PSL Final 2026: Babar Azam’s Peshawar Zalmi created history by winning the title, Hyderabad suffered a crushing defeat.

PSL 2026: The final match of Pakistan Super League 2026 was played on 3 May between Hyderabad Kingsmen and Peshawar Zalmi. Batting first, Hyderabad Kings Men was not able to score big. Hyderabad was reduced to 129 runs. Sam Ayub played a half-century innings on behalf of the team. Apart from him, no batsman could score big. Captain Marnus Labuschagne also could not impress much. Chasing the target, Peshawar Zalmi easily won the match by 5 wickets and captured the trophy.

Hyderabad Kingsmen had scored 129 runs

For Hyderabad, opener Marnus Labuschagne scored 20 runs in 12 balls, while Maaz Sadakat played an inning of 11 runs in 6 balls. Sam Ayub, who came to bat at number 3, scored 54 runs in 50 balls. After this Usman Khan scored 8 runs in 6 balls. Irfan Khan scored 1 run in 2 balls. Glenn Maxwell returned to the pavilion without opening his account. Hyderabad had scored 129 runs at the loss of 10 wickets in 18 overs.

On behalf of Peshawar, Aaron Hardy performed brilliantly in bowling and took the maximum number of wickets for the team. He took 4 wickets after spending 27 runs in 4 overs. Apart from this, Nahid Rana got 2 successes.

Peshawar Zalmi’s batting was like this

Mohammad Haris and captain Babar Azam, who played the role of opening batsman, could not impress much. Mohammad Haris scored 6 runs in 3 balls and Babar Azam returned to the pavilion without opening the account. After this, Kusal Mendis was out after scoring 9 runs in 8 balls. After this Aaron Hardy took charge. He took the news of Hyderabad bowlers by playing a half-century innings. He played an unbeaten inning of 56 runs in 39 balls. Apart from this, Abdul Samad scored 48 runs in 34 balls. Zalmi won the match by scoring 130/5 runs in 15.2 overs.

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