HBL, PSL 10;Islamabad United defeat Peshawar Zalmi by 102 runs
,,,,,,,,……….Asghar Ali Mubarak……..,,,,,
Islamabad United defeated Peshawar Zalmi by 102 runs.,In the fifth match of HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) 10,
Islamabad United captain Shadab Khan won the toss and decided to bat against Peshawar Zalmi. Batting first, Islamabad United scored 243 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.
Islamabad United’s Sahibzada Farhan played an innings of 106 runs, completing his century in 49 balls, which included 13 fours and 4 sixes. Sahibzada Farhan completed his first PSL century in just 49 balls and joined the list of few batsmen who have scored 4 T20 centuries in a calendar year.
This list includes the great batsmen of T20 cricket Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, Jos Buttler and Shubman Gill. This was Sahibzada Farhan’s ninth innings in the current calendar year, out of which he has scored centuries in 4. Apart from them, Colin Munro and Salman Agha stood out by scoring 40 and 30 runs.
For Peshawar Zalmi, Joseph and Hussain Talat took 2 wickets each. Chasing a target of 244 runs, Peshawar Zalmi was bundled out for 141 runs and the entire team was out in the 19th over.
Muhammad Haris was the top scorer for Peshawar Zalmi with 87 runs. Apart from him, no batsman could stay on the wicket. Captain Babar Azam scored one run, Saim Ayub scored 6 runs, Hussain Talat played an innings of 13 runs. For Islamabad United, Imad Wasim took 3 wickets, Shadab Khan and Ben Duvarshi took 2 wickets each.
This was the second match of both teams in the event, Islamabad United now has 4 points while Peshawar Zalmi is waiting for a win. Peshawar Zalmi was defeated by Quetta Gladiators in the first match.
