LAHORE: Peshawar Zalmi defeated Lahore Qalandars in an interesting super-over match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) at Lahore’s Qaddafi Stadium on Monday.
Pakistan’s professional T20 cricket league, PSL, has gone on to become the country’s biggest sporting event over the last couple of years. It features six teams competing in a T20 cricket league, each franchise representing a Pakistani city.
Peshawar won the toss and decided to bat first in the game. The side scored 158 runs at a loss of seven wickets in 20 overs.
Shoaib Malik scored 32 runs off 28 balls, Haider Ali chipped in with 25 runs off 22 deliveries and Hazratullah Zazai scored 20 runs off 16 balls.
Fawad Ahmed took two wickets, while Mohammad Hafeez and David Wiese picked one each.
Lahore levelled the score in 20 overs at a loss of eight wickets, taking the match to super overs.
Mohammad Hafeez (49), Shaheen Afridi (39) and Kamran Ghulam (25) were the top-scorers for Lahore Qalandars.
Wahab Riaz and Arshad Iqbal picked two wickets each, while Shoaib Malik dismissed one.
In the first super over, Harry Brook scored 3 runs off 3 deliveries, while Fakhar Zaman made 2 runs.
In response, Shoaib Malik hit two boundaries to steer Zalmi to victory, with four balls to spare.
Both Lahore and Peshawar have already qualified for the PSL playoff stage.
