Lahore Qalandars 162 for 7 (van der Dussen 64, Raees 2-19) beat Islamabad United 145 (Faheem 41*, Zaman 4-37) by 17 runs
Two-time defending champion Lahore Qalandars lastly recorded their first win within the newest season of the PSL, beating Islamabad United by 17 runs on Wednesday.
The Qalandars had misplaced six straight video games earlier than getting one level from a rain-abandoned match in opposition to Peshawar Zalmi final Saturday.
Jahandad Khan made a spectacular one-handed working catch at mid-off to dismiss Alex Hales for zero within the first over of Shaheen Shah Afridi (2-32) and the batting powerhouse of United collapsed to 73 for 7 in opposition to tempo halfway by means of their run chase.
Faheem Ashraf hit an unbeaten 41 whereas Azam Khan (29) and Naseem Shah (27) additionally performed little cameos to slender down the defeat earlier than Zaman wrapped up the sport and had No. 11 Rumman Raees trapped leg earlier than wicket with a yorker within the penultimate over.
David Wiese, who sustained a groin damage within the first recreation, returned to the Qalandars fold and upped the ante within the dying overs with a brisk unbeaten 24 off 11 balls as skipper Shadab Khan used seven bowlers and solely off-spinner Salman Ali Agha was not among the many wickets.
United now have seven factors from eight video games whereas Qalandars have three with two video games in hand.
