Peshawar Zalmi beat Lahore Qalanders within the first tremendous over of this Pakistan Super League.
Thanks to captain Shaheen Shah Afridi blasting 23 off the final common over, Lahore Qalandars completed at 158-8 to tie Peshawar’s effort of 158-7 on Monday.
Peshawar captain Wahab Riaz conceded solely 5 runs in a tidy tremendous over and veteran Shoaib Malik gained the sport by smashing two successive boundaries off Afridi’s first two balls.
Both groups completed the group stage with 12 factors however Lahore ended up second on a superior internet run-rate than Peshawar.
Lahore will tackle league leaders Multan Sultans on Wednesday for a spot within the closing, whereas Peshawar will meet Islamabad United on Thursday in an eliminator.
The Multan-Lahore loser could have one other probability to make Sunday’s closing when it faces the winner of the eliminator on Friday.
Peshawar struggled towards spinners Fawad Ahmed (2-26) and Mohammad Hafeez (1-16) with Malik top-scoring with 32 earlier than holing out at lengthy on.
Lahore struggled to tempo the chase towards Riaz (2-19) and quick bowler Arshad Iqbal (2-30), who was taking part in his first recreation this season. But Afridi took the sport to an excellent over by smashing three sixes — one off the final ball — and a boundary in a sensational final over.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
