Zimbabwe all-rounder Sikandar Raza flew in from England, arrived 10 minutes earlier than the toss and went on to steer Lahore Qalandars to its third Pakistan Tremendous League title in 4 years.
Lahore’s document profitable chase on Sunday noticed it beat Quetta Gladiators by six wickets with a ball to spare in an exciting remaining.
Raza had performed in a check match in opposition to England at Nottingham which Zimbabwe misplaced by an innings on Saturday.
He made an important unbeaten 22 off seven deliveries on Sunday whereas Kusal Perera smashed a 31-ball 62 not out to hold Lahore to 204-4 in 19.5 overs after Quetta had chosen to bat first and scored 201-9.
Quetta thriller spinners Abrar Ahmed (1-27) and Usman Tariq (1-38) had squeezed Lahore and when Raza arrived the house crew nonetheless wanted 57 runs off the ultimate 20 balls.
Raza confirmed no indicators of fatigue after a number of flights to succeed in Lahore and smashed quick bowler Mohammad Amir for a 4 and a six off the primary two balls he confronted.
With eight runs wanted off Faheem Ashraf’s remaining three balls, Raza smacked the quick bowler over level for a six earlier than hitting the successful boundary huge of mid-on.
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Earlier, Pakistan’s rising star T20 batter Hasan Nawaz smashed 76 off 43 and Ashraf (28) hit Salman Mirza for 23 runs off the ultimate over to take Quetta previous the 200-run mark.
The quick bowling duo of captain Shaheen Shah Afridi (3-24) and Haris Rauf (2-41) pegged again Quetta within the demise overs after they claimed 4 wickets within the area of two runs however Ashraf’s late onslaught gave Quetta hope to say its first PSL title in six years earlier than Raza stole the present.
Lahore gained the PSL titles in 2022 and 2023 and with its third win equaled Islamabad United’s document of three PSL titles.