Babar And Yaqoob Lead Peshawar To Sensational Win Over Islamabad In PSL

LAHORE, Pakistan: Peshawar Zalmi rode Babar Azam’s century and leg-spinner Arif Yaqoob’s four-wicket over to beat Islamabad United by eight runs within the Pakistan Super League on Monday.

Babar smashed 111 not out off 63 balls with 14 fours and two sixes and anchored Peshawar to 201-5.

Islamabad was on track to upstage Babar’s masterful eleventh Twenty20 century as Azam Khan (75) and Colin Munro (71) mixed in an electrifying century stand. But Islamabad misplaced six wickets off the final 13 balls and stumbled to 193-9.

Yaqoob left two-time champion Islamabad shell-shocked after taking 4 wickets within the penultimate over that included the important thing wicket of Munro. Yaqoob completed with 5-27.

It was Peshawar’s second win in a high-scoring thriller in two days after beating Lahore Qalandars by identical margin on Sunday.

Peshawar has three successive wins within the final 4 days. Islamabad has misplaced three in a row.

Afghanistan quick bowler Naveen-ul-Haq ignited Islamabad’s collapse off his last ball within the 18th over when Azam Khan was caught at mid-off. Yaqoob then bowled probably the most memorable overs in PSL historical past by dismissing Munro, Haider Ali, Faheem Ashraf and Hunain Shah.

Earlier, after being put in to bat, Peshawar was tied down within the center overs by spinners Shadab Khan (2-28) and Agha Salman (1-25) till Babar Azam plundered the Islamabad tempo bowlers.

Babar reached his half-century off 39 balls and accomplished his quickest T20 hundred off the subsequent 20 balls. He smashed quick bowler Hunain for 4 boundaries and a six over additional cowl in a single over.

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