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Islamabad United continued their unbeaten start to the Pakistan Super League season with a six-wicket win over Karachi Kings.

Chasing just 129, Azam Khan and Shadab Khan added 45 for the third wicket to put their side firmly in control.

Having seen Azam bowled by Mohammad Nabi for 31, Shadab took his side to the brink of victory with 47 from 40 balls.

He saw his stumps broken by Abbas Afridi with the scores level, before Mohammad Nawaz struck a single from the following delivery to seal four wins from four for Islamabad.

Karachi were put into bat by their opponents and were immediately in trouble, with top order batters David Warner and James Vince bowled for three and four respectively.

Opener Tim Seifert top-scored with 30, while four batters were dismissed for single figures as Kings slid to 102-7, before Abbas hit 24 from nine to close their innings on 128 without any further wickets lost.

The result sees both sides remain in place in table, with Karachi in third and Islamabad four points clear of Lahore Qalanders at the top, having played one game more.

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Virat Kohli hit an unbeaten 73 as Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Punjab Kings by seven wickets to move up to third in the Indian Premier League.

Chasing 158, Kohli put on a 103-run second wicket partnership with Devdutt Padikkal (68 from 49) to put his side firmly in command.

Padikkal holed out to long-on off Harpreet Brar, but Kohli pushed on, reaching his fourth half-century of the season before Jitesh Sharma ended the match with a six in the penultimate over.

Kings posted 157-6 from their 20 overs, steadily losing top-order wickets with no batter scoring more than opener Prabhsimran Singh's 33.

RCB may have hoped to bowl their opponents out after they slipped to 114-6 in the 14th over, with Suyash Sharma breaking the stumps of Australians Josh Inglis (29) and Marcus Stoinis (1) in the space of three balls.

Shashank Singh (31 from 33) and Marco Jansen (25 from 22) ensured the innings didn't end prematurely, but the pair struck just 43 from the last six overs, with only two sixes, as the visitors handled the death overs impressively.

RCB lost England opener Phil Salt for one in the first over of their reply, but Kohli's 54-ball innings anchored a straightforward chase, with his side avenging Friday's defeat to Kings.

The win sees them leapfrog Kings to take third place on net run-rate, having won five and lost three of their matches.

Their opponents drop one place to fourth, with the sides sitting first to fifth now all on 10 points.

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Tom Kohler-Cadmore top-scored with 52 as Peshawar Zalmi thrashed Multan Sultans by 120 runs in the Pakistan Super League.

Somerset's Kohler-Cadmore hit five sixes in his 30 balls in Peshawar's 227-7.

There were also contributions of 45 from Mohammad Haris, 40 from just 14 balls by Abdul Samad and 37 from Hussain Talat.

In another one-sided PSL contest, the Sultans were bowled out for 107 in 15.5 overs in reply.

The top three all made starts - Mohammad Rizwan 15, Shai Hope 20 and Usman Khan 44 - but none went on and David Willey, who added 13 at number eight, was the next highest scorer.

Kohler-Cadmore, 30, had been dismissed for eight and nought in his first two matches in the competition - two defeats for Peshawar.

Multan Sultans are bottom of the early PSL table after three defeats from three matches. Peshawar are a place above after their first win.

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Punjab Kings edged out Royal Challengers Bengaluru by five wickets to move up to second in the table in the Indian Premier League.

In a match reduced to 14 overs per side, the Kings impressively restricted their hosts to 95-9.

The loss of regular wickets slowed their pursuit but they were always ahead of the required run-rate.

They won with 11 balls to spare - Nehal Wadhera ending 33 not out from 19 balls.

RCB, who have now lost all three of their home matches this year, only reached their total because of 50 not out from Australia all-rounder Tim David.

They were 42-7 in the ninth over with Phil Salt out for four, Virat Kohli one and Liam Livingstone four.

The Kings are level on 10 points with Delhi Capitals, who remain top courtesy of their superior net run-rate.

RCB are fourth on eight points.

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James Vince's 70 from 47 balls helped Karachi Kings to a dominant 56-run victory over Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League.

Vince, who hit 101 in his first game of the competition, provided the backbone of the Kings' 175-7.

He came in at 60-1 in the sixth over after David Warner was caught at square leg for 31 and was only dismissed when he skied a catch off the final ball of the innings.

The 34-year-old hit four fours and a six, although he would have been run out on 10 had bowler Saud Shakeel not fumbled a throw from the deep.

Warner and New Zealand international Tim Seifert, who made 27, were the only other players to score more than 20.

In reply, the Gladiators collapsed to 37-5 inside the powerplay and were never in the chase.

They dragged the innings out for 20 overs, ending on 111-9, with opener Shakeel making 33 not out from 40 balls.

