Shaheen Afridi dismisses Babar Azam, PSL 2023: Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi were facing each other in the PSL 2023 fixture on Sunday, February 26. Moreover, the game was taking place at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan.
Lahore Qalandars captain Shaheen Afridi went on to win the toss and he decided to bowl first at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. Lahore Qalandars had a rocky start to the Pakistan Super League fixture.
Mirza Tahir Baig was dismissed for 5 runs from 7 balls. While Fakhar Zaman was out for 96 runs from 45 balls. Abdullah Shafique scored 75 runs from 42 balls with a strike rate of 182.93.
Fakhar Zaman and Abdullah Shafique put up a 120 runs partnership for the second wicket. Lahore Qalandars put up 241 runs with a loss of three wickets against Peshawar Zalmi.
Peshawar Zalmi too had a bumpy start. They lost their openers for just 28 runs. Peshawar Zalmi were done at 201 runs and Lahore Qalandars went on to win the PSL 2023 match by 40 runs.
Fakhar Zaman went on to win the man of the match award against Peshawar Zalmi in the PSL 2023 match. He scored 96 runs from 45 balls with a strike rate of 213.33.
PSL 2023: Shaheen Afridi dismisses Babar Azam with an incredible delivery
There was a lot of media talk about the battle of two greats facing each other. Pakistani media created the hype for a cricketing battle between Shaheen Afridi and Babar Azam.
Shaheen Afridi went on to dismiss Babar Azam with a juicy full-length ball. Babar Azam got caught in the trap and he was out for 7 runs. Shaheen Afridi finally won the battle against him.
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Playing XI:
Lahore Qalandars: Mirza Tahir Baig, Fakhar Zaman, Sam Billings (wk), Abdullah Shafique, Hussain Talat, Sikandar Raza, Rashid Khan, David Wiese, Shaheen Afridi (c), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan.
Peshawar Zalmi: Mohammad Haris (wk), Babar Azam (c), Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Rovman Powell, James Neesham, Wahab Riaz, Saad Masood, Salman Irshad, Arshad Iqbal.
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