West Indian batting giant Kieron Pollard was looking to rebound the Karachi Kings’ innings after an early hiccup against Islamabad United in the 24th match of the ninth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on Wednesday.
Earlier, Kings captain Shan Masood continued to struggle with the bat and merely contributed a 12-ball 10 for his side as Faheem Ashraf removed the Kings captain.
The wicket of Masood started the slide, and it went downhill thereafter.
Tim Seifert looked good for his 19-ball 26, lacing with five boundaries before he was perplexed by Faheem Ashraf.
Imad Wasim (1-18) bowled superbly and went on to scoop up the wicket of Shoaib Malik, who could merely score a 6-ball 1.
Mohammad Nawaz scored 3-ball 5, smashing one boundary before Mills removed the former.
It was the 58-run partnership between Kieron Pollard and James Vince that provided some sort of impetus to the Kings’ innings before the stand was broken by Mills, who removed Vince on a 27-ball 29.
TOSS
Islamabad United have elected to field first against Karachi Kings in the 24th match of the ninth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on Thursday.
The United will look to forget their defeat in the last outing against the Lahore Qalandars. The Kings will look to take advantage of their victory against the Quetta Gladiators and try to find a way to seal a playoff spot.
TEAMS
Islamabad United: Alex Hales, Colin Munro, Salman Ali Agha, Shadab Khan (c), Azam Khan (wk), Haider Ali, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Matthew Forde, Hunain Shah, and Tymal Mills
Karachi Kings: Shan Masood (c), Tim Seifert (wk), James Vince, Shoaib Malik, Kieron Pollard, Irfan Khan Niazi, Mohammad Nawaz, Hassan Ali, Zahid Mehmood, Mir Hamza, and Blessing Muzarabani
