UPDATE: What a magnificent victory Islamabad United named to themselves, defeating Lahore Qalandars by 8 wickets in chase of 167 runs. Shane Watson and Sharjeel Khan put up the highest partnership of this league (153 runs) for any wicket and it was wonderful show of hitting sixes by both batsmen who scored 79 runs and 7 huge sixes each.
It was all about @SharjeelLeo14 and @ShaneRWatson33's brutal opening partnership! Match summary pic.twitter.com/BZ4Xb6K9Rn
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 10, 2016
Sharjeel Khan remained not out on 79 runs and he was awarded Man of the Match.
The high-spirited Lahore Qalandars are ready to take on cool and calm Islamabad United today in 9th match of PSL T20 2016 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium. The thumping victory of Qalandars against Gladiators has lifted their morale and most importantly, their star batsman Umar Akmal is back in form now that was much needed for the side.
Islamabad United has managed to pull off things in the last match they played against Karachi Kings, so we can expect that it would be a totally different contest between those two teams who are gaining momentum now.
Pakistan World T20 Squad Reconsidered After Players’ Performance In PSL 2016
It is not sure that Chris Gayle will play next matches of PSL or not, but all eyes will be on Umar Akmal now, will it be his day or Misbah and company comes to action.
All previous matches of PSL T20 have been played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, but for the next 9 matches till this Sunday, the event has moved to Sharjah. It’s a new pitch which will help batsmen to score runs unlike Dubai, where they struggled to put up 150 plus total except last match.
Both Lahore Qalandars and Islamabad United are at bottom in points table with 2, 2 points each.
Team | Played | W | L | Points |
Quetta Gladiators | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Peshawar Zalmi | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Karachi Kings | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Lahore Qalandars | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Islamabad United | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Players to Watch: Umar Akmal, Misbah ul Haq, Saeed Ajmal, Shane Watson
Live Broadcast: PTV Sports, Ten Sports, Geo Super, OSN (UAE), CSN (Sri Lanka), Prime TV (UK)
Live Streaming: Geo Super, PSL-t20.com, pcb.com.pk, YouTube.com and PTV Sports.
Lahore Qalanadars Squad:
Chris Gayle, Umar Akmal, Dwayne Bravo, Muhammad Rizwan, Sohaib Maqsood, Mustafizur Rehman, Kevon Cooper, Cameron Delport, Zafar Gohar, Hammad Azam, Zia ul Haq, Zohaib Khan, Azhar Ali (c), Abdur Razzaq, Mukhtar Ahmad, Ehsan Adil, Imran butt, Navid Yasin, Adnan Rasool
Islamabad United Squad:
Shane Watson, Andre Russell, Misbah ul Haq (c), Samuel Badree, Mohammad Irfan, Brad Haddin, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Sami, Khalid Latif, Babar Azam, Imran Khalid, Kamran Ghulam, Umar Amin, Sam Billings, Rumman Raees, Amad Butt, Ashar Zaidi, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Siddiq
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
Sharjeel Khan leads #ISLU to victory with a Man of the Match performance #IsbUnited #ISLUvsLQ #HBLPSL #AbKhelKeDikha pic.twitter.com/QNxpwUeLTm
— Islamabad United (@IsbUnited) February 10, 2016
And that's all she wrote! #ISLU's win by 8 wickets with 4.1 overs to spare! #Unitedwewin #HBLPSL #Unitedwewin pic.twitter.com/79RtFuNJ6L
— Islamabad United (@IsbUnited) February 10, 2016
Time for the #ISLU batsmen to play Chakka Choka #Unitedwewin #HBLPSL #AbKhelKeDikha #DimaghSe #Roaringforvictory pic.twitter.com/HWzuZ6uKR4
— Islamabad United (@IsbUnited) February 10, 2016
6s galore. Sharjeel Khan gets to his 50 in 26 balls. #Unitedwewin #HBLPSL #AbKhelKeDikha #Roaringforvictory pic.twitter.com/vyV1vIjyRk
— Islamabad United (@IsbUnited) February 10, 2016
Shane Watson gets to his 50 off a mere 37 balls! #IsbUnited #Unitedwewin #HBLPSL #Roaringforvictory #Unitedwewin pic.twitter.com/9099wuq6te
— Islamabad United (@IsbUnited) February 10, 2016
.@ShaneRWatson33 and @SharjeelLeo14 dominating proceedings! @lahoreqalandars look clueless! pic.twitter.com/rL0PL0bKqv
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 10, 2016
BISH BOSH BASH
Relive @SharjeelLeo14's superb hitting earlier in the match. pic.twitter.com/Ie9MiifA3b
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 10, 2016
.@SharjeelLeo14 and @ShaneRWatson33 off to a great start for @IsbUnited! Score update pic.twitter.com/LNe76HXDMp
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 10, 2016
So who wants to watch the #Rizwan blitzkrieg from the first innings? Magical hits from the @lahoreqalandars keeper! pic.twitter.com/2GxnFtDBC3
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 10, 2016
.@lahoreqalandars put up 166 courtesy #Rizwan! Will this be enough? Innings summary pic.twitter.com/fAWvPhjYHG
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 10, 2016
Head on with #IslamabadUnited, Go #LahoreQalandars! #MobilinkKaySikandar #PSLT20 #HBLPSL #DamaDamMast #AbKhelKeDikha pic.twitter.com/MrtLQdOYzy
— Lahore Qalandars🏏 (@lahoreqalandars) February 10, 2016
Relaxing with @captainmisbahpk &M Sami before big match @IsbUnited VS @lahoreqalandars .Keep me in your prayers pic.twitter.com/hiJWBCIvFQ
— Saeed Ajmal (@REALsaeedajmal) February 9, 2016