Islamabad United defeated Lahore Qalandars by 71 runs

Lahore: Islamabad United defeated Lahore Qalandars by 71 runs. The Lahore Qalandars were bowled out for 127 in chase 199. Colin Monroe was declared Man of the Match, scoring 89 runs.In the 17th match of the Pakistan Super League played in Lahore, Lahore Qalandars won the toss and decided to field. Batting first, Islamabad United scored 198 runs in the stipulated 20 overs, in response to which the entire Lahore team was dismissed for 127 in the 19th over.First inningsIslamabad's Luke Runak and Colin Monroe started the innings and both set up an opening partnership of 103 runs, but the runners could not complete their innings by 2 runs and Mohammed Hafeez fell victim to 48 runs. Captain Shadab Khan came to bat and scored 7 runs.Colin Munro, on the other hand, continued his aggressive batting and finished the half century. Colin Ingram scored 29 off 19 balls. Colin Monroe was unbeaten on 87, including three sixes and eight fours in his innings.Asif Ali scored 20 off six balls and he became the third batsman to hit 50 sixes in the PSL after Kamran Akmal and Shane Watson. Salman Irshad, Mohammad Hafeez and Mohammad Faizan took one wicket each from Lahore Qalandars. OfSecond innings.The Lahore Qalandars' batting line suffered problems from the beginning of the innings and opening batsman Chris Lane was already out at zero in the second ball of the over. In the over, Mohammad Hafeez returned to Pollyan by 16 runs and in the ninth over, aggressive batsman B Dink scored 25 runs. Salman Butt scored 21 and Zafar Gohar was caught at the hands of Hussein Talib. At the end of the over, Shadab was bowled out for just 6 runs.At the end of the 12th over, Mohammad Faizan fell victim to Zafar Gohar for 6 off 6 balls. Captain Sohail Akhtar also faced 9 balls and scored 8 runs and Zafar Gohar's ball was LBW.In the eighth wicket, Paranasana Gree, who scored 8 off 8 balls, was caught by Asif Ali at the ball of Roman Reyes. Salman Ershad could only face two balls and returned the pavilion with 1 run scored.Then Usman Khan Shinwari and Dilbar Hussain tried to support the team's score, but in the 18th over, Romaan Reyes got caught by Shadab at the ball. Usman Shanwari scored 30 off 14 balls. Dilbar Hussain remained unbeaten on 8 off 12 balls.Islamabad United's Zafar Gohar and Romaan Reyes took 3 wickets and Shadab took two wickets. Dale Steyn and Akef Javed managed to outplay each other.Islamabad United defeated Lahore Qalandars by 71 runs. Islamabad's Colin Monroe was declared Man of the Match, scoring 89 runs. Islamabad has come in second on United Point Tuple after defeating Lahore Qalandar in this match.