Islamabad United skipper Misbah-ul-Haq has been ruled out of the final of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) due to a hairline fracture on his wrist.
The 43-year-old was hit by a bouncer from fast bowler Tymal Mills during his side’s final league round clash of the PSL against Karachi Kings in Sharjah, where the latter side went on to win by seven wickets.
As a result, Misbah was also forced to miss the PSL Qualifier, where South Africa’s JP Duminy took over the leadership to guide Islamabad United to an eight-wicket win to qualify for the finals of the third edition of the tournament, 
The final of the tournament will be played on March 25 in Karachi.
On Sunday, another aggressive batting display by Luke Ronchi made the 155 chase look easy for Islamabad United in the qualifier against Karachi Kings in Dubai.
What could be easily described as the best innings of the PSL, the Kiwi batsman scored 94 runs off 39 balls, including 12 fours and five sixes with a strike rate of 241.02. The Duminy-led team completed their chase in 12.3 overs.
Islamabad United secured the most convincing victory in the tournament’s history in terms of balls (45 balls remaining); United’s 103 off 8.1 overs was the fastest team 100 in PSL.
Karachi, however, are not eliminated. They’ll face the winners of the first Eliminator between Quetta and Peshawar.
Ronchi was given assistance by cameos from Sahibzada Farhan, Alex Hales and Samit Patel with their innings of 29, 14, 14 respectively.
Resilient fifties by Colin Ingram and Joe Denly lifted Karachi to 154-4 after Eoin Morgan opted to bat first. But the unstoppable Ronchi blasted the fastest half-century in PSL history (from just 19 balls) to make a mockery of Karachi bowling. 
Meanwhile, Karachi Kings arrived Lahore yesterday from Dubai, all set for the second eliminator on Wednesday.
Security is on high-alert in Lahore for the upcoming matches to be played at Gaddafi Stadium. Karachi Kings will be playing against the winning team of the first eliminator match on March 20 between Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators.
The team have played a total of 10 matches until now and have 11 points. Their fate will be decided after the second eliminator.
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