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Hardie the hero as Babar Azam’s Peshawar Zalmi win PSL 2026

Al Jazeera · · 778 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
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26 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Peshawar Zalmi win PSL 2026”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm Peshawar Zalmi were crowned PSL 2026 champions.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Pakistan Super League (branded as HBL PSL 11) was the eleventh edition of the Pakistan Super League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league organised by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Pakistan_Super_League
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Peshawar Zalmi is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competed in 2026 Pakistan Super League. The team is based in the Peshawar city of Pakistan. This was the eleventh consec…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Peshawar_Zalmi_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pakistan Super League (PSL) is the highest level of domestic Twenty20 cricket in Pakistan. The league is owned by the Pakistan Cricket Board and its first season was played in 2016. The league, when i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Pakistan_Super_…
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“Peshawar’s second PSL title with a five-wicket win over Hyderabad Kingsmen”
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Multiple sources confirm Peshawar Zalmi won their second title by defeating Hyderabad Kingsmen by five wickets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hyderabad Kingsmen is a professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competed in 2026 Pakistan Super League. Team is based in the Hyderabad city of Pakistan. This was the debut season of the King…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Hyderabad_Kingsmen_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Peshawar Zalmi is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competed in 2026 Pakistan Super League. The team is based in the Peshawar city of Pakistan. This was the eleventh consec…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Peshawar_Zalmi_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hyderabad Kingsmen (Urdu/Sindhi: حيدرآباد کنگزمین) are a professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, Sindh, that competes in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The franchise was…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyderabad_Kingsmen
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“Hardie grabbed 4-27 to bowl out Hyderabad for a below-par 129 all out in 18 overs”
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Multiple sources (including match reports and scorecards) confirm Aaron Hardie took 4-27 and Hyderabad was bowled out for 129 in 18 overs.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hyderabad Kingsmen is a professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competed in 2026 Pakistan Super League. Team is based in the Hyderabad city of Pakistan. This was the debut season of the King…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Hyderabad_Kingsmen_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Pakistan Super League (branded as HBL PSL 11) was the eleventh edition of the Pakistan Super League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league organised by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Pakistan_Super_League
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Pakistan Super League final was a Twenty20 cricket match played between Peshawar Zalmi and Hyderabad Kingsmen to determine the champion of the 2026 season of Pakistan Super League (PSL) on 03…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Pakistan_Super_League_fin…
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“hit a fluent 56 not out off 39 balls to anchor Peshawar to 130-5 in 15.2 overs”
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Multiple sources confirm Aaron Hardie scored 56 not out off 39 balls and Peshawar reached 130-5 in 15.2 overs.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Pakistan Super League (branded as HBL PSL 11) was the eleventh edition of the Pakistan Super League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league organised by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Pakistan_Super_League
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Pakistan Super League final was a Twenty20 cricket match played between Peshawar Zalmi and Hyderabad Kingsmen to determine the champion of the 2026 season of Pakistan Super League (PSL) on 03…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Pakistan_Super_League_fin…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Peshawar Zalmi is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competed in 2026 Pakistan Super League. The team is based in the Peshawar city of Pakistan. This was the eleventh consec…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Peshawar_Zalmi_season
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“the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Sunday”
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Wikipedia and multiple news sources confirm the final was held at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Sunday, May 3, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Pakistan Super League (branded as HBL PSL 11) was the eleventh edition of the Pakistan Super League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league organised by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Pakistan_Super_League
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Peshawar Zalmi is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competed in 2026 Pakistan Super League. The team is based in the Peshawar city of Pakistan. This was the eleventh consec…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Peshawar_Zalmi_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gaddafi Stadium formerly known as Lahore Stadium, is a cricket stadium in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, owned by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). With a capacity of 34,000, it is the largest cricket stad…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaddafi_Stadium
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“Babar Azam, who finished the franchise-based T20 tournament as its leading run-scorer”
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Multiple web search results confirm Babar Azam finished as the leading run-scorer of PSL 2026 with 588 runs.
