Pakistan Super League 2023 Match 15 between Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi was the first match of the season to be played at the Gaddafi Stadium. One of the four PSL 8 venues, Lahore didn’t present anything largely different with respect to the conditions in spite of a change in the geographical location.
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The high-scoring nature of the tournament didn’t only persist even at this venue but was able to outplay the other two venues in terms of being a witness to the highest innings total by a team this season.
Playing their first match at their home ground, Qalandars thrived on batting-friendly conditions to score 241/3 in 20 overs after captain Shaheen Shah Afridi won the toss and chose to bat.
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A team run rate in excess of 12 was possible on the back of 14 fours and 18 sixes being hit an average of 1.6 four/six per over. Such an extent of hard-hitting was made possible primarily due to a 69-ball 120-run partnership for the second wicket between Fakhar Zaman (96) and Abdullah Shafique (75). The left and right-hand batters scored their 38th and sixth T20 half-century respectively to script a 40-run victory.
Highest total in PSL 2023 (updated on March 11, 2023)
Overall, innings totals of 200 (and above) have been achieved 17 times out of the first 56 PSL 8 innings. In what is doing justice to an archetype high-scoring competition, as many as 24 PSL 2023 innings totals have been in excess of the 190-run mark. Furthermore, teams have been able to cross the 170-run mark on as many as 34 occasions.
PSL 8 highest score team (updated on March 11, 2023)
| Score | Overs | Team | Opposition | Ground |
| 262/3 | 20 | Multan Sultans | Quetta Gladiators | Rawalpindi |
| 253/8 | 20 | Quetta Gladiators | Multan Sultans | Rawalpindi |
| 244/6 | 19.1 | Multan Sultans | Peshawar Zalmi | Rawalpindi |
| 243/2 | 18.2 | Quetta Gladiators | Peshawar Zalmi | Rawalpindi |
| 242/6 | 20 | Peshawar Zalmi | Multan Sultans | Rawalpindi |
It is worth mentioning that the third-highest innings total came in a successful run-chase at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Out of only 10 successful run-chases in PSL 2023 thus far, Islamabad United hold the record for sealing the maximum number of highest successful run-chases (5).
