*DUBAI – Karachi Kings beats Multan Sultans by seven runs in Friday’sfirst Pakistan Super League (PSL) match.*
Karachi Kings set a 184 run target for Multan Sultans. The Multan Sultanswere chasing a 184-run target set by the Kings.
The opening duo of Babar Azam and Liam Livingston put up a Kings record 157for the opening partnership. However, the opening partnership was the solehighlight of the innings as Kings batsmen fell in quick succession.
Liam Livingston was the first to depart being dismissed after exceptionalinnings of 82. The next wicket to fall was Colin Ingarm (1), followed byBabar Azam on 77. Chris Green picked up his third wicket when skipper ImadWasim was sent back to the pavilion for 4 runs.
Junaid Khan picked up the wickets of Sikander Raza (4) and Mohammad Rizwan(1).
Earlier, Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat first against MultanSultans in their first match in the fourth edition of the Pakistan SuperLeague (PSL) at Dubai International Stadium.
After losing the toss, *Multan Sultans captain Shoaib Malik* said: “Iwanted to do the same but the toss is not in your hands. Russell arrivedyesterday and we have a quite a few big players and PSL is growing everyyear and I think it is a great sign for our cricket. Andre Russell, TomMoores, Laurie Evans and Chris Green are our four foreign players.”
*Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim* said: “We are gonna bat first. We aregelling together nicely, we had a practice game and had a good couple ofdays here. Liam Livingstone, Sikandar Raza, Ravi Bopara and colin Ingramarethe four foreign players for us.”
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*Squads:*
*Karachi Kings*
Colin Munro, Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir, Colin Ingram, Imad Wasim, UsmanShinwari, Mohammad Rizwan, Ravi Bopara, Sikandar Raza, Awais Zia, UsamaMir, Aaron Summers, Sohail Khan, Iftekhar Ahmed, Ali Imran, Abrar Ahmed,Aamir Yamin (S), Ben Dunk, Liam Livingstone, Jahid Ali, Umer Khan
*Multan Sultans*
Shoaib Malik, Andre Russell, Shahid Afridi, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan,James Vince, Shan Masood, Qais Ahmed, Nicolas Pooran, Mohammad Abbas, IrfanKhan, Umar Siddiq, Laurie Evans, Nauman Ali, Mohammad Illyas, M Junaid,Daniel Christian (G), Tom Moores, Ali Shafiq, Shakil Ansar, Hammad Azam,Chris Green
