Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars PSL 2024 Highlights: Lahore Qalandars defeated Islamabad United by 17 wickets in match number 23 of the Pakistan Super League (2024) at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi. This was Lahore's first win of the season.
Islamabad United, who had won each of their last three matches, are static at the fourth spot in the six-team table. They face Karachi and Multan in their last two matches, and would look for a berth in the playoffs.

Lahore Qalandars beat Islamabad United by 17 runs to register their first win of PSL 2024. Yorker from Zaman Khan on the fifth delivery of the 19th over to hit Raees' front boot and trap him in front of the stumps. A review taken but that does not stop Lahore to win clinch their maiden win this season. Islamabad United would be disappointed. Islamanad all-out for 145. Zaman Khan finishes with figures of 4/37 in 3.5 overs.
Faheem punched the third delivery through extra cover for another four.
First ball of the 19th over and Faheem takes Zaman by surprise. A full toss hammered over mid-wicket for six. Plays the next delivery over point for four. 24 off 10 needed.
Shaheen finishes with a yorker and figures of 2/32. IU need 34 off 12.
Pushed over cover for four. Faheem Ashraf would now look to attack. Shaheen is bowling his fourth over, and would want to seal the deal for his team in the 18th over.
Third wicket for Zaman Khan. Islamabad United are nine down now, needing 41 runs off 19 balls. Slower full toss, too good for Hunain Shah who was looking to play it towards leg. IU: 123/9 in 17 overs.
Back-to-back sixes off Shaheen Afridi before Naseem Shah gets clean bowled on the final delivery of the 16th over. Naseem palyed an inside-out shot for a six over extra cover on the fourth delivery. He opened the face of the bat to hit the next delivery for a maximum over point, before missing a full delivery which cleaned his off-stump. He departs for 27 off 16. ISU: 115/8 in 16 overs.
Naseem Shah is on his feet to bat, but is limping. He was out of action since the Asia Cup 2023. With the T20 World Cup approching, Pakistan would want him injury free.
Shaheen Afridi thrown has hit the left leg calves of Naseem Shah, and he is in deep pain. Naseem winced in pain and fell on the ground as Shaheen came rushing to him and took off his pads. Faheem worked the ball towards cover and set off for a single, Shaheeen made a quick throw at the stumps at striker's end but Naseem came in the way. Umpired have called for a time-out as physio attend Naseem who is lying on the ground.
Nine runs from the 13th over from Ahsan Bhatti. Faheem hits a boundary on the fourth delivery. Was short and wide as Faheem waited and cut it through square. IU: 90/7 in 13 overs.
Azam Khan smashed a four through backward point to start the 11th over from left-arm spinner Ahsan before hammering the ball for a six over long-on. However, he gets out on the fifth delivery after two dots. Caught at long off by Sikandar Raza. Azam Khan departs for 25 off 19.
A flat six over cover from Azam Khan to start the 10th ove from Jahandad. The umpire raises his finger to a caught behind dismissal on the very next delivery, but DRS shows no bat involved and the wickets missing. Azam Khan, IU's hope, stays in the middle.
A four from Azam Khan through backward point off Abbas' fifth delivery of the ninth over to bring up Islamabad's fifty. IU: 51/6 in 9 overs.
Tayyab Abbas, another Lahore bowler with a slinging action comes into the attack. Azam Khan and Faheem Ashraf looking to hold fort for Islamabad in the middle.
Jordan Cox also gone. Islamanad's batting unit has fallen like a house of cards. Jahandad Khan in action with the ball this time. Cox tried working this towards leg but the ball balloons up in the air after hitting the toe-end of the bat. Jahandad settled nicely under the ball to comlete a caught and bowled dismissal. IU: 38/6 in 7 overs.
Imad Wasim (4) also gone! David Wiese gets his first wicket, angled towards off as southpaw Wasim goes for a drive but edges it into the hands of Shafique in first slip. IU: 36/5 in six overs.
Islamabad United in deep trouble now. Colin Munro has been run out out by Jahandad. He departs for 15 off 16. IU: 32/4 in 5.4 overs.
