Lahore Qalandars defeat Karachi Kings by 6 wickets in nail-biting contest
February 28, 2021
Lahore Qalandars chased down a challenging total of 187 and won by six wickets against Karachi Kings, in the eleventh match of the Pakistan Super League's sixth season at the National Stadium in Karachi on Sunday.
The Kings' Sharjeel Khan (64 off 39 balls) and Mohammad Nabi (57 off 35 balls) were able to steer the side to the sizeable total, after an early set back as the side lost three wickets inside of five overs.
The Qalandars' Shaheen Shah Afridi — who ended up being awarded 'Player of the Match' — took an impressive 3 wickets for 27 runs.
When it was time for them to bat the side were equally brilliant, persistent and steady in their chase, and managed to hold on to six wickets in the process.
Opener Fakhar Zaman with his knock of 83 off 54 provided the impetus needed for the team to follow through after his departure at 17.2 overs, and hit the target.
His efforts were aided by Ben Dunk (57 off 43) and David Wiese (31 off 9).
Watch David Wiese take Lahore to victory against Karachi on home ground
The build-up to the Karachi Kings-Lahore Qalandars match — dubbed the El Clásico of the PSL 2021 — had been huge to say the least, considering that both sides came in from similar positions, having won two out of their first three encounters.
Defending champions Kings had a slight edge over Qalandars due to better net run rate (NRR) as well as the advantage of the outcome of their face-off last year during the PSL 2020 final in which they defeated Qalandars.
The Qalandars' performance, today, however, showed that in the battle of the nerves, they can easily trounce any opponent.
In total, the two arch-rivals have played 12 matches, of which Karachi Kings bagged seven and Lahore Qalandars has now secured five.
Ball-by-ball updates of the match follow below.
LAHORE QALANDARS DEFEAT KARACHI KINGS BY 6 WICKETS
Christian to Wiese, SIX runs
Christian to Wiese, SIX runs
End of 19th over — Lahore Qalandars 177/4
Amir to Wiese, 1 run
Amir to Wiese, SIX runs
Amir to Wiese, FOUR runs
Amir to Wiese, FOUR runs
Amir to Dunk, 1 run
Amir to Dunk, FOUR runs
End of 18th over — Lahore Qalandars 157/4
Christian to Wiese, no run
Christian to Wiese, FOUR runs
Christian to Wiese, no run
Christian to Dunk, 1 run
Christian to Zaman, OUT Fakhar Zaman c Babar Azam b Christian 83
Christian to Dunk, 1 run
End of 17th over — Lahore Qalandars 151/3
Amir to Zaman, 1 run
Amir to Dunk, no run
Amir to Zaman, 1 run
Amir to Zaman, FOUR runs
Amir to Zaman, no run
Amir to Dunk, 1 run
End of 16th over — Lahore Qalandars 144/3
Christian to Zaman, 2 runs
Christian to Zaman, 2 runs
Christian to Zaman, 2 runs
Christian to Dunk, 1 run
Christian to Zaman, 1 run
Christian to Zaman, no run
End of 15th over — Lahore Qalandars 136/3
Arshad Iqbal to Zaman, 1 run
Arshad Iqbal to Dunk, 1 run
Arshad Iqbal to Dunk, FOUR runs
Arshad Iqbal to Zaman, 1 run
Arshad Iqbal to Dunk, 1 run
Arshad Iqbal to Zaman, 1 run
End of 14th over — Lahore Qalandars 127/3
Maqsood to Dunk, SIX runs
Maqsood to Zaman, 1 run
Maqsood to Zaman, FOUR runs
Maqsood to Zaman, FOUR runs
Maqsood to Dunk, 1 run
Maqsood to Dunk, 2 runs
End of 13th over — Lahore Qalandars 109/3
M Nabi to Zaman, FOUR runs
M Nabi to Dunk, 1 run
M Nabi to Dunk, FOUR runs
M Nabi to Zaman, 1 run
M Nabi to Dunk, 1 run
End of 12th over — Lahore Qalandars 94/3
Maqsood to Dunk, 1 run
Maqsood to Dunk, FOUR runs
Maqsood to Zaman, 1 run
Maqsood to Dunk, 1 run
Maqsood to Zaman, 1 run
Maqsood to Dunk, 1 run
Strategic timeout called
End of 11th over — Lahore Qalandars 85/3
M Nabi to Zaman, no run
M Nabi to Zaman, SIX runs
M Nabi to Zaman, no run
M Nabi to Dunk, 1 run
M Nabi to Zaman, 1 run
M Nabi to Zaman, no run
End of 10th over — Lahore Qalandars 77/3
Christian to Dunk, SIX runs
Christian to Zaman, 1 run
Christian to Zaman, FOUR runs
