Hassan Ali of Islamabad United and Babar Azam of Peshawar Zalmis were seen in a comedic banter during their team’s encounter in the ongoing PSL 2023.
Peshawar Zalmi slumped to their second defeat of the Pakistan Super League 8 losing to Islamabad United by six wickets in Karachi's National Stadium on Thursday.
Peshawar batted first after losing the toss and thanks to Babar Azam’s 75 and Mohammad Haris’ 40, posted 156/8 in 20 overs with Hassan Ali taking 3/35. In reply, Rahmanullah Gurbaz made 62 and Rassie van der Dussen made 42, while Asif Ali ended the match by scoring 29* in 13 balls, as Islamabad won the match by 6 wickets in the 15th over.
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During an over, while facing Hassan Ali, Babar took off for a single when he decided to have a banter with his Pakistan teammates. In the middle of the run with Hassan in his way, Babar scared the pacer by lifting his bat and pretending to hit him, forcing Ali to run for cover.
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In another moment, Babar was seen seething with himself and slammed his bat on the ground in frustration. Babar was miffed with the fact that he could only conjure a single off the last ball of the innings.
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Islamabad United are second on PSL 8 points table with 2 wins in 3 matches, while Zalmis are 4th with 2 wins in 4 matches.
