- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.5 Iftikhar strikes! Length ball on middle-leg, dances down the track and goes for the big heave across the line; the bat face rotates after striking the ball and hits it to the right of deep midwicket. Aamer Jamal covered his ground and dived in to take it cleanly; a brilliant catch was taken! 26/14.2 The part-timer gets both the opening batters! Lenght ball on the off stump line, shimmies down the track and whacks it straight, miscues the stroke and doesn't get enough power or elevation, Haris sprints forward and gobbles it up diving in. 33/24.6 Chopped on! Iftikhar is on fire! Back of a length ball on the off stump channel, skids on with another quicker delivery. Sharjeel is cramped for space, plays the square cut a bit late and inside edges onto the stumps. The Kingsmen are in all sorts of trouble now! 34/44.3 Golden duck for Usman! Length ball quicker on the stumps, gets down on one knee and tries to swipe it down through the on-side area; the length wasn't there to play the sweep shot, so he failed to keep it down and chips it for a regulation catch to the square leg ring fielder. 33/314.1 Soft dismissal that googly! pitched at length and outside off. Marnus tries to drag it to the leg side by getting on his back knee and the ball get ballooned off his leading edge. Simple catch for fine leg. 116/516.5 Thats a big wicket Sufyan Muqeem has delivered the biggest breakthrough here. He had been varying his pace brilliantly and this time bowls a tad slower from over the wicket at length on the off stump and turns it away. Perera goes for the cut but mishits it in the air and Iftikhar takes a wonderful diving catch at third man. 137/716.3 The wizard does it again! He took the pace off the ball, perhaps anticipating that Niazi would charge down the wicket. Bowls a googly away from his hitting arc as he pulls his length and the batter looking to smash it somewhere down the ground mishits to cover, where Babar completes the catch 136/618.2 Iftikhar is everywhere! You cannot take him out of the game. It was a fuller ball into stumps and the batter flicked it to midwicket where Iftikhar completed a regulation catch. 145/1016.6 WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE He started this over with one wicket and finishes it with four to his name. Short of length, pitched outside off, and it was going away with the angle. The batter goes on the backfoot and tries to flat bat it over the bowler. Sufyan stretches his hands to take a simple catch. 137/817.3 Direct hit from the deep Bullseye from the Pakistan U19 captain. Farhan Yousaf runs from the midwicket, collects the ball, and shatters the stumps at the non-striker's end. It was a slower ball, pitched outside off and was going to finish in the stumps. Hassan had worked it with soft hands 144/9Extras9 (b 4, lb 4, w 1)TOTAL145 all out (18.2 Overs, RR: 7.9)Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Maaz Sadaqat, 2.5 ov), 2-33 (Saim Ayub, 4.2 ov), 3-33 (Usman Khan, 4.3 ov), 4-34 (Sharjeel Khan, 4.6 ov), 5-116 (Marnus Labuschagne, 14.1 ov), 6-136 (Irfan Khan, 16.3 ov), 7-137 (Kusal Perera, 16.5 ov), 8-137 (Maheesh Theekshana, 16.6 ov), 9-144 (Hunain Shah, 17.3 ov), 10-145 (Hassan Khan, 18.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MG Bracewell 4 0 26 0 6.5 8 3 0 1 0 Shoriful Islam 2 0 21 0 10.5 4 2 1 0 0 Iftikhar Ahmed 4 0 21 4 5.25 11 2 0 0 0 Nahid Rana 3 0 30 0 10 5 3 1 0 0 Sufiyan Muqeem 4 0 32 4 8 9 4 1 0 0 Aamer Jamal 1.2 0 7 1 5.25 3 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.5 Mishits it to the ring fielder! Brought his length back on the leg stump line, backs away early to create some room, plays the lofted stroke again and this time connects the outside part of the bat to the mid-off fielder, who makes no mistake. 17/114.6 Massive appeal but the umpire is unmoved! Labuschagne sends it upstairs. Length ball with the arm on the off stump channel, plays the paddle but does not connect, hits the side of the thigh pad. No bat is involved. This is looking close now. All three reds and hitting middle-leg! The decision is reversed and Babar has to depart now! 116/48.2 Caught in the deep! Mendis gets on his knee to slog sweep it over square leg, but the ball, pitched on length on middle stump, did not have enough pace in it. He ended up lobbing it to Mohammad Ali there and the fielder completes a simple catch. Twist in the tale? 66/213.4 Bracewell has holed out at long off! Length ball around the off stump channel, clears the front leg and whacks it straight towards long off, doesn't quite get hold of it. Niazi comes around and completes the catch, shields his vision against the floodlights and pouches it cleanly. 104/316.3 similar line and length ball, tries to hoick it across the line, shuffles across and misses the length, strikes the knee roll. Ali pleads for the lbw and the finger goes up slowly. The ball angled in sharply and missed the bat swing of Yousaf. Ball tracking is coming up, pitching outside off, impact is in line and just clipping the top of the leg stump. Umpire's call, and Zalmi lose another wicket! 125/517.1 Edged and gone! Bowls a wide ball outside the off-side tramline, pace off ball and Samad tries to reach for it with extended arms, but only manages to nick it to the wicketkeeper behind the stumps. Game on! 125/6Extras3 (lb 2, w 1)TOTAL146/6 (20 Overs, RR: 7.3)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Mohammad Haris, 1.5 ov), 2-66 (Kusal Mendis, 8.2 ov), 3-104 (Michael Bracewell, 13.4 ov), 4-116 (Babar Azam, 14.6 ov), 5-125 (Farhan Yousaf, 16.3 ov), 6-125 (Abdul Samad, 17.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammad Ali 3 0 16 1 5.33 10 1 1 0 0 M Theekshana 4 0 36 1 9 6 4 1 0 0 Hassan Khan 3 0 25 1 8.33 8 3 1 0 0 Maaz Sadaqat 2 0 16 0 8 2 2 0 0 0 Saim Ayub 4 0 19 2 4.75 9 1 0 0 0 Hunain Shah 4 0 32 1 8 11 2 2 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Peshawar Zalmi , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20
Match days
8 April 2026 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Peshawar Zalmi 2, Hyderabad Kingsmen 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 4 wickets)
- Hyderabad Kingsmen: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 4
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (M Labuschagne 17, MDKJ Perera 30, Ex 4)
- Strategic Timeout: Hyderabad Kingsmen - 92/4 in 11.0 overs (M Labuschagne 20, MDKJ Perera 34)
- Hyderabad Kingsmen: 100 runs in 11.5 overs (71 balls), Extras 5
- MDKJ Perera: 50 off 31 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Innings Break: Hyderabad Kingsmen - 145/10 in 18.2 overs (Mohammad Ali 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 56 runs, 1 wicket)
- Peshawar Zalmi: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Peshawar Zalmi - 78/2 in 10.0 overs (Babar Azam 29, MG Bracewell 10)
- Over 10.2: Review by Hyderabad Kingsmen (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Aaley Haider, Batter - MG Bracewell (Struck down)
- Peshawar Zalmi: 100 runs in 12.6 overs (78 balls), Extras 2
- Over 14.6: Review by Hyderabad Kingsmen (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Aaley Haider, Batter - Babar Azam (Upheld)
- Over 16.3: Review by Peshawar Zalmi (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Aaley Haider, Batter - Farhan Yousaf (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Over 17.3: Review by Hyderabad Kingsmen (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Sharfuddoula, Batter - Aamer Jamal (Struck down)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsAll-round Iftikhar wins Zalmi a thriller
He first took four wickets to dismiss Kingsmen for 145, before settling an unconvincing chase for his team with a last-over six




