Salman Irshad

Salman Irshad (Urdu: سلمان ارشاد ; born 3 December 1995) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays for Lahore Blues, Mirpur Royals and Peshawar Zalmi.

[2] Salman made his debut for AJK Jaguars against Lahore Region Blues in the National T20 Cup.

With 7 runs required to win, Irshad hit a six off his first ball which levelled the scores but then got out which led to the PSL's first ever super over.

[11] Although his side would go on to lose the match in the super over, Irshad gained fame for getting Misbah-ul-Haq out on his first delivery in the PSL.

[14] His team then faced Peshawar Zalmi and he got a score of 1 and got figures of 0/23 off 2 overs as Lahore Qalandars got crushed by 10 wickets.

[19] The next match came against Islamabad United, Irshad didn't get a chance to bat and he got figures of 1/43 off 4 overs as his side lost by 71 runs.

[21] The next match he played in was against Karachi Kings and he got figures of 1/28 and didn't bat as Lahore Qalandars won by 8 wickets.

[32] Irshad’s last match of the group stage came against Islamabad United as he went on to pick up figures of 3/29 and Peshawar won by 10 runs.

[33] He was left out of the squad for the final game of the group stages as Peshawar narrowly beat Lahore Qalandars in a super over.

[34] His next match was against Islamabad United in the 1st eliminator and he got figures of 3/31 as Peshawar lost by 5 wickets and were therefore knocked out of the 2022 PSL.

[37] Irshad was retained by Peshawar Zalmi in the silver category prior to the 2023 PSL draft.

[42] On 23 August, Irshad registered his career best figures of 4/27 against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots.