The eighth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL 8 2023) is happening with full energy, with Match 17 between Karachi Kings versus Peshawar Zalmi happening today at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi. After stunning performance, Peshawar Zalmi smashed the game as they beat Karachi by 24 runs.
1. Match Venue
| Date: | March 1, 2023 |
| Time: | 7:00 PM local time |
| Venue: | Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi |
| The ongoing match number: | 17th match of PSL 8 |
2. Both team players
Peshawar Zalmi Playing XI:
| Babar Azam (c) | Mohammad Haris (wk) |
| Saim Ayub | Tom Kohler-Cadmore |
| Bhanuka Rajapaksa | Rovman Powell |
| James Neesham | Wahab Riaz |
| Khurram Shahzad | Salman Irshad |
| Sufiyan Muqeem |
Karachi Kings Playing XI:
| Sharjeel Khan | James Vince |
| Haider Ali | Matthew Wade (wk) |
| Irfan Khan | Shoaib Malik |
| Imad Wasim (c) | Aamer Yamin |
| Andrew Tye | Mohammad Amir |
| Imran Tahir |
3. Toss:
Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bowl first.
4. About Karachi Kings’ bowling
Imad Wasim put Peshawar Zalmi into bat which ended up being a remarkable choice as Mohammad Amir got the new ball to swing and got 3 wickets in seconds.
Then, came the counter-punch from Haseebullah Khan and Tom Kohler-Cadmore as the couple steadied the boat for Zalmi.
Khan fell right now Rovman Powell pushed ahead and obliterated the Kings’ bowlers. Khan, Kohler-Cadmore, and Powell all got half-numerous years. That is reliable that Zalmi wound up with a critical score on the board.
Concerning the Kings, it was Mohammad Amir who obliterated up 4 wickets in any case from him and was just Tabraiz Shamsi who bowled well.
The wicket was astonishing, and the limits were almost nothing, yet Karachi Kings neglected to keep wickets close by at the backend and kept losing the game by 24 runs.
5. About Peshawar Zalmi’s bowling
Karachi Kings required a huge start from their openers, and at first, that is an unequivocally clear thing they got.
In any case, when Adam Rossington fell, the going with three hitters that came in fundamentally couldn’t set up a battle.
Matthew Wade kept playing a courageous bang and appeared at 50 years yet, as the tension built, he irrationally fell.
Ben Cutting moved a couple of triumphs, yet they just continued to lose wickets. It was then some staggering hitting from boss Imad Wasim who stayed unbeaten on 57 off only 30 balls, and one could consider, what might have occurred on the off chance that he got a touch of additional help from the others.
6. Final scoreboard of the whole match
Peshawar Zalmi made a huge completion of 197/5 in every single 20 overs.
Karachi Kings couldn’t make it as they just made 173/8 with the finishing of 20 overs.
Once more eventually, the Kings surrendered to a fifth incident and will find it attempting to get into the playoffs blend.
7. Man of the match:
Rovman Powell was a man of the match for his inning of 64 runs in only 34 balls. Powell said that the wicket was glorious and approved the undertakings of Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Haseebullah Khan as they gave him the stage to transport off.
