DUBAI: Islamabad United beat Lahore Qalandars by 5 wickets, with 7 balls to spare and put them out of Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) next round.
Qalandars’ skipper Azhar Ali chose to bat first after winning the toss, but his top order failed prove hi decision right once again, as they lost their first three wickets on just 6 runs on the board.
It was a game-over situation for Qalandars when Sohaib Maqsood (59) and Umar Akmal (72*) lived up to the expectations of fans and took the score to 15o/5 in 20 overs.
Bravo (13) also played his part for Qalandars.
Tall Pakistan pacer Mohammad Irfan was pick of the bowlers from Islamabad United for his 3-22 in four overs.
Islamabad started with quick loses but, Brad Haddin and Khalid Lateef provided some stability to the inning an then Misbah in later part of the innings along with Brad Haddin took the game away from Lahore Qalandars.
Haddin was top scorer with 54 while Misbah also contributed 38 runs in their victory.
And with this defeat, Lahore Qalandars have been put out of the tournament which makes way for Karachi Kings to qualify for play-off round.
With this last leagu game, play-off line up has also been complicated and the four teams to qualify for thenext round of PSL are Quetta Gladiators, Peshawar Zalmi, Karachi Kings and Islamabad United.
First play-off clash will be on Friday between two strongest sides of of PSL Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators.
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