Peshawar Zalmi beat Islamabad United by 12 runs in the Eliminator Match of the Pakistan Super League, 2023.
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The Eliminator Match of the Pakistan Super League, 2023 was played today between Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. In which Peshawar Zalmi beats Peshawar Zalmi by 12 runs.
Islamabad United won the toss and invited Peshawar Zalmi to bat first, Peshawar Zalmi batted first, started the inning very brilliantly, Saim Ayub and Babar Azam came to start the inning and gave a very brilliant start with a half-century partnership of 60 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 60 runs in 4.4 over, Saim Ayub dismissed after scoring 23 runs with the help of 5 boundaires in just 16 balls, next batsman Haseebullah Khan came to bat and he good strike rotate with Babar Azam, the second wicket has gone for 96 runs in 8.4 over, Haseebullah Khan dismissed for 15 runs in 11 balls, next batsman Mohammad Haris came to bat and handled the inning with Babar Azam, the third wicket has gone for 137 runs in last ball of the 13th over, Babar Azam dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 64 runs with the help of 10 bounadires in just 39 balls, followed by Kohler-Cadmore came to bat, after a while the fourth wicket has gone for 148 runs in 14.5 over, Mohammad Haris dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick inning of 34 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 3 boundaires in just 17 balls, next batsman James Neesham came to bat and he dismissed very quickly just for 2 runs in 5 balls as fifth wicket in 17.2 over, the team score was 159 runs, next batsman Aamer Jamal came to bat and he also dismissed just for 1 run as sixth wicket in first ball of the 19th over, the team score was 162 runs, followed by Azmatullah Omarzai came to bat and played well for a while with Kohler-Cadmore, the seventh wicket has gone for 181 runs in 19.4 over, Azmatullah Omarzai dismissed for 10 runs in 6 balls, next batsman Wahab Riaz came to bat, after a while the 8th wicket has gone for final ball of the inning, Kohler-Cadmore dismissed after scoring 16 runs in 22 balls, and Wahab Riaz remains unbeaten without scoring. In this way, Peshawar Zalmi scored 183 runs after losing 8 wickets in the prescribed 20 overs and set a target of 184 runs for Islamabad United.
Islamabad United bowlers Shadab Khan took 2 wickets for 40 runs, Mohammad Wasim Jr 1 wicket for 29 runs, Hasan Ali 1 wicket for 37 runs, Fazalhaq Farooqi 1 wicket for 31 runs, and Faheem Ashraf 1 wicket for 29 runs in 3 overs.
Peshawar Zalmi chasing 184 runs in the second inning, they could manage just 171 runs after losing 6 wickets in the prescribed 20 overs. Islamabad United started the inning very brillinaly but the ending was very poor, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Alex Hales came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone for 13 runs in 1.2 over, Rahmanullah Gurbaz dismissed for 10 runs in 7 balls, next batsman Sohaib Maqsood came to bat handled the inning and played a very brillinat century partnership of 115 runs with Alex Hales, the second wicket has gone for 128 runs in first ball of the 15th over, Sohaib Maqsood dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 60 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 7 boundaires in just 48 balls, next batsman Azam Khan came to bat and he dismissed very quickly just for 2 runs in 3 balls as third wicket in 15.4 over, the team score was 133 runs, next batsman Colin Munro came to bat, meanwhile the fourth wicket has gone for 137 runs in first ball of the 17th over, Alex Hales dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 57 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 7 boundaires in just 37 balls, followed by Faheem Ashraf came to bat and he dismissed very quickly just for 5 runs in 2 balls as fifth wicket in 16.4 over, the team score was 142 runs, next batsman Shadab Khan came to bat, after a while the sixth wicket has gone for 154 runs in 18.3 over, Colin Munro dismissed for 4 runs in 9 balls, next batsman Hasan Ali came to bat and he remains unbeaten for without scoring with Shadab Khan, and Shadab Khan played an unbeaten quick inning of 26 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaires in just 12 balls. In this way, Islamabad United could manage just 171 runs for losing 5 wickets in the prescribed 20 overs and lost the match by 12 runs.
Peshawar Zalmi bowlers Salman Irshad took 2 wickets just for 18 runs, Aamer Jamal 2 wickets for 36 runs, and Azmatullah Omarzai 1 wicket for 33 runs.
Peshawar Zalmi bowler Aamer Jamal was selected as the best player of the match, he took 2 wickets for 36 runs in his spell.
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