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Niazi closes out Karachi Kings win against Lahore Qalandars

Lahore, May 5 (UNI) Lahore Qalandars missed the chance to go top of the Pakistan Super League as Irfan Khan Niazi hit an unbeaten 48 from 21 balls to seal a four-wicket win for Karachi Kings in a rain-affected game.
Chasing a revised target of 168, Niazi struck five sixes in the final three overs, including one to finish the match with three balls to spare.
Having been put into bat, Lahore's openers raced to 90 before the dismissal of Mohammad Naeem (65) in the eighth over, after which the players were forced off.
When play resumed Fakhar Zaman pushed on to 51, but Lahore lost a flurry of wickets as they hurried to set a score in a reduced 15-overs-a-side game.
Abbas Afridi took 4-27 while five Lahore batters were out for single figures as the home side finished on 160-8, the BBC reported.
Karachi openers David Warner and Tim Seifert both made 24 in the reply, while James Vince was caught at long-off off Rishad Hossain for 13.
When Khushdil Shah was the fifth wicket to fall, caught by Naeem off Haris Rauf for nine, Karachi needed 52 from 22 deliveries.
Niazi and Mohammad Nabi (15) responded with a 45-run partnership, and while Nabi was caught tamely from the first ball of Daryl Mitchell's final over, his batting partner hit the remaining seven runs required to close out the victory.
Karachi move above their opponents into third, level on points with second-place Islamabad United, while Lahore remain two points off leaders Quetta Gladiators but with a superior net run-rate.
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