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Live Cricket Score, PSL 2017, Match 18, Lahore Qalandars vs Karachi Kings: Pollard wins it for KK

Hello and Welcome to CricketCountry’s live blog session of the Match 18 of the ongoing PSL 2017, between Lahore Qalandars and Karachi Kings at Dubai.

Lahore Qalandars are ahead in the tournament with 3 wins © AFP
Lahore Qalandars are ahead in the tournament with 3 wins © AFP

Good Evening! Hello and Welcome to CricketCountry’s live blog session of the Match 18 of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2017, between Lahore Qalandars and Karachi Kings at the Dubai International Stadium in Dubai on Saturday. We at Cricket Country will be bringing to you the live updates from this tie for the afternoon. This clash is between the bottom teams of the points table. The last time these teams met, Qalandars won by 7 runs narrowly. Kings have won just two games so far while Qalandars are ahead with three. However, the loss ratio between both the teams is same (4).

Qalandars boast of a strong batting line-up that consists of Jason Roy, McCullum, Grant Elliott and Umar Akmal, of course. They also comprise of settled bowling attack with likes of Mohammad Irfan, Sohail Tanvir, Sunil Narine and Yasir Shah. Yet the team has been lacking the fire power. The top-order has been doing their part. However, the middle and lower-order have always succumbed to the opponent bowlers. In the previous game against Kings, Fakhar Zaman was the top-scorer with a fifty. Roy, Akmal and Mohammad Rizwan played a supporting role to build a target of 18o. PSL 2017: Points table & team standings

Meanwhile, Kings consists of all the hard-hitters from ‘Universe Boss’ Chris Gayle to Kieron Pollard to Sangakkara. However, the captain was the only talking point in the match played previously between these teams.

Knowing that it is a crucial clash between the sides, Qalandars will aim to continue their winning streak to move slightly up the table with Kings looking to levelling the scores.

Squads:

Lahore Qalandars: Cameron Delport, Brendon McCullum (c), Fakhar Zaman, Umar Akmal, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Grant Elliott, Sunil Narine, Sohail Tanvir, Aamer Yamin, Yasir Shah, Ghulam Mudassar, Azhar Ali, Bilawal Bhatti, James Franklin, Chris Green, Mohammad Irfan, Jason Roy, Saif Badar, Usman Qadir, Zafar Gohar, Mohammad Irfan Jnr

Karachi Kings: Usman Khan, Kumar Sangakkara (c & wk), Chris Gayle, Shoaib Malik, Ravi Bopara, Kieron Pollard, Imad Wasim, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Amir, Usama Mir, Babar Azam, Abrar Ahmed, Hasan Mohsin, Mahela Jayawardene, Kashif Bhatti, Khurram Manzoor, Ryan McLaren, Rahat Ali, Saifullah Bangash, Shahzaib Hasan

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