Tamim Iqbal's 51 (51) and Mohammad Asghar's 3 wickets for 20 runs brings an easy win for Shahid Afridi's side.
 
 
By PakPassion.net Staff (5th February, 2016)
Result : Peshawar Zalmi won by 24 runs - Peshawar Zalmi 145/7 (20/20 ov), Islamabad United 121/9 (20/20 ov)

Toss: Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat first
 
Teams:
 
Peshawar Zalmi: Mohammad Hafeez, Tamim Iqbal, Dawid Malan, Kamran Akmal(wk), Shahid Yousuf, Shahid Afridi(c), Darren Sammy, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Asghar, Shaun Tait
 
Islamabad United: Shane Watson, Sharjeel Khan, Umar Amin, Babar Azam, Misbah-ul-Haq(c), Imran Khalid, Ashar Zaidi, Sam Billings(wk), Andre Russell, Saeed Ajmal, Rumman Raees
 

Peshawar Zalmi innings: Unlike every team batting first, Peshawar started off at a brisk pace. However losing wickets at regular intervals did not help and they got bogged down. By the 14th over at 88/3 the innings was in danger of peetering out. However a solid fifty from Tamim ad cameos from Afridi and Sammy ensured that, for the first time in PSL, the team batting first posted a competitive total.

FOW:
 
1-18 (Mohammad Hafeez, 1.5 ov)
2-33 (Malan, 5.2 ov)
3-43 (Kamran Akmal, 7.5 ov)
4-88 (Shahid Yousuf, 14.1 ov)
5-125 (Shahid Afridi, 18.1 ov)
6-125 (Tamim Iqbal, 18.2 ov)
7-142 (Sammy, 19.4 ov)

Islamabad United innings : United started very poorly. Their batsmen could not get the ball away and they kept losing wickets, to what it must be said, some rash shots. Azam and Amin failed to impress, while Watson limped to 28. Misbah was one of the last hopes but he skied a long shot leaving Islamabad reeling at 66-5 and Asghar impressing with his third wicket for a very economy. There was an attempt to rescue the game late on by Russell and Billings but it was not to be and they finished for a mediocre 121/9.
 

FOW:
 
1-9 (Sharjeel Khan, 0.5 ov)
2-30 (Babar Azam, 3.3 ov)
3-37 (Umar Amin, 5.4 ov),
4-55 (Watson, 8.5 ov)
5-66 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 10.5 ov)
6-70 (Ashar Zaidi, 12.3 ov)
7-103 (Russell, 16.2 ov)
8-103 (Billings, 16.3 ov)
9-110 (Imran Khalid, 18.2 ov)
 
Match summary: Islamabad continue their miserable form, and looking like the poorest team out of the bunch so far. They have a lot of issues to sort out, especially with their batting. Their two main spots, however, are Raees who looks to be a fine player and Ajmal who looks to have rediscovered his spark. For Peshawar it was a great start to the tournament and they will hope to continue and build on this performance.