defended 139 runs with the spectacular bowling display of in-house Players’ Development Programme’s find Haris Rauf, Rahat Ali and Shaheen Shah Afridi.

Surprisingly Babar Azam, the number batsman in ICC T20i ranking, managed to hit a meager score of 28 off 38 balls with two boundaries on a strike rate 73.68.

Rauf’s inswinging yorker with an average the pace of over 140km/h was the highlight of the day – Kings’ had no answer to it. Complimented with the brilliance of Shaheen Shah Afridi, who took out Livingstone and  Ingram, with his phenomenal line and length.

About The Author

See author's posts