Young fast bowler Ali Raza wrote history by taking a stupendous hat-trick in the death over of the innings in the Pakistan Super League 2026, where he dismissed three batters on three consecutive balls with a remarkable control over himself, maintaining composure during extreme pressure.
The scene was set when on the fourth delivery of the last over, Raza bowled a full delivery at the middle stump to Khushdil Shah, who failed to hit it with his willow; however, the batter mistakenly disturbed the stump while playing the shot and he was ruled out on a hit wicket after the review.
Shahid Aziz came out to bat after that, however, failed to negotiate with the perfect yorker by the youngster; the delivery smashed the stumps with Aziz playing absolutely no shot at the same. Raza was on a hat-trick.
Hasan Ali came out to bat, as the last man; Raza kept his nerves and bowled a pacy, full delivery, Hasan slogged hard and completely missed the ball, which crashed into the stumps as Raza took the hat-trick, thereby becoming the youngest ever bowler to get the same in the history of PSL.
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Karachi Kings Post 182 Despite Late Collapse
Karachi Kings put up 182 for 9 in 20 overs against Peshawar Zalmi at Gaddafi Stadium with the bat earlier in this innings
The team was propelled by Jason Roy with his 85 from 51 balls, smashing 11 fours and two sixes he along with David Warner (11) and Salman Agha (12) started the innings. They were going smoothly until an aggressive middle partnership between Roy and Azam Khan, with the latter contributing 35 from 19 balls further gave them impetus in the middle overs.
At one stage Karachi seemed very comfortable and at 182/6 in the 18th over, the Kings seemed set for an even higher total, but in the end three quick wickets in the final three balls courtesy of Raza's hat-trick led to a drastic late order collapse.
Ali Raza finished with the figures of 4/41 from his 4 overs, while Mohammad Basit, Iftikhar Ahmed and Aaron Hardie took one each as well.
It appeared as if Karachi Kings were all set for a massive total at one point with their score reading 182/6 in the18th over, however the late order collapse gives Zalmi a way back into the game and the eyes will now be on the chase to the target of 183.