Rawalpindi, April 12 -- Defending champions Islamabad United made a winning start in the opening match of the 2025 Pakistan Super League, defeating Lahore Qalanders by eight
wickets.
Colin Munro hit 59 runs from 42 balls to chase down a target of 140 with 14 balls to spare.
Abdullah Shafique anchored the Qalanders innings from number three, striking a 38-ball 66 that featured six fours and three sixes, the BBC reported.
He was one of only four Qalanders batters to make double figure and he held out until the 19th over when he became the penultimate wicket to fall, caught by Colin Munro off the bowling of Naseem Shah.
Former West Indies captain Jason Holder starred with the ball for Islamabad, taking 4-26 including the wickets of Jahand...