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Lahore: In the fifteenth match of the Pakistan Super League, Lahore Qalandar set a huge target of 242 runs to Peshawar Zalmi thanks to Fakhar Zaman’s brilliant batting.
Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi are competing in the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. When the toss of the match went in favor of Qalandars, the captain Shaheen Afridi announced to bat first.
Lahore Qalandars innings
Lahore Qalandars opened the innings with Fakhar Zaman and Mirza Baig but did not get off to a good start as Wahab Riaz guided Mirza Baig to the pavilion for a total score of 7. Later, Abdullah Shafiq and Fakhar Zaman, batting responsibly, pushed the score forward and established a partnership of 100 runs to stabilize the team’s position.
In the twelfth over, Abdullah Shafiq scored 75 runs and was caught out by Wahab Riaz, thus the second wicket of Qalandars fell on a total score of 127. Then Fakhar Zaman fell short of his century by just four runs and returned to the pavilion with a score of 96.
Then Sam Billing played an innings of 47 not out off 23 balls while batting aggressively. Wahab Riaz of Peshawar Zalmi took two wickets while Roman Powell took one wicket.
Lahore Qalandars scored 241 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in the allotted twenty overs and gave Zalmi a target of 242 runs to win.
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Two changes have been made in the Lahore team for today’s match, Sam Billings and Abdullah Shafiq have been included in the squad in place of Kamran Ghulam and Shai Pope.
It should be noted that Peshawar Zalmi have played four matches so far, out of which they have won two and lost two, while Lahore Qalandars have played three league matches so far, out of which they have faced defeat in only one.
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