Unbeaten Peshawar Zalmi team defeated Quetta Gladiators in the 23rd match of Pakistan Super League (PSL). Zalmi opened the way for the play-off with this victory.
In this match played at the National Bank Stadium, Karachi, Peshawar Zalmi also decided to field by winning the first toss, where the Quetta Gladiators team led by 154 runs in the allotted 20 overs.
Hasan Nawaz was the most famous batsman by scoring 37 runs and 35 balls. Among the other batsmen, Riley Russo, who played his 100th PSL match, scored 26 runs, Khawaja Nafee scored 20 runs, captain Saud Shakeel scored 16 runs, Tom Curran scored 15 runs and youngster Shamal Hussain scored 12 runs.
Safian Moqim on behalf of Pusharo Zalmi, the main recipient of this game, Safian Moqim sent 3 players to the pavilion, besides Muhammad Basit, he also took 3 wickets.
Iftikhar Ahmed also showed good bowling and took one wicket and gave 20 runs in 4 overs and 3 Quetta players also ran out.
The Peshawar team is undefeated in the competition so far, they played 6 matches in which they won 5 matches and 1 match was rained out.
Peshawar Zalmi achieved the target of 155 runs for the loss of 2 wickets only in the 19th over. Captain Babar Azam scored 71 runs as he scored his 100th half-century in T20 cricket.
Among other players of Zalmi, Muhammad Haris scored 35 runs, Kaushal Mendes 21 and Aaron Hardy scored 18 runs and remained unbeaten.
Azari Joseph and Saud Shakeel took a wicket each for Quetta Gladiators.
Peshawar Zalmi Safian Moqim was named the man of the match for his outstanding bowling performance.
It is worth mentioning that with this victory, Peshawer Zalmi won the first place on the points table and the ways to reach the play-off stage were also opened.
Peshwa Zalmi’s team entered the field without fast bowlers Shareful Islam and Nehid Rana.
