Peshawar Zalmi
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| Nickname(s): | Khpal Team (lit. Our Team) |
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| League: | Pakistan Super League |
| Captain: |
 Darren Sammy
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| Coach: |
 Mohammad Akram
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| City: | Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Colours: |  |
| Owner: | Javed Afridi (Haier Group) |
| Founded: | 2015 |
| Home ground: | Arbab Niaz Stadium |
| Capacity: | 20,000 |
| PSL wins: | 1 (2017) |
| Official website: | peshawarzalmi.com |
Peshawar Zalmi (Urdu: پشاور زلمی; Pashto: پېښور زلمي; English: Peshawar Youth) is a professional franchise cricket team that plays in the Pakistan Super League. It is owned by Javed Afridi of the Haier Group. The team was established in 2015 following the announcement of the inaugural Pakistan Super League (PSL) by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).Darren Sammy is the current captain of the team as of October 2016 and Mohammad Akram is the head coach.
Kamran Akmal is the leading run-scorer for the side, while Wahab Riaz is the leading wicket-taker.
On 3 December 2015, the Pakistan Cricket Board PCB unveiled the owners of five city-based franchises for the first season of the Pakistan Super League. The Peshawar franchise was sold to Haier for US$16 million for a ten-year period.
Peshawar began their 2016 season well, winning their first two matches. After a loss to Quetta Gladiators the team went on to win six of their eight group stage matches and finished first in the points table, qualifying for the play-offs.
The first play-off match was against Quetta in qualifier 1. The match came down to the last ball Quetta winning by one run, Peshawar scoring 132 in reply to Quetta's 133. As a result of their first-place position in the group table, Peshawar then went on to play Islamabad United in the second qualifier match. Peshawar also lost this match and were eliminated from the tournament.
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