West Indies’ captain Kieron Pollard bats in the course of the third and remaining one-day worldwide cricket match of the collection between India and West Indies in Cuttack, India, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019.
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Kieron Pollard stored his kind however it was of little assist as Karachi Kings suffered their fifth defeat in eight video games with a five-wicket defeat to Islamabad United within the Pakistan Tremendous League on the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
The previous West Indies white-ball captain top-scored with 39 from 28 balls to assist Kings increase their complete to 150 for 7 not too long ago.
However Captain Shadab Khan with 34 and Agha Salman with 33 produced essential knocks to encourage Islamabad to their goal with eight balls to spare.
Despatched in to bat, Kings slumped to 49 for 4 within the ninth over after seamer Faheem Ashraf struck twice with 2-19 however Pollard rescued his aspect, blasting three fours and three sixes in a 58-run, fifth wicket partnership with James Vince with 29.
Left-arm speedster Tymal Mills wrecked the top of the innings to complete with 3 for 34 from 4 overs.
In reply, Islamabad have been lowered to 39 for two within the fifth over of a double-strike by left-arm seamer Mir Hanza with 3-41 however Shadab and Agha revived the chase in a 58-run, third wicket stand.
When three wickets tumbled for 18 runs within the house of 19 deliveries, Kings got hope however Haider Ali struck an unbeaten 26 off 16 deliveries in a 36-run, unbroken sixth wicket partnership with Faheem Ashraf who was on 12 not out, to propel Islamabad over the road.
The defeat left Karachi Kings on fifth spot of the six-team league on six factors whereas the victory took Islamabad to second leveling on 9 factors with third positioned Quetta Gladiators and fourth positioned Peshawar Zalmi.
