DUBAI: Islamabad United smashed Lahore Qalandars' desires of defeating so as to fit the bill for the playoffs them by five wickets in the inaugural Pakistan Super League (PSL), at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium here on Wednesday night. Islamabad's win cleared route for Karachi Kings to fit the bill for the playoffs. Karachi, drove by Shoaib Malik, met all requirements for the playoffs with a superior no holds barred record. Islamabad's left-arm quick bowler Mohammad Irfan was pronounced the Man of the Match for his three wickets for 22 runs. Pursuing triumph focus of 151, Islamabad lost openers Dwayne Smith (11) and Sharjeel Khan (five) ahead of schedule in the innings. Be that as it may, Islamabad benefited from a strong 69-run stand for the third wicket between Brad Haddin and Khalid Latif. Haddin scored 54 off 42 conveyances with five fours and two sixes, though Latif, proceeding with his amazing keep running in the PSL, scored 25 off 24 balls. Both Haddin and Latif were determined to course to finish the objective yet ran themselves out amidst the innings.
Lahore's pace lead Ehsan Adil attempted to trapping so as to bring his group again into the challenge Asif Ali leg before for three, leaving Islamabad five down for 126. However, Islamabad captain Misbahul Haq (38 off 19, with five fours) collaborated with Azhar Mahmood (12 off nine balls) to build up a match-winning 25-run organization for the 6th wicket and take their side home. Things may have been diverse for Lahore had Ziaul Haq gotten Misbah's catch in the eighteenth over. Misbah, in his endeavor to go over the top, mishit a Dwayne Bravo conveyance, with the ball going straight open to question just to arrive securely a couple feet far from Zia. For Lahore, Zia remained the best bowler by guaranteeing two wickets for 38 keeps running in his four-over spell.
Prior, Sohaib Maqsood and Umar Akmal scored brisk half-hundreds of years as Lahore figured out how to recuperate from right on time blows and post 150-5 in 20 overs. Maqsood scored 57 off 44 conveyances in an innings which included five fours and two sixes. Akmal, coming to bat at number five, scored an unbeaten 72 off 49 balls, hitting five fours and three sixes. Maqsood and Akmal built up an essential 97-run stand for the fourth wicket after Islamabad left the Lahore batting line-up battling at 6-3 in only 2.4 overs. Lahore captain Azhar Ali was the first to leave on one, trailed by Cameron Delport (one) and Mohammad Rizwan (zero). Later, Dwayne Bravo (13) joined Akmal for a 41-run organization for the fifth wicket to help their side post a focused aggregate.
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