PSL 9 Match 1 Highlights Lahore Qalandars V's Islamabad United

Match 1 Summary & Highlights

Pakistan Super League

1st Match, Lahore, Pakistan 🗺️

Gaddafi Stadium 🏟️

Islamabad United won by 8 wickets

An unbeaten thump of 74 by Shadab Khan, which incorporated an unbeaten 138-run association with Salman Ali Agha (64 not out, 31b, 7x4s, 3x6s) for the third wicket, drove Islamabad Joined to an eight-wicket prevail upon reigning champs Lahore Qalandars in the initial match of the HBL PSL 9 at the Gaddafi Arena in Lahore on Saturday night.

In quest for 196 run target, Joined got off to a sure beginning, scoring 50 runs in the powerplay while just losing Colin Munro (5, 11b, 1x4) simultaneously. In the following over, captain Shadab, coming in to bat at number three, invited Haris Rauf with two limits watching out for the run stream.

At the midway stage, Joined were 88 for two, with 108 runs expected off the last 10 overs. The eleventh over of the run-pursue saw Joined players securing 14 runs off Haris' second finished.

Requiring 44 off five overs, the sixteenth over went for 12 runs, while the following over went for 14 runs, with Shadab crushing Haris for two maximums in the over. The eighteenth over bowled by chief Shaheen Shah Afridi was another costly over for the home side, as Joined hitter Salman dispatched the left-arm pacer for a four and a six and gathered 15 runs in the over.

With three runs expected off the last two overs, Shadab polished off the game with a six over lengthy on as Joined dominated the match with 10 balls in excess.

Shadab returned undefeated on 74 off 41 balls, bound with six fours and five sixes, while Salman scored 64 not out off 31 balls, hitting seven fours and three sixes.

Prior, in the wake of being placed into bat first, Qalandars got off to an energetic beginning with the initial sets of Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman adding 66 runs in the powerplay. The association was broken by Shadab, who took the valued scalp of Fakhar (13, 13b, 1x4) in the seventh over with 67 sudden spikes in demand for the board for the home side.

Right-hand hitter Sahibzada Farhan was joined by Rassie van der Dussen and the pair could add just 22 races to the complete before Sahibzada (57, 36b, 8x4s, 1x6) tumbled to left-arm pacer Tymal Factories in the eleventh over.

Abdullah Shafique came into bat at number four and struck three transcending sixes during his visit on the wrinkle collecting 28 off 22 balls.

That the Qalandars had the option to post 195 for five in their 20 overs was to a great extent because of van der Dussen's unbeaten knock of 71 off 41 balls, which included four fours and three sixes. The South African hitter, who had highlighted for Joined in the last version of HBL PSL, raised his lady HBL PSL 50 years in the present game off only 31 balls.

For Joined together, Naseem Shah, who got back to cutthroat cricket after a hole of very nearly a half year, got back with figures of 4-0-36-1. Leg-spinner Shadab, likewise getting back from injury, offered 24 runs stowing a single wicket in his portion of four overs. Plants was the best bowler for Joined together, packing two wickets for 45 runs in four overs.

Lahore Qalandars195/5

Islamabad United200/2

• Scorecard (Lahore Qalandars)

• Scorecard (Islamabad United)

Lahore Qalandars V's Islamabad United Highlights PSL 9 Match 1

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