Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United Head to Head, PSZ Dominate ISU by 13 Runs: Peshawar Zalmi competed with Islamabad United on Sunday, 12th march, 2023. In this match, Peshawar Zalmi dominated Islamabad United by 13 runs. This match ensures that Peshawar Zalmi and Islamabad United will compete with each other in Eliminator 1 of PSL 8.
The match confirms that defending champions Lahore Qalanders will compete with Multan Sultan in the qualifier of PSL 8. The winning team of the qualifier will directly qualify for the grand finale of the Pakistan Super League tournament. Teams will play qualifier one on 15th march 2023. Similarly, teams will play eliminator one on 16th march 2023.
The losing team of qualifier one will compete with the winning team of eliminator 1 in eliminator 2 of PSL 8 on 17th march 2023 to save a place in the grand finale of the Pakistan Super League tournament.
Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United Head to Head, PSZ Dominate ISU by 13 Runs, PSL Playoffs Line up After Match | PSL 8
In the match played between Peshawar Zalmi and Islamabad United, Peshawar Zalmi opted to bat first and scored 180 runs. In the second innings of the match, Islamabad United lost all the wickets in 19.4 overs on 166 runs.
Peshawar Zalmi took the chance to set a massive target for Islamabad United, but after the departure of the first two openers, they lost the wickets continuously. Still, Zalmi scored 179 at a loss o eight wickets against Islamabad United.
Islamabad United played in the second innings of the match against Peshawar Zalmi and tried hard to reach the goal, but Zalmi bowlers didn’t give them a chance to win the match.
Islamabad was losing wickets at regular intervals during the match. The continued loss of wickets confirmed that Islamabad lacked momentum in the remaining run chase. Meanwhile, Faheem Ashraf spread a glimmer of hope for his team. He scored an explosive 38 runs off 13 deliveries for Islamabad United.
But as the final over started and it seemed that Islamabad would reach the target, Khurram Shehzad showed bowling strength for Peshawar Zalmi. Khurram Shehzad passed two yorkers in the final over of the match and bowled out the remaining players of Islamabad United.
Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United Head to Head, PSZ Dominate ISU by 13 Runs, PSL Playoffs Line up After Match | PSL 8
Peshawar Zalmi and Islamabad United played the match at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Peshawar Zalmi accepted the offer to bat first and came into the field to set a massive target of 180 runs in 20 overs.
In the first innings, Peshawar Zalmi scored 179 runs at the loss of 8 wickets against Islamabad United in 20 overs. Mohammad Haris played the main role for Peshawar Zalmi in the match against Islamabad United. Haris scored 79 runs from 39 deliveries, including seven boundaries and five sixes.
Bhanuka Rajapaksa also supported Mohammad Haris as an Opener. Bhanuka contributed 41 runs off 25 deliveries, including four fours and two sixes. Both players contributed 115 runs in 58 deliveries for the second wicket. But Peshawar Zalmi’s innings phase down after their exit due to regular wicket loss.
Hassan Ali, a strong pace bowler of Zalmi, bagged three important Islamabad wickets. Zalmi skipper Shadab Khan picked up two wickets for Islamabad United. Due to a health issue, Baber Azam didn’t participate in the match against Islamabad United. Tom Kohler Cadmore replaced Babar Azam in the match against Islamabad United.
Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United Head to Head, PSZ Dominate ISU by 13 Runs, PSL Playoffs Line up After Match | PSL 8
Probable Starting XIs – Peshawar Zalmi
Saim Ayub, Mohammad Haris, Tom Kohler Cadmore (c), Hasibullah Khan (wk), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, James Neesham, Aamer Jamal, Mujeeb ur Rehman, Khurram Shehzad, Salman Irshad, Sufiyan Muqeem
Probable Starting XIs – Islamabad United:
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Alex Hales, Colin Munro, Sohaib Maqsood, Shadab Khan (c), Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Hassan Nawaz, Mohammad Waseem Jr, Hassan Ali, Fazalhaq Farooqi
By defeating Islamabad United, Peshawar Zalmi has saved a spot in the points table to take a chance for qualification for the grand finale of Pakistan Super League tournament season 8.
Lahore Qalanders played the day’s second match against Karachi Kings at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.
