Staff Report
SHARJAH: Karachi Kings beat Islamabad United by 44 runs and will play with Peshawar Zalmi to qualify for the third playoff at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Earlier, Karachi Kings out at 126 in the last over and now Islamabad United need to chase the target at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.
The second playoff in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) is being played between Islamabad United and Karachi Kings at Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
The match will start at 09:00 PM Pakistan time, which corresponds to 08:30 PM Indian time, 05:00 GMT and 08:00 PM according to UAE time.
It’s do and die match for both the teams as the loser will be out of the tournament and the winner will play again with Peshawar Zalmi to go to the final match with Quetta Gladiators in Lahore, Pakistan.
On February 28, Quetta Gladiators qualified for PSL final, defeating Peshawar Zalmi by one run in the first qualifying final.
The third qualifying final of the tournament will be played at Dubai on Friday and the Final will be played on March 5 in Lahore.
Islamabad United Squad
Misbah-ul-Haq*, Amad Butt, Asif Ali, S Badree, SW Billings, BM Duckett, ST Finn, BJ Haddin, Hussain Talat, Imran Khalid, Khalid Latif, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Sami, Rumman Raees, Saeed Ajmal, Shadab Khan, Sharjeel Khan, DR Smith, SR Watson, Zohaib Khan
Karachi Kings Squad
KC Sangakkara*, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, RS Bopara, CH Gayle, Hasan Mohsin, Imad Wasim, DPMD Jayawardene, Kashif Bhatti, Khurram Manzoor, R McLaren, Mohammad Amir, KA Pollard, Rahat Ali, Saifullah Bangash, Shahzaib Hasan, Shoaib Malik, Sohail Khan, Usama Mir, Usman Khan.
