Pollard energy and Mir Hamza three-for give Karachi Kings straightforward win

Karachi Kings 157 for 3 (Pollard 49*, Vince 38, Wood 2-20) beat Peshawar Zalmi 154 (Babar 72, Hamza 3-28, Hasan 3-30) by seven wickets

Chasing 155, Pollard bludgeoned an unbeaten 49 off 21 balls with 4 towering sixes and 4 boundaries to take Kings dwelling in 16.5 overs for his or her first win within the match.

Babar adopted his half-century within the first recreation in opposition to Quetta Gladiators with a knock of 72 off 51 balls, however his effort went in useless for the second successive recreation.

Zalmi’s innings revolved round Babar’s brilliance after it misplaced three wickets contained in the batting powerplay with Shoaib Malik dismissing Saim Ayub off the primary ball with a full-pitched supply that did not flip a lot. Hasan Ali, enjoying in opposition to his former franchise, additionally had a dream begin when he knocked again Tom Kohler-Cadmore’s off stump off his first ball.

Babar revived the innings with Rovman Powell (39) in a 68-run stand and Asif Ali scored 23 earlier than Peshawar misplaced its final six wickets for under 18 runs within the final 4 overs. Powell top-edged a reverse sweep in opposition to left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz some time Asif holed out at long-on.

Pollard introduced an early end when he smashed three straight sixes and two fours in a 27-run over in opposition to Afghanistan’s left-arm wristspinner Waqar Salamkheil, one of many two modifications Zalmi made after dropping the primary match by 16 runs. Salamkheil conceded 54 off his 4 overs and received Malik stumped for run-a-ball 29.

James Vince remained unbeaten on 38 and ended up denying Pollard an opportunity at a much-deserved half-century when he drove Luke Wood (2-20) for the profitable boundary within the seventeenth over.

Kings, who misplaced their first recreation in opposition to Multan Sultans by 55 runs, have two factors from two video games whereas Zalmi continues to be on the lookout for their first win.