PSL2019, Eliminator 1: Karachi Kings eliminated by Islamabad United

Islamabad United defeated Karachi Kings  by four wickets with three balls remaining in the Eliminator-1 of the Pakistan Super League 2019 at the National Stadium, Karachi on Thursday night.

They will now face Peshawar Zalmi in the Eliminator -2  to be played  on Friday at the same venue where the winners of the two will play the final against Quetta Gladiators on Sunday (March 17 ) agains at the same ground.

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Mohammad Amir to Asif Ali, 4 leg byes

Mohammad Amir to Shadab Khan, 1 run

Mohammad Amir to Faheem Ashraf, OUT (c Aamer Yamin b Mohammad Amir 17)

Mohammad Amir to Faheem Ashraf, 4 runs

At the end of over 19: Islamabad United: 156/5

Aamer Yamin to Asif Ali, 2 runs

Aamer Yamin to Asif Ali, 6 runs

Aamer Yamin to Faheem Ashraf, 1 run,

Aamer Yamin to Asif Ali, 1 run

Aamer Yamin to Faheem Ashraf, 1 run

Aamer Yamin to Asif Ali, 1 run

At the end of over 18: Islamabad United: 144/5

Mohammad Amir to Faheem Ashraf, 4 runs

Mohammad Amir to Faheem Ashraf, 6 runs

Mohammad Amir to Asif Ali, 1 run

Mohammad Amir to Asif Ali, 2 runs

Mohammad Amir to Asif Ali, 1 wide

Mohammad Amir  to Faheem Ashraf, 1 run

Mohammad Amir  to Faheem Ashraf, no run

At the end of over 17: Islamabad United: 129/5

Usman Shinwari to Hussain Talat, OUT (c Babar Azam b Usman Shinwari 32)

Usman Shinwari to Hussain Talat, no run

Usman Shinwari to Hussain Talat, 6 runs

Usman Shinwari to Asif Ali, 1 run

Usman Shinwari to Asif Ali, 6 runs

Usman Shinwari to Hussain Talat, 1 run

At the end of over 16: Islamabad United: 115/4

Aamer Yamin to Asif Ali, no run

Aamer Yamin to Hussain Talat, 1 run

Aamer Yamin to Hales, OUT (c Babar Azam b Aamer Yamin 41)

Aamer Yamin to Hussain Talat, 1 run

Aamer Yamin to Hussain Talat, no run

Aamer Yamin to Hales, 1 run

At the end of over 15: Islamabad United: 112/3

Usman Shinwari to Hussain Talat, 6 runs

Usman Shinwari to Hussain Talat, no run

Usman Shinwari to Hussain Talat, 4 runs

Usman Shinwari to Hales, 1 run

Usman Shinwari to Hussain Talat, 1 run

Usman Shinwari to Hales, 1 run

At the end of over 14: Islamabad United: 99/3

Mohammad Amir to Hussain Talat, 1 run

Mohammad Amir to Hales, 1 run

Mohammad Amir to Hales, no run

Mohammad Amir to Hales, no run

Mohammad Amir to Hales, 4 runs

At the end of over 13: Islamabad United: 93/3

Umer Khan to Hussain Talat, 6 runs

Umer Khan to Hales, 1 run

Umer Khan to Hales, no run

Umer Khan to Hales, no run

Umer Khan to Hales, no run

Umer Khan to Hales, no run

At the end of over 12: Islamabad United: 85/3

Imad Wasim to Hales, 1 run

Imad Wasim to Hussain Talat, 1 run

Imad Wasim to Hales, 1 run

Imad Wasim to Hales, 6 runs

Imad Wasim to Hussain Talat, 1 run

Imad Wasim to Hussain Talat, no run

At the end of over 11: Islamabad United: 75/3

Umer Khan to Hales, no run

Umer Khan to Hales, no run

Umer Khan to Hales, no run

Umer Khan to Hales, no run

Umer Khan to Hales, no run

Umer Khan to Hussain Talat, 1 run

At the end of over 10: Islamabad United: 74/3

Iftikhar Ahmed to Hales, no run

Iftikhar Ahmed to Hales, no run

Iftikhar Ahmed to Hales, 1 wide

Iftikhar Ahmed to Hales, 4 runs

Iftikhar Ahmed to Hales, 4 runs

Iftikhar Ahmed to Hales, no run

Iftikhar Ahmed to Hussain Talat, 1 run

At the end of over 9: Islamabad United: 64/3

Umer Khan to Hales, no run

Umer Khan to Hales, no run

Umer Khan to Hussain Talat, 1 run

Umer Khan to Walton, OUT (c Dunk b Umer Khan 0)

