Islamabad United Vs Peshawar Zalmi 20th Match 04 March 2024

20th T20 • Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium • Rawalpindi

Islamabad United

196/4 (20)

Peshawar Zalmi

167/9 (20)

IU won by 29 runs

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Playing XI

Player of the Match Shadab Khan

80(51)

3/41

Player of the Series Shadab Khan

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Islamabad United

196/4 (20)

Batters

Alex Hales

0.00

b Ayub

Colin Munro

166.67

c Azam b Ayub

Agha Salman

148.00

c Haris b Irshad

Shadab Khan

(C)

156.86

c Ayub b Wood

Jordan Cox

130.00

Not out

Azam Khan

207.14

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 7, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9.8)

196/4

Did not Bat

Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Naseem Shah, Rumman Raees, Hunain Shah

Bowlers

EXT

Saim Ayub

7.50

Luke Wood

8.50

Mohammad Zeeshan

8.67

Aamir Jamal I

11.67

Arif Yaqoob

10.67

Paul Walter

10.00

Salman Irshad

9.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Alex Hales

b Ayub

1-0

0.1

Colin Munro

c Azam b Ayub

2-28

2.6

Agha Salman

c Haris b Irshad

3-93

10.2

Shadab Khan

c Ayub b Wood

4-161

16.5

Peshawar Zalmi

167/9 (20)

Batters

Saim Ayub

20.00

c Salman b Shah

Babar Azam

(C)

0.00

runout (Hales)

Mohammad Haris

25.00

c Wasim b Rumman Raees

Tom Kohler-Cadmore

85.71

c Khan b Shah

Paul Walter

113.79

c Cox b Khan

Rovman Powell

0.00

c Ashraf b Shah

Aamir Jamal I

177.55

b Khan

Luke Wood

66.67

c Khan b Rumman Raees

Mohammad Zeeshan

0.00

b Khan

Arif Yaqoob *

128.57

Not out

Salman Irshad

75.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 9, NB: 0, W: 10)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.35)

167/9

Bowlers

EXT

6.50

7.00

10.33

6.25

10.25

7.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Babar Azam

runout (Hales)

1-1

0.4

Saim Ayub

c Salman b Shah

2-1

0.6

Mohammad Haris

c Wasim b Rumman Raees

3-3

3.1

Tom Kohler-Cadmore

c Khan b Shah

4-18

5.1

Rovman Powell

c Ashraf b Shah

5-18

5.4

Paul Walter

c Cox b Khan

6-125

15.6

Aamir Jamal I

b Khan

7-152

17.5

Mohammad Zeeshan

b Khan

8-152

17.6

Luke Wood

c Khan b Rumman Raees

9-152

18.1

Match Info

Date & Time

04 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Match

20th T20,

Pakistan Super League

Umpires

Asif Yaqoob (Pakistan), Richard Illingworth (England), Ruchira Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka, TV)

Referee

Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)

Toss

Peshawar Zalmi elected to bowl

1 1 4 0 4 4

Over 17

Runs: 14

1 6 0 6 W W

Over 18

Runs: 13

W 1wd 1lb 0 0 6 0

Over 19

Runs: 8

1 1 1 1 1wd 1 1

Over 20

Runs: 7

All Overs

Player of the Match Shadab Khan

80(51)

3/41

Player of the Series Shadab Khan

Commentary

That is it from the action tonight! More action coming your way here, at Sportskeeda, but for now this is the pair of Sourabh and Bidipto taking your leave! Good bye.

Shadab Khan (Islamabad United's captain and Player of the match) - The pitch was not as usual, it seamed early and was spongy. We tried to show intent early because if we get momentum here it can be hard to stop. We did not have a target in mind, but we wanted to take it over by over and keep getting boundaries with one shorter side. With the way we batted, I felt that if we had a good first 6 overs in the second innings, we should be good. We have very good players and can beat anyone on a given day. I am in good rhythm personally, Shah brothers are really doing well for us, Hunain is getting better day-by-day and will hopefully play for Pakistan soon. You always get a settled playing-11 during a tournament and we are very happy with the way we are going.

Time for the post-match presentations!

MATCH SUMMARY

Islamabad United won by 29 runs

Shadab Khan 80(51) | Shadab Khan 3/41(4)
Aamer Jamal 87(49) | Saim Ayub 2/15(2)

A much-needed victory for Islamabad United who have outplayed Peshawar Zalmi and have swapped places with them in the points table moving to the third spot.

It was all set up in the powerplay by the quicks of Islamabad who were phenomenal and put Peshawar Zalmi on the backfoot within the first few overs. All of it started when Babar Azam was run out on a duck in the very first over with a brilliant direct-hit from Alex Hales, his opening partner Saim Ayub followed him back to the pavilion in the same over.

