- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.2 Cleaned him up! Flighted good length ball pitching on the off stump line, slight deviation off the pitch, plays inside the line of the ball, goes past the outside edge of the bat and breaks the off stump! 62/25.4 Miscued the sweep shot! Slower through the air on the off-stump, shuffles across and attempts to play the big slow sweep, goes early and beaten by the flight, turns it down and finds the leading edge of the bat, straightforward catch for Faheem Ashraf at square leg inside the circle 60/119.6 Banged in short pitched ball around the off stump line, Vince goes for the big heave shot, swings his bat at it and finds the leading edge, skies it high to deep backward square leg, sweeper fielder comes around and settles underneath, makes no mistake and completes the catch 175/79.5 He has knocked his stumps over! Length ball non-turner on the stumps, moves across the line early and tries to play the paddle sweep shot, beaten by the pace and skid of the ball, goes past bat-pad and crashes onto the stumps 79/311.2 Chops on! Quicker fuller length ball around the off stump line, goes underneath and tries to ramp it over the wicketkeeper's head, only managed to find the inside edge and onto the stumps, sorry. No bat involved, completely beaten by the pace and skid, tickles off the thigh pads and breaks the stumps! Ali Majid picks up his second wicket of the night! 91/415.1 Irfan Khan has holed out! Starts the over with an overpitched fuller length ball around the off stump, tries to heave it away with the bottom-hand across the line, did not connect it well, clips it straight to the long on fielder, into the safe hands of Finn Allen 125/519.3 Did he take it cleanly? Hard length ball outside the off stump, full swing of the bat and swings it away straight to long on, Finn Allen stands near the ropes, waits for the ball, catches it and tosses it in the air as he steps out of the boundary ropes, hops back inside the field and completes the catch. Excellent game awareness from the Kiwi fielder 174/6Extras4 (lb 1, w 3)TOTAL175/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8.75)Fall of wickets: 1-60 (David Warner, 5.4 ov), 2-62 (Tim Seifert, 6.2 ov), 3-79 (Muhammad Riazullah, 9.5 ov), 4-91 (Khushdil Shah, 11.2 ov), 5-125 (Irfan Khan, 15.1 ov), 6-174 (Mohammad Nabi, 19.3 ov), 7-175 (James Vince, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammad Amir 4 0 42 2 10.5 9 5 2 2 0 Ali Majid 4 0 29 2 7.25 9 4 0 0 0 SA Abbott 4 0 33 1 8.25 6 3 0 1 0 Abrar Ahmed 4 0 33 1 8.25 4 3 0 0 0 Saud Shakeel 3 0 20 1 6.66 4 0 1 0 0 Faheem Ashraf 1 0 17 0 17 0 2 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.5 Change of pace on the stumps, 115.4 kph, Allen attempts to heave it away over long on, picked up the slower delivery with the toe end of the bat and struck it straight of long on, Nabi comes around and grabs it after juggling once, Massive wicket for the Karachi Kings! 8/11.1 Khushdil takes a blinder! Hard line and length ball on the fifth stump line, Nawaz plays it late, defends off the front foot and plays inside the line of the ball, thick outside edge of the bat, Khushdil at first slip dives to his left side full stretched and takes a brilliant catch! 9/23.5 Swept aerially straight to short fine leg! Quicker length ball sliding down the leg-side on the pads, down on one knee, plays the paddle sweep half-heartedly and clips it straight to Hasan Ali at fine leg. Soft dismissal 34/34.3 Banged in short pitched ball outside off, shuffles across and stands tall inside the crease, opens the face of the bat and ramps it straight to Jamal at deep third man, walks in a few steps and completes the catch with ease 36/45.5 Attempts to break the shackles, flighted fuller length in the slot outside off, clears the front leg and opens the face of the bat, plays against the turn and skies the inside-out shot to widish long off, Jamal sprints in and takes a brilliant diving catch to dismiss Rossouw! 37/58.6 Swings it away to mid wicket! Well directed bouncer hits the deck, pace on delivery, Faheem Ashraf tries to pull it away into the stands, does not get quite hold of it, mistimed the shot and finds the deep mid wicket fielder 47/611.4 Full and overpitched on the pads, moves forward and attempts to negate it through mid wicket, failed to connect and hits the back pad, massive appeal and given! Abbott opts to review the decision. Ultra Edge confirmed no bat involved. Ball tracking coming up, pitching outside off and impact in line, clipping the side of the leg stump, umpire's call. Abbott has to go back to the dressing room 57/716.5 Back of a length ball on the leg stump, slower delivery, Amir shuffles across and tries to scoop it over fine leg, beaten by the lack of bounce, failed to connect and breaks the leg stump! The entertaining knock of Amir has finally come to an end. 100/818.4 Clean bowled! Slight fuller length ball on the leg stump channel, makes room outside leg, goes for the wild heave stroke, Abrar is nowhere near the ball to connect it, uprooted the leg stump with the slower delivery, 119.2 clicks 110/9Extras15 (b 4, lb 3, w 8)TOTAL119/9 (20 Overs, RR: 5.95)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Finn Allen, 0.5 ov), 2-9 (Hasan Nawaz, 1.1 ov), 3-34 (Kusal Mendis, 3.5 ov), 4-36 (Khawaja Nafay, 4.3 ov), 5-37 (Rilee Rossouw, 5.5 ov), 6-47 (Faheem Ashraf, 8.6 ov), 7-57 (Sean Abbott, 11.4 ov), 8-100 (Mohammad Amir, 16.5 ov), 9-110 (Abrar Ahmed, 18.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mir Hamza 4 0 31 1 7.75 13 4 1 2 0 Hasan Ali 4 0 27 3 6.75 10 4 0 1 0 Mohammad Nabi 4 1 7 2 1.75 17 0 0 0 0 Khushdil Shah 4 0 28 0 7 11 1 2 1 0 Abbas Afridi 2 0 9 2 4.5 7 1 0 1 0 Aamer Jamal 2 0 10 1 5 9 0 1 2 0
Match Details
Toss
Karachi Kings , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50-23.20
Match days
18 April 2025 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Karachi Kings 2, Quetta Gladiators 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 61 runs, 1 wicket)
- Karachi Kings: 50 runs in 4.5 overs (29 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (TL Seifert 17, DA Warner 31, Ex 2)
- Karachi Kings: 100 runs in 12.5 overs (77 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Karachi Kings - 108/4 in 14.0 overs (JM Vince 31, Irfan Khan 9)
- JM Vince: 50 off 36 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Karachi Kings: 150 runs in 18.1 overs (109 balls), Extras 3
- Innings Break: Karachi Kings - 175/7 in 20.0 overs (Aamer Jamal 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 37 runs, 5 wickets)
- Quetta Gladiators: 50 runs in 9.3 overs (57 balls), Extras 10
- Strategic Timeout: Quetta Gladiators - 54/6 in 11.0 overs (Saud Shakeel 18, SA Abbott 2)
- Over 11.4: Review by Quetta Gladiators (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Tariq Rasheed (2), Batter - SA Abbott (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Quetta Gladiators: 100 runs in 16.4 overs (100 balls), Extras 14
Match Coverage
All Match NewsVince and Nabi lead Kings' demolition of Gladiators
Chasing 176, Quetta Gladiators could muster only 119 for 9