Lahore Qalandars won the match by 119 runs against Islamabad United in the ongoing season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL 8 2023) at the Pindi Cricket Stadium. Islamabad was missing one of its most important batsman, Azam Khan, who suffered an injury to his ring finger while keeping during the first innings.
Lahore Qalandars won the toss and decided to bat first, which allowed them to set a target of 227 for Islamabad United.
Despite the loss of an early wicket with Abdullah Shafique being dismissed for just 1 run from 2 balls on a full length delivery by Fazalhaq Farooqi. However, Fakhar Zaman played brilliantly and scored 115 runs off 57 balls, while Kam Ghulam also managed 41 runs off 30 balls before being dismissed on a delivery by Hasan Ali and a catch by Mohammad Wasim Jr.
Sam Billings added 32 runs from 22 balls, while Rashid Khan’s 15 runs also helped the Lahore Qalandars set a decent target.
Islamabad United had a terrible second innings with the bat as none of their batters were able to perform and barely scored 20 runs each.
Azam Khan, who has played an important role for Islamabad United in the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL 8) was absent to bat during the second innings after suffering an injury to his ring finger while keeping.
Azam Khan sustained an injury on the ring finger of his left hand.
— Islamabad United (@IsbUnited) March 9, 2023
He will not be available to bat in the second innings of the HBL PSL Match 26, against Lahore Qalandars.#IUvLQ #HBLPSL8
Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars – PSL 8 2023 Match 26 Highlights
Man of the Match
Fakhar Zaman was named Player of the Match.
Today’s Match Squads
These are the squads for today’s match:
Islamabad United – Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Alex Hales, Colin Munro, Shadab Khan (c), Azam Khan (wk), Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Mubasir Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Hasan Ali, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Lahore Qalandars – Fakhar Zaman, Kamran Ghulam, Abdullah Shafique, Sam Billings (wk), Hussain Talat, Sikandar Raza, David Wiese, Rashid Khan, Shaheen Afridi (c), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan
Read more: Official 2023 HBL PSL 8 Schedule.
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