Watch: Babar Azam Run Out Of Direct Hit by Alex Hales During Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi Match

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A brilliant under-arm direct hit by Alex Hales took out Peshawar Zalmi's skipper Babar Azam. Babar has been the highest scorer and the sheet anchor for Peshawar as everyone else plays around him.

There hasn't been a single match in this season where Babar got out before the powerplay. This run-out might prove very costly for the Peshawar. As they have been relying heavily on their captain to do the bidding when it comes to run scoring, so far.

This is going to be a huge ask for the rest of the batters now to chase down this target of 196. Islamabad United were in the same situation when they were batting. After winning the toss, Peshawar Zalmi decided to bowl and asked Islamabad United to set the target.

Saim Ayub bowled a stunning carrom ball and took out Alex Hales on the first ball. Munro tried to dominate the bowlers but perished as Islamabad were 46-2 after the powerplay.

Then, Agha Salman and Captain Shadab got together for a fifty-plus stand. They bailed the side of trouble but Agha threw his wicket away when Salman Irshad came on to bowl. The captain carried on to score 80 runs in the good company of Jordan Cox. Azam played a brilliant cameo of 29 off 14 balls to finish off the innings.

It will be fascinating to see now, how the untested batting lineup of Peshawar will face this test as they are already five wickets down at the score of 59 after 10 overs. That is on a true surface and at the shorter dimension. This proves how vital Babar Azam is for the Peshawar Zalmi.