PSL 2023: Friend turned worst enemy, somehow Babar Azam’s nose survived – peshawar zalmi vs karachi kings match report psl 2023

Karachi: Pakistan Super League i.e. PSL 2023 has started with a bang in Pakistan. On Tuesday, 14 February, an exciting match between Peshawar Zalmi and Karachi Kings was played at the Karachi National Stadium. In which Babar Azam-led Peshawar won this interesting match by 2 runs in the last over. A high scoring encounter was witnessed between both the teams. Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim almost took the match out of Peshawar’s mouth. He thrashed his own friend’s team. Please tell that there is a deep friendship between Babar and Imad. Both have played a lot of cricket together for Pakistan. So let’s find out what all happened in this interesting fight between two friends.

Peshawar Zalmi stormy batting in the first innings

Karachi Kings captain and experienced all-rounder Imad Wasim won the toss and decided to bowl first. Due to which Peshawar Zalmi batting first scored 199 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. In which captain Babar Azam played an important role by playing 68 runs while Tom Kohler-Cadmore played a quick innings of 92 runs. On the other hand, Mir Hamza, Andrew Tye, Imran Tahir and Ben Cutting got 1-1 success from Karachi. In such a situation, Karachi had to achieve a mammoth target of 200 runs to win this match.

Even Imad Wasim’s explosive innings could not save the match

In the second innings of the match, the start of Karachi Kings was very slow. The team lost its 4 wickets within just 50 runs. It seemed that Karachi had bowed its knees in front of Peshawar. But Captain Imad Wasim had other plans. He shared a century partnership with veteran Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik. Together, both the batsmen thrashed the Peshawar bowlers fiercely.

Significantly, Shoaib got out on the score of 52 runs after scoring a half-century. But Imad kept fighting till the end. He also remained unbeaten till the end. But still could not get his team to cross the threshold of victory. Karachi Kings lost the match by just 2 runs in the last over. Imad scored 80 runs in 47 balls, batting at a blistering strike rate of 170.21. In which 7 fours and 4 sixes were seen from his bat. On the other hand, Wahab Riaz and James Neesham took 2-2 wickets from Peshawar. While Salman Irshad also got 1 success.
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