Umer Khan to Walton, no run

Umer Khan to Delport, OUT (c Babar Azam b Umer Khan 38)

At the end of over 8: Islamabad United: 63/1

Imad Wasim to Delport, 1 run

Imad Wasim to Hales, 1 run

Imad Wasim to Delport, 1 run

Imad Wasim to Delport, no run

Imad Wasim to Delport, 4 runs

Imad Wasim to Hales, 1 run

At the end of over 7: Islamabad United: 55/1

Umer Khan to Hales, 1 run

Umer Khan to Delport, 1 run

Umer Khan to Hales, 1 run

Umer Khan to Delport, 1 run

Umer Khan to Hales, 1 run

Umer Khan to Delport, 1 run

Umer Khan to Delport, 1 wide

At the end of over 6: Islamabad United: 48/1

Usman Shinwari to Hales, 4 runs

Usman Shinwari to Hales, no run

Usman Shinwari to Hales, 4 runs

Usman Shinwari to Delport, 1 run

Usman Shinwari to Delport, 6 runs

Usman Shinwari to Delport, no run

At the end of over 5: Islamabad United: 33/1

Aamer Yamin to Delport, 1 run

Aamer Yamin to Delport, 3 wides

Aamer Yamin to Delport, no run

Aamer Yamin to Delport, no run

Aamer Yamin to Hales, 1 run

Aamer Yamin to Hales, no run

Aamer Yamin to Hales, no run

At the end of over 4: Islamabad United: 28/1

Imad Wasim to Delport, 4 runs

Imad Wasim to Delport, no run

Imad Wasim to Delport, no run

Imad Wasim to Delport, 4 runs

Imad Wasim to Delport, 1 run

Imad Wasim to Delport, no run

At the end of over 3: Islamabad United: 19/1

Aamer Yamin to Ronchi, OUT (c Babar Azam b Aamer Yamin 5)

Aamer Yamin to Ronchi, 2 runs

Aamer Yamin to Ronchi, no run

Aamer Yamin to Delport, 1 run

Aamer Yamin to Delport, no run

Aamer Yamin to Delport, 4 runs

At the end of over 2: Islamabad United: 12/0

Mohammad Amir to Delport, 1 run

Mohammad Amir to Ronchi, no run

Mohammad Amir to Ronchi, no run

Mohammad Amir to Delport, 1 run

Mohammad Amir to Delport, 1 wide

Mohammad Amir to Ronchi, 1 run

At the end of over 1: Islamabad United: 7/0

Imad Wasim to Delport, 6 runs

Imad Wasim to Delport, no run

Imad Wasim to Delport, no run

Imad Wasim to Delport, no run

Imad Wasim to Ronchi, 1o run

Imad Wasim to Ronchi, no run

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At the end of over 20: Karachi Kings: 161/9

Rumman Raees to Usman Shinwari, no run

Rumman Raees to Imad Wasim, 1 run

Rumman Raees to Usman Shinwari, 1 run

Rumman Raees to Imad Wasim, 1 leg bye

Rumman Raees to Imad Wasim, no run,

Rumman Raees to Imad Wasim, no run,

At the end of over 19: Karachi Kings: 158/9

Faheem Ashraf to Umer Khan, OUT  (b Faheem Ashraf 0)

Faheem Ashraf to Mohammad Amir, 1 run, OUT run out (Walton) 3

Faheem Ashraf to Mohammad Amir, no run

Faheem Ashraf to Imad Wasim, 1 run

Faheem Ashraf to Mohammad Amir, 1 run

Faheem Ashraf to Imad Wasim, 1 run

At the end of over 18: Karachi Kings: 154/7

Mohammad Sami to Imad Wasim, 1 run

Mohammad Sami to Mohammad Amir, 1 run

Mohammad Sami to Imad Wasim, 1 run

Mohammad Sami to Imad Wasim, no run

Mohammad Sami to Aamer Yamin, OUT run out (Mohammad Sami) 1

Mohammad Sami to Imad Wasim, 1 run

At the end of over 17: Karachi Kings: 150/6

Faheem Ashraf to Imad Wasim, 1 run

Faheem Ashraf to Imad Wasim, 4 runs

Faheem Ashraf to Imad Wasim, no run

Faheem Ashraf to Aamer Yamin, 1 run

Faheem Ashraf to Dunk, OUT (c Hales b Faheem Ashraf 12)

Faheem Ashraf to Dunk, 1 wide

Faheem Ashraf to Imad Wasim, 1 run

At the end of over 16: Karachi Kings: 142/5

Muhammad Musa to Imad Wasim, 1 run

Muhammad Musa to Iftikhar Ahmed, OUT (c Hussain Talat b Muhammad Musa 1)

