The eighth season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL 8 2023) is going on with entire warmth, with Match 33 between Lahore Qalandars versus Peshawar Zalmi happening today at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. After a staggering performance, Lahore Qalandars crushed the game as they beat Peshawar by 4 wickets.
1. Both Teams Players
Peshawar Zalmi Playing XI:
| Babar Azam (c) | Mohammad Haris (wk) |
| Saim Ayub | Tom Kohler-Cadmore |
| Bhanuka Rajapaksa | Rovman Powell |
| James Neesham | Wahab Riaz |
| Khurram Shahzad | Salman Irshad |
| Sufiyan Muqeem |
Lahore Qalandars Playing XI:
| Shaheen Afridi (c) | Fakhar Zaman |
| Shai Hope (wk) | Mirza Tahir Baig |
| Kamran Ghulam | Hussain Talat |
| Sikandar Raza | David Wiese |
| Liam Dawson | Haris Rauf |
| Zaman Khan |
2. Toss
Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and chose to bat first.
3. About Lahore Qalandars’ bowling
Peshawar Zalmi got moving on the front foot and carried the attack on the exceptional bowler and the obstacle boss, Shaheen Afridi.
The early loss of Saim Ayub didn’t hold them down. Rather the presence of Mohammad Haris lifted the scoring rate a fair snap.
The association between Babar Azam and Mohammad Haris of 89 takes off as they took full of the Lahore Qalandars bowlers.
Babar Azam was cleared on 42, yet Mohammad Haris occurred with his savage hitting as he figured out a reasonable technique for scoring 85 runs going preceding accommodating Shaheen Afridi towards the end,
Bhanuka Rajapaksa played a good appearance to get his side over the 170-run mark.
Customary fall of wickets confined Peshawar Zalmi from scoring an astonishing 171/5 runs in 20 overs.
Rashid Khan and Zaman Khan took a few wickets each, while Shaheen Afridi watched out for one wicket.
4. About Peshawar Zalmi’s bowling
Despite losing three wickets, enthusiastic player Tahir Baig kept playing his shots and tracked down a solid assistant in Billings.
Their 50-run connection kept the party on target, notwithstanding Baig’s running was disagreeable.
He had proactively run Shafique out, and Peshawar obliterated an entrance when they didn’t request stopping the field after Billings turned his run and was hit by the ball while out of his ground.
After Baig and Billings were dismissed, Sikandar Raza’s short innings gave Lahore closer to their objective.
At last, Shaheen Afridi hit a six to get Lahore’s spot in their second final being developed.
Peshawar will be puzzled, as they had a decent score on the board, and Lahore had lost each of their games while seeking after this season.
Likewise, Salman Irshad and Aamer Jamal didn’t get the contrary they had in their past match.
5. Final score board of whole match
Peshawar Zalmi made a colossal score of 171/5 runs in 20 overs.
Lahore Qalanders finished the target in 18.5 overs and got a win following scoring 176-6.
Here that Lahore has genuinely chased a target this season, and they did it at a critical second.
Lahore Qalanders will meet Multan Sultans in the final on March 18.
6. Man of the match
Mirza Tahir Baig was named Man of the match for his stunning performance of 54 runs in just 42 balls with a strike rate of 128.57.
