Peshawar Zalmi Cricket Team (2025)

Peshawar Zalmi are one of the six teams participating in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). They represent Peshawar, the capital city of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. 

They were one of the five teams founded by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2015 ahead of the inaugural season of the PSL. The team is owned by Javed Afridi. Pakistan star Babar Azam is currently leading the team while former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is the head coach. Peshawar Zalmi have won the PSL once.

Peshawar Zalmi Bio and Team Details:

Full Name

Peshawar Zalmi

Nickname

Yellow Storm

Captain

Babar Azam

Head Coach

Inzamam-ul-Haq

Team Owner

Javed Afridi

Peshawar Zalmi Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/PeshawarZalmi/

Peshawar Zalmi Twitter (X)

@PeshawarZalmi

Peshawar Zalmi Instagram

@peshawarzalmipk

Peshawar Zalmi Website

https://www.peshawarzalmi.com/

Peshawar Zalmi - Season-wise Performance:

Peshawar Zalmi's PSL journey began in an impressive manner. They won six of their eight league games and finished at the top of the points table. However, the Peshawar-based outfit could not qualify for the final. Their journey came to an end with a defeat against Quetta Gladiators and Islamabad United in the first and second qualifier respectively.

After missing out on the title in the inaugural PSL season, Peshawar Zalmi made amends in style in 2017. They went all the way to clinch their maiden and so far only PSL title. For the second season in  a row, Peshawar Zalmi finished the league stage at the top of the points table. 

In the playoffs, they lost the first qualifier against Quetta Gladiators before beating Karachi Kings in the second qualifier to advance to the final. In the final, Peshawar Zalmi beat the Gladiators by 58 runs to win the tournament.

In 2018 and 2019, Peshawar Zalmi impressed once again but could not win the title. In both the seasons, they advanced to the final but failed to register a win in the title-decider. In 2018, they lost against Islamabad United before suffering a defeat against Quetta Gladiators in the 2019 final.

In 2020 season, Peshawar Zalmi managed to win only 4 of their 10 league games. However, it was enough for them to qualify for the playoffs. Their campaign ended with a defeat against Lahore Qalandars in the Eliminator. 

In 2021, Peshawar Zalmi qualified for the final for the fourth time. However, their campaign ended in a disappointing fashion once again as they lost the final against Multan Sultans. In the following three seasons, Peshawar Zalmi qualified for the playoffs on each occasion but could not qualify for the final even once.

Year

Position

Summary

2016

3/5

Playoffs (3rd)

2017

1/5

Champions

2018

2/6

Runners-up

2019

2/6

Runners-up

2020

4/6

Playoffs (4th)

2021

3/6

Runners-up

2022

3/6

Playoffs (4th)

2023

3/6

Playoffs (3rd)

2024

2/6

Playoffs (3rd)

Peshawar Zalmi Management and Support Staff:

Position

Name

Head Coach

Inzamam-ul-Haq

Director of Cricket

Mohammad Akram

Batting Coach

James Foster

Bowling Coach

Glen Chapple

Spin Bowling Coach

Mushtaq Ahmed

Fielding Coach

Aftab Khan

Medical Advisor

Zafar Iqbal

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Mian Abbas Layaq

COMPLETED / 3rd Qualifying Final / Dubai International Cricket Stadium

126/10 (18 ov)

United won by 50 runs

COMPLETED / 1st Qualifying Final / Dubai International Cricket Stadium

133/10 (19.3 ov)

Gladiators won by 1 run

COMPLETED / 19th Match / Dubai International Cricket Stadium

158/5 (18.3 ov)

Zalmi won by 5 wkts (9b rem)

COMPLETED / 17th Match / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

130/2 (18.4 ov)

Zalmi won by 8 wkts (8b rem)

COMPLETED / 15th Match / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

160/7 (20 ov)

Qalandars won by 4 runs

COMPLETED / 13th Match / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

153/3 (18.3 ov)

Zalmi won by 7 wkts (9b rem)

COMPLETED / 10th Match / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

182/4 (20 ov)

Peshawar Zalmi won by 3 runs.

COMPLETED / 7th Match / Dubai International Cricket Stadium

135/7 (20 ov)

Gladiators won by 3 wkts (1b rem)

COMPLETED / 5th Match / Dubai International Cricket Stadium

118/1 (16 ov)

Zalmi won by 9 wkts (24b rem)

COMPLETED / 3rd Match / Dubai International Cricket Stadium

121/9 (20 ov)

Zalmi won by 24 runs

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Peshawar Zalmi Stats

Most Run Scores
bat
6

Matches

267

Runs

10

Matches

220

Runs

8

Matches

163

Runs

Most Wickets Takers
9

Matches

13

Wickets

9

Matches

10

Wickets

10

Matches

9

Wickets

Peshawar Zalmi Players

bat

Tamim Iqbal

Batter

bat

Dawid Malan

Batter

wk

Kamran Akmal

Wicket-Keeper

bat

Shahid Yousuf

Batter

all

Shahid Afridi

All Rounder

all

Daren Sammy

All Rounder

bowl

Wahab Riaz

Bowler

bowl

Junaid Khan

Bowler

bowl

Shaun Tait

Bowler

Peshawar Zalmi Cricket Team FAQs

Former Pakistan allrounder Shahid Afridi was the first captain of Peshawar Zalmi.

Peshawar Zalmi have won the PSL once and have finished runners-up on three other occasions.

Zalmi means youth in Pashto. So the literal meaning of the team's name is Peshawar's youth.

Babar Azam is the captain of Peshawar Zalmi in 2025.
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