The Qalandars’ playing XI 10 minutes before the toss for the final on Sunday evening in Pakistan’s eastern metropolis joined Raza, who was a member of Zimbabwe’s Test team until Saturday afternoon.
As Lahore chased 202 with one ball left, the Pakistan-born off-break bowler and lower-middle-order batsman took one wicket and added 22 runs on seven balls.
Kusal Perera’s 62 runs, supported by top-order batters Mohammad Naeem and Abdullah Shafique, were the main focal points of Lahore’s run chase, but Raza’s hustled transition from the United Kingdom to Pakistan and his subsequent contribution to securing the team’s hearts and hearts from both sides.
The 39-year-old described his final 24 hours as “dinner in Birmingham, breakfast in Dubai, lunch in Abu Dhabi, and then flew straight to Lahore for the PSL final.”
Before departing for Pakistan, Raza batted for 20 or more overs on Saturday and took the field for the test on Friday.
After the game, he declared, “I just have no words to have a victory like this.”
Shaheen Shah Afridi is the only captain to have won three PSL titles, making the hosts’ 204-4 overs victory in their third straight victory.
In their 20th overs, Quetta had earlier posted a formidable total of 201-9, with Faheem Ashraf and young batter Hasan Nawaz scoring 76 runs off 43 balls.
Afridi won the bowling match against Lahore, winning 3-24 in his four overs.
Perera won the match’s MVP award for his crucial innings, which kept Lahore in the game until the final over.
Nawaz won the tournament player of the tournament for amassing 399 runs in the match.
Source: Aljazeera
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