Muhammad Musa to Dunk, 1 run

Muhammad Musa to Iftikhar Ahmed, 1 run

Muhammad Musa to Ingram, OUT (c Asif Ali b Muhammad Musa 23)

Muhammad Musa to Ingram, 6 runs

At the end of over 15: Karachi Kings: 133/3

Rumman Raees to Ingram, 1 run

Rumman Raees to Dunk, 1 run

Rumman Raees to Ingram, 1 run

Rumman Raees to Ingram, no run

Rumman Raees to Dunk, 1 run

Rumman Raees to Dunk, 4 runs

At the end of over 14: Karachi Kings: 125/3

Muhammad Musa to Dunk, 1 run

Muhammad Musa to Ingram, 1 run

Muhammad Musa to Ingram, no run

Muhammad Musa to Dunk, 1 run

Muhammad Musa to Ingram, 1 run

Muhammad Musa to Dunk, 1 run

At the end of over 13: Karachi Kings: 120/3

Shadab Khan to Ingram, 4 runs

Shadab Khan to Dunk, 1 run

Shadab Khan to Dunk, no run

Shadab Khan to Ingram, 1 run

Shadab Khan to Ingram, no run

Shadab Khan to Ingram, 4 runs

At the end of over 12: Karachi Kings: 110/3

Rumman Raees to Ingram, 1 run

Rumman Raees to Dunk, 1 run,

Rumman Raees to Babar Azam, OUT ( c Ronchi b Rumman Raees 42)

Rumman Raees to Ingram, 1 run

Rumman Raees to Babar Azam, 1 run

Rumman Raees to Ingram, 1 run

At the end of over 11: Karachi Kings: 105/2

Shadab Khan to Babar Azam, no run

Shadab Khan to Babar Azam, 2 runs

Shadab Khan to Ingram, 1 run

Shadab Khan to Livingstone, OUT (c Faheem Ashraf b Shadab Khan 30)

Shadab Khan to Babar Azam, 1 run

Shadab Khan to Livingstone, 1 run

At the end of over 10: Karachi Kings: 100/1

Mohammad Sami to Livingstone, 1 run

Mohammad Sami to Livingstone, no run

Mohammad Sami to Livingstone, no run

Mohammad Sami to Babar Azam, 1 run

Mohammad Sami to Livingstone, 1 run

Mohammad Sami to Babar Azam, 1 run

At the end of over 9: Karachi Kings: 96/1

Shadab Khan to Babar Azam, 1 run

Shadab Khan to Livingstone, 1 run

Shadab Khan to Babar Azam, 1 run

Shadab Khan to Livingstone, 1 run

Shadab Khan to Babar Azam, 1 run

Shadab Khan to Livingstone, 1 run

At the end of over 8: Karachi Kings: 90/1

Mohammad Sami to Babar Azam, 2 runs

Mohammad Sami to Babar Azam, no run

Mohammad Sami to Livingstone, 1 run

Mohammad Sami to Livingstone, 4 runs

Mohammad Sami to Livingstone, no run

Mohammad Sami to Livingstone, no run

At the end of over 7: Karachi Kings: 83/1

Shadab Khan to Livingstone, 1 run

Shadab Khan to Babar Azam, 1 run

Shadab Khan to Livingstone, 1 run

Shadab Khan to Livingstone, no run

Shadab Khan to Babar Azam, 1 run

Shadab Khan to Livingstone, 1 run

At the end of over 6: Karachi Kings: 78/1

Muhammad Musa to Babar Azam, 4 runs

Muhammad Musa to Livingstone, 1 run

Muhammad Musa to Livingstone, 6 runs

Muhammad Musa to Livingstone, no  run

Muhammad Musa to Livingstone, no ball (4 runs)

Muhammad Musa to Babar Azam, 1 run

Muhammad Musa to Babar Azam, no run

At the end of over 5: Karachi Kings: 61/1

Faheem Ashraf to Babar Azam, 1 run

Faheem Ashraf to Babar Azam, no run

Faheem Ashraf to Babar Azam, no run

Faheem Ashraf to Livingstone, 1 run

Faheem Ashraf to Babar Azam, 1 run

Faheem Ashraf to Babar Azam, 2 runs

At the end of over 4: Karachi Kings: 56/1

Muhammad Musa to Livingstone, 4 runs

Muhammad Musa to Livingstone, no run

Muhammad Musa to Livingstone, no run

Muhammad Musa to Colin Munro, OUT (c Ronchi b Muhammad Musa 32)

