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KARACHI, Jan 30 (Asia Free Press): Fakhar Zaman’s century helped Lahore Qalandars claim their first victory in the HBL PSL 7, defeating the home side Karachi Kings by 6 wickets at National Stadium Karachi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Qalandars, opted to bowl first after wining the toss, restricting the home side to 170-7 after facing all the possible deliveries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The opening pair of Kings, the skipper Babar Azam and the hard-hitter Sharjeel Khan provided their team 84 runs partnership. Sharjeel lost his wicket after scoring 60 runs in 39 balls, smashing 8 fours and 3 gigantic sixes in his knock. Babar Azam played yet another innings with a slow run-rate, scoring 41 runs in 33 deliveries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Qalandars’ bolwers performed well against Kings batters. Haris Rauf, who proved to be expensive in the previous match aginst Sultans, today conceded 33 runs in his spell by claiming 3 important wickets. Besides, the skipper Shaheen Afridi, Muhammad Hafeez, Zaman Khan and Rashid Khan got 1 wicket each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pursuing 170 runs, Qalandars were slow in the first half of their innings, but played really well in the last 10 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fakhar Zaman got his maiden PSL century, which helped the team to win the contest. He scored 106 runs in just 60 balls, including 12 fours and 4 massive sixes in his splendid knock. Samit Patel scored 26 and M.Hafeez scored 24 runs. Zaman got Man of the Match award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kings bolwer Umaid Asif took 2 wicket in his four-over spell while conceding 30 runs. Imad Waseem conceded 28 runs with 1 wicket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michael Gough and Richard Illingworth were the field umpires where as Ahsan Raza was supervised as a TV umpire while Sri-Lankan Ranjan Madugalle performed the duty of Match Referee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So far, in the points table, Rizwan-led Multan Sultans serve the top position by wining their first two fixtures where as Islamabad United stands 2nd and the Babar Azam-led Karachi Kings stand at the very last after facing three defeats in a row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On January 31, only one match will be played in the HBL PSL 7. The defending champions Multan Sultans will face Quetta Gladiators at 7:30 pm at National Stadium Karachi.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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