Bowl of the day from Zaman Khan. Shadab Khan had no clue, pitched at yorker length as Shadab looks to work it on the leg side but he misses the line completely. The slinging action has done the trick. The ball moved awat slightly after pitching tto clean the off stump. Shadab departs for 7 off 10. IU: 29/3 in 5 overs.
Islamabad United are 17/2 after three. Just three runs from the third over from Shaheen Afridi. David Wiese is bowling the fourth over.
Agha Salman departs for four. A soft dismissal this. This delivery was there to be hammered, drifting down the leg as Salman looked to play it over fine, but a faint edge lands into the gloves of the keeper. IU: 14/2 in 2 overs.
After being hit for fours on back-to-back deliveries, Shaheen strikes once again in the first over by getting the wicket of Alex Hales who departs for a duck. What a catch from Jahandad. Hales looked to dominate Shaheen and played a high-flying shot down the ground, Jahandad kept running backwards and grabbed a one-handed stunner. Ian Bishop goes wild in the commentary box. IU: 9/1 in one over.
David Wiese takes a single towards fine leg on the final delivery of the 20th over as Lahore Qalandars finish at 162/7 in 20 overs. Not enough on the board but Lahore would want to chase it and register their first win of PSL 2024. LQ: 162/7 in 20 overs.
Low full toss guided through mid-wicket for a four. Wiese is playing a handy knock here in Rawalpindi. He takes three consecutive doubles on the next three delieveries. He is batting on 23 off 10.
Rassie van der Dussen departs for 66 off 44. The South African took a review but it does not help. No edge and the ball hitting straight between middle and off. Second wicket for Raees. A solid knock comes to an end. LQ: 148/7 in 18.5 overs.
Hunain Shah leaks back-to-back fours on the final two deliveries of the 18th over. First through extra cover, and then towards mid-wicket. LQ: 141/6 in 18 overs.
Fifty for Dussen with a six off Naseem Shah. Pulled handsomely over square leg for a six. A 92-metre six to complete a crucial fifty. LQ: 128/6 in 17 overs.
Ahsan Bhatti goes for a pull but the slower ball from Naseem Shah does the trick. A simple catch from Munro at deep mid-wicket. Bhatti gone for 13 off 8.
100 runs up for Lahore Qualandars with Ahsan Bhatti six. First ball after the Time Out break from Faheeem and Ahsan lifts it over fine leg for six. Van der Dussen scoops the third delivery from him over fine leg for a four. The last ball is hammered for a six by the South African over deep backward point. 17 from the over. LQ: 115/5 in 16 overs.
Faheem gets his first wicket after wicketkeeper Azam Khan reedems himself. Short and wide, and Sikandar top-edges it while going for the pull. Azam ran backwads before tumbling heroically on the ground. All his Islamabad teammates are delighted. Raza goes for 4 off 10. LQ: 93/5 in 14 overs.
Sikandar Raza survives after Azam Khan misses a simple run out opportunity. He attempts a ramp shot as the ball hits his thumb and drops just metres away from Azam Khan, a dive would have done. Azam then misses a simple run out opportunity as well. Raza was away from the crease and Khan had all the three stumps to aim.
The two sides clashed against each other in the PSL 2024 opener as Islamabad United thrashed Lahore Qalandars by eight wickets. The match saw Islamabad chase down a 196-run target with eight wickets and 10 balls to spare. Islamabad United captain Shadab Khan scored unbeaten 74 runs off 41 balls.
Squads:
Lahore Qalandars Squad: Sahibzada Farhan(w), Fakhar Zaman, Rassie van der Dussen, Kamran Ghulam, Sikandar Raza, Shaheen Afridi(c), George Linde, Carlos Brathwaite, Jahandad Khan, Salman Fayyaz, Zaman Khan, Shai Hope, Ahsan Bhatti, Mohammad Imran, Abdullah Shafique, David Wiese, Syed Faridoun, Mirza Tahir Baig, Lorcan Tucker, Daniel Lawrence, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Tayyab Abbas
Islamabad United Squad: Alex Hales, Colin Munro, Agha Salman, Shadab Khan(c), Jordan Cox, Azam Khan(w), Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Hunain Shah, Naseem Shah, Rumman Raees, Tymal Mills, Obed McCoy, Haider Ali, Qasim Akram, Shamyl Hussain, Ubaid Shah, Martin Guptill, Shahab Khan