Canada Global (Web News) Quetta Gladiators defeated Lahore Qalandars by 5 wickets in the fourth match of HBL PSL 9.
In the match played at Gaddafi Stadium, Quetta Gladiators achieved the target of 188 runs of Lahore Qalandars in the last over with the loss of 5 wickets. This is the second consecutive defeat of Lahore Qalandars in the tournament, while Quetta Gladiators won their second consecutive victory. Lahore Qalandars were defeated by Islamabad United in their first match while Quetta Gladiators defeated Peshawar Zalmi.
On behalf of Quetta Gladiators, Khawaja Nafi played an important role in the team’s success by scoring an unbeaten 60 runs. His innings included 3 sixes and 4 fours. Saud Shakeel scored 40 runs and Jason Roy scored 24 runs. Riley Russo scored 18 runs, Sarfaraz Ahmed scored 11 runs, Sharfeen Rutherford scored 14 runs and Aqeel Hussain scored 9 runs. Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan, Salman Fayyaz scored for Lahore Qalandars. And Sikandar Raza took one wicket each. Haris Rauf proved to be the most expensive bowler by giving 47 runs in 4 overs. Earlier, Lahore Qalandars captain Shaheen Shah Afridi won the toss and decided to bat first. Playing first, Lahore Qalandars scored 187 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Sahibzada Farhan scored 62 runs and Jahandad Khan got out with 45 runs.
Fakhrzaman 6, Rasi van der Dusen 15, Abdullah Shafiq 11, Sikander Raza 18, Korlos Brathwaite 6, Shaheen Afridi 12 and Salman Fayyaz 2 were prominent. Quetta Gladiators’ Aqeel Hussain and Mohammad Hasnain scored 2, 2 while Abrar Ahmed. , Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Wasim got one wicket each. Remember that in the opening match of PSL, Lahore Qalandars were defeated by Islamabad United by 8 wickets, while in their first match, Quetta Gladiators defeated Peshawar Zalmi by 16 wickets. He was defeated by runs.
Quetta Gladiators will try to maintain their winning streak with a win in today’s match while Lahore Qalandars will try hard to win their second match after losing the first match. Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Sahibzada Farhan, Rassi van der Dawson, Abdullah Shafiq, Sikandar Raza, Salman Fayyaz, Carlos Brathwaite, Jahandad Khan, Shaheen Afridi (capt), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan. Quetta Gladiators: Jason Roy, Saud Shakeel, Khawaja Naf, Riley Russo (capt), Sarfraz Ahmed , Sherfin Rutherford, Aqeel Hussain, Muhammad Wasim Jr., Muhammad Hasnain, Muhammad Amir, Abrar Ahmed.
