PSL 2026: This player is wreaking havoc in Pakistan Super League, Shaheen Afridi gets blown to pieces in 6 balls

New Delhi: Almost half the season of Pakistan Super League 2026 has passed. On Thursday, the 35th match of the tournament was played between Lahore Qalandars and Karachi Kings. Karachi Kings captain David Warner won the toss and asked Lahore to bat first at the Gaddafi Cricket Stadium. For Lahore, Fakhar Zaman and Abdullah Shafiq played brilliant half-centuries, due to which the team scored 199 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.

Karachi Kings, which set out to chase the target of 200 runs, did not have a good start. The team lost the wicket of Jason Roy on the score of 10 runs. After this, Reeza Hendricks also left after scoring 10 runs. After two back to back wickets, Salman Agha also scored only 14 runs, but the good thing for the team was that Captain Warner was stuck at one end.

Khushdil Shah batted brilliantly

David Warner was leading the charge for Karachi. During this period, he got good support from Moeen Ali for some time. Moeen Ali was out after scoring 39 runs in 17 balls. After this, Khushdil Shah destroyed the bowlers of Lahore Qalandars. Khushdil Shah ended the match with 8 balls to spare by scoring 44 runs in just 14 balls.

During this, Khushdil took out the life of Lahore captain and fast bowler Shaheen Afridi in the 18th over of the innings. In this over of Shaheen, Khushdil scored a total of 23 runs. Khushdil hit three sixes and one four in this over. He kept the strike close by taking a single on the last ball. After this, Haris Rauf also hit 2 sixes in the 19th over. In this way, due to the explosive batting of Khushdil Shah, Karachi Kings won the match by scoring 203 runs for 5 wickets in 18.4 overs. Khushdil hit a total of 5 sixes and 2 fours in his innings, while Warner scored unbeaten 63 runs in 44 balls with the help of 9 fours and 1 six.