United registers a comfortable victory against Qalandars in the PSL9 opening match

Islamabad United registered a comfortable victory against Lahore Qalandars in the PSL9 opening match on Saturday.

Islamabad United had won the toss and opted to field first against Lahore Qaalandars in the first match of the ninth edition of the PSL played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

While chasing a big total of 196 on a batting-friendly track under lights, United were comfortably home in the 19th over.

The evening saw Shadab Khan score a blazing, unbeaten 74 off 41 balls, studded with six fours and five sixes, on the other end, Salman Ali Agha scored a breezy 64 not out off 31 (seven fours and three sixes) that powered team United to a comfortable eight-wicket win against Qalandars.

Scorecard:

LAHORE QALANDARS: Sahibzada Farhan c Azam b Mills 57
Fakhar Zaman c Faheem b Shadab 13
Rassie van der Dussen not out 71
Abdullah Shafique b Mills 28
David Wiese c Hales b Naseem 14
Shaheen Shah Afridi run out 0

EXTRAS (LB-2, NB-1, W-9) 12
TOTAL (for five wickets, 20 overs) 195
DID NOT BAT: Lorcan Tucker, Salman Fayyaz, Jahandad Khan, Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-67 (Fakhar), 2-89 (Farhan), 3-162 (Abdullah), 4-178 (Wiese), 5-195 (Shaheen)
BOWLING: Naseem 4-0-36-1 (2w, 1nb), Ubaid 1-0-15-0, Faheem 3-0-40-0, Imad 4-0-33-0 (2w), Shadab 4-0-24-1 (1w), Mills 4-0-45-2

ISLAMABAD UNITED: Colin Munro lbw b Zaman 5
Alex Hales c&b Salman 36
Shadab Khan not out 74
Salman Ali Agha not out 64

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-8, NB-1, W-8) 21
TOTAL (for two wickets, 18.2 overs) 200
DID NOT BAT: Azam Khan, Haider Ali, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Naseem Shah, Ubaid Shah, Tymal Mills
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-41 (Munro), 2-62 (Hales)
BOWLING: Shaheen 4-0-31-0 (3w), Zaman 3-0-33-1 (2w), Jahandad 4-0-39-0 (2w, 1nb), Haris 3-0-38-0, Salman 2.2-0-23-1, Wiese 2-0-24-0
RESULT: Islamabad United won by eight wickets.