Karachi Kings defeated Lahore Qalandars in PSL final to clinch the title
Babar Azam and young bowlers helped karachi Kings to lift the PSL trophy for the first time
Karachi
Kings have become the new champions after defeating Lahore Qalandars by five
wickets in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020 final at the National
Stadium. Babar Azam was the batting hero for Karachi kings who scored hard fought 63 runs to guide Karachi to victory.
There is no doubt that Babar Azam played key innings of 63 runs but the victory was actually built on the hard work done by Karachi's unheralded, uncapped and unknown medium-pacers Umaid Asif, Waqas Maqsood and Arshad Iqbal.
Neither has ever played at the highest level but still proved more than a match for Lahore's studded, in-form batting line-up that threw away a solid start.
From 68-0,
they managed a meek 134-7 as the openers' slow batting put pressure on the rest
of the batters, who, in their attempt to up the scoring rate, kept losing
wickets. The proverbial fireworks kept on getting postponed and in the end,
never came.
In their
defence, Lahore batsmen can claim that the wicket was 'double-paced', which it
was as the ball did not come on to the bat all innings - even for those known
for their clean hitting.
In response,
Karachi always looked in control until a late flurry of wickets but Babar
Azam's presence got them through.
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