page_title: Peshawar Zalmi
section_title: 2016 season
hierarchical_section_title: Peshawar Zalmi / Franchise history / 2016 season
caption_attribution_description: English: Tamim Iqbal in 2009.
context_page_description: Peshawar Zalmi is a Pakistani franchise T20 cricket team which plays in the Pakistan Super League and represents Peshawar, the capital city of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The team is owned by Javed Afridi who is a renowned Businessman. Peshawar Zalmi was established in 2015 following the announcement of the inaugural Pakistan Super League by the Pakistan Cricket Board. Wahab Riaz is the current captain of the team as of March 2020 and Mohammad Akram is the Director of Cricketing Affairs. Hashim Amla replaced Younus Khan as batting mentor before the 2020 season.
  Kamran Akmal is the leading run-scorer for the side,
  while Wahab Riaz is the leading wicket-taker.
  Sikandar Raza joined the team late in 2020.
context_section_description: Peshawar began their 2016 season well, winning their first two matches. After a loss to Quetta Gladiators the team went on to win six of their eight group stage matches and finished first in the points table, qualifying for the play-offs.The first play-off match was against Quetta in qualifier 1. The match came down to the last ball Quetta winning by one run, Peshawar scoring 132 in reply to Quetta's 133. As a result of their first-place position in the group table, Peshawar then went on to play Islamabad United in the second qualifier match. Peshawar also lost this match and were eliminated from the tournament.
  Wahab Riaz with 15 wickets was the leading wicket-taker for the team. Tamim Iqbal with 267 runs was team's leading run scorer.
caption: Tamim Iqbal with 267 runs in 6 matches was team's leading run scorer in 2016.
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