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web search NEUTRAL — Babar Azam smashed 588 runs in PSL 2026 and finished as the highest run-scorer of the league, helping Peshawar Zalmi win the tournament under his own captaincy.
https://www.firstpost.com/firstcricket/babar-azam-peshawar-z…
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web search NEUTRAL — Babar Azam is the leading run-scorer of the tournament, one run away from becoming the leading run-scorer in any PSL season. Having endured the roughest patch of his career, something appears to have …
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/pakistan-super-league-20…
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web search NEUTRAL — Babar Azam was asked whether he would be open to returning as Pakistan captain if he wins PSL 2026. Here's how he responded.Babar, the 31-year-old, has been in fantastic form in the PSL 2026 season, s…
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/babar-azam-breaks-sil…
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“Babar said after winning his first PSL title as skipper”
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Multiple sources explicitly state that this was Babar Azam's first PSL title as captain.
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web search NEUTRAL — Babar Azam's first-ever T20 title as a captain finally arrived as Peshawar Zalmi ended their long wait for glory with a five-wicket win over Hyderabad Kingsmen in the PSL 11 final at the Gaddafi ...
https://www.msn.com/en-in/sports/cricket/babar-azam-falls-fo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Babar Azam won his maiden PSL trophy as the captain. AFP Babar Azam has finally won a trophy as captain as he led the Peshawar Zalmi to victory in the Pakistan Super League 2026 final against Hyderaba…
https://www.firstpost.com/firstcricket/babar-azam-peshawar-z…
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web search NEUTRAL — First Title As Captain In PSL! Babar Azam's first-ever T20 title as a captain finally arrived as Peshawar Zalmi ended their long wait for glory with a five-wicket win over Hyderabad Kingsmen in the PS…
https://www.news18.com/cricket/babar-azam-falls-for-golden-d…
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“Peshawar, who won the toss and chose to chase”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant Facebook pages for education and law associations in Peshawar; no evidence regarding the toss in the final was found in the provided snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Peshawar, Peshawar. 313,236 likes · 1,438 talking about this · 4,856 were here. Official Page of Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education …
https://www.facebook.com/BISEPonline/
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · Pak-Turk Maarif International Schools & Colleges Peshawar, Peshawar. 20,818 likes · 781 talking about this · 2,685 were here. A leading educational institution, where virtuous people with…
https://www.facebook.com/PakTurkMaarifPeshawarBoys/
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago · Peshawar Bar Association, Peshawar. 33,986 likes · 1,030 talking about this. The Peshawar Bar Association (PBA) is the oldest and most prestigious bar in...
https://www.facebook.com/pba786/
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“slumped to 40-4 inside the first five overs”
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No evidence was found in the search results regarding the specific score of 40-4 in the first five overs.
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“Babar for a golden duck”
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Multiple news headlines explicitly state 'Babar Azam falls for golden duck' in the final.
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“Mohammad Haris, Kusal Mendis, and Michael Bracewell also fell for single-digit scores”
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“Hardie... combined in a match-winning stand of 85 runs with Abdul Samad (48)”
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“Peshawar were favourites for the title after losing only one game in the tournament”
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“Babar, who scored two centuries, equalling Fakhar Zaman’s PSL record of 588 runs in one edition of the tournament”
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“Saim Ayub (54) scored a fighting half-century to help Hyderabad post 129”
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“Hyderabad had a productive power play of 69-2”
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“Hardie having captain Marnus Labuschagne (20) caught behind”
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“Maaz Sadaqat’s early aggression was cut short to just 11 runs”
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“Hyderabad lost momentum and crashed to 73-6 in the space of nine balls after the power play for just two runs”
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“Usman Khan... was trapped leg before wicket by the tournament’s leading wicket-taker Sufyan Moqim (1-23)”
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“Irfan Khan and Kusal Perera were run out”
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“Glenn Maxwell was undone by Nahid Rana’s (2-22) pace and got caught first ball”
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“Ayub stretched the total beyond the 100-run mark with a knock of 54 off 50 balls”
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“leading Hyderabad into the final in a dramatic last-over win over Islamabad United in the second qualifier on Friday”
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“Hyderabad... coming back strongly after losing their first four league games”
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“knocked out both former champions Multan Sultans and Islamabad United in the playoffs”
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