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  • Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif congratulates Islamabad United on winning PSL

    Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif congratulates Islamabad United on winning PSL

    Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has congratulated Islamabad United for winning the ninth season of Pakistan Super League (PSL) yesterday.

    “The game of cricket unites the entire nation, the PCB, security forces, organizers, cricket fans are a tribute to the successful conduct of PSL,” the Premier said.

    “The entire league witnessed great competition and great sportsmanship, I am especially grateful to the international players who participated in the PSL.”

    Shehbaz Sharif thanked PSL, emphasizing that the league has helped in recovering international cricket. “The government is determined to take all possible steps to promote cricket and other sports in the country.”

    Islamabad United defeated Multan Sultans in an exciting match and won the title.

    United achieved Multan’s target of 160 runs on the last ball at the loss of 8 wickets and became PSL champions for the third time.

  • Islamabad United signed contract with Naseem Shah for Rs4.5 crores

    Islamabad United signed contract with Naseem Shah for Rs4.5 crores

    Islamabad United has signed a contract with right-arm fast bolwer Naseem Shah for Rs4.5 crores after giving two of their players, Wasim Junior and Abrar Ahmed, to Quetta Gladiators to get Shah in return.

    Drafting for Pakistan Super League Season (PSL) 9 is going to be held on December 13, in which more than two hundred and fifty foreign players have registered so far, a development analysts think is a great step.

    It should be noted that the drafting for PSL Pakistan Super League Season 9 will be held on December 13 at the National Cricket Academy, while the tournament will begin on February 8 next year and end on March 24, 2024.

  • Zalmi baazi le gaye, isloo ko bheja ghar, Peshawar Zalmi register 50th win in PSL

    Zalmi baazi le gaye, isloo ko bheja ghar, Peshawar Zalmi register 50th win in PSL

    Peshawar Zalmi registered their 50th win in HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL), defeating Islamabad United on Thursday night, becoming the first team to reach the milestone.

    Karachi Kings, holders of the record for most losses in PSL have lost in 50 out of 85 matches that they have played for all eight seasons.

    So far, Peshawar Zalmi have played 92 matches and won 50 of those. Out of the 50 victories, Zalmi had clear wins in 49 of those games while one was decided in a super over.

    According to Geo news, Peshawar Zalmi has a success rate of 54.39% in the PSL and is the only team that has reached the playoff stage of all eight editions of the marquee event.

    Last night, Zalmi knocked Islamabad United out of the tournament during the first eliminator of the eighth season of the PSL and lived to fight another day.

    Zalmi set a 184-run target for United in the match played at the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore.

    They will now take on Lahore Qalandars and fight for a spot in the final. The second eliminator will be played at the same venue today.

  • VIDEO: Hassan Ali interrupts Erin Holland’s interview with Ben Cutting

    VIDEO: Hassan Ali interrupts Erin Holland’s interview with Ben Cutting

    Islamabad United bowler Hassan Ali is a character of his own and knows how to entertain. Recently the speedster interrupted a live interview of Peshawar Zalmi’s Ben Cutting by presenter Erin Holland.

    Holland was interviewing the Peshawar Zalmi’s player after the team defeated United in the 24th match of the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) seventh edition when Hassan crashed in and asked: “Why do you always take interview of Ben Cutting?”

    At this, both burst out laughing at Hassan’s intervention. Cutting resumed the interview while Hassan Ali walked away.

    The video clip of this hilarious incident went viral on social media. Netizens couldn’t stop sharing the video on Internet with witty captions.

    https://twitter.com/taimoorze/status/1494383393211133962
  • Wahab Riaz, Shoaib Malik, Haris celebrate after winning hat-trick in PSL

    Wahab Riaz, Shoaib Malik, Haris celebrate after winning hat-trick in PSL

    In the 24th match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2022, Peshawar Zalmi defeated Islamabad United by 10 runs. This was the third consecutive win for Wahab Riaz’s team. In this match, wicket-keeper-batter Mohammad Haris of Zalmi also scored a half-century in 18 balls.