Muhammad Musa toColin Munro, 6 runs

Muhammad Musa to Babar Azam, 1 run

At the end of over 3: Karachi Kings: 45/0

Faheem Ashraf to Colin Munro, no run

Faheem Ashraf to Colin Munro, 4 runs

Faheem Ashraf to Babar Azam, 1 run

Faheem Ashraf to Babar Azam, no run

Faheem Ashraf to Babar Azam, 4 runs

Faheem Ashraf to Babar Azam, 4 runs

At the end of over 2: Karachi Kings: 32/0

Rumman Raees to Colin Munro, 4 runs

Rumman Raees to Colin Munro, 4  runs

Rumman Raees to Babar Azam, 1 run

Rumman Raees to Babar Azam, 4 runs

Rumman Raees to Colin Munro, 1 run

Rumman Raees to Babar Azam, 1 run

At the end of over 1: Karachi Kings: 17/0

Mohammad Sami to Colin Munro, 4 runs

Mohammad Sami to Colin Munro, 4 runs

Mohammad Sami to Colin Munro, 4 runs

Mohammad Sami to Babar Azam, 1 run

Mohammad Sami to Colin Munro, 1 run

Mohammad Sami to Babar Azam, 3 runs

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Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim has won the toss and decided to bat first against Islamabad United in Eliminator - 1 of the Pakistan Super League - 2019 at the National Stadium Karachi on Thursday night.

Only one change has been made in each of the two teams:  Aamer Yamin has replaced Sohail Khan in Karachi while in Islamabad side, Alex Hales will play in place of Phil Salt.

Teams

Islamabad XI: Luke Ronchi, Alex Hales, Chadwick Walton, Cameron Delport, Asif Ali, Hussain Talat, Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan, Rumman Raees, Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Musa

Karachi XI: Imad Wasim, Colin Ingram, Colin Munro, Babar Azam, Liam Livingstone, Ben Dunk, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Amir, Amir Yamin, Usman Shinwari, Umer Khan

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The Eliminator-1 in the fourth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) is being played between Islamabad United and Karachi Kings at the National Stadium, Karachi on Thursday (March 14).

Match starts at 07:00 pm, watch PSL Live Streaming here

Defending champions Islamabad United are placed third and Karachi Kings fourth on the points table at the end of the league round.

Hasnain corrects Waugh’s prediction

Both teams secured 10 points each but the United were one place above the Kings due to better net run rate.

Now both are contesting in the final round in a bid to play the eliminator-2 which may lead them towards the final.

Leading Run Scorers in Pakistan Super League

Both had clashed with each other twice in the league rounds and Islamabad United defeated Karachi Kings on both occasions – first they won by seven wickets in Sharjah on February 23, and later won by five wickets in Dubai on February 27.

Despite the losses, Karachi Kings have high hopes to emerge victorious as they have a balanced side and also they are playing on their home ground. They were placed fourth in PSL-2016 and third in PSL-2017 and PSL-2018.

On the other hand, Islamabad United won the PSL trophy on two occasions – in 2016 and 2018 whereas they were placed fourth in 2017. They are now hoping to retain the title.

Their highest total in PSL - 2019 is 238/3, which they made against Lahore Qalandars at Karachi on March 9. This is also the highest by any team in the tournament.

The highest total by Karachi Kings is 190/5 (vs Quetta Gladiators at Karachi on March 10.

Colin Ingram is the highest run-getter for Karachi Kings and also the second highest in the tournament with 321 runs at an average of 35.66. He scored one hundred and one fifty.

For Islamabad United, the highest run-scorer is Luke Ronchi, who made 297 runs (ave 33.00) with three half-centuries. He is the third-highest scorer in the tournament.

The highest wicket-taker for Islambad United is pacer Faheem Ashraf, who has taken 19 wickets at an average of 13.36 with one four-wicket haul. He is the second highest wicket-taker in the tournament. His 6/19 are the best bowling figures in PSL4.

The 19-year-old left-arm spinner Umer Khan has claimed the most wickets for Karachi Kings. He took 13 wickets at an average of 17.38.

Squads

Islamabad United: Mohammad Sami (captain), Sahibzada Farhan, Luke Ronchi, Cameron Delport, Hussain Talat, Waqas Maqsood, Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Rizwan Hussain, Chadwick Walton, Philip Salt, Shadab Khan, SR Patel, Ian Bell, Samit Patel, Gunman Raees, Muhammad Musa, Wayne Parnell.

Karachi Kings: Imad Wasim (captain), Babar Azam, Liam Livingstone, Colin Ingram, Colin Munro, Sikandar Raza, Mohammad Rizwan, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Amir, Usman Shinwari, Umar Khan, Aamer Yamin Ben Dunk, Iftikhar Ahmed, Usama Mir, Ali Imran, Awais Zia.