5 players who impressed during the 2018 PSL

#2. Wahab Riaz

Wahab Riaz was the joint-highest wicket-taker of the tournament

Wahab Riaz was one of the best bowlers of the entire tournament and was one of the key reasons behind Peshawar Zalmi’s run to the final. Riaz began the tournament with a brilliant spell of 2/19 from his four overs against Multan Sultans.

He followed this with another economical spell of 1/21 against Islamabad United. Riaz continued to bowl several wicket-taking and economical spells for Peshawar Zalmi as they reached the play-offs. The 32-year old was Peshawar’s top-scorer in their second leg against Islamabad United with an unbeaten 33 from 25 deliveries.

In the eliminator, Riaz scored a priceless cameo of 15 from 7 balls and took two wickets for just 26 runs as Peshawar defeated Quetta Gladiators by a run; all the more reason why his cameo was priceless. The Qualifier 2 against Karachi Kings was the one instance that Wahab Riaz was expensive with the ball as he conceded 36 runs from just three overs.

Personally, Riaz had a really good final against Islamabad United looking from an all-round perspective. He scored a 14-ball 28 with the bat and took 2/28 with the ball. However, Islamabad United won the tournament with 3.1 overs to spare with the winning six coming off Riaz’s over.

Nevertheless, Wahab Riaz ended the tournament as the joint highest wicket-taker along with Faheem Ashraf with 18 wickets at an economy of 6.9. He is currently the highest wicket-taker in PSL history with 48 wickets.

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