In the 20th match of HBL Pakistan Super League season 9, Islamabad United defeated Peshawar Zalmi by runs.
Chasing 197 runs in the match played at Pindi Cricket Stadium, Peshawar Zalmi managed to score 167 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs.
Earlier, Peshawar Zalmi captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Islamabad United scored 196 runs for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs.
Alex Hales and Colin Munro opened the innings for Islamabad United. Alex Hales was clean bowled by Saeem Ayub on the very first ball of the first over, while Colin Munro also fell victim to Saeem Ayub by scoring 15 runs in the third over.
Agha Salman scored 37 runs and Shadab Khan scored 80 runs. Jordan Cox scored 26 runs and Azam Khan remained not out with 29 runs.
Saeem Ayub of Peshawar Zalmi took 2 wickets, Salman Irshad and Loki Wood took one wicket each.
In the current edition, both the teams have faced each other once before when the Islamabad team was defeated by 8 runs by Zalmi.
Currently, Peshawar Zalmi team is on the third place in the points table, it has played 6 matches so far, out of which 3 have been won and 2 have been lost, whereas a day ago its scheduled match in Pindi was rained out. , due to which one point came to his share, Zalmi’s total number of points has reached 7.
On the other hand, Islamabad United won only 2 out of 6 matches, lost 3 while one match was rained out, their number of points is only 5 and they are at the fourth position in the table.
Peshawar Zalmi: Saeem Ayub, Babar Azam (captain), Muhammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Tom Koehler Cadmore, Rowman Powell, Paul Walter, Aamir Jamal, Luke Wood, Muhammad Zeeshan, Arif Yaqub, Salman Irshad
Islamabad United: Colin Munro, Alex Hales, Salman Ali Agha, Roman Raees, Naseem Shah, Faheem Ashraf, Imad Wasim, Jordan Cox, Azam Khan (wicket keeper), Shadab Khan (captain), Haneen Shah
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2024-05-01 15:00:38
