Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United
Peshawar Zalmi 206/8 in 20 overs (Haris 70; Faheem 3-33) beat Islamabad United 196/7 in 20 overs (Azam 85; Irshad 3-29) by 10 runs. Player of the Match: Mohammad Haris.
Peshawar Zalmi moved to third place in the points table with 10-run win against Islamabad United at the Gaddafi Stadium. Asked to chase 207, the United could only manage 196/7.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz got the United off to a fiery start, hitting five sixes and three fours en-route his 19-ball 46. Danish Aziz fell for a three-ball duck, and Mubasir Khan made 21 in 19 balls. Azam Khan kept the game alive with a 45-ball 85, but once he fell to Wahab Riaz off the first ball of the penultimate over, the United caved in.
Earlier, Mohammad Haris slammed 70 in 32 balls to set the tone for Zalmi. Haris and Hazratullah Zazai added 73 for the opening wicket, of which Zazai got only 13. When Haris fell, the Zalmi were on 133/2. Shoaib Malik (38) and Yasir Khan (35) then propelled them to 206/8.