DUBAI: Livingstone powered Karachi Kings to thumping 5-wicket victory over Multan Sultans in the 24th T20 match in the fourth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) at Abu Dhabi on Monday night.
Karachi Kings won the toss and opted to bowl first. Multan Sultans were restricted to 118 runs for seven wickets by Kings. Chasing a target of 119, Ahmed Shahzad and Livingstone's tremendous performances helped Karachi Kings win the match.
The five-wicket loss in the must-win match against Karachi Kings has virtually knocked out Multan Sultans from the playoff stage of the game.
Sultans, led by Shoaib Malik, managed to win two games off nine played matches.
Multan Sultans' batting lineup once again failed to produce desired results as the team managed to score only 118 runs. While Livingstone's half-century off 42 balls took Karachi Kings to victory.
Fast bowler Usman Khan Shinwari picked four wickets while spinner Umar Khan bagged three.
Karachi Kings: 120/5 in 19.2 overs
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At the end of over 19: Karachi Kings 112/5
Mohammad Ilyas to Mohammad Rizwan, OUT
Mohammad Ilyas to Livingstone, 1 run
Mohammad Ilyas to Livingstone, 1 wide
Mohammad Ilyas to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 run
Mohammad Ilyas to Livingstone, 1 runs
Mohammad Ilyas to Livingstone, FOUR runs
Mohammad Ilyas to Livingstone, 2 runs
At the end of over 18: Karachi Kings 102/4
Mohammad Irfan(5) to Mohammad Rizwan, 2 runs
Mohammad Irfan(5) to Livingstone, 1 run
Mohammad Irfan(5) to Livingstone, 2 runs
Mohammad Irfan(5) to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 run
Mohammad Irfan(5) to Livingstone, 1 run
Mohammad Irfan(5) to Livingstone, no run
At the end of over 17: Karachi Kings 95/4
Green to Mohammad Rizwan, 2 runs
Green to Livingstone, 1 run
Green to Livingstone, no run
Green to Livingstone, no run
Green to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 run
Green to Livingstone, 1 run
At the end of over 16: Karachi Kings 90/4
Mohammad Abbas to Livingstone, 1 run
Mohammad Abbas to Livingstone, no run
Mohammad Abbas to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 leg bye
Mohammad Abbas to Mohammad Rizwan, no run
Mohammad Abbas to Mohammad Rizwan, 2 runs
Mohammad Abbas to Livingstone, 1 run
At the end of over 15: Karachi Kings 85/4
Green to Mohammad Rizwan, no run
Green to Livingstone, 1 run
Green to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 run
Green to Mohammad Rizwan, no run
Green to Mohammad Rizwan, no run
Green to Livingstone, 1 run
At the end of over 14: Karachi Kings 82/4
Mohammad Abbas to Mohammad Rizwan, no run
Mohammad Abbas to Iftikhar Ahmed, OUT ((c Umar Siddiq b Mohammad Abbas 0)
Mohammad Abbas to Iftikhar Ahmed, no run
Mohammad Abbas to Iftikhar Ahmed, no run
Mohammad Abbas to Ingram, OUT ( b Mohammad Abbas 31)
Mohammad Abbas to Ingram, no run
At the end of over 13: Karachi Kings 82/2
Green to Livingstone, no run
Green to Livingstone, 2 runs
Green to Ingram, 1 run
Green to Livingstone, 1 run
Green to Livingstone, no run
Green to Ingram, 1 run
At the end of over 12: Karachi Kings 77/2
Mohammad Irfan(5) to Ingram, 1 runs
Mohammad Irfan(5) to Ingram, 4 runs
Mohammad Irfan(5) to Ingram, 2 runs
Mohammad Irfan(5) to Ingram, 2 runs
Mohammad Irfan(5) to Livingstone, 1 run
Mohammad Irfan(5) to Livingstone, 4 runs
At the end of over 11: Karachi Kings 63/2