Christian to Zaman, no run
Christian to Zaman, 1 wide
Christian to Dunk, 1 run
Christian to Dunk, no run
End of 9th over — Lahore Qalandars 64/3
M Nabi to Dunk, 1 run
M Nabi to Dunk, no run
M Nabi to Dunk, 2 runs
M Nabi to Zaman, 1 run
M Nabi to Dunk, 1 run
M Nabi to Dunk, no run
End of 8th over — Lahore Qalandars 59/3
Arshad Iqbal to Dunk, 1 leg bye
Arshad Iqbal to Zaman, 1 run
Arshad Iqbal to Zaman, SIX runs
Arshad Iqbal to Dunk, 1 run
Arshad Iqbal to Dunk, no run
Arshad Iqbal to Zaman, 1 run
End of 7th over — Lahore Qalandars 49/3
M Nabi to Dunk, no run
M Nabi to Zaman, 1 run
M Nabi to Zaman, no run
M Nabi to Dunk, 1 run
M Nabi to Dunk, no run
M Nabi to Zaman, 1 run
End of 6th over — Lahore Qalandars 46/3
Arshad Iqbal to Dunk, no run
Arshad Iqbal to Dunk, no run
Arshad Iqbal to Dunk, no run
Arshad Iqbal to Dunk, no run
Arshad Iqbal to Zaman, 1 run
Arshad Iqbal to Zaman, SIX runs
End of 5th over — Lahore Qalandars 39/3
Maqsood to Dunk, no run
Maqsood to Dunk, FOUR runs
Maqsood to Zaman, 1 run
Maqsood to Dunk, 1 run
Maqsood to Hafeez, OUT Mohammad Hafeez c Babar Azam b Waqas Maqsood 15
Maqsood to Zaman, 1 run
End of 4th over — Lahore Qalandars 32/2
Mohammad Ilyas to Hafeez, SIX runs
Mohammad Ilyas to Hafeez, 1 wide
Mohammad Ilyas to Hafeez, FOUR runs
Mohammad Ilyas to Hafeez, no run
Mohammad Ilyas to Zaman, 1 run
Mohammad Ilyas to Zaman, FOUR runs
Mohammad Ilyas to Hafeez, 1 run
End of 3rd over — Lahore Qalandars 15/2
Amir to Zaman, no run
Amir to Zaman, no run
Amir to Zaman, FOUR runs
Amir to Zaman, no run
Amir to Hafeez, 1 run
Amir to Hafeez, 2 runs
End of 2nd over — Lahore Qalandars 8/2
Mohammad Ilyas to Zaman, no run
Mohammad Ilyas to Zaman, SIX runs
Mohammad Ilyas to Hafeez, 1 run
Mohammad Ilyas to Zaman, 1 run
Mohammad Ilyas to Zaman, no run
Mohammad Ilyas to Zaman, no run
End of 1st over — Lahore Qalandars 0/2
Amir to Hafeez, no run
Amir to Denly, OUT Joe Denly b Mohammad Amir 0
Amir to Zaman, OUT Sohail Akhtar run out (Imad Wasim) 0
Amir to Zaman, no run
Amir to Zaman, no run
Amir to Zaman, no run
End of 20th over — Karachi Kings 186/9
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Arshad Iqbal, 1 bye
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Amir, OUT Mohammad Amir b Shaheen Shah Afridi 0
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Amir, no run
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Amir, 1 wide
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Maqsood, OUT Waqas Maqsood b Shaheen Shah Afridi 12
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Maqsood, no run
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Mohammad Ilyas, 1 run
End of 19th over — Karachi Kings 183/7
Haris Rauf to Maqsood, no run
Haris Rauf to Maqsood, FOUR runs
Haris Rauf to Mohammad Ilyas, 1 run
Haris Rauf to Mohammad Ilyas, 2 runs
Haris Rauf to Mohammad Ilyas, no run
Haris Rauf to Mohammad Ilyas, no run
End of 18th over — Karachi Kings 176/7
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Christian, 1 run, OUT Daniel Christian run out (Patel/Shaheen Shah Afridi) 27
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Christian, FOUR runs
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Maqsood, 1 run
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Maqsood, no run
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Maqsood, no run
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Maqsood, 2 runs
End of 17th over — Karachi Kings 168/6
Patel to Maqsood, 1 run
Patel to Maqsood, no run
Patel to Maqsood, FOUR runs
Patel to Christian, 1 run
Patel to Christian, no run
Patel to Imad Wasim, OUT Imad Wasim c Denly b Patel 0
End of 16th over — Karachi Kings 162/5
Haris Rauf to Christian, FOUR runs
Haris Rauf to M Nabi, OUT Mohammad Nabi c Sohail Akhtar b Haris Rauf 58
Haris Rauf to M Nabi, no run
Haris Rauf to M Nabi, FOUR runs
Haris Rauf to Christian, 1 run
