{"id":7654,"date":"2025-05-17T21:04:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T21:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=7654"},"modified":"2025-05-17T21:04:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T21:04:31","slug":"hbl-psl-x-karachi-kings-secure-playoff-spot-alongside-islamabad-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=7654","title":{"rendered":"HBL PSL X: Karachi Kings secure playoff spot alongside Islamabad United"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Karachi Kings secured a 23-run victory over Peshawar Zalmi to qualify for the playoffs of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) X, joining defending champions Islamabad United.<\/p>\n<p>Chasing a daunting target of 238, Zalmi could only manage 214\/5 in their allotted 20 overs, falling short despite a valiant effort.<\/p>\n<p>This win \u2014 the Kings\u2019 fifth of the tournament \u2014 confirms their progression to the next stage. It also seals Islamabad United\u2019s qualification, who sit third on the points table with 10 points.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0HBL PSL X: Karachi Kings edge past Zalmi despite Babar\u2019s heroics<\/p>\n<p>With Quetta Gladiators already qualified, only one playoff berth remains \u2014 to be claimed by either Lahore Qalandars or Peshawar Zalmi.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the defeat, Zalmi are not entirely out of contention. With eight points on the board, they can still make the playoffs \u2014 but only if they defeat Lahore Qalandars in their final group-stage match today.<\/p>\n<p>Qalandars currently occupy fourth place with nine points, just one ahead of Zalmi. The upcoming clash between the two sides now effectively serves as a virtual knockout \u2014 the winner will claim the last playoff spot.<\/p>\n<p>However, if the match is abandoned or washed out for any reason, Lahore Qalandars will qualify due to their higher points total.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi Kings secured a 23-run victory over Peshawar Zalmi to qualify for the playoffs of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) X, joining defending champions Islamabad United. Chasing a daunting target of 238, Zalmi could only manage 214\/5 in their allotted 20 overs, falling short despite a valiant effort. This win \u2014 the Kings\u2019 fifth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}