Green to Livingstone, 1 run
Green to Livingstone, no run
Green to Ingram, 1 run
Green to Ingram, no run
Green to Livingstone, 1 run
Green to Ingram, 1 run
At the end of over 10: Karachi Kings 59/2
Mohammad Irfan(5) to Livingstone, no run
Mohammad Irfan(5) to Ingram, 1 run
Mohammad Irfan(5) to Ingram, 4 runs
Mohammad Irfan(5) to Ingram, 4 runs
Mohammad Irfan(5) to Livingstone, 1 run
Mohammad Irfan(5) to Ingram, 1 run
Mohammad Irfan(5) to Ingram, 1 wide
At the end of over 9: Karachi Kings 47/2
Mohammad Ilyas to Ingram, 1 run
Mohammad Ilyas to Ingram, no run
Mohammad Ilyas to Livingstone, 1 run
Mohammad Ilyas to Ingram, 1 run
Mohammad Ilyas to Ingram, no run
Mohammad Ilyas to Livingstone, 1 run
At the end of over 8: Karachi Kings 43/2
Mohammad Irfan to Ingram, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Ingram, 4 runs
Mohammad Irfan to Livingstone, 1 run
Mohammad Irfan to Livingstone, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Livingstone, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Ingram, 1 run
At the end of over 7: Karachi Kings 37/2
Mohammad Ilyas to Ingram, 1 run
Mohammad Ilyas to Ingram, no run
Mohammad Ilyas to Babar Azam, OUT (lbw b Mohammad Ilyas 12)
Mohammad Ilyas to Livingstone, 1 run
Mohammad Ilyas to Livingstone, 4 runs
Mohammad Ilyas to Babar Azam, 1 run
At the end of over 6: Karachi Kings 30/1
Mohammad Irfan to Livingstone, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Livingstone, 4 runs
Mohammad Irfan to Livingstone, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Livingstone, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Babar Azam, 1 run
Mohammad Irfan to Babar Azam, no run
At the end of over 5: Karachi Kings 25/1
Mohammad Ilyas to Livingstone, 4 runs
Mohammad Ilyas to Munro, OUT (c & b Mohammad Ilyas 11)
Mohammad Ilyas to Munro, no run
Mohammad Ilyas to Munro, 2 runs
Mohammad Ilyas to Munro, no run
Mohammad Ilyas to Munro, no run
At the end of over 4: Karachi Kings 19/0
Mohammad Irfan to Babar Azam, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Babar Azam, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Babar Azam, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Babar Azam, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Babar Azam, 4 runs
Mohammad Irfan to Munro, 1 run
At the end of over 3: Karachi Kings 14/0
Mohammad Abbas to Munro, 1 run
Mohammad Abbas to Munro, 4 runs
Mohammad Abbas to Munro, no run
Mohammad Abbas to Munro, no run
Mohammad Abbas to Munro, no run
Mohammad Abbas to Munro, no run
At the end of over 2: Karachi Kings 9/0
Mohammad Irfan to Babar Azam, 4 runs
Mohammad Irfan to Babar Azam, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Babar Azam, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Babar Azam, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Babar Azam, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Babar Azam, no run
At the end of over 1: Karachi Kings 5/0
Mohammad Abbas to Munro, 2 runs
Mohammad Abbas to Munro, no run
Mohammad Abbas to Babar Azam, 1 run
Mohammad Abbas to Munro, 1 run
Mohammad Abbas to Babar Azam, 1 run
Mohammad Abbas to Babar Azam, no run
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Multan Sultans were restricted to 118 runs for seven wickets by Karachi Kings in the 24th T20 match in the fourth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Monday night.