    Haris smashed Islamabad’s bowling attack with a knock of 70 off 32 balls. In this exceptional innings, he completed his half-century in 18 balls, which is the joint-third fastest 50 in PSL history. After this, Yasir Khan (35) and Shoaib Malik (38) also made important contributions, taking Peshawar’s score to 200. Peshawar set a decent target of 207 runs for Islamabad to chase.

    Islamabad had a magnificent start by reaching 50 in the fourth over but opener batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz (46 off 19) got hitched by Salman Irshad. Then United wicketkeeper Azam Khan took the lead, who played an innings of 85 runs in 45 balls. But apart from him, no other batsman could do anything special. After holding the innings till the end, Azam Khan became the victim of Wahab Riaz on the first ball of the 19th over.

    From here the match changed and Zalmi’s return was made by Wahab, who took Azam’s wicket. Islamabad’s team scored 196 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 7 wickets and fell 10 runs behind the target. Fast bowler Salman Irshad took three and Riaz took two wickets. Talat and Cutting also got one wicket each.

    In this match, Wahab took his 100th wicket and became the first PSL bowler to reach the milestone.

    Taking to Twitter, he wrote: “Alhamdulilah for our 3rd consecutive win!”

    Praising Haris, he added: “Really happy with our brand of cricket and especially @iamharis63 has made a lot of difference with his batting.”

    He further added that he is looking forward to reach the play offs as well.

    Shoaib Malik also took to Twitter to congratulate Wahab and Haris.

    “Congratulations @PeshawarZalmi, truly a team effort today, great knock by youngster #Haris. Congratulations @WahabViki on your wickets century, keep going strong guys,” he wrote.

    Haris also took to his Twitter and wrote: “Hat-trick of wins for us. Alhamdulilah for another player of the match award.”

    Haris bagged Player of the Match award and its his second award in the three matches he played in PSL 7.

  • Twitterati claim Islamabad United’s Alex Hales ditched PSL for IPL

    Twitterati claim Islamabad United’s Alex Hales ditched PSL for IPL

    Islamabad United’s opening batter Alex Hales early Tuesday opted out of the ongoing seventh edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), with fans claiming they know the “actual” reason behind it.

    The team’s management, confirming the news, said that the star batter has decided to withdraw due to personal reasons, but Twitterati think that there must be some other reason behind it.

    Soon after the news broke, Hales took to his Instagram story and confirmed that the Covid-19 bubbles had taken a toll on him, therefore, he could not continue.

    “To all the Islamabad and [PSL] fans, I am extremely sorry to have to leave the tournament early. Unfortunately the last four months away from home in Covid bubbles has taken a considerable toll on me,” he said.

    “I would like to thank everyone at Islamabad for understanding and respecting my position,” Hales said.

    However, Twitter did not seem to buy it, as they claimed the player had bagged an Indian Premier League (IPL) contract and was ditching it due to that.

    https://twitter.com/Shelby_Boyy/status/1493500209757831170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1493500209757831170%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geo.tv%2Flatest%2F399429-twitterati-claim-alex-hales-ditched-psl-for-ipl

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    Hales was bought by IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for INR 1.5 crore.

  • Karachi Kings spinner Imad Wasim fined for breaching PSL Code of Conduct

    Karachi Kings spinner Imad Wasim fined for breaching PSL Code of Conduct

    Karachi Kings’ former captain Imad Wasim has been fined five per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 one of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Code of Conduct during his team’s clash against Islamabad United at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Monday.

    Read More – Quetta’s Jason Roy fined for breach of code of conduct

    The incident happened in the first over of the match when Imad Wasim used inappropriate language after dismissing opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who had earlier hit him for a couple of sixes. Wasim was found to have violated Article 2.5 of the PSL Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel.

    While he also celebrated in a teasing style when he got the wicket of Islamabad captain Shadab Khan.

    The Article relates to “using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batter upon his/her dismissal during a PSL Match”.