Vince signed a white-ball only contract with Hampshire this year, allowing him to play in the PSL. He is now the second-highest run-scorer in this year's competition with 171 runs in three innings.

The win means the Kings replace the Gladiators in third in the table.

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David Warner will appear in the 2025 edition of Major League Cricket after being signed by Seattle Orcas.

The 38-year-old former Australia opening batter will make his debut in the US franchise tournament as a direct signing for the Orcas.

Warner has a wealth of franchise experience and is currently playing in the Pakistan Super League where he is skipper of Karachi Kings.

The Orcas were beaten finalists in the inaugural season of MLC in 2023 but finished bottom of the standings last year.

MLC is set to run between between 12 June and 13 July and unlike last year will not clash with The Hundred, where Warner will play for London Spirit.

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Chennai Super Kings have signed South Africa batter Dewald Brevis to replace injured seamer Gurjapneet Singh.

Brevis, a highly-rated 21-year-old right-hander, has played two T20s for South Africa and has previously played for the Mumbai Indians franchise in various T20 leagues.

He has played 10 matches in the Indian Premier League, helped MI Cape Town to the SA20 title this year and has played for MI New York in Major League Cricket.

Gurjapneet has not played this season for CSK, who are bottom of the table with two wins from seven matches after a difficult start to the campaign.

Their top order has struggled throughout the tournament, with Brevis providing a further option.

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Mumbai Indians beat struggling Sunrisers Hyderabad by four wickets for a crucial win as they look to revive their IPL campaign.

The five-time champions stay seventh in the table after an inconsistent start with three wins and four losses so far, but are now within two points of the play-off places.

On a sluggish surface at the Wankhede Stadium, Sunrisers' powerful batting line-up - who chased 246 in their previous outing - stuttered to 162-5.

Opener Abhishek Sharma made 40 after being dropped at slip from the first ball of the match, Heinrich Klaasen made 37 and Aniket Verma's 18 from eight balls provided some late impetus.

Sunrisers scored 57 from the final five overs but left themselves too much to do after Mumbai's bowlers showed excellent control including a powerplay of just 46-0, with the usually destructive Travis Head making 28 from 29.

Mumbai lost six wickets in their chase, including two falling with just one run required, but had plenty of partnerships throughout to reach their target with 11 balls to spare.

England all-rounder Will Jacks top-scored with 36, having also taken 2-14 in Sunrisers' innings, while Ryan Rickelton made 31 and Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav both scored 26.

Sunrisers' one-dimensional batting approach failed once again as they now have lost five of their seven matches and sit ninth in the table.

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Defending champions Islamabad United remain unbeaten in the Pakistan Super League after a 47-run thrashing of Multan Sultans.

Chasing 203 to win, the Sultans were bowled out for 155 in 18.4 overs.

They were in a strong position at 92-2 inside the first 10 overs but buckled as the run-rate increased, with opener Muhammad Rizwan's 38 the top score.

West Indies' Jason Holder tore through the middle and lower order to finish with 4-25.

Earlier, Sahibzada Farhan maintained his impressive form with 53 at the top of the order, following his 106 in Islamabad's previous win, as they posted 202-6.

New Zealand's Colin Munro made 48 from 25 balls while Haider Ali and Jason Holder scored 33 and 32 respectively.

England bowlers Chris Jordan and David Willey took 2-41 and 1-21 for the Sultans.

Islamabad have won three from three while Sultans are still searching for their first win after two matches.

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Lahore Qalandars thrashed Karachi Kings by 65 runs to earn their second win in this year's Pakistan Super League.

Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman made 76 from 47 balls and New Zealand all-rounder Daryl Mitchell 75 from 41 as the Qalandars piled up 201-6.

David Warner and James Vince were both dismissed by Shaheen Afridi for two-ball ducks in the first over of the chase and the Kings never recovered.

They were all out for 136 in 19.1 overs with Pakistan quick Shaheen and Bangladesh's Rishad Hossain taking three wickets apiece.

The Qalandars now have two wins and a defeat from three matches and are level on points with leaders and defending champions Islamabad United who have won two from two.

The Kings are fourth with one win and one defeat.

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Opener Sahibzada Farhan scored his fourth T20 century in the space of a month as Islamabad United hammered Peshawar Zalmi by 102 runs in the Pakistan Super League.

Last month, Farhan made 114 not out, 162 not out and 148 for Peshawar in the National T20 Cup - Pakistan's domestic T20 competition below the PSL - and continued that form with 106 from 52 balls in Rawalpindi.

He struck 13 fours and five sixes to power Islamabad to 243-5 - the highest score in this year's PSL.

Mohammad Haris made 87 in pursuit but, with wickets falling around him, Peshawar did not threaten their mammoth chase and were dismissed for 141.

