Babar Azam played a remarkable innings of 41 runs off just 23 deliveries that helped Peshawar Zalmi to win the Flood Relief Match against Legends XI
Toss
Legends XI won the toss and elected to field first.
Venue
The match was played at Imran Khan Cricket Stadium, Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan.
Playing XIs
- Inzimam Ul Haq (C)
- Mohammad Salman (wk)
- Abdur Rehman
- Arif
- Azhar Ali
- Azhar Mehmood
- Humayun Farhat
- Imran Farhat
- Khurram Ghulam
- Mohammad Hafeez
- Saeed Ajmal
- Shahid Afridi
- Shoaib Akhtar
- Waqar Younis
- Younis Khan
- Babar Azam (C)
- Salman Afridi (WK)
- Amir Barki
- Azan Afridi
- Ihsanullah
- Imran Jr
- Israrullah
- Maaz Sadaqat
- Mohammad Hafeez
- Mohammad Irfan
- Nisar Ali
- Qasim Saeed
- Umaid Asif
- Yasir Hameed
- Zulfiqar Babar
Match Summary
Batting first, Zalmi took a start with the help of strike rate boosted innings by Babar Azam. He played a crucial innings for his team, Peshawar Zalmi against the Legends XI. From the other end, Yasir Amin also played a brilliant knock of 35 runs facing off just 18 deliveries. This helped team Peshawar Zalmi to score 69 runs in just 6 overs. After their departure no other player from Peshawar Zalmi contributed much runs and wickets kept on falling. As a result, team Peshawar Zalmi gave a target of 144 runs to team Legends 11. Meanwhile, Shahid Afridi and Abdur Razzaq each took 3 wickets for team Legends XI.
In the chase of 145 runs, team Legend XI lost their first wicket in the very 1st over. This wasn’t enough for team Peshawar Zalmi and they managed to get 2nd wicket in the very next over. The trauma for Legends 11 didn’t end there and they lost there 3rd wicket on the very first delivery of the 3rd over. At the end of the 8th over, Legends XI were left with just 4 wickets in hand.
However, Legends Inzamam UL Huq and Azhar Mehmood managed to play a fantastic innings together for their team. Long story short, Legends XI required 22 runs in the last over. Legends fought pretty well and lost by just 6 runs. Inzamam Ul Huq scored 46 on just 23 balls and Azhar Mehmood played an innings of 34 runs facing off just 15 deliveries. Meanwhile, Babar Azam and Muhammad Irfan each took 2 wicekts for their team.
Question For You
Babar outperformed everyone in today’s match, what do you think about his presence for the Asia Cup 2025? Answer in the comment section.
You can explore the blog post below describing Babar’s Innings in details:
Babar Azam’ knock of 41 runs off just 23 deliveries
Who won the Peshawar Zalmi vs Legends XI exhibition match on August 30, 2025?
Peshawar Zalmi defeated Legends XI by 6 runs in the charity exhibition match played at Imran Khan Cricket Stadium, Peshawar.
What was the final score of the Peshawar Zalmi vs Legends XI match?
Peshawar Zalmi were bowled out for 144 in 14.4 overs. In reply, Legends XI scored 138 for 6 in their 15 overs, falling short by 6 runs.
Who were the top performers in the Peshawar Zalmi vs Legends XI match?
Babar Azam starred for Peshawar Zalmi with 41 runs from 23 balls and 2 wickets. For Legends XI, Inzamam-ul-Haq scored an unbeaten 46 off 23 balls and Azhar Mehmood added 34* off 15 balls. Saeed Ajmal also took 2 wickets including the prized scalp of Babar Azam.
Where was the Peshawar Zalmi vs Legends XI exhibition match played?
The match was played at Imran Khan Cricket Stadium in Peshawar, Pakistan, as part of a charity event for flood relief.
Who won the toss in the Peshawar Zalmi vs Legends XI match?
Legends XI won the toss and elected to field first in the Peshawar Zalmi vs Legends XI exhibition match.