On Wednesday, Aleem Dar had a second to celebrate toward the finish of Islamabad United’s PSL coordinate against Karachi Kings as an on-field not out decision stood after a review by Karachi. Which an over to save in the match Islamabad had drawn level with Karachi’s score of 196 and when Asif Ali hit one on to his pads before setting off for the winning single, Karachi requested for a lbw and once the umpire said no, they asked for DRS. Aleem Dar instantly referred it to the third umpire and replays showed a major spike on Ultra Edge, indicating the batsman had hit the ball. Here is how the experienced official responded.
As the on-field choice stood, Islamabad finished their most elevated at any point pursue in PSL and their second triumph this season from as many matches.
Islamabad won the throw and chose for bowl at the National Stadium, Karachi’s home ground. Sharjeel Khan hit 105 runs off 59 balls and captain Babar Azam made 62 off 54 to take Karachi to 196 for 3.
Islamabad were in a difficult situation at one phase at 13 for 2 preceding Alex Hales’ 46 off 21 and Faheem Ashraf’s 15-ball 25 revived their innings.
Islamabad went from one solidarity to another from there on with vital contributions from Iftikhar Ahmed (49* off 37 balls), Hussain Talat (42 off 31) and Asif (21* off 9 balls), who hit the winning run with five balls to extra and five wickets close by.
With this success, Islamabad went to the second right on target the focuses table with four focuses from four games. Karachi are set third with two points.
