DUBAI: Kieron Pollard hit two sixes on last two balls of the match to seal victory for Karachi Kings in the team’s PSL 2017 encounter against Lahore Qalandars, ARY News reported.

Pollard scored his 45 runs in just 20 balls to lead his team to victory in the nail-biting thriller and was awarded the ‘Man of the Match’ award for his performance. Pollard’s swift stroke play during his innings and timely hitting in the last over brought his side a much-needed win.

Karachi stumbled on their way to chase a target of 156 runs given by Lahore Qalandars when Babar Azam and Sangakkara were removed quickly by Qalandars’ bowlers after a brilliant 53 runs partnership between the two.  Babar Azam scored 49 runs off 42 balls and remained the top scorer from Karachi Kings today.

Azam, with his consistent performance, also managed to become the top scorer of the tournament and received the ‘Hanif Mohammad Cap’.

Earlier, Karachi Kings won the toss and chose to bowl in the match. Lahore Qalandars, batting first, scored 155/6 in their given 20 overs. Mohammad Rizwan was the top scorer for Qalandars as he made 32 runs from 24 balls with the help of two boundaries and a six. Skipper Brendon McCullum scored 31 runs from 28 deliveries with five fours to his name.

Sohail Tanvir and Umar Akmal contributed 22 and 20 runs respectively for the side.

Karachi Kings had dropped Chris Gayle from the playing XI and brought in Mahela Jayawardene for the crucial match.

Mohammad Irfan Jr. had replaced Ghulam Mudassar for Lahore Qalandars.

Karachi Kings XI: Babar Azam, K Sangakkara (captain), M Jayawardene, Shoaib Malik, K Pollard, R Bopara, Imad Wasim, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Amir, Usama Mir and Usman Shinwari.

Lahore Qalandars XI: Cameron Delport, Brendon McCullum (captain), Fakhar Zaman, Umar Akmal, Mohammad Rizwan, Grant Elliott, Sunil Narine, Aamer Yamin, Sohail Tanvir, Yasir Shah and Mohammad Irfan.

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KARACHI KINGS: 158/5 (win by 5 wickets)

Over 20: Aamer Yamin (2-1-1-0-6-6) (match over)

Imad Wasim: 19 (14)

Kieron Pollard: 45 (20)

Over 19: Sohail Tanvir (1-1b-6-0-2-1wd-3)

Imad Wasim: 18 (13)

Kieron Pollard: 30 (15)

Over 18: Aamer Yamin (2-1-1-4-1wd-1)

Imad Wasim: 18 (12)

Kieron Pollard: 18 (10)

Over 17: Sohail Tanvir (1-1-1-1-6-1)

Imad Wasim: 17 (11)

Kieron Pollard: 10 (5)

Over 16: Sunil Narine (1-W-1-0-0-4)

Imad Wasim: 15 (9)

Kieron Pollard: 1 (1)

Shoaib Malik: 6 (11)

Over 15: Brendon McCullum (4-0-1wd-0-1-1-6)

Shoaib Malik: 5 (10)

Imad Wasim: 11 (5)

Over 14: Yasir Shah (1-0-2-W-0-0)

Shoaib Malik: 4 (9)

Imad Wasim: 0 (0)

Ravi Bopara: 2 (2)

Strategic Time Out

Over 13: Fakhar Zaman (0-1-W-0-1-1)

Shoaib Malik: 2 (4)

Ravi Bopara: 1 (1)

Babar Azam: 49 (42)

Over 12: Sunil Narine (1-1wd-W-2-0-0-1wd-0)

Babar Azam: 49 (41)

Shoaib Malik: 0 (0)

Kumar Sangakkara: 20 (23)

Over 11: Yasir Shah (1-4-0-1-0-0)

Babar Azam: 46 (36)

Kumar Sangakkara: 20 (22)

Over 10: Grant Elliott (1-4-4-1-0-4)

Babar Azam: 41 (33)

Kumar Sangakkara: 19 (19)

Over 9: Yasir Shah (1-1-0-1-1-1)

Babar Azam: 36 (30)

Kumar Sangakkara: 10 (16)

Over 8: Sunil Narine (0-0-1-1-0-2)

Babar Azam: 33 (26)

Kumar Sangakkara: 8 (14)

Over 7: Yasir Shah (0-4-1-0-0-1)

