Qalandars vs United, 16th Match at Lahore, PSL 2023, Feb 27 2023 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Thanks for your company along the way, hope you enjoyed our coverage. This is Rvel Zahid waving goodbye on behalf of our scorer for the match Thilak Rama. Do join us on Wednesday for the first match in Rawalpindi between Peshawar Zalmi and Karachi Kings.

Lahore Qalandars doing remarkable things and they raised their game today to a whole new level. After getting to 200 again second time in a row, their bowlers made life tough for the batters and kept derailing Islamabad United's chase with wickets at regular intervals. United had a decent powerplay but then David Wiese, the overseas Qalandar, enjoyed bowling and shed three wickets with his change-up deliveries while Rashid Khan, after having a poor outing last night against Peshawar Zalmi, resumed normal service tonight and outfoxed Asif Ali and Tom Curran in his economical spell. Shadab Khan would want to brush this thrashing off and perhaps rejig their batting approach as the middle order capitulated under scoreboard pressure and nobody took their time to settle and there were quite a few soft dismissals. Lahore's winning streak continues as their superior bowling attack has this knack of strangling the oppositions and the batting line-up has got a lot of firepower in it as well. The addition of Abdullah Shafique has bolstered their line-up; the opening pair looks in ominous form. The crowd was expecting a close affair but the team in red-hot form dominated the game for the most part and registered a massive 110-run win.

Hamza: "@Pranav I still don't understand your comparison between Man Utd and Islamabad. How are they similar in any way apart from the name?"

Pranav: "Bruh, The only difference between Manchester United and Islambad United is that Man Utd actually win games without their star player Ronaldo."

IPL Super Selec: "Been watching IPL since its inception, cant think of another complete bowling attack better than LQ's. LQ have 3 star bowlers plus effective seam cum spinning all rounders who can walk into any team as pure bowlers. I will be surprised if LQ make it a one sided tournament where others beat everyone else to reach finals and loose to LQ"

Ahsan Butt: "This is what you call a champion-level battering! Qalandars continue their dominance!"

Ibtasaam: "Hey Cricinfo, now that the match is clearly one-sided, you can publish my prediction from 3hrs earlier before the first ball was bowled. That could have helped alot of viewers :D"

Isaac Marshall: "Best T20 bowling team in the world destroys best T20 batting team in the world!"

Hamza: "Credit to Lahore for coming back so well after being under pressure at the start of this innings.

Ahmed: "After struggling so much in the initial seasons, it's so refreshing to see all of the Qalandar's investments in developing and supporting local talent pay off!"

Talha Sadiq: "It is totally unfair in PSL to have Shaheen, Haris and Rashid in one team. They even defend 150 on batting paradise. "