LAHORE – Peshawar Zalmi beat Lahore Qalandars by eight runs in match 12 of the Pakistan Super League season nine (PSL 9) at Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday night.
Batting first, Peshawar Zalmi set a target of 112 runs for Lahore Qalandars in 20 overs at the loss of 4 wickets. Chasing the target, Lahore Qalandars made 203 runs in 20 overs at the loss of 6 wickets.
Lahore Qalandars tried to break their jinx, but failed. Shahen Shah Afridi’s Qalandars has not bagged a single victory in the matches they have played so far while Zalmi have won two of four games.
The Lahore Qalandars suffered a setback ahead of the match, which started at 7pm, as pacer Haris Rauf was ruled out of the PSL due to shoulder injury.
A day earlier, Karachi Kings got their second win of PSL 9 after they inflicted a two-wicket defeat over the home-side, Lahore Qalandars, at Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday night. Chasing 176 against Lahore, Karachi managed to complete the target on the final ball of the game.
PSL 2024 Squads
Lahore Qalandars: Sahibzada Farhan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Rassie van der Dussen, Sikandar Raza, Jahandad Khan, Abdullah Shafique, Carlos Brathwaite, George Linde, Shaheen Afridi (C), Zaman Khan
Peshawar Zalmi: Saim Ayub, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Haris (wk), Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Rovman Powell, Asif Ali, Dan Mousley, Aamer Jamal, Luke Wood, Mohammad Zeeshan, Salman Irshad
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