Pakistan Super League: Fakhar Zaman scored a blistering century in the Pakistan Super League. On the basis of his century, Lahore Qalandars achieved the biggest win in PSL history.
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New Delhi. In the 26th match of the Pakistan Super League, first Fakhar Zaman’s bat thundered, then Rashid Khan rained. Shaheen Shah Afridi’s Lahore Qalandars thrashed Islamabad United by 119 runs with the help of Fakhar and Rashid. In terms of runs, it is the biggest win in PSL history. Lahore had given a target of 227 runs, in response to which Islamabad could not even play full 20 overs and got reduced to 107 runs in 15.1 overs.
Batting first, Lahore had a very bad start and got the first blow in the form of Shafiq for 3 runs. After this, Fakhar’s bat caught fire and together with Kamran Ghulam, he took the innings to 125 runs. Kamran hit 41 runs in 30 balls. Fakhar partnered with Sam Billings to get the second blow in the form of Kamran.
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Fakhar’s stormy century
During this, opener Fakhar hit 115 runs in 57 balls. He hit 8 fours and 8 sixes in his stormy innings. Fakhar has second century in PSL and third century in T20 cricket. Lahore got the third blow in the form of Fakhar on 195 runs. Shortly after this, Billings also returned to the pavilion after scoring 32 runs. Rashid Khan hit 2 fours and a six in 5 balls to take Lahore’s score to 226 runs. David Wise scored 6 runs. And Sikandar Raza remained unbeaten on 1 run.
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— Lahore Qalandars (@lahoreqalandars) March 9, 2023
Batsmen did not walk ahead of Rashid Khan
In response to a mountain-like target, none of the Islamabad batsmen could stand in front of the Lahore attack. Rashid Khan took 4 wickets for 21 runs in 4 overs. Apart from them Zaman Khan, Haris Rauf got 2-2 success. At the same time, Davis Viss got a breakthrough. For the first time in the history of Pakistan Super League, a batsman scored more runs than the opposition team.
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