20 Facts About Peshawar Zalmi

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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.

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Peshawar Zalmi was established in 2015 following the announcement of the inaugural Pakistan Super League by the Pakistan Cricket Board.

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The Peshawar franchise was sold to Javed Afridi for US$16 million for a time period of ten-years.

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Peshawar Zalmi began their 2016 season well, winning their first two matches.

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Peshawar Zalmi traded Aamer Yamin for Sohaib Maqsood of Lahore Qalandars during the off-season.

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In reply Peshawar Zalmi had a poor start losing 2 early wickets for less than 10 runs, then came Mohammad Hafeez who started hitting Gladiators all over the stadium he with Dawid Malan put up a 100+ runs partnership.

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Batting first Peshawar Zalmi scored 181 runs for 3 wickets due to Kamran Akmal's brilliant 104 runs from 65 balls.

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The next game, Peshawar Zalmi secured a comfortable 34-runs win over Islamabad United.

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Peshawar Zalmi's in-form batsman Kamran Akmal was out lbw for 1 run off 8 balls, with Samit Patel taking the wicket in the third over early on.

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10.

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

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Peshawar Zalmi lost to Quetta Gladiators in the qualifier by 10 runs.

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12.

The word Peshawar Zalmi is a Pashto language word meaning youth.

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13.

Peshawar Zalmi has managed to retain most of its partners in PSL 4.

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14.

The media partners of Peshawar Zalmi include Urdu News, HUM Network, Dawn News, AVT Khyber News, FM 91, Daily Pakistan.

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Peshawar Zalmi Foundation is a non-profit organization, established in April 2016, with the mission to “Bring Back Smiles” by supporting and facilitating the implementation of sustainable development agenda across Pakistan in short, medium and long run.

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16.

In 2017, Peshawar Zalmi joined hands with International Rescue Committee to raise awareness of education in Pakistan.

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17.

Javed Afridi, Chairman Peshawar Zalmi, presented the cheque to Prime Minister Imran Khan at Prime Minister House Islamabad.

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18.

Peshawar Zalmi added that we can only succeed against the Corona virus if all of us stand together.

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19.

Peshawar Zalmi Foundation distributed rations to the needy people in KP.

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20.

Peshawar Zalmi is the biggest sports entity in Pakistan valued at more than $40 million as of 2019.

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