Babar Azam was out for one, fellow Pakistan batter Saim Ayub six and Somerset's Tom Kohler-Cadmore eight.

But in making his first PSL ton, 29-year-old Farhan became just the fifth man, after Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, Jos Buttler and Shubman Gill, to hit four T20 centuries in a year. He has done so in nine matches.

Farhan played three T20s for Pakistan in 2018 and was recalled for a further six matches last year but has scored only 86 runs across nine internationals at an average of 9.55.

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New Zealand fast bowler Lockie Ferguson is likely to miss the remainder of the Indian Premier League season because of an injury.

Ferguson, 33, left the field clutching his leg during his first over in Punjab Kings' defeat by Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday.

He has taken five wickets in four matches for the Kings this season.

"Ferguson is out indefinitely and the chances of us getting him back by the end of the tournament are very slim, I would have thought," Kings' bowling coach James Hopes said.

"I think he has sustained a pretty serious injury."

Ferguson missed the Champions Trophy in February and March because of a foot injury.

Prior to that the quick struggled with a hamstring injury.

Elsewhere, Chennai Super Kings have signed 17-year-old batter Ayush Mhatre, who has not played a professional T20, as an injury replacement for injured captain Ruturaj Gaikwad.

Sunrisers Hyderabad have replaced Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa with left-handed batter Smaran Ravichandran, after announcing Zampa was ruled out with an unspecified injury.

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Mumbai Indians wrapped up a 12-run victory over leaders Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League with a hat-trick of run outs.

Chasing 206, Karun Nair set the unbeaten Capitals up for victory with 89 from 40 deliveries.

But his dismissal prompted a turnaround for Mumbai, who took eight wickets for 58 runs and closed the match out with some sharp fielding to leave Ashutosh Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohit Sharma short of their ground.

Ryan Rickelton got Mumbai off to a solid start after they were put into bat, hitting 41 from 25 prior to being bowled by Kuldeep.

His dismissal brought saw Tilak Verma join Suryakumar Yadav at the crease and the pair put on 60 for the third wicket.

Suryakumar departed for 41 from 25 when he lofted Kuldeep to Mitchell Starc at long-off, and Hardik Pandya was removed for just two when he lobbed Vipraj Nigam to Tristan Stubbs in the same fielding position one over later.

Tilak pushed on alongside Naman Dhir (38 not out from 17), with whom he formed a 62-run partnership, until he departed for a 33-ball 59 when he found Abishek Porel at mid-wicket in Mukesh Kumar's final over as Mumbai posted 205-5.

Delhi lost Jake Fraser-McGurk from the first ball of their reply, chipping to Will Jacks off Deepak Chahar, but Nair arrived to put on 119 with Porel (33 from 25).

Naman Dhir caught Porel off Karn Sharma just after the halfway stage, and when Nair was bowled by Mitchell Santner in the following over the game's momentum shifted.

The international trio of Axar Patel, Stubbs and KL Rahul all fell cheaply, the latter two to Karn, who took 3-36.

Delhi needed 23 going into Jasprit Bumrah's penultimate over, and Ashutosh hit his second and third balls for four before the game concluded in remarkable fashion.

Mumbai move up two places to seventh after their second win of the season, while Delhi slip to second behind Gujarat Titans on net run-rate.

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Lahore Qalandars recorded their first win of the Pakistan Super League season with a 79-run thrashing of Quetta Gladiators.

Gladiators, who recorded their own 80-run victory over Peshawar Zalmi on Saturday, were never in a chase for 220, slipping to 9-3.

They rebuilt to a more respectable 106-5, but then lost four wickets for eight runs before Asif Afridi wrapped up the match by bowling Faheem Ashraf in the 17th over.

Opener Fakhar Zaman began the Qalandars innings strongly, striking 67 from 39.

Abdullah Shafique and Daryl Mitchell added a pair of 37-run innings, prior to Sam Billings lashing an unbeaten 50 from 19 to close the Qalandars effort on 219-6.

The Gladiators' top-order crumbled in their reply, with captain Saud Shakeel and Hasan Nawaz caught for one apiece and Finn Allen taken by compatriot Mitchell off Shaheen Shah Afridi (2-6) for a three-ball duck.

Kusal Mendis (28 from 14) and Rilee Rossouw (44 from 19) offered some resistance, but the latter's dismissal, the first of 3-31 for spinner Rishad Hossain, prompted a second collapse.

Faheem (21 from 18) held out for a time, but his stumps were splayed by Asif to see the Gladiators dismissed for 140.

Qalandars leap from fifth to first in the early table with one win and one defeat, while Gladiators drop from top to fourth on net run-rate with the same record.

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