Karachi Kings secured another victory in this year's Pakistan Super League after they defeated Islamabad United in home ground on Saturday.
It was eventually a four-wicket win in the final over but Karachi Kings should have won this a long time ago. Two points tonight mean they have qualified for the semi-finals while Islamabad United have suffered the ignominy of being knocked out of the group stages for the first time.
arachi: Umaid Asif struck a match-winning boundary to hand a convincing four wickets victory to Karachi Kings against Islamabad United.
With 18 required off last 12 balls, Umaid struck a six and four to book semi-final spot for Kings. They are now on the second spot with 11 points in nine matches.
Earlier, Kings’ bowlers dominated and helped their team restrict United to 136-6 in 20 overs in the 28th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 5 at National Stadium.
Sent into bat first, United started off well with their openers Rizwan Hussain and Phil Salt who scored 35 runs together for the first wicket. Umaid Asif brought a breakthrough for Kings as he removed Rizwan for 17 runs. Skipper Imad Wasim bagged Salt to dent United to 59-2.
Hussain Talat scored 37 runs off 30 balls with the help of four boundaries to race the score of United but wickets falling at the other end kept on building the pressure.
For Kings, Umaid Asif, Chris Jordan, Imad Wasim, Arshad Iqbal, and Iftikhar Ahmed bagged a wicket each.
