Van van Dussen's 104* is ineffective as Qalandars lose for the fifth time in a row.

Zalmi's victory, their second in four games, moved them up to fourth in the standings.

Lahore Qalandars 203 for 6 (Van der Dussen 104*, Naveen 2-50) lost to Peshawar Zalmi 211 for 4 (Ayub 88, Babar 48, Powell 46, Afridi 3-33) by eight runs.

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After losing their fifth straight PSL match on Sunday, the two-time reigning champion Lahore Qalandars were undone by Rassie van der Dussen's undefeated 104 off 52 balls against Peshawar Zalmi. Van der Dussen reached his century in fifty balls, but it proved insufficient as Zalmi defeated Qalandars by eight runs, their first loss as a pursuing team this year.

Van van Dussen struck six sixes and seven fours to keep Lahore's hopes alive as they attempted to chase down Peshawar's impressive 211 for 4, but the home team was only able to muster 203 for 6.

In the penultimate over, van der Dussen pulled Luke Wood for a six over midwicket, making it the first century of this PSL series. Naveen-ul-Haq (2 for 50) and Wood (1 for 46) returned costly figures as he targeted Zalmi's fast bowlers.

Paul Walter held his composure and gave up just three runs off the first five deliveries before Carlos Brathwaite struck a six off the last ball, leaving van der Dussen with the strike for just one ball as they needed 18 from the last over.

After Qalandars won the toss, Zalmi's opening combination of Saim Ayub (88) and captain Babar Azam (48) had raised 136 from 86 balls in the absence of the injured Haris Rauf.

In one over, youthful fast bowler Mohammad Imran was bowled out for 22 by Rovman Powell, who hit 46 off 20. Zalmi scored the most of the season with 211.

Zaman Khan, who finished with zero for 48, did not provide much support for Qalandars captain Shaheen Shah Afridi, who chipped up with three late wickets for 33 runs.

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