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Pakistan Super League - 7 (PSL-7) 2022

National Stadium, Karachi, January 27 2022, Pakistan Super League

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Karachi Kings
124/5 (20 overs)
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Multan Sultans
0/0
Inning Break : Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bowl
 
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Karachi Kings
124/5
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Multan Sultans
126/3 (18.2 overs)


Multan Sultans won by 7 wickets


Multan Sultans open their PSL 2022 account with a fairly comprehensible seven-wicket victory. They started sluggishly much like their opposition. But the skipper, Mohammad Rizwan, kept his cool, anchored the innings and saw his side home. Shan Masood and Sohaib Maqsood played decent supporting roles to ensure that runs were never an issue for the defending champions. Karachi Kings' pacers failed to strike up-front and while Nabi tied things down in the latter half of the run-chase, they never had enough runs on the board in the first place to really trouble the men in blue. So, the Sultans draw first blood in this year's edition, an ideal beginning to their title-defense.

Rizwan - 52


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Imran Tahir 16 / 3

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Why PSL 2022 is a reminder of the ECB's flimsy pullout from Pakistan tour​


Four months after the board called off the visit to the country, a number of English players will now be part of the league

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English players dominate the overseas player pool at the PSL AFP via Getty Images

The Pakistan Super League is a finishing school for England's best T20 cricketers. Since the league's inception in 2016, England players have become increasingly popular to the extent that they now dominate the overseas player pool at the PSL, with nearly two-dozen due to appear in the 2022 edition which starts on Thursday.

Ten of the playing XI for their first T20 international against West Indies on Saturday have PSL experience and the only exception, Adil Rashid, has expressed his desire to play in it in future. Eight members of the squad for that tour will fly from Barbados to Pakistan straight after this series to join up with their respective teams, and all six teams have English representation in their squads.

A number of players have furthered their international cases through their involvement, including Phil Salt, Saqib Mahmood and Tymal Mills. "Playing for Peshawar Zalmi was a massive stepping stone for me to play for England," Dawid Malan said back in 2019. "The pressure you get as an overseas player is like no other - it sets you up for when you get back to international cricket," added Liam Livingstone.

The involvement of leading overseas players in the PSL has been a contributing factor in bringing international cricket back to Pakistan on a regular basis. Chris Jordan and Malan both played in - and won - the 2017 final, the first PSL game staged in Pakistan rather than the UAE; five years later, 23 English players will travel to Karachi and Lahore with full confidence in security arrangements.

The 2022 edition clashes with several international series and the Bangladesh Premier League, but falls during a rare break in England's schedule. There is a wide range of players involved: leading internationals, T20 circuit regulars, young players cutting their teeth and senior county pros looking for franchise experience. There are even two English coaches leading franchises in Peter Moores (Karachi Kings) and James Foster (Peshawar Zalmi).

But if the English influx is mutually beneficial, it also serves as a reminder that only four months ago, the ECB decided to call off men's and women's tours to Pakistan on the flimsiest grounds imaginable through a statement laced with hypocrisy and innuendo.

"We know there are increasing concerns about travelling to the region and believe that going ahead will add further pressure to a playing group who have already coped with a long period of operating in restricted Covid environments," the statement said.

The Team England Player Partnership later clarified that the players had not been consulted over the decision; Ramiz Raja, the PCB's chairman, said that Pakistan felt as though they had been "used and binned".
 
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4th Match (N), Karachi, Jan 29 2022, Pakistan Super League


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Karachi Kings
(4.4/20 overs)26/4


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Quetta Gladiators

Gladiators chose to field.

Current RR: 6.20
 

PSL 2022: Qalandars become first team in PSL history to reach 200-runs mark five times​

Teams have managed to reach a two-hundred-runs benchmark in PSL 18 times​


By Faizan Lakhani
January 29, 2022



Photo Source: Twitter/Lahore Qalandars
Photo Source: Twitter/Lahore Qalandars

KARACHI: Lahore Qalandars, who lost today's game against Multan Sultans despite scoring 206 runs, achieved a milestone in the process as they became the first team in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) history to score the most number of 200 runs in an innings, reaching the landmark five times.

Teams have managed to reach a two-hundred-runs benchmark in PSL 18 times so far. Lahore Qalandars individually scored 200 or more runs five times, while Peshawar Zalmi crossed this milestone four times.

Multan Sultans as well as Quetta Gladiators were able to make 200 runs three times.

The two-time PSL winner Islamabad United has made 200 runs or more twice, while 2020 PSL champions Karachi Kings have scored 200 runs only once in the blockbuster T20 competition.
 

PSL 2022: Qalandars become first team in PSL history to reach 200-runs mark five times​

Teams have managed to reach a two-hundred-runs benchmark in PSL 18 times​


By Faizan Lakhani
January 29, 2022



Photo Source: Twitter/Lahore Qalandars
Photo Source: Twitter/Lahore Qalandars

KARACHI: Lahore Qalandars, who lost today's game against Multan Sultans despite scoring 206 runs, achieved a milestone in the process as they became the first team in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) history to score the most number of 200 runs in an innings, reaching the landmark five times.

Teams have managed to reach a two-hundred-runs benchmark in PSL 18 times so far. Lahore Qalandars individually scored 200 or more runs five times, while Peshawar Zalmi crossed this milestone four times.

Multan Sultans as well as Quetta Gladiators were able to make 200 runs three times.

The two-time PSL winner Islamabad United has made 200 runs or more twice, while 2020 PSL champions Karachi Kings have scored 200 runs only once in the blockbuster T20 competition.
Still lost.
Shaheen's bowling
Fakhar,Rizwan,Masood batting was impressive.
 
4th Match (N), Karachi,
Jan 29 2022,

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Karachi Kings
113

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Quetta Gladiators
(4.3/20 overs, target 114 ..... 34/0

Gladiators need 80 runs in 93 balls.

Current RR: 7.55
• Required RR: 5.16


Win Probability:
QG 95.73% •.... KK 4.27%
 
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