LAHORE: Fakhar Zaman, the opening batsman of Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), has reached a major milestone in his cricket career.
He has become only the second player in the history of PSL to achieve 3,000 runs. This remarkable achievement has come in the first match of PSL 11 between Lahore Qalandars and Hyderabad Kings at Lahore’s popular cricket stadium known as Gaddafi Stadium.
Fakhar Zaman has reached 3,000 runs after playing 98 innings, making him one of the most reliable players in PSL history. He is a left-handed opening batsman and has been one of the major players for Lahore Qalandars since he joined the team.
With this achievement, Fakhar Zaman has become only the second player to achieve 3,000 runs in PSL history after Peshawar Zalmi’s Babar Azam. Azam is currently holding the record for the highest runs scored in PSL history with an impressive 3,792 runs.
PSL11: Lahore Qalandar thrashes Hyderabad Kingsmen
Earlier. Lahore Qalandars made a winning start to the event by defeating Hyderabad Kingsmen by 69 runs after a one-sided match in the eleventh edition of the Pakistan Super League.
Chasing a huge target of 200 runs by Lahore Qalandars in the opening match played at Gaddafi Stadium, the entire Hyderabad Kingsmen team collapsed for just 130 runs in 19.5 overs. Captain Marnus Labuschagne stood out for the Kingsmen with 26, and Saim Ayub with 17 runs; however, no batsman could resist the Qalandars bowlers for long.
For Lahore Qalandars, Sikandar Raza, Haris Rauf and Obaid Shah bowled devastatingly and took two wickets each, while Mustafizur Rahman took one wicket. Earlier, Lahore Qalandars, having won the toss and elected to bat first, had posted a mammoth total of 199 for 6 in the allotted overs.
Fakhar Zaman played an aggressive innings of 53 off 39 balls, which included 10 impressive fours. Haseebullah Khan scored 40 and Mohammad Naeem scored 30. For Hyderabad, Hassan Khan and Riley Meredith took two wickets each, while Mohammad Ali took one wicket.