Peshawar were shell-shocked with the dual blow and they were blown away within the first 6 overs as they lost 5 wickets in the period of play. It was all but over for them but they still managed to put up a fightback with a brilliant 107-run partnership for the sixth wicket between Aamer Jamal and Paul Walter. But, as soon as the partnership was broken by the Islamabad skipper Shadab Khan in the 16th over it came to a close for Peshawar very soon with Shadab Khan getting 3 wickets in the end. Even though Aamer Jamal played a scintillating knock of 87, it was never going to be enough for them. The Shah brothers, Naseem and Hunain were brilliant with the ball it was their strikes in the powerplay which proved to be the difference.

Earlier, it was a brilliant effort with the bat from Shadab Khan who got 80 and set up the score of 196 for Islamabad. Valuable scores from Salman Agha and a cameo from Azam Khan at the end made sure that Islamabad got to a competitive total. Peshawar were decent with the ball with Saim Ayub getting 2 wickets but let themselves down in the field.

Overall, it was a target that could have been chased but Peshawar lost the match in the powerplay of their batting effort.

Babar Azam (Peshawar Zalmi captain): I thought we did a reasonable job with the ball, kept them down to the par score. But losing four wickets early on did not help at all. Aamir Jamal did give us some hope, but it was a bridge too far I guess! (On his run out) I thought the run was on and took off for it, but it was not the best decision in hindsight. I do feel this was a total that we could chase down but we messed it up early in the piece. We did have a lot of positives in both innings but will like to execute our plans better the next time.

Hunain Shah (Islamabad United): It's a tremendous opportunity for me to showcase my talent! Islamabad United back the youngsters and the team management is pretty positive in their approach. Naseem told me to hit the hard length more often than not and that's what I stuck to. He also told me to stick to my strengths. My goal as a bowler is to improve every match. Shadab Khan, as a captain is more like a friend. He takes a lot of pressure off us youngsters by making things easier, both off and on the field.

overs

167 /9 score

1wd

runs

Arif Yaqoob *

9 (7)

Salman Irshad

3 (4)

Faheem Ashraf

0 /31

19.6 Faheem Ashraf to Arif Yaqoob, AND THAT WILL BE A WELL-DESERVED VICTORY FOR ISLAMABAD UNITED! In the block hole on middle-stump. Arif digs it out nicely to get it past the right of the bowler and down to long-on but for only the single. First win for Islamabad in Rawalpindi against Peshawar Zalmi!

19.5 Faheem Ashraf to Salman Irshad, yorker on middle-and-leg. Squirted away to the square-leg area off the back foot for a single.

19.5 Faheem Ashraf to Salman Irshad, short over leg-stump, following the batter. Irshad makes room to try and upper cut it but bails out of the shot in the end on the angle. WIDE called for height!

19.4 Faheem Ashraf to Arif Yaqoob, full on leg-stump. Arif makes room and drives it down to long-off for a single to rotate strike.

19.3 Faheem Ashraf to Salman Irshad, really full around off-stump. Bunted down to long-on from the thick inside half of the blade for a single.

19.2 Faheem Ashraf to Arif Yaqoob, full outside off-stump. Slapped to deep cover from the meat of the blade here. One run taken.

19.1 Faheem Ashraf to Salman Irshad, over the wicket, full around off-stump. Stroked away from deep in the crease again for a single to the cover region.

Faheem Ashraf [2.0-0-24-0] is back into the attack.

It is inevitable now. This match is coming to a close for Peshawar Zalmi.

overs

160 /9 score

1wd

1lb

runs

Arif Yaqoob *

6 (4)

Salman Irshad

0 (1)

Rumman Raees

2 /28

18.6 Rumman Raees to Arif Yaqoob, full on off-stump. Drilled down to mid-off from deep in the crease for a single to keep strike. Oh, they don't take the run!

A beautiful moment between Colin Munro and the ball boy at backward square-leg. The ball boy had dropped a catch earlier when a six was hit and Munro shared a few words with him after that. On this occasion, the little fellow behind the boundary takes the catch and Munro is ecstatic as he hugs the child who is jubilant as well. All hearts <3

18.5 Rumman Raees to Arif Yaqoob, SIX RUNS! Length ball with pace taken off on middle-stump. Slogged away over deep square-leg from the front foot for a maximum!

18.4 Rumman Raees to Arif Yaqoob, PUT DOWN? YES. Full around off-stump. Smacked straight back at the bowler from deep in the crease but Rumman drops it in his follow through. No run.