{"id":110921,"date":"2026-05-03T23:43:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T18:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=110921"},"modified":"2026-05-04T16:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T11:27:08","slug":"peshawar-zalmi-clinch-psl-11-title-defeat-hyderabad-kingsmen-in-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/featured\/peshawar-zalmi-clinch-psl-11-title-defeat-hyderabad-kingsmen-in-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Peshawar Zalmi clinch PSL 11 title, defeat Hyderabad Kingsmen in final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Peshawar Zalmi<\/span><\/span> lifted the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Pakistan Super League 11<\/span><\/span> (<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/psl-9\/psl-11\/psl-11-final-1m-prize-as-pcb-announces-rewards\/\">PSL 11<\/a>) trophy for the second time, defeating <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Hyderabad Kingsmen<\/span><\/span> in a dominant final performance.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"398\">Chasing a modest target, Zalmi comfortably secured victory by five wickets to seal the title.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Hardie was a standout batsman for Zalmi by scoring 56 runs, while Abdul Samad scored 48 runs, leading Peshawar to victory in the PSL 11 Final.<\/p>\n<p>For Kingsmen, Muhammad Ali took three wickets while Hunain Shah and Akif Javed took one wicket each.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"400\" data-end=\"547\">Earlier, Hyderabad Kingsmen\u2019s batting line-up collapsed under pressure after being put in to bat. The team was bowled out for 129 runs in 18 overs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"549\" data-end=\"801\">Despite early setbacks, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Saim Ayub<\/span><\/span> provided some resistance, scoring 54 runs and registering the first half-century of the final. Captain <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Marnus Labuschagne<\/span><\/span> contributed 20 runs, while Maaz Sadaqat added 11.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"803\" data-end=\"1126\">The rest of the batting order failed to make an impact, with <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Hassan Khan<\/span><\/span> scoring 12 runs, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Irfan Niazi<\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Kusal Perera<\/span><\/span> managing just one run each, and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Glenn Maxwell<\/span><\/span> was dismissed for a duck. Haneen Shah chipped in with 9 runs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1128\" data-end=\"1352\">For Zalmi, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Aaron Hardie<\/span><\/span> was the standout performer with the ball, taking 4 wickets for 27 runs, while <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Nahid Rana<\/span><\/span> claimed 2 wickets for 22 runs to restrict the opposition.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1354\" data-end=\"1512\">With a disciplined bowling performance followed by a composed chase, Peshawar Zalmi secured their second PSL title, marking a memorable end to the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Peshawar Zalmi lifted the Pakistan Super League 11 (PSL 11) trophy for the second time, defeating Hyderabad Kingsmen in a dominant final performance. Chasing a modest target, Zalmi comfortably secured victory by five wickets to seal the title. Aaron Hardie was a standout batsman for Zalmi by scoring 56 runs, while Abdul Samad scored [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":110922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13446,6],"tags":[3792,36064,41495],"class_list":["post-110921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-sports","tag-peshawar-zalmi","tag-hyderabad-kingsmen","tag-psl-11-title"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110921"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110924,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110921\/revisions\/110924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}