Peshawar Zalmi captain Babar Azam didn’t recognize a query requested to him by a journalist as he sarcastically requested the journo if he ought to play with a strike fee of 300. Zalmi suffered a horrific defeat in opposition to Islamabad United on Thursday (February 24) by 6 wickets. The Babar Azam-led facet scored 156 within the first innings with the captain scoring 75 off 58 balls in 20 overs. In reply, Islamabad United reached their goal in simply 14.5 overs as Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 62 off 31 together with van der Dussen 42 (29) and Asif Ali 29 (13)*.
During the sport, Zalmi had been at 76/0 and within the blink of an eye fixed, they had been 99/5. The journalist requested Babar if he thought he ought to have scored at a greater strike fee, to which the skipper replied like this….
Don’t mess with Babar Azam tonight  #HBLPSL8pic.twitter.com/nUZFXeUNp9
— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) February 23, 2023
Earlier, James Neesham’s sensible all-spherical present eased Peshawar Zalmi to a 4-wicket win over Quetta Gladiators within the Pakistan Super League. Neesham picked up the important thing wicket of his fellow New Zealander Martin Guptill contained in the batting powerplay and prime-scored with 37 off 23 balls as Peshawar chased down 155 with 9 balls to spare. Peshawar cruised to 157-6 after Quetta made 154-4.
Quetta was led by Iftikhar Ahmed, who notched 50 off 34 balls for his first half-century this season, and Odean Smith with a breezy 25. Peshawar quick bowlers Arshad Iqbal, making his season debut, and Wahab Riaz dominated early, forcing the Quetta batters to take dangers.
After 117 on Saturday, Guptill scratched out 12 earlier than holing out to midwicket off Neesham. Jason Roy was clear bowled by Usman Qadir’s googly, and captain Sarfaraz Ahmed was deceived by a sluggish Iqbal yorker after 39 off 30.
Iftikhar and Smith hit 43 off the ultimate 19 balls to set a goal. Peshawar’s batters plundered spinners Qais Ahmed and Mohammad Nawaz, whereas Mohammad Hasnain snared 3-13.
Neesham and Rovman Powell mixed in a speedy 43-run stand to take the sport away from Quetta. When they had been dismissed by the fifteenth over, Peshawar wanted simply 21 extra runs. Wahab completed the sport with two successive boundaries and Peshawar moved to second within the standings. (With PTI inputs)
