Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

Babar Azam
Babar Azam
77(47) 6x4 - 3x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 20 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
4 9 10 2 11 1 5 35
Mohammad Nabi
Mohammad Nabi
67(35) 8x4 - 4x6
Control %71%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 22 runs
  • 2x4 - 2x6
0 6 10 6 16 0 6 23

Best performances - Bowlers

Abbas Afridi
Abbas Afridi
O4
M0
R27
W2
Eco6.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Mohammad Ilyas
Mohammad Ilyas
O4
M0
R38
W2
Eco9.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: @PeterDellaPenna

5.58 pm So Babar ends the match on 5999 runs! Zalmi though with an appalling fielding performance keeps the door ajar for Kings to complete a chase with three balls to spare to make it 13 consecutive wins by the chasing side to start PSL 2021.

Zalmi stand-in captain Shoaib Malik: "Especially after taking three early wickets, once you give away easy singles and the batsmen gets set, these are batting friendly pitches... we had to get more wickets. That's where these kinds of matches get lost. Of course that was a very crucial catch [Nabi dropped on 20]. We should have gotten that catch but that happens in games. Most importantly, bowling and batting you need a bit of luck. In fielding, hard work pays off and fielding we can improve. In high scoring games, whoever fields well has an edge in close games."

Nabi is named Player of the Match: "It was a really good partnership. The pitches are really good for batting and that's why me and Babar are talking at the crease that it's easy to chase if we need to bat to the end. Depending on the situation, if it's early and we need power-hitting, then I'll power hit. But if we need to rotate the strike, then I'll rotate the strike."

Kings captain Imad Wasim: "The way Babar Azam and Mohammad Nabi played was fantastic to see. You just need to be patient on this surface and if you settle in, you can score a lot of runs. The emerging players are top bowlers. They've got enough variations. The guy who played for Pakistan Under-19 gave us a good start. At the end how Babar finished the game was heartening to see. On these wickets, you have to give something to the bowlers. These are so flat wickets. Today there wasn't any reverse swing as well. Sometimes you have to give credit to the batsmen. But we are on the winning side so we are very happy."

That's it from this match. For Sreshth Shah, I'm Peter Della Penna. Flip over to coverage of Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators starting up shortly. Danyal Rasool is on the call there. Take care!

19.3
4
Umaid Asif to Christian, FOUR, how appropriate, a misfield turns a single into a boundary to end the match. Yorker on leg stump, flicks this toward deep square leg for what should be a single to level the scores but the fielder is in a rush to deny the winning run and doesn't collect the ball properly. Goes through his legs into the rope.

Babar on 5999 now.

19.2
1
Umaid Asif to Babar Azam, 1 run, bouncer on the stumps, pulled flat toward deep square leg. They settle for a very long single.

Muhammad Shahza: "Babar Azam is just going to be the second-fastest (164 innings) to 6000 runs in T20 matches after Chris Gayle (162 innings). "

19.1
0
Umaid Asif to Babar Azam, no run, full on fourth stump, driven to extra cover, picks out the man on the ring.

Babar Azam starts the final over on strike. 3 runs to win. 2 runs for him to reach 6000 in T20 cricket.

END OF OVER:
19 | 13 Runs | KK: 186/4 (3 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.78, RRR: 3.00)

  • Dan Christian12 (8b)
  • Babar Azam76 (45b)
  • Saqib Mahmood4-0-41-2
  • Mohammad Imran4-0-25-1

Zia Abbasi: "Zalmi have dearly missed their captain Wahab Riaz who was lightning quick and tidy with bowl in his last match. "

18.6
0
Mahmood to Christian, no run, full and wide, goes to drive and is beaten.
18.5
6
Mahmood to Christian, SIX, that'll just about do it! Overpitched on off stump searching for the yorker but getting it wrong, Christian makes him pay by launching this high and deep over wide long-on.
18.4
0
Mahmood to Christian, no run, full and wide, tries a leg side heave and is beaten. Goes just inside the guideline.

Kings 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0Sharjeel KhanBabar Azam
2nd22Babar AzamJM Clarke
3rd21CA IngramBabar Azam
4th118Mohammad NabiBabar Azam
5th30DT ChristianBabar Azam

Pakistan Super League

TeamMWLPTNRR
IU1082160.859
MS1055101.05
PZ1055100.586
KK105510-0.115
LQ105510-0.589
QG10284-1.786