PSL 2023: Peshawar Zalmi beat Qalandars by 35 runs

Rawalpindi: Peshawar Zalmi  beat Lahore Qalandars by 35 runs at Rawalpindi Stadium on Tuesday. Qalandars failed to chase the target of 208 runs set by Zalmi, and could hardly score 172. 

It was the 23^rd match of HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) 8.

Earlier, Peshawar Zalmi captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bat first.

In the conversation after the toss, Shaheen Shah said: “We would have preferred to bat first after winning the toss”.

Shaheen said that Shahwaiz has been included in the team by making a change, adding that they will try to restrict Peshawar Zalmi to 150 runs.

On the points table of PSL, Lahore Qalandars are at the first place and Peshawar Zalmi is at the fourth position. Lahore Qalandars won six out of seven matches, while Peshawar Zalmi won three out of six matches.

Squads

Lahore Qalandars

Shaheen Afridi (c), Fakhar Zaman, Mirza Tahir Baig, Abdullah Shafique, Sam Billings (wk), Hussain Talat, Sikandar Raza, David Wiese, Rashid Khan, Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan

Peshawar Zalmi

Babar Azam (c), Rovman Powell, Wahab Riaz, Arshad Iqbal, Danish Aziz, Mohammad Haris (wk), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Aamer Jamal, Saim Ayub, Salman Irshad, Haseebullah Khan, Khurram Shahzad, Richard Gleeson, Sufyan Muqeem, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Usman Qadir, Jimmy Neesham, Haris Sohail