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At the end of over 20: Multan Sultans 118/7
Aamer Yamin to Green, 1 run
Aamer Yamin to Mohammad Ilyas, 1 run
Aamer Yamin to Green, 1 run
Aamer Yamin to Mohammad Ilyas, 1 run
Aamer Yamin to Green, 1 run
Aamer Yamin to Green, no run
At the end of over 19: Multan Sultans 113/7
Summers to Green, 1 run
Summers to Green, 4 runs
Summers to Green, 4 runs
Summers to Mohammad Ilyas, 1 run
Summers to Green, 1 run
Summers to Green, no run
At the end of over 18: Multan Sultans 102/7
Usman Shinwari to Mohammad Irfan(5), OUT (b Usman Shinwari 0)
Usman Shinwari to Hammad Azam, OUT (lbw b Usman Shinwari 29)
Usman Shinwari to Green, 1 run
Usman Shinwari to Green, no run
Usman Shinwari to Hammad Azam, 1 run
Usman Shinwari to Hammad Azam, no run
At the end of over 17: Multan Sultans 100/5
Summers to Green, no run
Summers to Green, 1 wide
Summers to Hammad Azam, 1 run
Summers to Hammad Azam, 4 runs
Summers to Hammad Azam, 2 runs
Summers to Hammad Azam, 4 runs
At the end of over 16: Multan Sultans 87/5
Usman Shinwari to Hammad Azam, no run
Usman Shinwari to Green, 1 run
Usman Shinwari to Green, 1 wide
Usman Shinwari to Hammad Azam, 1 run
Usman Shinwari to Hammad Azam, no run
Usman Shinwari to Green, 1 run
Usman Shinwari to Green, no run
At the end of over 15: Multan Sultans 83/5
Aamer Yamin to Green, 1 run
Aamer Yamin to Green, no run
Aamer Yamin to Green, no run
Aamer Yamin to Green, no run
Aamer Yamin to Green, no run
Aamer Yamin to Hammad Azam, 1 run
At the end of over 14: Multan Sultans 81/5
Umer Khan to Christian, OUT (c Summers b Umer Khan 5)
Umer Khan to Hammad Azam, 1 run
Umer Khan to Christian, 1 run
Umer Khan to Christian, 4 runs
Umer Khan to Shoaib Malik, OUT (c Babar Azam b Umer Khan 26)
Umer Khan to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs
At the end of over 13: Multan Sultans 73/3
Aamer Yamin to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Aamer Yamin to Hammad Azam, 1 run
Aamer Yamin to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Aamer Yamin to Hammad Azam, 1 run
Aamer Yamin to Hammad Azam, 2 runs
Aamer Yamin to Hammad Azam, 2 runs
At the end of over 12: Multan Sultans 65/3
Summers to Hammad Azam, 1 run
Summers to Hammad Azam, no run
Summers to Hammad Azam, no run
Summers to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Summers to Hammad Azam, 1 run
Summers to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
At the end of over 11: Multan Sultans 61/3
Umer Khan to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Umer Khan to Hammad Azam, 1 run,
Umer Khan to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Umer Khan to Hammad Azam, 1 leg bye
Umer Khan to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Umer Khan to Shoaib Malik, 4 runs
At the end of over 10: Multan Sultans 52/3
Imad Wasim to Hammad Azam, 2 runs
Imad Wasim to Hammad Azam, no run
Imad Wasim to Hammad Azam, 2 runs
Imad Wasim to Hammad Azam, no run
Imad Wasim to Hammad Azam, no run
Imad Wasim to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
At the end of over 9: Multan Sultans 47/3
Umer Khan to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Umer Khan to Shoaib Malik, no run
Umer Khan to Hammad Azam, 1 run
Umer Khan to Hammad Azam, no run
Umer Khan to Hammad Azam, no run
Umer Khan to Hammad Azam, 1 wide
Umer Khan to Vince, OUT (b Umer Khan 16)
At the end of over 8: Multan Sultans 44/2
Imad Wasim to Vince, 1 run
Imad Wasim to Vince, no run
Imad Wasim to Vince, no run
Imad Wasim to Vince, no run
Imad Wasim to Vince, 4 runs
Imad Wasim to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
At the end of over 7: Multan Sultans 38/2
Umer Khan to Vince, no run
Umer Khan to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Umer Khan to Vince, 1 run
Umer Khan to Vince, no run
Umer Khan to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Umer Khan to Shoaib Malik, no run
