DUBAI:An unbeaten innings of 73 runs by opener JP Duminy complemented by exceptional spin bowling staged a 26-run win for Islamabad United against Peshawar Zalmi in Friday's second clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
The victory also propelled Islamabad to the top of the table with 10 points.
Where Duminy and middle-order batsman Asif Ali lifted Islamabad United to a formidable total of 182 runs, spinners Samit Patel and Zafar Gohar restricted Zalmi to 156 runs at the end of the innings.
United's 182 was the second biggest total scored in the Pakistan Super League 2018.
Patel took four wickets, Gohar, in his first match of the Pakistan Super League, took three wickets, including of Darren Sammy and Muhammad Hafeez.
Duminy hit four sixes and four boundaries in his 54-ball stint, with the strike rate of 135.18. Middle-order batsman Asif Ali assisted the opener by putting his contribution of 45 runs off 24 balls, which included two boundaries and four sixes.
SpeedsterWahab Riaz took three wickets in the match.
Spinner Samit Patel sent the entire Zalmi top-order to pavilion, in seven overs Kamran Akmal, Andre Fletcher and Dwayne Smith were dismissed by him.
The highlight of the evening was the extraordinary bowling by Zafar Gohar. The turnshown in his deliveries was enough to bowl out Zalmi skipper Darren Sammy, LA Dawson and lbw Muhammad Hafeez.
Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field against Islamabad United.
Wahab Riaz gave a much-needed breakthrough to Zalmi after taking down in-form opening batsman Luke Ronchi (27) on the last ball of fourth over.
Riaz also took the wicket of Hussain Talat bysetting up a beautiful trap to the batsman who had hit him two consecutive boundaries.
In an embarrassingsetup, Shadab Khan was run out without scoring a run.
The in-form bowler did not allow Asif Ali to reach half-century hallmark.
Skipper Darren Sammy returned after recovering from an injury in the place ofRiki Wessels. Zalmi made two more changes in their final playing-11, asKhushdil Shah and Ibtisam Sheikh were included in place of Amad and Sameen Gul.
For Islamabad United, opener Sahibzada Farhan was benched to make way for leg-spinner Zafar Gohar.