# 2020 Peshawar Zalmi season

The Peshawar Zalmi is a franchise cricket team that competed in the Pakistan Super League. The team is based in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. They were one of the six teams that competed in the 2020 season. The team was coached by Daren Sammy and captained by Wahab Riaz.

## Management and coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| President | Inzamam-ul-Haq |
| Head coach | Daren Sammy |
| Team director | Mohammad Akram |
| Batting mentor | Hashim Amla |
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## Season standings
### Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Multan Sultans (3rd) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 1.031 |
| 2 | Karachi Kings (C) | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | −0.190 |
| 3 | Lahore Qalandars (R) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | −0.072 |
| 4 | Peshawar Zalmi (4th) | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | −0.055 |
| 5 | Quetta Gladiators | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | −0.722 |
| 6 | Islamabad United | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.185 |
* The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
* Advanced to Qualifier
* Advanced to Eliminator 1

## League matches

* Match 2 21 February 2020 15:00 Scorecard
| Karachi Kings 201/4 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 191/7 (20 overs) |
| Babar Azam 78 (56) Hasan Ali 2/52 (4 overs) | | Liam Livingstone 54* (29) Umaid Asif 2/23 (4 overs) |
* Karachi Kings won by 10 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Babar Azam (Karachi Kings)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 4 22 February 2020 14:00 Scorecard
| Quetta Gladiators 148/5 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 153/4 (18.3 overs) |
| Jason Roy 73* (57) Wahab Riaz 2/21 (4 overs) | | Kamran Akmal 101 (55) Fawad Ahmed 2/40 (3.3 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 6 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Kamran Akmal (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
* Mohammad Amir Khan (Peshawar Zalmi) made his T20 debut.
* Match 8 26 February 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 123 (18.3 overs) | v | Multan Sultans 124/4 (14.5 overs) |
| Haider Ali 47 (27) Sohail Tanvir 4/13 (3.3 overs) | | Rilee Rossouw 49* (42) Wahab Riaz 2/36 (3.5 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 6 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Sohail Tanvir (Multan Sultans)
* Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 11 28 February 2020 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 132/7 (12 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 116/6 (12 overs) |
| Haider Ali 34 (12) Dilbar Hussain 4/24 (3 overs) | | Samit Patel 34* (15) Lewis Gregory 4/25 (3 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 16 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match: Lewis Gregory (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 12 overs per side due to rain.
* Match 13 29 February 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Islamabad United | v | Peshawar Zalmi |
* Match abandoned Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak)
* No toss.
* No play was possible due to rain.
* Match 15 2 March 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 151/8 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 152/4 (18.1 overs) |
| Shoaib Malik 68 (55) Mohammad Amir 4/25 (4 overs) | | Babar Azam 70* (59) Yasir Shah 2/28 (4 overs) |
* Karachi Kings won by 6 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Amir (Karachi Kings)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 18 5 March 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 170/6 (15 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 140/7 (15 overs) |
| Shoaib Malik 54 (27) Mohammad Hasnain 4/34 (3 overs) | | Jason Roy 45 (26) Wahab Riaz 3/21 (3 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 30 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat
* The match was reduced to 15 overs per side due to rain.
* Match 20 7 March 2020 14:00 Scorecard
| Islamabad United 195/5 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 85/2 (9 overs) |
| Shadab Khan 77 (42) Hasan Ali 2/36 (4 overs) | | Kamran Akmal 37 (21) Zafar Gohar 1/11 (2 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 7 runs (DLS method) Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Tariq Rasheed (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Shadab Khan (Islamabad United)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 24 10 March 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 187/7 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 189/5 (19.5 overs) |
| Haider Ali 69 (43) Shaheen Afridi 3/28 (4 overs) | | Fakhar Zaman 63 (46) Carlos Brathwaite 3/28 (2.5 overs) |
* Lahore Qalandars won by 5 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Fakhar Zaman (Lahore Qalandars)
* Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 27 13 March 2020 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 154/6 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 151/7 (20 overs) |
| Zeeshan Ashraf 52 (39) Rahat Ali 3/24 (4 overs) | | Imam-ul-Haq 56 (41) Sohail Tanvir 3/26 (4 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 3 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Zeeshan Ashraf (Multan Sultans)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

## Playoffs
### Eliminator 1

* Match 32 14 November 2020 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 170/9 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 171/5 (19 overs) |
| Shoaib Malik 39 (24) Dilbar Hussain 3/33 (4 overs) | | Mohammad Hafeez 74* (46) Saqib Mahmood 3/41 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Qalandars won by 5 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Lahore Qalandars)
* Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.