KARACHI: Pakistan Super League sixth edition (PSL 6 2021) – Match 1 – Karachi Kings VS Quetta Gladiators at Karachi National Stadium – Kings won by 7 wickets with 37 balls remaining.
Karachi Kings had won the toss and elected to field first with Quetta Gladiators scoring 121 runs in the first innings of the first match of the PSL 6 2021 tournament.
Quetta Gladiators had a rough start to their batting with Tom Benton and Sarfaraz Ahmed losing their wickets after scoring just 5 and 7 runs respectively with the pattern containing with rest of the batting line-up except Chris Gayle, who picked up the pace for the Gladiators having scored 39 runs off 24 balls,
Meanwhile, Azam Khan, Ben Cutting and Qais Ahmad managed to rack up 17, 11 and 16 runs respectively. However, the squad failed to perform overall when it came to their batting performance during the match.
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On the other side, Karachi Kings were able to score 126/3 and won the 1st match of the PSL 6 2021 with 37 balls remaining despite loosing an early wicket of Sharjeel Khan. who only managed to score 4 runs off 4 balls.
Joe Clarke gave an exceptional performance scoring 43 runs off just 23 balls followed by Mohammad Nabi who racked up 30 runs off 14 balls. Babar Azam did not perform as per expectation but still gave a solid performance with his 24 runs off 20 balls and helping team Quetta Gladiators to the win. Meanwhile, Collin Ingram chipped in 17 runs from 22 balls.
#MatchUpdate – #HBLPSL6 – #KKvQG
— Karachi Kings (@KarachiKingsARY) February 20, 2021
👑 #Kings won the 1st battle of #PSL6 against #Gladiators by 7 Wickets 👊🏻
Well played boys ‼️ 🙌🏻#YehHaiKarachi #ChampionsKaKarachi #PSL2021 pic.twitter.com/kzMsdR1gAe
Match Summary:
Karachi Kings VS Quetta Gladiators – PSL 6 2021 Match 1 Highlights
Man of the Match
Arshad Iqbal is the Man of the Match for his expectational bowling performance.
What a day for @ArshadIqbal32, who took the Kings to a record breaking win! 👊🏼#MatchDikhao l #HBLPSL6 I #KKvQG pic.twitter.com/sdAgbsK38X
— PakistanSuperLeague (@TheHBLPSL) February 20, 2021
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Today’s match squads:
Karachi Kings:
Imad Wasim (captain), Aamer Yamin, Arshad Iqbal, Babar Azam, Colin Ingram, Dan Christian, Joe Clarke, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Nabi, Sharjeel Khan and Waqas Maqsood.
Quetta Gladiators:
Sarfaraz Ahmed (captain), Qais Ahmad, Saim Ayub, Tom Banton, Ben Cutting, Cameron Delport, Chris Gayle, Mohammad Hasnain, Azam Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah and Usman Khan Shinwari.
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