In their encounter with Peshawar Zalmi, Islamabad United recorded the largest sum ever recorded in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The captain of Islamabad, Uzman Khawaj, scored a splendid century to support Islamabad in its 20 overall 247/2.
Islamabad United also scored the previous highest total of PSL. At Karachi National Stadium in PSL 2019 they scored 238/3 against Lahore Qalandars.
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In Sheik Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, Islamabad also broke the record for the highest T20 total. In the 2013 T20I match against Afghanistan, Ireland had the previous highest total 225/7.
The first ball of the match was taken on by Islamabad’s batsmen. With the opening partnership of 98, Colin Munro and Usman Khawaja set the tone. Asif Ali, the power hitter, has been encouraged to take full advantage of the fact that he scored fourty three out of 14 balls, 5 huge six.
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The innings were driven by Brandon King, the debuting West Indian batman. He scored 46 of 22 balls, of which 5 were four and 3 were six. Usman Khawaja scored 105 from 56 balls, 13 of which were limits and 3 were maximums. The star of the hosts was
If you want to register a win on the board, Peshawar must pull off the highest T20 chase in history. Australia’s currenlty holds the record for the T20 chase, with a total of 244 chasing New Zealand in 2018.
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