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Peshawar Zalmi
پېښور زلمي
پشاور زلمی
Nickname(s)Khpal Team (lit. My Team)
LeaguePakistan Super League
Personnel
CaptainCricket West Indies Darren Sammy
CoachPakistan Mohammad Akram
OwnerJaved Afridi[1][2]
Team information
CityPeshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Colours
Founded2015
Home groundArbab Niaz Stadium
Official websitepeshawarzalmi.com

Peshawar Zalmi (Template:Lang-ur; Template:Lang-ps) is a Pakistani professional franchise cricket team that plays in the Pakistan Super League.[3] It is owned by Javed Afridi, CEO at Haier Pakistan.[1][4] Ibrahim is the team's CEO. The team was established in 2015 following the announcement of the inaugural Pakistan Super League (PSL) by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).[4] Darren Sammy is the current captain of the team as of October 2016[5] and Mohammad Akram is the head coach.

Franchise history

On 3 December 2015, the Pakistan Cricket Board PCB unveiled the owners of five city-based franchises for the first season of the Pakistan Super League. The Peshawar franchise was sold to Haier for US$16 million for a ten-year period.[6][7]

2016 Season

See also: Peshawar Zalmi in 2016
Tamim Iqbal with 267 runs in 6 matches was the team's Leading run scorer

Peshawar began their 2016 season well, winning their first two matches. After a loss to Quetta Gladiators[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]

2017 season

See also: Peshawar Zalmi in 2017

Peshawar traded Aamer Yamin for Sohaib Maqsood of Lahore Qalandars during the off-season.[11] During the 2017 Pakistan Super League players draft they retained 10 players and signed eight, including Overseas players Shakib Al Hasan, Eoin Morgan, Chris Jordan and Alex Hales.Shakib and Tamim were not available for selection during the initial stage of tournament due to national duties as they were in India to play only test match.Later Alex Hales and Shakib Al Hasan were replaced with Tillakaratne Dilshan and Marlon Samuels and Mohammad Shahzad was replaced with Andre Fletcher while Tamim Iqbal was replaced with Samit Patel. [12] [13]

In their first game of PSL 2017, Peshawar Zalmi lost to the Islamabad United by 7 wickets.[14] In their next game against Karachi Kings, Zalmi won by 7 wickets in pursuit of 120. Eoin Morgan starred in the chase with an unbeaten innings of 80 off 57 balls.[15] Following this the Zalmi were involved in a low-scoring thriller with the Lahore Qalandars that saw the former collapse in the chase of just 60 runs before getting over the line with 3 wickets to spare.[16]

As the tournament moved to Sharjah, Zalmi's first game against Quetta Gladiators was abandoned after repeated showers and the two teams shared the points from the bout.[17] Following this, against Islamabad United, the Zalmis lost a hard-fought game that went down to the last ball. After being put in to bat by United, Zalmi could only manage a below-par score of 137 and never really got going. But the team's bowlers bowled exceedingly well to make a contest out of it.[18] In their final game of the Sharjah leg, the Zalmis continued their losing streak after being beaten by Karachi Kings in a thrilling contest. Setting up a target of 175, the Kings had the Zalmis reduced to 69-6 before Shahid Afridi and Darren Sammy combined in a 70-run partnership that almost won the game for the Zalmis. However, they couldn't see the game through as the Zalmis fell short by 9 runs.[19]

With the tournament shifting back to Dubai, the Zalmis registered consecutive wins against Lahore Qalandars and Quetta Gladiators respectively. Against the Qalandars, the team put up a target of 167 and then successful defended it after inducing a batting collapse of 5 wickets for 6 runs from the opposition. In the end prevailing by 17 runs and securing a play-off spot.[20] But with the Galdiators, the team suffered a batting collapse of their own. Chasing a below-par total of 129, the Zalmis were at one time reduced to 52-6 before a vintage performance from Shahid Afridi, who scored 45 off 23 balls, ensured that his team won with 2 wickets left intact.[21]

Team identity

On 13 December 2015 Javed Afridi owner of the team revealed the team name and the official logo of the team in Army Public School Peshawar.[3] The word Zalmi is a Pashto language word meaning youth.[22] The logo of the team is a fusion of a traditional Peshawari turban with cricket stumps. The logo has three, shades blue, yellow and white, signifying the pride of the region, the skies and the energy of the people.[23]

The team's kit colours are yellow and blue.New kits were introduced ahead of second season the new look team shirt carries the same colour theme as of previous editions yellow and blue but there is a slight change in the designs as Dri-FIT fabric is being used to observe sweat to keep players comfortable,kit was designed by Nike.[24] The main title sponsers in 2016 season was Bahria town, the largest real-estate developers and Investors in Pakistan and the largest private housing society in Asia.TCS Connect was team's partner in 2016 season.[25] General Petroleum (GP) is the title sponser in 2017 season. Others which also have sponsorship deals are Giggly Boom Boom Bubble, Jivi, MX47,Super Power (a Motorcycle company), Enviro, Infinix and Khaleej Times. Khyber News, Kay2 TV, Pakhtun Entertainment and Pashto 1 are their regional media partners while Daily Jang and PTV Sports are team's official media partners.

