Pakistan Super League 2017

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The 2017 Pakistan Super League was the most emotional edition in the competition's history — and one of the most important moments in Pakistani cricket of the decade. After the 2009 terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka team in Lahore, international cricket had abandoned Pakistan for eight years. The PSL's plan to stage the final at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore — the heart of Pakistani cricket — was both courageous and symbolic. On March 5, 2017, it happened. The PSL final came home. Thirty-five thousand fans packed into Gaddafi Stadium in scenes of extraordinary joy. Players wept. Officials wept. A nation that had been denied the simple pleasure of watching live cricket on home soil celebrated as though the cricket itself — which was excellent — was almost secondary. Peshawar Zalmi, captained by the ebullient Darren Sammy, destroyed Quetta Gladiators by 58 runs. Quetta were bowled out for just 90 all out, unable to handle Zalmi's bowling attack under the floodlights. Peshawar had won. But more than that, Pakistan had won — the right to host cricket again, the right to feel like a normal cricket nation again. Within a few years, Pakistan would be hosting Test cricket once more.

Key Highlights

• 1The PSL final returned to Pakistan for the first time — played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on March 5, 2017
• 2Peshawar Zalmi crushed Quetta Gladiators by 58 runs — dismissing them for just 90 all out
• 3The Lahore final was an emotional and historic moment — Pakistan's first major cricket event since the 2009 Lahore attack
• 435,000 fans inside Gaddafi Stadium witnessed the PSL coming home — one of cricket's great milestones
• 5Darren Sammy captained Peshawar Zalmi with passion and tactical intelligence throughout the tournament

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