Haris Rauf to Christian, FOUR runs
End of 15th over — Karachi Kings 149/4
Wiese to Christian, 1 run
Wiese to M Nabi, 1 run
Wiese to M Nabi, 2 runs
Wiese to M Nabi, 2 runs
Wiese to M Nabi, SIX runs
Wiese to M Nabi, 1 wide
Wiese to M Nabi, FOUR runs
End of 14th over — Karachi Kings 132/4
Ahmed Daniyal to Christian, FOUR runs
Ahmed Daniyal to Christian, 1 wide
Ahmed Daniyal to Christian, no run
Ahmed Daniyal to Christian, 1 wide
Ahmed Daniyal to M Nabi, 1 run
Ahmed Daniyal to Christian, 1 run
Ahmed Daniyal to Christian, FOUR runs
Ahmed Daniyal to M Nabi, 1 run
End of 13th over — Karachi Kings 119/4
Wiese to M Nabi, 1 run
Wiese to Christian, 1 run
Wiese to M Nabi, 1 run
Wiese to Christian, 1 run
Wiese to M Nabi, 1 run
Wiese to M Nabi, 1 wide
Wiese to Sharjeel, OUT Sharjeel Khan c Patel b Wiese 64
End of 12th over — Karachi Kings 113/3
Ahmed Daniyal to M Nabi, no run
Ahmed Daniyal to Sharjeel, 1 run
Ahmed Daniyal to M Nabi, 1 run
Ahmed Daniyal to Sharjeel, 1 run
Ahmed Daniyal to M Nabi, 1 run
Ahmed Daniyal to M Nabi, 2 runs
End of 11th over — Karachi Kings 107/3
Patel to Sharjeel, FOUR runs
Patel to M Nabi, 1 run
Patel to M Nabi, no run
Patel to M Nabi, SIX runs
Patel to M Nabi, SIX runs
Patel to M Nabi, FOUR runs
End of 10th over — Karachi Kings 86/3
Wiese to Sharjeel, FOUR runs
Wiese to Sharjeel, SIX runs
Wiese to M Nabi, 1 run
Wiese to Sharjeel, 1 run
Wiese to Sharjeel, no run
Wiese to M Nabi, 1 run
End of 9th over — Karachi Kings 73/3
Haris Rauf to Sharjeel, no run
Haris Rauf to Sharjeel, no run
Haris Rauf to Sharjeel, no run
Haris Rauf to Sharjeel, no run
Haris Rauf to Sharjeel, SIX runs
Haris Rauf to M Nabi, 1 run
End of 8th over — Karachi Kings 66/3
Wiese to M Nabi, FOUR runs
Wiese to Sharjeel, 1 run
Wiese to M Nabi, 1 run
Wiese to M Nabi, no run
Wiese to M Nabi, no run
End of 7th over — Karachi Kings 59/3
Ahmed Daniyal to M Nabi, 1 run
Ahmed Daniyal to M Nabi, 2 runs
Ahmed Daniyal to M Nabi, 1 wide
Ahmed Daniyal to M Nabi, no run
Ahmed Daniyal to Sharjeel, 1 run
Ahmed Daniyal to M Nabi, 1 run
Ahmed Daniyal to M Nabi, no run
End of 6th over — Karachi Kings 53/3
Hafeez to Sharjeel, no run
Hafeez to Sharjeel, no run
Hafeez to Sharjeel, SIX runs
Hafeez to Sharjeel, FOUR runs
Hafeez to Sharjeel, SIX runs
Hafeez to Sharjeel, no run
End of 5th over — Karachi Kings 37/3
Ahmed Daniyal to Ingram, OUT Colin Ingram b Ahmed Daniyal 0
Ahmed Daniyal to Sharjeel, OUT Joe Clarke run out
Ahmed Daniyal to Sharjeel, no run
Ahmed Daniyal to Sharjeel, SIX runs
Ahmed Daniyal to Sharjeel, SIX runs
Ahmed Daniyal to Sharjeel, no run
End of 4th over — Karachi Kings 25/1
Haris Rauf to Clarke, no run
Haris Rauf to Clarke, no run
Haris Rauf to Clarke, no run
Haris Rauf to Clarke, no run
Haris Rauf to Sharjeel, 1 run
End of 3rd over — Karachi Kings 20/1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Clarke, no run
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Babar Azam, OUT Babar b Shaheen Afridi 5
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Babar Azam, 5 wide
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Babar Azam, 2 runs
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Sharjeel, 1 run
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Sharjeel, no run
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Babar Azam, 1 run
End of 2nd over — Karachi Kings 12/0
Hafeez to Sharjeel, no run
Hafeez to Babar Azam, 1 run
Hafeez to Sharjeel, 1 run
Hafeez to Sharjeel, no run
Hafeez to Sharjeel, no run
Hafeez to Babar Azam, 1 run
End of 1st over — Karachi Kings 8/0
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Sharjeel Khan, no run
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Sharjeel Khan, no run
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Sharjeel Khan, FOUR runs
Shaheen Shah Afridi to SharjeelKhan, no run
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Sharjeel Khan, FOUR runs
