The 2018 Pakistan Super League Final was a

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match, played on 25 March 2018 at the

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to determine the winner of the

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. The inaugural champions

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defeated the defending champions

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by 3 wickets to win their second title.

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was awarded player of the match and player of the tournament awards. The tickets for final were sold out within 3 hours.

Route to the Final

During the group stage of the

each team played ten matches, two against each of the other sides contesting the competition. All matches were played in the

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due to the security situation in Pakistan. The top four teams progressed to the playoff stage.

finished the group stage with first position by winning seven of their matches and losing three.

finished the group stage with third position by winning five of their matches and losing five.

League stage matches

Playoff matches

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Match

The final took place on 25 March 2018 at

. This was also the first PSL match taking place in Karachi and a high-profile tournament final match taking place there after almost a decade.

Report

Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat first. Peshawar's in-form batsman

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was out lbw for 1 run off 8 balls, with

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taking the wicket in the third over early on. The fourth-wicket fifty-partnership between Chris Jordan and

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; and

Wahab Riaz Wahab Riaz (Urdu, pa, ; born 28 June 1985) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a left-arm fast bowler and a right-handed batsman. He frequently bowls at speeds of around 90 mph (144.8 km/h) and has reached . His all round performance in ...

's 28 runs off 14 balls ensured their side reached to a total of 148 runs in the innings in which Islamabad's

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took three wickets. Islamabad batting second had

hit five sixes in the first five overs as he raced to 45 runs off just 15 balls, before he got out in the ninth over after scoring a 26-ball 52. By the time, Ronchi and

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- who played his own part with 44 runs off 33 balls - had put on 96 runs for the opening partnership in under nine overs. But a sudden collapse resulted in Islamabad losing six wickets for 20 runs leaving them at 116/6. Akmal then dropped a catch at fine leg when Asif Ali attempted a pull shot off Umaid Asif with Islamabad needing 30 runs off 33 balls. Asif Ali then hit three sixes on the trot off Hasan Ali. While the winning runs were scored by

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who hooked Wahab Riaz for six with just one run required.

Scorecard

Keys * indicates team captain * * indicates

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Toss: Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat. , colspan="4", Extras (lb 3, w 2)
Total 148/9 (20 overs) , 12 , 6 , 7.40 RR Fall of wickets: 12/1 (K Akmal, 2.4 ov), 24/2 (Hafeez, 4.1 ov), 38/3 (Fletcher, 5.6 ov), 90/4 (Jordan, 12.3 ov), 101/5 (Saad Nasim, 14.1 ov), 111/6 (Sammy, 15.4 ov), 111/7 (Umaid, 15.5), 117/8 (LA Dawson, 16.4 ov), 121/9 (Hasan Ali, 17.5 ov) Target: 149 runs from 20 overs at 7.45 RR , colspan="4", Extras (lb 1, w 5)
Total 154/7 (16.5 overs) , 11 , 10 , 9.14 RR Fall of wickets: 96/1 (L Ronchi, 8.5 ov), 97/2 (Walton, 9.1 ov), 102/3 (JP Duminy, 10.3 ov), 112/4 (Farhan, 11.6 ov), 115/5 (SP Patel, 13.1 ov), 116/6 (Shadab, 13.6 ov), 148/7 (Hussain, 16.1 ov) Result: Islamabad United won by 3 wickets.

Match Officials

References

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