# 2021 Peshawar Zalmi season

The Peshawar Zalmi (often abbreviated as PZ) is a franchise cricket team that represents Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The franchise won the tournament in 2017. The team was coached by Daren Sammy, and captained by Wahab Riaz.

## Season standings
### Points table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Islamabad United (3rd) | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0.859 |
| 2 | Multan Sultans (C) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1.050 |
| 3 | Peshawar Zalmi (R) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0.586 |
| 4 | Karachi Kings (4th) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | −0.115 |
| 5 | Lahore Qalandars | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | −0.589 |
| 6 | Quetta Gladiators | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | −1.786 |
* The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
* advanced to Qualifier
* advanced to Eliminator 1

## League fixtures

* Match 2 21 February 2021 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 140/6 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 143/6 (18.3 overs) |
| Ravi Bopara 50 (44) Shaheen Afridi 3/14 (4 overs) | | Mohammad Hafeez 33* (26) Saqib Mahmood 2/22 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Qalandars won by 4 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Shaheen Afridi (Lahore Qalandars)
* Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 5 23 February 2021 19:00 (N) Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 193/4 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 197/4 (19 overs) |
| James Vince 84 (55) Saqib Mahmood 2/36 (4 overs) | | Tom Kohler-Cadmore 53 (32) Shahnawaz Dahani 2/44 (4 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 6 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Aleem Dar (Pak) Player of the match: Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 8 26 February 2021 20:00 (N) Scorecard
| Quetta Gladiators 198/7 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 202/7 (19.3 overs) |
| Sarfaraz Ahmed 81 (40) Saqib Mahmood 3/34 (4 overs) | | Haider Ali 50 (29) Dale Steyn 2/44 (4 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 3 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Haider Ali (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 10 27 February 2021 19:00 (N) Scorecard
| Islamabad United 118 (17.1 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 122/4 (17.1 overs) |
| Alex Hales 41 (27) Wahab Riaz 4/17 (4 overs) | | Tom Kohler-Cadmore 46 (46) Hasan Ali 2/14 (4 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 6 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Wahab Riaz (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 13 3 March 2021 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 188/5 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 191/4 (19.3 overs) |
| Ravi Bopara 58* (40) Abbas Afridi 2/27 (4 overs) | | Babar Azam 77* (47) Saqib Mahmood 2/41 (4 overs) |
* Karachi Kings won by 6 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Imran Javed (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Karachi Kings)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 17 10 June 2021 23:00 (N) Scorecard
| Lahore Qalandars 170/8 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 160/8 (20 overs) |
| Tim David 64* (36) Fabian Allen 2/36 (3 overs) | | Shoaib Malik 73 (48) Rashid Khan 5/20 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Qalandars won by 10 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Rashid Riaz (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Lahore Qalandars)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 19 12 June 2021 21:00 (N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 197/5 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 136/9 (20 overs) |
| David Miller 73 (46) Mohammad Nawaz 2/33 (4 overs) | | Sarfaraz Ahmed 36* (28) Mohammad Irfan 3/27 (4 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 61 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: David Miller (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
* Saim Ayub replaced Faf du Plessis as a concussion substitute for Quetta Gladiators.
* Match 21 13 June 2021 23:00 (N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 166/7 (20 overs) | v | Multan Sultans 167/2 (16.3 overs) |
| Sherfane Rutherford 56 (40) Shahnawaz Dahani 4/31 (4 overs) | | Mohammad Rizwan 82* (56) Mohammad Irfan 1/24 (4 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 8 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Shahnawaz Dahani (Multan Sultans)
* Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 24 15 June 2021 23:00 (N) Scorecard
| Karachi Kings 108/9 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 109/4 (11 overs) |
| Abbas Afridi 27* (18) Abrar Ahmed 3/14 (4 overs) | | Hazratullah Zazai 63 (26) Imad Wasim 2/2 (2 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 6 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Hazratullah Zazai (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 26 17 June 2021 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Islamabad United 247/2 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 232/6 (20 overs) |
| Usman Khawaja 105* (56) Shoaib Malik 1/14 (2 overs) | | Shoaib Malik 68 (36) Akif Javed 3/43 (4 overs) |
* Islamabad United won by 15 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Usman Khawaja (Islamabad United)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

## Playoffs
### Eliminator 1

* Match 32 21 June 2021 23:00 (N) Scorecard
| Karachi Kings 175/7 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 176/5 (19.5 overs) |
| Babar Azam 53 (45) Mohammad Irfan 2/21 (4 overs) | | Hazratullah Zazai 77 (38) Thisara Perera 2/10 (2 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 5 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Hazratullah Zazai (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

### Eliminator 2

* Match 33 22 June 2021 21:00 (N) Scorecard
| Islamabad United 174/9 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 177/2 (16.5 overs) |
| Hasan Ali 45 (16) Wahab Riaz 2/35 (4 overs) | | Hazratullah Zazai 66 (44) Mohammad Wasim 1/32 (3 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 8 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Hazratullah Zazai (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

### Final

* Match 34 24 June 2021 21:00 (N) Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 206/4 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 159/9 (20 overs) |
| Sohaib Maqsood 65* (35) Sameen Gul 2/26 (4 overs) | | Shoaib Malik 48 (28) Imran Tahir 3/33 (4 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 47 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Sohaib Maqsood (Multan Sultans)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.