Peshawar Zalmi missed an easy run-out chance last night when they were in the 23rd minute against Quetta Gladiators.third Ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) match. In a chaotic situation on a free hit delivery, a Peshawar Zalmi fielder missed hitting the stumps at the non-striker’s end when the batsman was almost halfway on the pitch.
Pakistan cricket team fielders made many mistakes in the field in many matches. Over the years, it seems his level of fielding has not evolved that much. The Zalmi fielder had a chance to hit on either side of the crease, but missed the opportunity completely.
The incident happened in the last over of the Quetta Gladiators vs Peshawar Zalmi PSL 2026 match
In the last over of the first innings of the PSL 2026 match, Peshawar Zalmi got an easy opportunity to run out the batsman of the opposing team. third ball of 20th The over was a free hit as Zalmi fast bowler Ali Raza delivered a waist-high no-ball.
For the free hits, Quetta Gladiators batsman Abrar Ahmed was on strike, and Usman Tariq was at the non-striker’s end. Ahmed created some space and played a cut shot to direct the ball towards the backward point region.
Peshawar’s fielder did a strange thing
As soon as the ball contacted the bat, Usman Tariq left his crease to steal the run. Abrar Ahmed also went out of the crease. When the batsmen were trying to take a single, Peshawar Zalmi’s fielder picked up the ball.
By the time the fielder picked up the ball from the ground, both the batsmen were well out of their crease. Ahmed quickly turned back and returned to the safe zone, while his batting partner Tariq was well away from the non-striker crease.
The first intention of the fielder was to throw the ball quickly on the stumps. But to close the gap with the stumps, the fielder starts running to cover some distance, and then launches the ball, aiming for the stumps at the non-striker’s end. Despite having so much time to lock down the target, the ball went wide of the stumps and Tariq returned to the crease safely.
comedy of errors in #PSL pic.twitter.com/xWnrySjlMK
– Nibraz Ramzan (@nibraz88cricket) 15 April 2026
Babar Azam played the match winning innings
Quetta Gladiators, batting first, scored 154 runs for 10 wickets in 20 overs. Peshawar Zalmi captain Babar Azam won the PSL game by playing a match-winning innings. Maintaining a strike rate of 139.22, the star opener scored 71 runs in 51 balls with the help of 10 fours. Mohammad Haris and Kusal Mendis also played their roles well in the run chase. Zalmi needed only 18.3 overs to reach the target for the loss of just two wickets.
With another win, Peshawar Zalmi remains on top of the PSL 2026 points table without losing a single match after playing 7 matches. With 6 wins and one match lost to rain, Zalmi have 13 points and a net run rate of +2.404. They are 5 points ahead of Multan Sultans, who are second on the ladder with 8 points.
Read more: CSK files complaint against RCB with BCCI after ‘humiliating and belittling’ incident at Chinnaswamy