Year Kit Manufacturer Front Branding Back Branding Chest Branding Sleeve Branding
2016 Bahria Town Giggly Boom Boom Bubblegum Brighto Paints Hum TV, J., Zic Motor Oil
2017 Nike General Petroleum Jivi Mobiles Super Power Motorcyles, Daily Jang, Khaleej Times

Actors Hamza Ali Abbasi and Humaima Malik are team's star ambassadors.[26]

Several musical anthems have been made for the team, and were released by Beyond Records.[27][28]

Current squad

Shahid Afridi is the icon player for Peshawar Zalmi.
Darren Sammy is the Captain of Peshawar Zalmi in 2017 season

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

  •   denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
  •   denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
As of 20 October 2016
Name Nationality Batting style Bowling style Joined Notes
Batsmen
Sohaib Maqsood Pakistan Right-hand Right-arm Offbreak 2017
Iftikhar Ahmed Pakistan Right-hand Right-arm off spin 2017
Eoin Morgan England Left-Hand Right Arm Medium Fast 2017 Overseas
Tamim Iqbal Bangladesh Left Hand Left-arm Off spin 2016 Overseas
Khushdil Shah Pakistan Left-hand Left-arm Orthodox 2017
Dawid Malan England Left-hand Right-arm Leg spin 2016 Overseas
Marlon Samuels Cricket West Indies Right Hand Right-arm Off spin 2017 Overseas
All-rounders
Haris Sohail Pakistan Left-hand Left-arm Orthodox 2017
Shahid Afridi Pakistan Right-hand Right-Arm Leg Spin 2016 First pick in players draft[29]
Mohammad Hafeez Pakistan Right-hand Right-arm off Spin 2016
Darren Sammy Cricket West Indies Right-hand Right-arm Medium Fast 2016 Captain, Overseas
Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh Left-hand Slow Left-arm Orthodox 2017 Overseas
Samit Patel England Right-hand Slow Left-arm Orthodox 2017 Overseas
Wicket-keeper
Kamran Akmal Pakistan Right-hand — 2016
Bowlers
Mohammad Asghar Pakistan Left-Hand Left Arm Spinner 2016
Junaid Khan Pakistan Left-hand Left-arm Fast 2016
Wahab Riaz Pakistan Right-hand Left-arm Fast 2016
Chris Jordan England Right-hand Right arm Fast 2017 Overseas
Imran Khan Pakistan Right-hand Left-arm Medium Fast 2016
Hasan Ali Pakistan Right-Hand Right Arm Medium Fast 2016
Irfan Khan Pakistan - - 2017

Management and coaching staff

Name Position
Javed Afridi (Haier Pakistan) Owner
Pakistan Shahid Afridi President
Pakistan Zeshan Afzal CEO
Pakistan Transmedia Group Marketing Agency
Pakistan Abdul Rehman Manager
England Mohammad Akram Head Coach/Director
Pakistan Younis Khan Batting Coach/Mentor
South Africa Grant Luden Fielding Coach/Fitness Trainer
Pakistan Ibrahim Qureshi Assistant Trainer
Zimbabwe Bradley Ian Robinson Physio
Pakistan Usman Hashmi Analyst

Captains

No. Nat Player From To Mat Won Lost tie NR %
1 Pakistan Shahid Afridi 2016 2016 10 6 4 0 0 60.00
2 Cricket West Indies Darren Sammy 2017 Present 11 6 4 0 1 54.55

Result summary

Performance summary in Pakistan Super League
Year Pld Won Lost NR Tied SR(%) Position Summary
2016 10 6 4 - - 60.00 3/5 Play-offs
2017 11 6 4 1 - 54.55 1/5 Champions
Total 21 12 8 1 0 57.14

Head-to-head record

Opposition Span Mat Won Lost Tied NR Success rate
Template:Cr-PSL 2016–present 5 2 3 0 0 40.00%
Template:Cr-PSL 2016–present 5 4 1 0 0 80.00%
Template:Cr-PSL 2016–present 4 3 1 0 0 75.00%
Template:Cr-PSL 2016–present 7 3 3 0 1 42.85

Source:[30]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Karachi Pick Amir, Peshawar Bag Afridi For PSL". Geo News. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Presenting you the Logo of Peshawar Zalmi". Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Pakistan Super League T20 in UAE seeks to rival India's IPL". 29 September 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
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  29. ^ "Shahid Afridi becomes first player to be picked in Pakistan Super League (PSL)". Cricket Country. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  30. ^ "PSL Points Table 2016". PSL T20. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
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