2018 Pakistan Super League final

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2018 Pakistan Super League Final
Event 2018 Pakistan Super League
Peshawar Zalmi Islamabad United
Peshawar Zalmi team colors.png IUPSLcolors.png
148/9154/7
20 overs16.5 overs
Islamabad United won by 3 wickets
Date25 March 2018
Venue National Stadium, Karachi
Player of the match Luke Ronchi (Islamabad United)
Umpires Aleem Dar
Shozab Raza
Attendance34,228 [1]
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The 2018 Pakistan Super League Final was a Twenty20 cricket match, played on 25 March 2018 at the National Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan to determine the winner of the 2018 Pakistan Super League. The inaugural champions Islamabad United defeated the defending champions Peshawar Zalmi by 3 wickets to win their second title. Luke Ronchi was awarded player of the match and player of the tournament awards. [2] The tickets for final were sold out within 3 hours. [3]

Contents

Route to the Final

During the group stage of the 2018 Pakistan Super League each team played ten matches, two against each of the other sides contesting the competition. All matches were played in the United Arab Emirates due to the security situation in Pakistan. The top four teams progressed to the playoff stage. Islamabad United finished the group stage with first position by winning seven of their matches and losing three. Peshawar Zalmi finished the group stage with third position by winning five of their matches and losing five.

League stage matches

24 February 2018
Peshawar Zalmi
176/6 (20 overs)
v
Islamabad United
142/9 (20 overs)
Peshawar won by 34 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
9 March 2018
Islamabad United
182/5 (20 overs)
v
Peshawar Zalmi
156/9 (20 overs)
Islamabad won by 26 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai

Playoff matches

18 March 2018
First qualifying match
Karachi Kings
154/4 (20 overs)
v
Islamabad United
155/2 (12.3 overs)
Islamabad won by 8 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
20 March 2018
Eliminator
Peshawar Zalmi
157 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
156/9 (20 overs)
Peshawar won by 1 run
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
21 March 2018
Second qualifying match
Peshawar Zalmi
170/7 (16 overs)
v
Karachi Kings
157/2 (16 overs)
Peshawar won by 13 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Match

The final took place on 25 March 2018 at National Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan. This was also the first PSL match taking place in Karachi and a high-profile tournament final match taking place there after almost a decade.

Report

Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat first. Peshawar's in-form batsman Kamran Akmal was out lbw for 1 run off 8 balls, with Samit Patel taking the wicket in the third over early on. The fourth-wicket fifty-partnership between Chris Jordan and Liam Dawson; and Wahab Riaz's 28 runs off 14 balls ensured their side reached to a total of 148 runs in the innings in which Islamabad's Shadab Khan took three wickets. [2]

Islamabad batting second had Luke Ronchi hit five sixes in the first five overs as he raced to 45 runs off just 15 balls, before he got out in the ninth over after scoring a 26-ball 52. By the time, Ronchi and Sahibzada Farhan - who played his own part with 44 runs off 33 balls - had put on 96 runs for the opening partnership in under nine overs. But a sudden collapse resulted in Islamabad losing six wickets for 20 runs leaving them at 116/6. Akmal then dropped a catch at fine leg when Asif Ali attempted a pull shot off Umaid Asif with Islamabad needing 30 runs off 33 balls. Asif Ali then hit three sixes on the trot off Hasan Ali. While the winning runs were scored by Faheem Ashraf who hooked Wahab Riaz for six with just one run required. [2]

Scorecard

Keys

Toss: Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat. [2]

Peshawar Zalmi innings
PlayerStatusRunsBalls4s6sStrike rate
Kamran Akmal lbw SP Patel190011.11
Andre Fletcher lbw Shadab211540140.00
Mohammad Hafeez c & b SP Patel8601133.33
Chris Jordan c Duminy b Hussain362613138.46
Liam Dawson b Sami333011110.00
Saad Nasim c & b Hussain230066.66
Dagger-14-plain.png Darren Sammy lbw Shadab6610100.00
Umaid Asif lbw Shadab01000.00
Hasan Ali c Walton b Faheem651120.00
Wahab Riaz *281241200.00
Sameen Gul *250040.00
Extras (lb 3, w 2)
Total 148/9 (20 overs)		1267.40 RR

Fall of wickets: 12/1 (K Akmal, 2.4 ov), 24/2 (Hafeez, 4.1 ov), 38/3 (Fletcher, 5.6 ov), 90/4 (Jordan, 12.3 ov), 101/5 (Saad Nasim, 14.1 ov), 111/6 (Sammy, 15.4 ov), 111/7 (Umaid, 15.5), 117/8 (LA Dawson, 16.4 ov), 121/9 (Hasan Ali, 17.5 ov)

Islamabad United bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconWidesNBs
Samit Patel402626.5000
Mohammad Sami403117.7510
Shadab Khan402536.2500
Faheem Ashraf403218.0000
Amad Butt201306.5000
Hussain Talat201829.0010

Target: 149 runs from 20 overs at 7.45 RR

Islamabad United innings
PlayerStatusRunsBalls4s6sStrike rate
Luke Ronchi c Fletcher b Jordan522645200.00
Sahibzada Farhan c Hasan b Wahab443351133.33
Chadwick Walton b Umaid02000.00
Dagger-14-plain.png JP Duminy c & b Jordan240050.00
Samit Patel c Hafeez b Hasan Ali10132076.92
Shadab Khan c Jordan b Hasan Ali120050.00
Hussain Talat b Wahab7110063.63
Asif Ali *26603433.33
Faheem Ashraf *6400150.00
Amad Butt
Mohammad Sami
Extras (lb 1, w 5)
Total 154/7 (16.5 overs)		11109.14 RR

Fall of wickets: 96/1 (L Ronchi, 8.5 ov), 97/2 (Walton, 9.1 ov), 102/3 (Dagger-14-plain.pngJP Duminy, 10.3 ov), 112/4 (Farhan, 11.6 ov), 115/5 (SP Patel, 13.1 ov), 116/6 (Shadab, 13.6 ov), 148/7 (Hussain, 16.1 ov)

Peshawar Zalmi bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconWidesNBs
Hasan Ali4053213.2520
Sameen Gul10909.0000
Liam Dawson1015015.0000
Wahab Riaz3.502827.3000
Umaid Asif402616.5000
Chris Jordan302227.3330

Result: Islamabad United won by 3 wickets.

Match Officials

RoleName
On field Umpire Flag of Pakistan.svg Shozab Raza
On field Umpire Flag of Pakistan.svg Aleem Dar
TV Umpire Flag of Pakistan.svg Ahmed Shahab
Reserve Umpire Flag of Pakistan.svg Rashid Riaz
Match Referee Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Roshan Mahanama

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  3. ↑ "Zalmi conquer Kings by 13 runs to set up final with United". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
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