Babar Azam: 32 (25)

Kumar Sangakkara: 5 (9)

Over 6: Mohammad Irfan Jr. (1-4-1-1-1-0)

Babar Azam: 27 (22)

Kumar Sangakkara: 4 (6)

Over 5: Aamer Yamin (0-1-0-1-2-0)

Babar Azam: 21 (19)

Kumar Sangakkara: 2 (3)

Over 4: Sunil Narine (1-1-0-0-1wd-0-1)

Babar Azam: 18 (15)

Kumar Sangakkara: 1 (1)

Over 3: Sohail Tanvir (4-0-2-1lb-2-W)

Babar Azam: 16 (10)

Mahela Jayawardene: 10 (8)

Over 2: Aamer Yamin (0-1-0-4-1-4)

Babar Azam: 10 (6)

Mahela Jayawardene: 8 (6)

Over 1: Sohail Tanvir (1-2-0-1-4-0)

Babar Azam: 5 (3)

Mahela Jayawardene: 3 (3)

LAHORE QALANDARS: 155/6

Over 20: Usman Shinwari (2-1-4-1-1-1)

Mohammad Rizwan: 32 (24)

Sohail Tanvir: 22 (14)

Over 19: Mohammad Amir (1-1-4-4-1-2)

Mohammad Rizwan: 26 (21)

Sohail Tanvir: 18 (11)

Over 18: Sohail Khan (6-0-1-2-1-4)

Mohammad Rizwan: 23 (19)

Sohail Tanvir: 8 (7)

Over 17: Shoaib Malik (1-0-0-1-1-5wd-1)

Mohammad Rizwan: 12 (15)

Sohail Tanvir: 5 (5)

Over 16: Mohammad Amir (1-1-0-2-1-1)

Mohammad Rizwan: 10 (11)

Sohail Tanvir: 3 (3)

Over 15: Shoaib Malik (1-0-W-1-1-1)

Mohammad Rizwan: 6 (7)

Sohail Tanvir: 1 (1)

Grant Elliott: 1 (2)

Over 14.3: Strategic Time-Out

Over 14: Usama Mir (W-1-1-1-1-1)

Grant Elliott: 2 (3)

Mohammad Rizwan: 3 (3)

Umar Akmal: 20 (22)

Over 13: Shoaib Malik (1-1-1-W-1-0)

Umar Akmal: 20 (21)

Grant Elliott: 0 (1)

Sunil Narine: 16 (9)

Over 12: Usama Mir (1-6-0-1-1-6)

Umar Akmal: 17 (18)

Sunil Narine: 15 (7)

Over 11: Shoaib Malik (1-1-0-1-0-1)

Umar Akmal: 15 (16)

Sunil Narine: 2 (3)

Over 10: Usama Mir (1-1-0-1-W-0)

Umar Akmal: 13 (13)

Sunil Narine: 0 (0)

Brendon McCullum: 31 (28)

Over 9: Imad Wasim (1-1-0-1-0-0)

Brendon McCullum: 30 (26)

Umar Akmal: 11 (9)

Over 8: Usama Mir (6-1-4-4-0-0)

Brendon McCullum: 29 (23)

Umar Akmal: 9 (6)

Over 7: Usman Shinwari (4-0-1-1-0-2)

Brendon McCullum: 21 (19)

Umar Akmal: 2 (4)

Over 6: Sohail Khan (0-W-1-1-0-0)

Brendon McCullum: 14 (14)

Umar Akmal: 1 (3)

Fakhar Zaman: 19 (15)

Over 5: Usman Shinwari (1-1-0-0-4-0)

Brendon McCullum: 13 (13)

Fakhar Zaman: 19 (13)

Over 4: Sohail Khan (0-4-1-1wd-1wd-1-4-0)

Brendon McCullum: 8 (8)

Fakhar Zaman: 18 (12)

Over 3: Mohammad Amir (0-1wd-1-0-0-2lb-4)

Brendon McCullum: 7 (7)

Fakhar Zaman: 9 (7)

Over 2: Imad Wasim (0-1-0-2-0-6)

Brendon McCullum: 2 (3)

Fakhar Zaman: 8 (5)

Over 1: Mohammad Amir (0-3-1-0-W-0)

Brendon McCullum: 1 (1)

Fakhar Zaman: 0 (1)

Cameron Delport: 3 (4)