HBL PSL V: Karachi Kings vs Multan Sultans match abandoned due to rain.

KARACHI -- The Karachi Kings had reduced Multan Sultans to a meager total and sniffed victory in the 19th match of the HBL PSL V before the skies poured down and the match was abandoned at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Friday night. Both the teams will share one point each. The Karachi Kings were strongly placed by the time rain arrived at the Gaddafi Stadium. The no-result ensured that the Multan Sultans would retain their table leaders status with 9 points while Karachi Kings are clear off the Quetta Gladiators with 7 points to maintain their fourth spot due to an inferior run rate in the HBL PSL V although Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi also have secured 7 points but they enjoy second and third place in the tournament owing to superior run rate. The rain had stayed away the whole afternoon although it rained persistently during the morning and the ground staff had prepared the ground quite well for a showdown between the Kings and the Sultans.

The Kings had tightened the noose on Sultans after they reduced them to 102-6 in 16.5 overs. Karachi Kings bowlers made excellent use of the conditions as Mohammad Amir and Aamer Yamin shared three early wickets between them while the spinners Imad Wasim, Umer Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed cast a wizardly spell on the batsmen and picked another three wicketsto render Sultan's bating line up ineffective. Moeen Ali in the beginning...