League sniper becomes first bowler
Lahore (Urdu Point Latest Newspaper. February 7, 2022) Islamabad United captain; Shadab Khan became the first bowler to take 4 wickets in 3 matches in PSL. Shadab Khan won the award in the match against Karachi Kings.
According to the details, Shadab Khan took 4 wickets of Karachi Kings for 15 runs. Earlier, Shadab Khan had taken 5 wickets against Quetta Gladiators and 4 wickets against Lahore Qalandars.
It may be recalled that in the 14th match of Pakistan Super League 7 (PSL); Islamabad United defeated Karachi Kings by 42 runs. Similarly; after which Karachi Kings suffered their fifth consecutive defeat in the event.
The toss of the 14th PSL match at the National Stadium in Karachi was in favor of Islamabad United; And on which captain Shadab Khan announced the first batting.
Take 4 or more wickets in 3 matches in PSL
However, For Islamabad, Alex Hales and Paul Sterling started the innings with a partnership of 66 runs. Meanwhile, Sterling was dismissed for 30 off 21 balls with the help of 5 fours. Individual and clean bowled on a total score of 75.
The third to be dismissed was Shadab Khan who left for the pavilion with an individual score of 34 and a total score of 130. Later, Asif Ali was dismissed for a total score of 146, Colin Monroe 152 and Azam Khan 177.
Therefore, Islamabad United scored 177 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Paul Sterling scored 39, Shadab Khan 34; Colin Monroe 33 and Alex Hales 30 while Asif Ali scored 10 and Azam Khan 16 runs.
Make Karachi Kings’ Chris Jordan was the leading bowler with 2 wickets; While Usman Shinwari, Muhammad Nabi, Emad Wasim and Ameed Asif took one wicket each.
In other words, In pursuit of the target of 178 runs given by Islamabad United, Karachi Kings did not get off to a good start; And Sharjeel Khan was dismissed for a total score of 6, then Babar Azam also returned to the pavilion. For a total score of 21, Ian Kokbin 35 and Sahibzada Farhan was dismissed for 42. Lewis Gregory was the fifth player to be dismissed for a total score of 65. The pavilion was looted by Emad Wasim (66), Chris Jordan (83) and Mohammad Taha (83).
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Similarly, Ameed Asif left for the pavilion with a total score of 110. Karachi Kings managed to score only 135 runs; For the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated overs.
Muhammad Nabi remained prominent batsman. Therefore; with 47 while 7 players could not even enter the double figure. In other words, Islamabad United’s Shadab Khan took four wickets, Hassan Ali, Waqas Maqsood and Muhammad Waseem took one wicket each.
