#fasialsatti Karachi Kings batted first, setting Peshawar Zalmi a chase, a target that Hazratullah Zazai seemed to made a mockery of in the first ten overs. No, this isn't the match report from this game a week ago; it's just that Zazai doubled up, following that astonishing innings with an even more explosive one. He hit 77 off 37 balls and set Zalmi up comfortably for a chase of 176, and even though Zalmi made harder work of that than they needed to, the Afghan batter had set them enough of a buffer to get over the line in the end. Zalmi might not have expected to chase such a steep total after they kept a lid on the Kings for much of the first innings. Mohammad Irfan, the 39-year old, was sensationally disciplined with the ball during his quota of four, allowing just 21 runs, exactly as many as he did in that game against the Kings last week. This time, however, he was also more incisive, picking up the wickets of Sharjeel Khan and Danish Aziz as Zalmi chipped away at the power hitters around Babar Azam, who could do little more than anchor an innings that was going awry. When Wahab Riaz accounted for him, Azam had scored another half-century, but the rate of accumulation continues to be a concern, especially when the big hitters don't come off. Thisara Perera ameliorated that situation somewhat with an entertaining cameo, taking apart spinner Khalid Usman in an innings where he struck at over 200. But there was limited support; Riaz returned to clean up Chadwick Walton before he could get going, and even though the final five overs yielded 70, there was always the sense the Kings had left themselves too much to do in the second innings. Zazai was striking the balls with such devastating power that Kamran Akmal, and later Imam-ul-Haq, were simply content to turn the strike over to the Afghan and enjoy the fireworks from the best seat in the house. Kings looked especially out of ideas while Zazai was on strike, but Imam struggled to take any pressure off his partner, scoring just 11 off the 17 he faced. When Zazai holed out, there was still concern that the 73 they still needed would prove tricky. Which is exactly what it proved. Shoaib Malik steadied things through a mature 52-run stand with Khalid Usman, but they hadn't quite got on top of the asking rate, even if they were never behind in the game. In the final over, Sherfane Rutherford curiously decided to attack every delivery as if they needed to chase 27 instead of seven, but woeful fielding by Kings meant they shot themselves in the foot. The West Indian was dropped off the first and fifth ball of the 20th over, and as Imad Wasim's tears flowed, the team in yellow stayed alive in the tournament. FOLLOW ME 📸 ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faisalsatti.official ... ► YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/faisalsatti ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faisal.aptn ► Website: http://faisalsatti.blogspot.com ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/faisalsatti SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL ✅ ► Subscribe: https://youtu.be/WEwS3CbsF4g BUSINESS INQUIRIES 📧 ► For business inquiries, send email to: faisal.aptn@gmail.com WhatsApp : 03335334669 Thank You All!!! All rights reserved © 2020 faisalsatti