ISLAMABAD: Sarfaraz Ahmed-led Quetta Gladiators kept their Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2022 hopes alive by beating Karachi Kings by 23 runs at the Qaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Sunday. 

Pakistan’s professional T20 cricket league, PSL, has gone on to become the country’s biggest sporting event over the last couple of years. It features six teams competing in a T20 cricket league, each franchise representing a Pakistani city. 

Jason Roy, who had earlier smashed a century this season, once again displayed excellent skills as a batter, scoring 82 runs off 64 balls. James Vince and Iftikhar Ahmed pitched in with respective scores of 29 and 21 to lend some support to their side. 

Quetta finished 166/4 from their 20 overs. 

In response, Karachi Kings made an impressive start to their innings, with opening batters Joe Clarke and Babar Azam forming an 87-run partnership. Clarke scored 52 runs off 39 balls while Azam scored 36 off 34 balls. 

All other Karachi batters failed to make their mark after that. 

Quetta’s Khurram Shahzad impressed all by taking four wickets in the match. Naseem Shah finished with two wickets from his four overs, giving away only 14 runs. 

Quetta now have 8 points from the nine matches they have played so far. This puts them at the same level as Islamabad United, if one were to consider points and not the net run rate. 

Quetta and Islamabad are in the race to qualify for the PSL playoff stage, with Multan, Lahore and Peshawar already in there. 

Islamabad United will clash with Multan Sultans tonight at the same venue.