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In the 17th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020, Islamabad United showed a brilliant game in bowling after bowling, defeating the Lahore Qalandars by an easy 71 runs.
Lahore Qalandars captain Sohail Akhtar won the toss and decided to bowl first in the 17th match of the event played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.Openers Colin Monroe and Luke Ronak gave Islamabad United a brilliant start, setting up a partnership of over 100 runs.
Both players laid the foundation for a big score for their team by notching up a host of bowlers in the first 10 overs.FIRST OF THE MATCH— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 4, 2020
Munro smacks one out of the ground to kick off things. #IUvLQ #HBLPSLV pic.twitter.com/NBSGyrh0Qn
Seeing the failure of all bowlers, the Lahore Qalandars captain brought in veteran Mohammad Hafeez for the bowling which ended the runner's 48-run first innings, justifying the captain's decision.1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ UP@IsbUnited are threatening a huge total here. First six for Ronchi.#HBLPSLV #IUvLQ pic.twitter.com/WuY4ECZtLN— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 4, 2020
Captain Shadab Khan had tried to hide the dangerous ambitions by Muhammad Faizan on the next ball.EXAM MEI FAIL HO GAYA— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 4, 2020
Ronchi falls to the Professor's first ball! A 100 run opening stand is broken.#HBLPSLV #IUvLQ pic.twitter.com/GcAHQOn1ZY
On the occasion, Colin Ingram and Colin Monroe continued to increase the score by scoring 46 runs, Ingram came out after scoring 29 runs.
From the other end, Monroe continued his excellent game with an unbeaten 87-run knock off 59 balls with 3 sixes and eight fours, allowing United to set up a 198-run stand for the loss of 3 wickets in the stipulated overs. In a moment, Asif Ali scored 20 off 6 balls.BRUTAL BATTING— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 4, 2020
Asif hits the final six of the @IsbUnited as they set @lahoreqalandars 199 to win.#HBLPSLV #IUvLQ pic.twitter.com/4m7uRD4fuS
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 4, 2020Qalandars, Mohammad Hafeez, Salman Irshad and Mohammad Faizan took one wicket each.
In pursuit of the target, the Lahore Qalandars suffered a loss in the second ball of the first over, when Chris Lynn came out at zero, after which Mohammad Hafeez also failed to play the big innings and was bowled by Akef Javed for 10 runs. Gone.🦆 🥚 🦆🥚— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 4, 2020
GONE FOR A DUCK
Steyn gets Lynn straight away as Lahore fall in trouble early. pic.twitter.com/D6i4pcyBeu
Ben Dink, who played aggressive innings against Quetta Gladiators, continued to bat again in the same manner but Shadab Khan finished his innings at 25 and breathed a sigh of relief.PROFESSOR GONE— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 4, 2020
Hafeez gives Akif his first wicket of the match. #HBLPSLV #IUvLQ pic.twitter.com/f4vvCR9acQ
Lahore Qalandars put Salman Butt in the team for the first time but they showed extremely slow attitude even though the team needed to bat fast to win and were bowled out for 21 off 24 balls with only 2 boundaries. ۔SHADAB WINS THE DUNK CONTEST— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 4, 2020
The skipper gets the huge wicket of Ben Dunk as Lahore lose their third. #HBLPSLV #IUvsLQ pic.twitter.com/SQHWLS9IgS
Smita Patel also played an unnecessary shot in an aggressive batting effort, scoring just 6 runs, while Qalandar's five wickets fell to 69 runs, after which Mohammad Faizan also scored 6 runs.
United bowlers kept up the pressure and fell to seventh wicket captain Sohail Akhtar, who was targeted by Zafar Gohar.LIGHT EM UP— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 4, 2020
Another wicket falls as Zafar Gohar gets his second. #HBLPSLV #IUvsLQ pic.twitter.com/U0MuFamkcM
Roman Reyes outscored Prasanna and Salman Irshad in the 15th over and the team lined up near the win.
Usman Shinwari and Dilbar Hussain played open shots in the last wicket.BOWLED— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 4, 2020
Rumman brings out his trademark celebration as he gets the ninth wicket. #HBLPSLV #IUvsLQ pic.twitter.com/e1NhhGNLl6
The Lahore Qalandars' whole team collapsed to 127 runs and were defeated by 71 runs.DILBAR WON'T GO QUIETLY— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 4, 2020
Big six from the tail ender to keep Lahore fighting. #HBLPSLV #IUvsLQ pic.twitter.com/bh2t9u0z2q
Usman Shinwari and Dilbar Hussain contributed 38 runs, Usman went 30 not out with four sixes while Dilbar Hussain remained unbeaten on 8DILBAR WON'T GO QUIETLY— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 4, 2020
Big six from the tail ender to keep Lahore fighting. #HBLPSLV #IUvsLQ pic.twitter.com/bh2t9u0z2q
Islamabad United's Zafar Gohar and Romaan Raees took 3 wickets, while Shadab Khan took 2 wickets.IT'S ALL OVER— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 4, 2020
The big hitting Usman Shinwari is, the last man out. HUGE win for @IsbUnited! #HBLSPLV #IUvLQ pic.twitter.com/l0boi27Wmk
Islamabad's Colin Monroe was named the best player of the match.
Earlier, after winning the toss, Lahore Qalandars captain Sohail Akhtar said that it would be possible to get a target of 180 runs on this wicket and we will try to restrict Islamabad to the minimum.
'We have made two changes to the team and have replaced Salman Butt and Usman Shinwari as part of the final XI, in place of Fakhr Zaman,' he said.
Shadab Khan said that in case of winning the toss, we would bowl as well as in the night the role of dew is also played.
Islamabad United made three changes to their squad, replacing Fahim Ashraf, Musa Khan and Ahmed Safi Abdullah as Hussein Talat, Zafar Gohar and Akif Javed as part of the final XI.
Both teams were comprised of these players for the match.
Islamabad United: Shadab Khan (Captain), Luke Ronak, Colin Monroe, Rizwan Hussein, Hussein Talat, Colin Ingram, Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Dale Steyn, Zafar Gohar, Romaan Raees and Akif Javed
Lahore Qalandars: Sohail Akhtar (Captain), Chris Lin, Salman Butt, Ben Dunn, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Faizan, Salman Patel, Skigo Prasanna, Dilbar Hussain, Usman Shinwari and Salman Irshad
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