Islamabad beat Peshawar by 26 runs in PSL's 21st match

DUBAI - Islamabad United defeated defending champions Peshawar Zalmi by 26-run in the 21st fixture of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in Dubai on Friday.
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Second Innings

An incredible performance takes @IsbUnited on the ? #HBLPSL 2018 points table. #SherKiDhaar all over Dubai tonight.#DilSeJaanLagaDe #IUvPZ pic.twitter.com/vGBVfPXPk7

— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 9, 2018

Islamabad United won by 26 runs!
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SIX! 17.3 Zafar Gohar to Umaid Asif
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OUT! 13.3 Zafar Gohar to Mohammad Hafeez
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An excellent breakthrough for United as Akmal, Smith, and Fletcher went back to the pavilions.

OUT! 7.2 Samit Patel to Dwayne Smith
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OUT! 7.1 Samit Patel to Andre Fletcher
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OUT! 4.1 Samit Patel to Kamran Akmal
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First Innings

OUT! 19.6 Umaid Asif to Jean-Paul Duminy (Faheem Ashraf run out)
Islamabad United have scored 182. Will Peshawar Zalmi chase it down?
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JP Duminy and Luke Ronchi opened the batting for United, whereas Hasan Ali and Umaid Asif shared the new ball for the defending champions.

SIX! 17.2 Wahab Riaz to Asif Ali
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SIX! 17.2 Hasan Ali to Asif Ali
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SIX! 15.2 Umaid Asif to Asif Ali
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— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 9, 2018

The fixture, which started at 9:00pm, is being broadcast live on PTV Sports, Ten Sports, and Geo Sports in Pakistan and UAE.

Cricket fans can also view the match online on the PSL-T20 Official website. For the live score, updates, and analysis, you can follow dailypakistan.com.pk.

Alternatively, you can also download Goonj application for Live Streaming.

Peshawar, currently languishing at fifth position on the points table, need to win to boost their rankings. Out of their six matches so far, they have won three and lost three.

Islamabad sit at the third spot, with four wins and two losses to their name.

Squads

Peshawar: Darren Sammy (c), Tamim Iqbal, Kamran Akmal, Andre Fletcher, Riki Wessels, Hammad Azam, Haris Sohail, Dwayne Bravo, Khushdil Shah, Umaid Asif, Saad Nasim, Mohammad Hafeez, Shabbir Rahman, Liam Dawson, Sameen Gul, Hasan Ali, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Asghar, Wahab Riaz

Islamabad: Misbah-ul-Haq (c), Alex Hales, Sam Billings, Mohammad Hasan, Chadwick Walton, Rohail Nazir, Luke Ronchi, Amad Butt, JP Duminy, Hussain Talat, Samit Patel, Andre Russell, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Samuel Badree, Steven Finn, Mohammad Sami, Rumman Raees, Zafar Gohar