The 8th T20 match of the Pakistan Super League 2021 was fought between Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators at the venue, National Stadium in Karachi, on 26 Feb 2021. Peshawar won the toss and invited the opposition to bat first. Quetta still had not won any match and had lost their last two matches. Saim Ayub and Cameron Delport were sent on the crease to open and Mujeeb Ur Rahman got the responsibility to open the attack.
The Gladiators did not get a good start and lost the first wicket of Cameron Delport at the small score of 15 runs only. After the first dismissal, Faf du Plessis came on the crease to join Ayub and tried to handle the situation. Both of them had made 42 runs at the end of mandatory Powerplay. Just after the Powerplay, Quetta lost its 2nd wicket of Saim Ayub because of a runout. Then Sarfaraz Ahmed, the captain himself came out to the middle to control the condition and played a beautiful inning of 81 runs that helped the Gladiators to score a defending total of 198 runs. Azam Khan at number 5th position also played some great shots and made 47 runs from just 26 balls. Saqib Mahmood got the 3 wickets and Wahab Riaz took 2 wickets for his team. Peshawar got the target of 199 runs from 120 balls to win the 8th match of PSL 6th edition.
Imam-ul-Haq and Kamran Akmal were on the crease to chase the target and the new ball was given to the South African Seamer, Dale Steyn. Peshawar did not start well and lost the wicket of Akmal very early at 13 runs only. Then Tom Kohler-Cadmore came to support Imam-ul-Haq but he also could not stay longer and was sent back by Steyn. Haider Ali at the number 4 position controlled the situation very well and played an excellent inning of 50 runs from 29 balls. Afterward, a couple of crucial partnerships were built that helped Peshawar to reach the target.
Peshawar Zalmi won the 8th T20 match of PSL 6th session 2021 by 3 wickets with 3 balls remaining and Haider Ali was the Man of the Match.