WATCH: Babar spends time against spinners

KARACHI: Peshawar Zalmi's captain Babar Azam was seen doing immense practice against spinners during his team's second practice session here at National Stadium ahead of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 8. 

Zalmi played an intra-squad practice match at The Oval Ground which is located in the premises of National Stadium. 

Babar alongside his potential opening partner Mohammad Haris batted for long in the practice match. Afterwards, Babar and Haris went into the nets and did intensive practice session. 

The ICC Cricketer of the Year (2022) mostly batted against the spinners in the nets. Meanwhile, Haris did practice of slogging. 

Later on, Babar came on the pitch of The Oval Ground and faced spinners to hit big shots. He looked a bit shaky against leg-spinners but Zalmi's batting mentor Kamran Akmal kept on guiding him. 

Quetta beat Peshawar in PSL 8 exhibition match

Gladiators had defeated Zalmi by three runs in the exhibition match in Quetta on Sunday.

While chasing 185 runs for victory, Zalmi were restricted to 181-7 in 20 overs.

At the half-way mark, it seemed as if Zalmi would cruise to victory after reaching 109-1 in 10 overs. However, Quetta picked up wickets at regular intervals towards the backend of the innings to stall their opponent's progress.

Opener Mohammad Haris, who played some stunning shots, top-scored with 53 runs in 35 balls. Shahid Afridi and Babar Azam scored 25 and 23 runs, respectively.

Mohammad Hasnain was the pick of the bowlers for Quetta after bagging figures of 3-30 in four overs.

Meanwhile, Naseem Shah defended nine runs in the final over to get his side over the line.

Earlier, Iftikhar Ahmed scored an impressive fifty as Gladiators set Zalmi a target of 185 runs during the exhibition match in Quetta on Sunday.

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