Sports Desk
LAHORE: Azam Khan’s 85-run knock went in vain Thursday as Peshawar Zalmi triumphed over Islamabad United by 10 runs in match 24 of the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) seventh edition.
United, who were without a full-strength team as their skipper Shadab Khan and Zeeshan Zameer are out due to an injury, were put into the field by Zalmi captain Wahab Riaz.
Chasing a massive 207-run target, the United ended their innings at 196 for the loss of the seven wickets in 20 overs.
The Zalmi were able to put up the massive score, courtesy of Mohammad Haris’ 70-run knock.
Haris and Hazratullah Zazai opened the innings for Zalmi. One would expect Zazai to go rampant as he is an experienced batter having played at the international level, but he didn’t play a huge knock having been removed after scoring 13 runs.
Both the openers gave Zalmi a 73-run start, while Haris continued to carve quick runs, as he was finally dismissed by Waqas Maqsood in the 9.3 overs.
Yasir Khan also started hitting boundaries as scored 35 runs off 24 balls with two sixes and three fours as he was removed by Zahir Khan.
Shoaib Malik also continued his brilliant form as he notched 38 runs in 23 balls with two sixes and was removed by Faheem in the 17.2 overs.
The United bowlers in the late overs did very well as they bowled dot balls and stopped the Zalmi batters from hitting the boundaries.
Waqas was good as he gave away 34 runs and also picked two wickets in four overs, Musa went for 33 runs in two overs, while Faheem was also brilliant as he picked three wickets for 33 runs in four overs.
