Sports Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Rohit Raj
Updated Sat, 26 Feb 2022 08:51 PM IST
Summary
On Sunday (February 27), the final match of the Pakistan Super League will be played between the defending champions Multan Sultans and Lahore Qalandars. Earlier on Friday, in the second eliminator match, Lahore team defeated Islamabad United by six runs in a thrilling match.
David VJ
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The seventh season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) is now at its final stage. On Sunday (February 27), the final of the tournament will be played between defending champions Multan Sultans and Lahore Qalandars. In the second Eliminator match on Friday, Lahore team defeated Islamabad United by six runs in a thrilling match. The green of his victory was South African-born Namibian player David VJ. He performed brilliantly first in batting and then in bowling.
David VJ, who played for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) from 2015 to 2016, was not bought by anyone in the IPL auction this time. He scored 127 runs in 15 matches. His strike rate was 141.11. At the same time, in bowling, VJ took 16 wickets at an economy rate of 8.68.
Batting against Islamabad, VJ played a scintillating innings in the last over. He scored 28 not out off eight balls. During this he hit one four and three sixes. VJ’s strike rate was 350.00. VJ hit three sixes and a four in the 20th over off Waqas Maqsood. A total of 27 runs were scored in this over. With the help of his innings, the Lahore team scored 168 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs.
Apart from VJ for Lahore, Abdullah Shafiq scored 52 off 28 balls, Kamran Ghulam scored 30 off 26 balls, Mohammad Hafeez scored 28 off 28 and Samit Patel scored 21 runs off 18 balls. Liam Dawson and Mohammad Wasim Jr took two wickets each for Islamabad. Chasing the target of 169 runs, Islamabad United were all out for 162 runs in 19.4 overs.
For Islamabad, Azam Khan scored 40 off 28 balls, Alex Hales scored 38 off 29 balls and Asif Ali scored 25 off 22 balls. The team had to score eight runs in the last over. VJ did not give a single run on the first and second balls. Mohammad Wasim Jr was run out on the third ball. He had completed one run before being dismissed. Islamabad needed seven runs off three balls. Waqas Maqsood hits a high shot off Weede. Once it felt that the ball would fall outside the boundary but it did not happen. Abdullah Shafiq ended Islamabad’s hopes with a brilliant catch at the boundary.
VJ conceded 20 runs in 2.4 overs. He got a breakthrough. VJ was adjudged man of the match. He said after the match – It was an incredible match. The team played a great game. Haris Rauf made it easy for me by taking a wicket in the 19th over. Luckily I managed to bowl accurate yorkers. Thank you fans for coming to the stadium and supporting us.
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The seventh season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) is now at its final stage. On Sunday (February 27), the final of the tournament will be played between defending champions Multan Sultans and Lahore Qalandars. In the second Eliminator match on Friday, Lahore team defeated Islamabad United by six runs in a thrilling match. The green of his victory was South African-born Namibian player David VJ. He performed brilliantly first in batting and then in bowling.
David VJ, who played for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) from 2015 to 2016, was not bought by anyone in the IPL auction this time. He scored 127 runs in 15 matches. His strike rate was 141.11. At the same time, in bowling, VJ took 16 wickets at an economy rate of 8.68.
Batting against Islamabad, VJ played a scintillating innings in the last over. He scored 28 not out off eight balls. During this he hit one four and three sixes. VJ’s strike rate was 350.00. VJ hit three sixes and a four in the 20th over off Waqas Maqsood. A total of 27 runs were scored in this over. With the help of his innings, the Lahore team scored 168 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs.
Apart from VJ for Lahore, Abdullah Shafiq scored 52 off 28 balls, Kamran Ghulam scored 30 off 26 balls, Mohammad Hafeez scored 28 off 28 and Samit Patel scored 21 runs off 18 balls. Liam Dawson and Mohammad Wasim Jr took two wickets each for Islamabad. Chasing the target of 169 runs, Islamabad United were all out for 162 runs in 19.4 overs.
For Islamabad, Azam Khan scored 40 off 28 balls, Alex Hales scored 38 off 29 balls and Asif Ali scored 25 off 22 balls. The team had to score eight runs in the last over. VJ did not give a single run on the first and second balls. Mohammad Wasim Jr was run out on the third ball. He had completed one run before being dismissed. Islamabad needed seven runs off three balls. Waqas Maqsood hits a high shot off Weede. Once it felt that the ball would fall outside the boundary but it did not happen. Abdullah Shafiq ended Islamabad’s hopes with a brilliant catch at the boundary.
VJ conceded 20 runs in 2.4 overs. He got a breakthrough. VJ was adjudged man of the match. He said after the match – It was an incredible match. The team played a great game. Haris Rauf made it easy for me by taking a wicket in the 19th over. Luckily I managed to bowl accurate yorkers. Thank you fans for coming to the stadium and supporting us.