    Meanwhile, Imad admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed to be imposed by the match referee Ranjan Madugalle and, as such, there was no need for a formal hearing.

    The charges were levelled by on-field umpires Asif Yaqoob and Richard Illingworth, third umpire Rashid Riaz and fourth umpire Nasir Hussain.

  • PSL teams to arrive in Lahore today and tomorrow

    PSL teams to arrive in Lahore today and tomorrow

    Pakistan Super League (PSL) teams will be arriving in Lahore today for the second leg of the tournament. The teams will be arriving in Lahore through chartered flights in two phases on Monday and Tuesday.

    As per reports, the teams that will be arriving today are Multan Sultans, Peshawar Zalmi and Islamabad United.

    The remaining teams — Lahore Qalandars, Quetta Gladiators and Karachi Kings — will reach Lahore on February 8.

    The teams will practice in High-performance Centre and LCCA grounds. The Lahore leg will start on February 10 with the final to be played in the Gaddafi Stadium on February 27.

    It should be noted that the last match of the Karachi leg will be played today between Quetta Gladiators and Lahore Qalandars. English cricketer Jason Roy will join the Gladiators today.

    The match between Gladiators and Qalandars will be played at the National Stadium Karachi. Both the teams have played four matches each from which Lahore has won three and Quetta has managed to win only one match.

  • PSL ‘not far off the IPL’ in terms of quality of cricket, says Michael Vaughan

    PSL ‘not far off the IPL’ in terms of quality of cricket, says Michael Vaughan

    Pakistan is hosting the seventh edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) and the excitement on social media is something that cannot be missed. Former English captain Michael Vaughan is quite impressed with the PSL and has said that it is the second-best league in the world after the Indian Premier League (IPL).

    “Pakistan Super league is the 2nd best T20 Tournament in the World .. it’s not far off the IPL either .. Outstanding standard of cricket,” Vaughan wrote on Twitter.

    Multan Sultans posted 217 runs, the highest total of PSL history on Tuesday and Shadab Khan’s fighting 91 off 42 balls went in vain for Islamabad United, as Sultans maintained their perfect start to the season by clinching a high-scoring match by 20 runs in Karachi.

    Shadab’s high-octane innings, in which he cracked five fours and nine sixes, tried to keep his side floating in the massive chase but the Sherus kept on losing wickets at regular intervals.

    Earlier, Tim David and Rilee Rossouw set Sultans up for a huge total by adding 110 for the fourth wicket in less than eight overs. David hammered 71 from only 29 balls on his way to smashing six fours and sixes each, while Rossouw hit an unbeaten 67 off 35 deliveries with four fours and six maximums.

    PSL and IPL are two of the biggest cricket leagues in the world with big names playing in the leagues. The quality of cricket that is played is also something to look out for.

  • Shadab Khan admits he provoked Sarfaraz Ahmed to scold cricketers on field

    Shadab Khan admits he provoked Sarfaraz Ahmed to scold cricketers on field

    Pakistan’s all-rounder Shadab Khan has recently admitted in an interview that he used to provoke former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed to scold cricketers when they were fielding.

    Shadab recently appeared on Hum News’ Morning Show and talking about his favourite captain Sarfaraz, he shared: “He (Sarfaraz) used to get angry during the field. Not only on Babar but any player who did not put effort in the field, I used to go to Saifi Bhai (Sarfaraz) as I mostly fielded beside him and tell him to scold the players.”

    Wicket-keeper-batter Sarfaraz is famous for his temper. The former captain has often received criticism for his strict on-field conduct even as Pakistan’s skipper, dishing out swear words to his teammates. But the right-handed batter had earlier defended his actions, stating that what happens on the field is restricted to it and not beyond that.

    Shadab recently opened up to his fans during a question-and-answer (Q&A) session on Twitter and spoke about a wide range of topics, including cricket and his teammates.

    Khan also revealed that his favourite captain for the seventh edition of the PSL would be former Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz, who is playing for Quetta Gladiators.

    He also revealed that Sarfraz is the one who gave him his nickname Shaddy.