Zalmi vs Kings, 27th Match at Sharjah, , Mar 15 2018 - Ball by Ball Commentary

7:20pm Thanks for joining us. We have more, of course, with the top two teams taking each other on in about 40 minutes time. Have a good evening!

Darren Sammy: I must commend the team on the way they came out. Pressure game like this. We've put one foot in and we need to come back tomorrow. Must commend Kami and Saad for giving us the momentum. I think the guys know what we need to do. We've played nine games and put ourselves in this situation. We need to come in again and put in a clinical performance. I want to congratulate Younis Khan, he's not here but I think he has a newborn baby boy. I told him this morning that he'll bring love to us.

Eoin Morgan: Turned out to be a difficult game. We stayed in the game for a long time but we put a couple of chances down that really hurt us. All in all, our basics let us down. Zalmi got 20-25 more than we'd have liked and we didn't going with the bat at all. We turn our attention to tomorrow's game. I thought for a lot of the period tonight we created chances, so there are positives. We were let down on our basics and Darren Sammy took advantage of that.

K Akmal: Definitely the ball was staying low and skidding at the start. Wanted to spend time at the start. I give credit to Saad Nasim and Darren Sammy too, we had good partnerships. I didn't keep because I tweaked my back during a mishit. Doctor said it'd be better if I rested with an important game coming up.

Kamran Akmal is the Man of the Match.

Adil: "@Varun Shetty Hi, whats about run rate now?" --- Karachi's NRR has dropped into the negative now. -0.118, while Multan are on -0.191.

Akira Zenon: "Now Karachi has to win the next match as their NRR dropped significantly. Either they should Win or Pray for PZ to lose tomorrows match. "

Bilal: "What's the situation for kk , if they lose next game they will be out of race?? " --- Not completely. They'll be tied with Multan Sultans on nine points.

6:58pm Peshawar stay alive in the semi-finals race. They need a win against Lahore Qalandars tomorrow to seal the spot. Karachi looked to have given up very early in the chase. They've avoided some damage in terms of NRR, but tomorrow's match against Islamabad could get very tense for them. They need a win too to seal the top four finish and not leave things to calculation. A resounding win for Zalmi, spearheaded by Akmal and Sammy with the bat, before the bowlers stuck in and gave nothing at all.

Umar Mirza: "When your 4 foreign batsmen total 12 runs on 33 balls, then winning can be dream only."