22:59 Local Time, 17:59 GMT, 23:29 IST: Qalandars have held their nerves in a must-win encounter – they have knocked Karachi Kings out of the tournament with this victory. Zalmi put up a strong total on the board courtesy a fifty from Babar, a cameo from Iftikhar lower down the order and a blazing knock from Bracewell. In response, Fakhar was struggling to time the new ball and Naeem also fell early. But, the last two overs of the powerplay yielded 36 runs and that gave some good momentum to the hosts. Shafique fell after playing a breezy cameo. But, Fakhar and Asalanka got together and they kept the scoreboard ticking. It wasn’t a free-flowing knock from Fakhar but he managed to hit some boundaries and didn’t give his wicket away. Asalanka fell against the run of play. The real impact came from Raza who played a blinder of a cameo to drive home the advantage. Unfortunately, he got hit wicket but he did his job. Sams also was in his elements as he kept finding the boundaries at will from the word-go and powered his side to the finish line with a 15-ball 35-run cameo. Zalmi weren’t at their best with the ball tonight and paid the price for it. Stick around for the presentations…
