In the 9th match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) 8, Quetta Gladiators gave Peshawar Zalmi a target of 155 runs to win.
In this match being played at National Stadium Cricket Arena in Karachi, Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and invited Quetta Gladiators to bat first.
Quetta Gladiators got off to a very slow start while the opening batsmen could not perform well.
Jason Roy 14, Martin Guptill 12 and Mohammad Nawaz 2 were out and the Gladiators lost 3 wickets for 37 runs in the 9th over.
In such a situation, captain Sarfaraz Ahmed made a partnership of 74 runs in 50 balls with Iftikhar Ahmed and pulled his team out of the vortex of difficulties.
Sarfraz Ahmed played an innings of 39 runs and was dismissed for 111. However, on the other hand, Iftikhar Ahmed continued to score runs.
Iftikhar Ahmed played a responsible innings of 50 runs off 34 balls, while Odin Smith scored 25 runs off 12 balls in the closing moments to take the team’s score to 154 runs in the scheduled 20 overs.
On behalf of Peshawar Zalmi, Usman Qadir was prominent with 2 wickets while Arshad Iqbal and Jimmy Neesham took one wicket each.
Talking on the occasion of the toss, Peshawar Zalmi captain Babar Azam said that he has decided to bowl first due to dew.
Quetta Gladiators captain Sarfaraz Ahmed said that a good wicket is visible. Will try to defend it by scoring big.
The Peshawar Zalmi team is taking the field under the captaincy of Babar Azam, while the other players include Muhammad Haris, Saeem Ayub, Tom Koehler Cadmore, Rowman Powell, Dasan Shanaka, Jimmy Nesham, Wahab Riaz, Usman Qadir, Arshad Iqbal and Sufian Muqim. are
Under the captaincy of Sarfraz Ahmed, Quetta Gladiators consist of Jason Roy, Martin Guptill, Abdul Wahid Bengalzai, Muhammad Hafeez, Odin Smith, Iftikhar Ahmed, Muhammad Nawaz, Muhammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah and Qais Ahmed.
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