KARACHI: Zaman Khan’s defended 12 runs in the last over and guided Lahore Qalandars to victory against Islamabad United in the 12th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) at the National Stadium in Karachi.
Despite their strong performance, Islamabad skipper Shadab Khan and Colin Munro failed to secure a win for their team against Qalandars.
Shadab played a captain’s knock by smashing 50 off 29 deliveries. However, he was dismissed after scoring 52 runs from 32 balls with two fours and four sixes.
Skipper Shaheen Afridi drew the first blood for his team when he dismissed Alex Hales in the third over of the innings. Haris Rauf sent Paul Stirling in the fifth over. Colin Munro was the top scorer for his team as he made 60 runs from 45 balls with five fours and three sixes.
Lahore Qalandars’ innings
Earlier, Lahore Qalandars handed a 175-run target to Islamabad United. United’s bowlers destroyed the middle-order batting line of Lahore Qalandars as they lost three crucial wickets in the last over restricting the batters to set a 175-run target.
Shadab Khan and Waqas Masood took four scalps each. While the skipper managed to send Qalandars ace batter Fakhar Zaman back to the pavilion. Masood took three wickets in his last over.
However, the team’s openers steered the team to a 174-run total. Experienced Fakhar Zaman made 38 runs off 27 balls with four fours and one six. Abdullah Shafique made 44 precocious runs off 24 balls with six fours and one six. Harry Brook, however, added 37 runs to his team’s total.
Playing XI:
Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Ghulam, Phil Salt (wk), Harry Brook, David Wiese, Rashid Khan, Shaheen Afridi (c), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan
Islamabad United: Alex Hales, Colin Munro, Paul Stirling, Mubashir Khan, Shadab Khan (c), Asif Ali, Azam Khan (wk), Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Waqas Maqsood
