Karachi Kings Are Not Very Lucky So Far, Can They Take On Islamabad United Today? |Match 14|Match Preview |PSL 7-2022 T20 League
Karachi Kings will try to come back in it’s 5th match of PSL 7-2022 against Islamabad United. The match will be played at National Cricket Stadium Karachi today on 7:30 PM PST.
Karachi Kings will be playing it’s 5th PSL 7-2022 match today and will try to come back as Karachi Kings not been so lucky so far in the current season of PSL. Former PSL champion Karachi Kings had lost its all four previous matches and currently residing on the last spot of points table.
Karachi Kings hopes to reach top four on points table will soon come to an end if they don’t put their all efforts to comeback. After loosing close fight in its last match by 9 runs from Peshawar Zalmi, Karachi Kings needs to try more to take on good side like Islamabad United.
Karachi’s performance with the ball seemed unsatisfactory as no bowler than U Asif puts pressure on the opposition. Asif took gave 36 runs in 4 overs and took 3 wickets of Peshawar Zalmi. L Gregory bowled well giving 10 runs but failed to score a wicket. Other bowlers I Wasim (30 for 0), M Imran (40 for 0) had forgettable outings with the ball.
In response, Karachi lost it one opening batter on a duck. However, Babar Azam played a super inning of 90 runs in 63 balls with 12 fours and a six. Ian Cockbain played a good show of 31 runs in 19 deliveries.
After his getting out, Babar Azam received a very little support from other end. So, Karachi fell short of tragety with 9 runs in the end.
Heading into their fifth match of the league, they would look to register their first win of this season.
Karachi’s opposition Islamabad United have played great cricket so far. Islamabad United have already won it’s 2 out 4 matches in the current season of PSL 7-2022. And now capturing the third spot in the points table.
Islamabad United lost a close contest from Lahore Qalandars in last game with 8 runs.
Head-to-Head Record (KK vs IU):
Total number of matches played :
Won by Islamabad United : 10
Won by Karachi Kings : 6
KK vs IU Squads:
Karachi Kings (KK):
- Babar Azam
- Imad Wasem
- Chris Jorden
- Mohammad Amir
- Mohammad Nabi
- Lewis Gregory
- Joe Clarke
- Sharjeel Khan
- Aamer Yamen
- Umaid Asif
- Tom Abell
- Rohail Nazeer
- Mohammad Imran
- Mohammad Ilyas
- Faisal Akram
- Qasim Akram
- Talha Ahsan
- Romario Shepherd
- Jordan Thompson
- Ian Cockbain
- Sahibzada Farhan
- Mohammad Taha
Islamabad United (IU):
- Shadab Khan (C)
- HASAN ALI
- ASIF ALI
- COLIN MUNRO
- FAHEEM ASHRAF
- MARCHANT DE LANGE
- ALEX HALES
- MOHAMMAD WASIM JNR.
- AZAM KHAN
- PAUL STIRLING
- REECE TOPLEY
- DANISH AZIZ
- MOHAMMAD AKHLAQ
- ZAFAR GOHAR
- MUBASIR KHAN
- ZEESHAN ZAMEER* (PARTIALLY AVAILABLE)
- RAHMANULLAH GURBAZ
- ATHAR MAHMOOD
- MUSA KHAN
- ZAHIR KHAN
- MOHAMMAD HURAIRA* (PARTIAL REPLACEMENT)
Karachi Kings Vs Islamabad United Possible Playing XI’s:
Karachi Kings (KK)
- Babar Azam
- Sharjeel Khan
- Joe Clarke
- Sahibzada Farhan
- Mohammad Nabi
- Imad Wasim
- Aamer Yamin
- Lewis gregory
- Jordan Thompson
- Chris Jordan
- Taha Khan
Islamabad United:
- Alex Hales
- Paul Stirling
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz
- Shada Khan
- Faheem Ashraf
- Azam Khan
- Asif Ali
- Hasan Ali
- Mohammad Wasim
- Merchant DeLange
- Musa Khan
Karachi Kings Vs Islamabad United Pitch Report:
A lot of runs can be expected on scoreboard as both teams have some prolific hitters in their squads. Both Islamabad United and Lahore Qalandars are capable of chasing any score on this ground as we experienced watching in previous matches. The pitch here at National Stadium Karachi always help batters. The team batting first usually try to mount scoreboard pressure on chasing teams with some big scores. But, the most expected is that toss winning team will choose to bowl first, keeping dew factor in mind.
Matches won batting first: 7
Matches won bowling first: 5
Karachi Kings Vs Islamabad United Today Match Weather Report:
National Stadium, Karachi is cloudy with temperatures between 27 and 24 degrees Celsius and 73 percent. There is no chance of rainfall for this match.
Karachi Kings Vs Islamabad United – Match Prediction:
As per performance and squad strength we can expect Islamabad United as a winner.
But, winning toss will play crucial part as chasing team gets the benefit of dew factor as well as putting scoreboard pressure on opposition, we seen in most of the matches here in National Stadium Karachi.
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