Peshawar Zalmi overcame Azam Khan’s dauntless 85 off 45 balls (six fours, seven sixes) to be obvious they defend their 206-flee total in opposition to Islamabad United.
Islamabad United’s Azam Khan en route to scoring 85 in opposition to Peshawar Zalmi in their PSL 2022 match. (Source: Twitter)
Peshawar Zalmi continued their vibrant turnaround in the Pakistan Tidy League (PSL) 2022 as they secured an thrilling 10-flee take (third consecutive victory) over Islamabad United in Match No. 24 of the tournament played on the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Thursday (February 17) evening. Participant of the match Mohammad Haris produced an attractive innings of 70 to region-up his aspect’s take.
Zalmi then overcame Azam Khan’s dauntless 85 off 45 balls (six fours, seven sixes) to be obvious they defend their 206-flee total. Zalmi who elected to bat first may also now not have hoped for a better initiating because the wicketkeeper-batter Haris did his rising recognition no harm by setting alight the GSL with a chain of scintillating strokes in simplest his third look in his PSL profession.
The nice-hander took a mere 18 balls to post his maiden PSL 2022 fifty – joint third quickest in tournament’s history. Haris and Hazratullah Zazai (13) added 73 for the principle-wicket contained in the energy play overs. Haris scored 70 off 32 balls (seven fours, five sixes) sooner than his dismissal to Waqas Maqsood.
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— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 17, 2022
After Haris’s loss, Zalmi’s rising occupy discontinuance Yasir Khan and the seasoned Shoaib Malik mounted extra rigidity on the United bowlers with 35 and 38 runs contributions off 24 and 23 balls respectively every hit two sixes every. United though managed to lift some semblance of respectability to their bowling effort as Zalmi have been held help in the death overs.
Faheem Ashraf took three and Waqas Maqsood took two wickets. Zalmi have in the intervening time climbed to the third space with 10 choices from 9 video games and have one-foot in the play-offs. United have dropped to the fourth space but live in the hunt of securing one of the critical three available play-off spots.
Sultans are essentially the most productive teams to have licensed for the play-offs, Lahore Qalandars are on number two with 10 choices whereas Quetta Gladiators are fifth with six choices. Kings have already been knocked out of the play-off flee, they live winless with eight defeats in eight video games.
Brief Ratings: Peshawar Zalmi 206/8 (Mohammad Haris 70, Shoaib Malik 38; Faheem Ashraf 3/33) bt Islamabad United 196/7 (Azam Khan 85, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 46; Salman Irshad 3/29)
(with ANI inputs)
