Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings, 24th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Islamabad United jump up to the second spot with this win. Karachi, meanwhile, are second from bottom. Multan have already progressed to the playoffs and Lahore are out of the race. Six round-robin matches remain and four teams are vying for the other three spots. Tune in tomorrow for Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators. Until then, goodbye...

Shadab Khan: It was a tough decision but regardless of the results, we had decided to rest our main pacers (Naseem and Raees) as we had back-to-back matches. (On Faheem Ashraf) He is one of our main players. We know his calibre. He has a great record in Pindi and we kept backing him.

Faheem Ashraf | Player of the Match: My confidence wasn't down. Coaches and captain backed me and told that Pindi would suit my style of play. When you do well in one department, it boosts you confidence in the other department. We were without?two key bowlers, but we were still confident of delivering the goods.

Shan Masood: We can say that (short of runs). It was a tricky pitch to bat. Shadab, at the toss, said that it was a typical Pindi wicket. We got off to a decent start, we were looking at 170 and we fell short. When you try to build?a new team, sometimes things don't work. I haven't brought my game with the bat. It's a team game. Really proud of the bowling effort. If we had a few more runs, the story might have been different. We'd like some more runs from the top-order. If we win the two games, we'll be in a good position. We can't rely on one player. (On Mir Hamza) He was very unfortunate when he fractured his finger last year. He's one of the best bowlers in domestic cricket, showed his class in Australia. As a bowling unit, we are very happy, as a fielding unit, we are very happy. It's the batting unit that needs to step up.

Haider Ali: Good finish. The way Shadab and Salman bated,, it made the job easier for us the lower order batters. No particular position, I would like to contribute wherever the team wants me to bat at. Faheeem batted superbly yesterday and came out with a positive intent today as well. I have worked a lot on my hitting game and I'd like to credit out coach Hanif for that.

22:44 Local Time, 17:44 GMT, 23:14 IST: Crucial win for Islamabad. It was set-up by their bowlers who restricted their opponents to a below-par score of 150 in Naseem's absence. In reply, they lost both their openers inside the powerplay. Salman and Shadab forged a calm half-century partnership. Muzarabani broke the stand and there was a slight stutter as Islamabad lost three wickets within a span of four overs. But Haider Ali and Faheem Ashraf ensured that there were no further setbacks. Haider, in his comeback match, struck two fours and a six to take his team over the winning line.

Hasan Ali to Haider Ali, 1 run, 128.9kph, short and that's been pulled to deep square leg. Islamabad United win by 5 wickets!

Hasan Ali to Haider Ali, SIX, 132kph, that's an authoritative hit. Short ball followed by a full delivery, Haider Ali converts it into a half-volley by walking down the track and thumps it over long-off for a 105 m maximum!

Hasan Ali to Haider Ali, FOUR, short ball, Haider Ali spots it early, swivels and pulls well behind square on the leg-side

Hasan Ali to Haider Ali, no run, 135.2kph, length ball on off, Haider Ali taps it to backward point

Hasan Ali [3.0-0-20-0] is back into the attack

11 runs | 12 balls.

Zahid Mahmood to Faheem Ashraf, no run, 84.9kph, full ball, Faheem Ashraf drives and Mahmood stops it with a dive to his right in his followthrough

Zahid Mahmood to Haider Ali, 1 run, swung away to deep midwicket

Zahid Mahmood to Haider Ali, FOUR, 89.7kph, Haider Ali comes down the track to go inside-out over extra cover. More height than distance despite making good contact. Niazi, the man in the deep, runs to his right and does well to get a hand on it as he extends his right arm. The momentum takes him outside the rope and the ball rolls to make contact with ad-cushion

Zahid Mahmood to Haider Ali, no run, punched to cover off the back foot

Zahid Mahmood to Faheem Ashraf, 1 run, 84kph, tossed up, full in length and that's been driven along the ground to long-on

Zahid Mahmood to Faheem Ashraf, no run, 88.5kph, flat ball just down leg, Ashraf misses the sweep and it brushes the batter's thigh

Zahid Mahmood [3.0-0-24-1] is back into the attack

Equation: 17 runs | 18 balls.