Match Details

ISU vs KRK 6th Match, PSL 2021

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ISU
197-519.1
Islamabad United won by 5 wickets
KRK
20.0196-3
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17th Over:
2
1
4
0
6
1b
 
= 14
18th Over:
6
1
0
W
6
1
 
= 14
Last Over:
0
2
0
4
6
1
 
= 13
This Over:
1
 
= 1

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Anurag D: Well, that's it from the comm box, we will be back tomorrow with the live coverage of the 7th PSL match. Till then, Tata!!!
Imad Wasim after that disappointing performance said: I think it was a good game. We were short by 20 runs. Credit to Hales and in the end Asif Ali. It wasn't spinning and then it started spinning, that's why I brought him (Nabi) on late and he was the standout bowler for us. It is just the start of the tournament and we will come back strongly. Sharjeel batted brilliantly and showed his class today. A couple of overs went for runs and that happens in T20 cricket, nothing to worry about.
Shadab Khan on that spectacular victory: Feels great as a team. The team performed well and I need to step up as a bowler and a batsman in the matches to come. We need to rectify the small mistakes we're making, and although we are winning at the moment, we need to reduce these mistakes. We need to use Faheem's form. We wanted to give him as many balls to face as possible. Hats off to the way Asif Ali and Hussain Talat finished things off.
Alex Hales (MOM) : It was a really big chase for us. The pitch was getting slower as the game went on, and that's why I wanted to hit as many runs as I can in the powerplay. It got tougher as the game went on, the ball was getting slower and turning a lot. We backed ourselves in this chase and the last time as well and for guys to contribute is great. (On his drop catch)I hate making excuses, but I lost that ball just a bit in the lights.
Anurag S: Having a humongous task ahead of them Islamabad lost two early wickets in their inning and then Hales took the charge onto the Karachi bowlers hitting 29 runs in an over off Aamer Yamin before throwing his wicket away. After a firing start, Ifikhtar Ahmed and Hussain Talat took charge and worked the ball beautifully all over the ground for a partnership of 96 runs. Islamabad never lost the momentum and went on with the pace of the required run-rate till the very end of their innings. Facing Nabi was a bit challenging for both the set batsman until Asif Ali came and deposited his very first ball off Nabi into the stands showing everyone how it's done. Asif Ali picked the bones of Amir's bowling in the penultimate over and Islamabad ended up chasing 196 smoothly with 5 wickets in-hand and 5 bowls to spare.
Anurag S: Islamabad United won the toss and put Karachi to bat first and they took full advantage of that. Sharjeel played a brilliant knock, one of his best I have ever seen. After failing to find the middle of the bat for almost 20 deliveries, he turned into a beast and demolished Shadab Khan for 4 sixes in a row, His partnership with the Pakistan skipper Babar Azam saw them put 196 on the board which can be a challenging total for any opponent to chase on this slow and turning pitch.
Islamabad United have won the match with 5 wickets in-hand and 5 deliveries to spare.
Review taken by Karachi Kings. We are awaiting the decision. It's an inside edge and the on-field decision stays. Not out!
19.1 Waqas Maqsood to Asif Ali
1 Maqsood bowls the yorker, just got him but Asif got the feather of the blade to the third man fielder for a single, review taken but there was a clear spike on the meter and this will sign a victory for the Islamabad United
OVER 19.0
Islamabad United
196/5
Iftikhar Ahmed
49(37)
Asif Ali
20(8)
Mohammad Amir
1-44(4.0)
18.6 Mohammad Amir to Asif Ali
1 Aamir goes short and slow outside-off, cut away by Asif in the air but lands one bounce to the sweeper fielder, single taken meanwhile
18.5 Mohammad Amir to Asif Ali
6 Aamir misses the yorker and throws a juicy full toss on the pads of vicious Asif Ali, he hoicks it over the ropes on the country side of the ground for a big six
18.4 Mohammad Amir to Asif Ali
4 FOUR!! This time Asif Ali connects and sends it over covers for an all important boundary, bowled full outside off and Asif Ali sliced it over the vacant region
18.3 Mohammad Amir to Asif Ali
0 Full and wide, perfectly nailed the wide yorker, bringing his experience into play Aamir, Asif fails to touch the ball and misses it to the keeper, dot ball
18.2 Mohammad Amir to Asif Ali
2 Full toss and wide of off-stump, Asif guides it to the backward cover point region and runs across for a couple
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