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Rashid Khan’s consecutive boundaries in the final over helped Lahore to defeat Islamabad by five wickets in a nail-biting contest in the opening match of the second leg of the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) sixth edition.

Lahore skipper Sohail Akhtar has been leading from the front, as he scored 40 runs (the highest individual score in the innings so far), before being dismissed by Fawad Ahmed.

Batsman Mohammad Hafeez scored 29, Fakhar Zaman and Muhammad Faizan hit 9 runs each.

Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Shadab Khan, and Fawad Ahmed have taken a wicket each so far.

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Lahore Qalandars have reached 98 runs for the loss of four wickets after 15 overs in the opening match of the second leg of the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) sixth edition.

Lahore skipper Sohail Akhtar has been leading from the front, as he scored 40 runs (the highest individual score in the innings so far), before being dismissed by Fawad Ahmed.

Faheem Ashraf took the first wicket for Islamabad by dismissing Fakhar Zaman, though, the Qalandars subsequently remained steady in their chase of the 144-run target.

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Lahore Qalandars have reached 57 for the loss of two wickets after 10 overs in the opening match of the second leg of the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) sixth edition.

Faheem Ashraf took the first wicket for Islamabad by dismissing Fakhar Zaman, though, the Qalandars subsequently remained steady in their chase of the 144-run target.

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Lahore Qalandar has reached 31 runs for the loss of one wicket after 5 overs in the opening match of the second leg of the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) sixth edition.

Faheem Ashraf took the first wicket for Islamabad by dismissing Fakhar Zaman, though, the Qalandars subsequently remained steady in their chase of the 144-run target.

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Islamabad United has set a 144-run target for Lahore Qalandars in the opening match of the second leg of the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) sixth edition.

Except for Faheem Ashraf, not a single player of Islamabad was able to score above 20 runs.

Islamabad put up a mediocre batting effort as their top order Usman Khawaja, 18, Colin Munro, 11, Rohail Nazir, 8 could not produce much score, and neither could the middle order.

Colin Munro and Usman Khawaja opened for Islamabad, with Shaheen Shah Afridi opening the bowling for Lahore.

In the first half of the innings, Islamabad was able to reach 70 for the loss of four wickets, with Haris Rauf dismissing Khawaja and James Faulkner sending skipper Shadab Khan back to the pavilion for seven runs.

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Islamabad United has reached 99 runs for the loss of seven wickets after 15 overs in the opening match of the second leg of the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) sixth edition.

Colin Munro and Usman Khawaja opened for Islamabad in the first match of the second leg, with Shaheen Shah Afridi opening the bowling for Lahore.

Islamabad lost four of their top-order batsmen for under 20 runs. Usman Khawaja, 18, Colin Munro, 11, Rohail Nazir, 8, and skipper Shadab Khan, 7.

In the first ten overs of the match, Islamabad hit 70 runs for the loss of four wickets.

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Asif Ali, Pakistan and Islamabad United’s hard-hitting batsman, believes that good and bad times are part of cricket but one should not lose hope and always stay strong.

Asif stated that he is confident in making a strong comeback by performing in upcoming PSL 6 matches.

He said, “I know I was dropped from the national team due to my performance. But, I believe that good and bad days are part of cricket,”

He added, “I am hopeful to perform in upcoming PSL matches, and my team Islamabad United wins the tournament due to my performance,”

He also shared his training plan and said he always tries to play according to the condition.

He said, “I always try to replicate the plan given by the coach. I usually come to bat in last overs where I can’t often play for singles and doubles,”

Asif has played 47 PSL matches up till now and scored 720 runs at an average of 25.71 and strike-rate of 163.26.

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Islamabad United has reached 70 runs for the loss of four wickets after 10 overs in the opening match of the second leg of the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) sixth edition.

Colin Munro and Usman Khawaja opened for Islamabad in the first match of the second leg, with Shaheen Shah Afridi opening the bowling for Lahore.

Islamabad lost four of their top-order batsmen for under 20 runs. Usman Khawaja, 18, Colin Munro, 11, Rohail Nazir, 8, and skipper Shadab Khan, 7.

In the first five overs of the match, United hit 41 runs for the loss of two, with Faulkner taking both the wickets of Nazir and Munro.

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‘Islamabad United’ reached 41 for the loss of two wickets after 5 overs in the opening match of the second leg of the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) sixth edition.

‘Colin Munro’ and ‘Usman Khawaja’ opened the game for Islamabad in the first match of the second leg, with ‘Shaheen Shah Afridi’ opening the bowling for Lahore.

Shaheen bowled an excellent first over and give Lahore a nice start, he was nearly about to take Khawaja’s wicket, but ‘Haris Rauf’ dropped the catch.

In the meantime, ‘Munro’ restarted the event’s boundary count as he smashed fast bowler ‘James Faulkner’ for four and six, but he was unable to carry it on, and his wicket fell in the fifth bowl of the second over.

‘Rohail Nazir’ came to bat after Munro and ended the second over with a boundary.
Shaheen came back to attack in his third over, and Khawaja hit two fours to keep the runs going for the Islamabad.

Faulkner took the second wicket for Lahore in the fourth over, sending the youngster Rohail back to the pavilion for 8 runs.

In the fifth over, Ahmed Daniyal, an emerging player, was sent to the attack, who delivered two wides, and received a boundary.

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‘Lahore Qalandars’ have won the toss and decided to bowl first against ‘Islamabad United’ in the 15th match of Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) sixth edition, which has resumed after a delay of more than three months due to COVID-19.

‼️ TOSS UPDATE ‼️#LahoreQalandars have won the toss and decided to bowl first!#DamaDamMast #MainHoonQalandar #Dilse #LQvIU pic.twitter.com/tyHq4l8NOJ

— Lahore Qalandars (@lahoreqalandars) June 9, 2021

‘Colin Munro’ and ‘Usman Khawaja’ have opened for Islamabad in the first match of the second leg, with ‘Shaheen Shah Afridi’ opening the bowling for Lahore.

This is the first match of PSL 6 where both Lahore and Islamabad are going head-to-head.

Islamabad had won three out of four matches and was above Lahore on the basis of Net Run Rate (NRR) on the points table before the tournament was paused.

Islamabad is standing above as they have won 8 out of 10 matches against Lahore who have won just two.

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‘Karachi Kings’ chased a revised target of 130 runs in 18.1 overs to beat ‘Peshawar Zalmi’ by eight wickets in Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 6’s practice match.

Openers ‘Sharjeel Khan’ and ‘Babar Azam’ set the tone for Karachi by making a successful partnership of 67 runs. Sharjeel smashed two sixes and four boundaries and made a total of 36 runs whereas Babar scored quick 32 runs off 22 balls laced with six boundaries.

‘Chadwick Walton’ made 31 runs off 23 balls spread over two boundaries and one six. Karachi chased the target on just two wickets. ‘Sameen Gul’ and ‘Amad Butt’ took a wicket each for Peshawar.

Previously in a 12-a-side practice match, Karachi bowled out Peshawar for 73 runs. ‘David Miller’ was the highest run-scorer from Peshawar with 29 runs off 25 balls. He hit two sixes and add many fours during his stay at the crease, whereas ‘Kamran Akmal’ and ‘Fabian Allen’ scored 10 runs each. ‘Arshad Iqbal’ took three wickets whereas ‘Imad Wasim’, ‘Thisara Perera’, and ‘Abbas Afridi’ took two wickets each. ‘Aamer Yamin’ also took a wicket.

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