PSL 2025 has started in Pakistan amid the IPL released in India. The first match was between the defending champions Islamabad United and Lahore Kalandars. In this unilateral match, Islamabad, captained by Shadab Khan, trampled Shaheen Afridi’s Lahore badly. In front of Jason Holder’s deadly bowling, Lahore’s team succumbed and collapsed at the score of just 139 runs. She could not play even 20 overs. This small target was easily chased by the team of Islamabad at the loss of just 2 wickets. Holder, who took 4 wickets, was the hero of this opener match and he was adjudged Player of the Match.
Shadab Khan’s team dominates
In the opener match of Pakistan Super League 2025, defending champion Islamabad United was completely dominated. He defeated the team of Lahore Kalandars in every department. Captain Shadab Khan won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved to be perfect. Relay Meredith gave great success by dismissing Fakhar Jaman in the second over. At the same time, Jason Holder took the second wicket in the fifth over. After this, no bowler allowed Lahore Kalandars batsmen to stay at the crease.
Abdullah Shafiq played an excellent innings from Lahore and saved the team’s shame. He scored 66 runs in 38 balls at a strike rate of 173. Because of them, Lahore Kalandars managed to reach the score of 139 runs. At the same time, Jason Holder was the most successful bowler from Islamabad. He took 4 wickets for just 26 runs in 4 overs. Captain Shadab Khan got 3 success, while Nasim Shah, Relay Meedith and Imad Wasim took 1-1 wickets. All the bowlers were also economical.
Flop Shaheen’s team in bowling too
After the batsmen failed badly, Lahore Kalandars bowlers also succumbed to Islamabad team. 6 bowlers of Shaheen’s team could take only 2 wickets. Surprisingly, two premium bowlers of the team and Pace Attack leaders Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf scored the most runs. Both were very expensive. Shaheen spent 38 runs in 4 overs, while Rauf gave 34 runs in 4 overs.
However, Asif Afridi conceded just 15 runs in 4 overs and also took 1 wicket, but his sharp bowling team did not work. For Islamabad, Colin Munro, along with Salman Aga, shared a 70 -run partnership and made the match unilaterally. Munro scored an unbeaten 59 off 42 balls and Salman scored 41 not out in 34 balls. In this way, both easily achieved the target of 140 runs in 17.4 overs.