On Thursday, Peshawar Zalmi defeated Islamabad United by 12 runs in a high-octane first-round eliminator at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium.
Earlier, Red-hot Islamabad United won the toss and decided to field first against Peshawar Zalmi.
Peshawar Zalmi’s Saim Ayub (23) and Babar Azam (64) built a strong opening stand before they were sent to the pavilion. Haseebullah made 15 runs while Mohammad Haris played excellent innings of 34 off 17 balls helping the team to set a tough target of 184 runs for United.
.@PeshawarZalmi‘s pace battery pull off one of the most memorable comebacks 🔥@IsbUnited‘s journey ends today.#HBLPSL8 | #SabSitarayHumaray | #IUvPZ pic.twitter.com/4dOvMNlY7s
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 16, 2023
Shadab Khan took two wickets while Hasan Ali and Mohammad Waseem Jr bagged one wicket each but they could not restrict the Zalmi from building a huge target.
In reply, Islamabad United fell short of 12 runs. Alex Hales and Sohaib Maqsood scored half-centuries but could not guide their team to achieve the target.
Salman Irshad and Aamar Jamal took two wickets each.
Zalmi advanced to the second eliminator, slated to be played tomorrow Friday, March 17.
Squad Peshawar Zalmi
Peshawar Zalmi: Saim Ayub, Mohammad Haris, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Tom Kohler-Cadmore (c), Haseebullah Khan (wk), James Neesham, Aamer Jamal, Khurram Shahzad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Sufiyan Muqeem, Salman Irshad
Squad Islamabad United
Islamabad United: Hasan Nawaz, Alex Hales, Sohaib Maqsood, Colin Munro, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Shadab Khan (c), Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Hassan Ali, Mohammad Wasim, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Peshawar Zalmi is a Pakistani franchise Twenty20 cricket team that plays in the Pakistan Super League and represents Peshawar, the capital city of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The team is owned by Javed Afridi.
On 3 December 2015, the Pakistan Cricket Board PCB unveiled the owners of five city-based franchises for the first season of the Pakistan Super League. The Peshawar franchise was sold to Javed Afridi for US$16 million for a time period of ten years.