At the end of over 6: Multan Sultans 35/2
Summers to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Summers to Shoaib Malik, no run
Summers to Shoaib Malik, 4 runs
Summers to Vince, 1 run
Summers to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Summers to Vince, 1 run
Summers to Vince, 1 no ball
At the end of over 5: Multan Sultans 26/2
Aamer Yamin to Shoaib Malik, no run
Aamer Yamin to Shoaib Malik, no run
Aamer Yamin to Shoaib Malik, no run
Aamer Yamin to Vince, 1 run
Aamer Yamin to Vince, no run
Aamer Yamin to Vince, no run
At the end of over 4: Multan Sultans 25/2
Usman Shinwari to Vince, 1 run
Usman Shinwari to Vince, 4 leg byes
Usman Shinwari to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Usman Shinwari to Vince, 1 run
Usman Shinwari to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Usman Shinwari to Charles, OUT ( b Usman Shinwari 7)
At the end of over 3: Multan Sultans 17/1
Imad Wasim to Charles, 1 run
Imad Wasim to Charles, 4 runs
Imad Wasim to Vince, 1 run
Imad Wasim to Charles, 1 run
Imad Wasim to Charles, no run
Imad Wasim to Charles, no run
At the end of over 2: Multan Sultans 10/1
Usman Shinwari to Vince, no run
Usman Shinwari to Vince, no run
Usman Shinwari to Vince, 4 runs
Usman Shinwari to Vince, no run
Usman Shinwari to Charles, 1 run
Usman Shinwari to Umar Siddiq, OUT ( b Usman Shinwari 5)
At the end of over 1: Multan Sultans 5/0
Imad Wasim to Vince, no run
Imad Wasim to Vince, no run
Imad Wasim to Vince, no run
Imad Wasim to Umar Siddiq, 1 run
Imad Wasim to Umar Siddiq, 4 runs
Imad Wasim to Umar Siddiq, no run
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Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim has won the toss and elected to bowl first against Multan Sultans in the 24th T20 match in the fourth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) at Abu Dhabi on Monday night.
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The second match on Monday, the 24th overall, also at Abu Dhabi, will be played between Karachi Kings and Multan Sultans at 9:00 pm.
Both teams are at the bottom of the points table but the Kings are looking favourites as they are placed fifth with a better net run rate (-0.58) compared to the Sultans, who are down to the sixth position with the lowest NRR (-0.58).
Each of the two teams have so far played seven matches, winning three and losing four.
In their previous encounter, Karachi defeated Multan by seven runs at Dubai on Feb 15.
The highest total in an innings made by the Sultans is so far 200/6 against Lahore Qalandars at Sharjah on Feb 22 whereas the highest score by the Kings is 188/4 (vs Quetta Gladiators at Sharjah on Feb 24.
The highest run-scorer for Multan Sultans is their captain Shoaib Malik, who has made 240 runs (ave 48.00) in eight games with two fifties. The batsman, who scored the most runs for Karachi Kings, is Liam Livingstone - 227 (ave 32.42) in seven matches with two fifties.
Left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Amir has captured the most wickets (9 at an average of 22 in seven matches with one four-wicket haul.
There are two highest wicket-takers for Multan Sultans. Both have grabbed eight wickets. One is leg-spinner Shahid Afridi with an average of 19.37 and other is fast bowler Junaid Khan with an average of 24.00.
Squads
Karachi Kings: Liam Livingstone, Babar Azam, Colin Ingram, Imad Wasim (captain), Sikandar Raza, Mohammad Rizwan, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Amir, Usman Shinwari, Umar Khan, Aamer Yamin, Ben Dunk, Iftikhar Ahmed, Usama Mir, Ali Imran, Colin Munro, Awais Zia.
Multan Sultans: Shan Masood, Tom Moores, Lauri Evans, Andre Russell, Shahid Afridi, Hammad Azam, Chris Green, Mohammad Ilyas, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan, James Charles, Ali Shafiq, James Vince, Daniel Christian, Shakeel Ansar, Nauman Ali, Umar Siddiq.