PSL T20: Gladiators swiftly win match with 8 wickets in hand
Quetta Gladiators won the match with 8 wickets
DUBAI (Dunya News) - Karachi Kings are batting first in Pakistan Super League s (PSL) T20 fourth match in Dubai International Cricktet Stadium as Quetta Gladiators won the toss and its skipper Sarfraz Ahmed invited Karachi Kings to bat first, reported Dunya News.
According to the details, the fourth match of PSL T20 is being played in Dubai International Cricket Stadium between Quetta Gladiators and Karachi Kings. Both teams have won their opening matches.
Quetta Gladiators took the control of the match right form the first over when Anwar Ali took the wicket of Nauman Anwar. Wickets of Karachi Kings kept falling in regular intervals. The innings was finally rescued by Ravi Bopara and skipper Shoaib Malik who helped taking the total to 147 with a loss of 7 wickets.
Quetta Gladiators openers provided an excellent 92-run start which kept the Gladiators on the steering wheel throughout the innings. Kings had one or two good bowling spells by Imad Wasim and Muhammad Amir but Malik s attempt at sneaking through weaker bowlers in the middle of the innings backfired. Quetta Gladiators swiftly won the match with 8 wickets in hand and 2.4 overs to spare.
Highlights
Gladiators Innings
Overs 17.2.: Gladiators swiftly win the match with 8 wickets in hand and 2.4 overs to spare. Gladiators total 153/2.
Overs 15.5: Ahmad Shahzad caught by Imad Wasim. Shahzad did his job with 71 runs off 46 balls. Gladiators at 138/2.
Overs 14: Gladiators racing towards the victory as Shoaib Malik s ace bowler Amir fails to stop Ahmad Shahzad and Kevin Peterson. Gladiators at 122/1.
Overs 11: Excellent catch by Nauman Anwar of Luke Wright off Imad Wasim s bowling. United at 92/1.
Overs 10: Ahmad Shahzad thrashes Malik to put Gladiators on the steering wheel. Gladiators at 82/0.
Overs 7: Luke Wright and Ahmad Shahzad keeping their cool as Gladiators continue their chase in a slow and steady fashion. Gladiators at 46/0.
Overs 3: Slow and steady start for Gladiators as Muhammad Amir and Imad Wasim open bowling with excellent spells. Gladiators at 17/0.
Karachi Kings Innings
Overs 20: Kings end their innings with a competitive total of 147/7.
Overs 19.5: Shoaib Malik run out. Last over expedition of Kings beleaguered with two wickets, one more ball to go. Kings at 145/6.
Overs 19.2: Wicket!! Anwer Ali finally got Ravi Bopara, caught by Saad Nasim. Bopara made 40 runs off 29 balls. Kings at 138/5.
Overs 17: Ravi Bopara at 26 runs off 21 balls and Shoaib Malik at 23 runs off 16 balls steadily building Kings innings. Kings at 114/4.
Overs 11.4: A little slider by Muhammad Nabi takes Shakib Al Hasan. Shakib advanced but the ball went through his defences stright to the stumps. Kings in trouble at 69/4.
Overs 9.4: Vince came forward for a huge hit, but got beaten by the spin. Sarfaraz Ahmad made no mistakes behind the wickets in an easy stumping. Kings lost another wicket. Kings at 53/3.
Overs: 8: Kings battered with two wickets loss; look careful, Gladiators are on the top at the moment. Shakib and Vince on the crease. Kings at 44/2.
Overs 5.6: Muhammad Nawaz to Simmons, OUT. Simmons went for a big one but only managed to get caught at the long off. He never looked settled against the spin. Kings at 29/2.
Overs 0.6: Nauman Anwar goes for Duck. Anwar Ali takes the wicket. Nauman tried to clear Dubai Stadium with a huge hit but only manages a top edge and gets caught at third man. Kings at 5/1.
Team Squads
QUETTA GLADIATORSHead coach – Moin Khan
- Kevin Pietersen (England, Platinum)
- Ahmed Shehzad (Pakistan, Platinum)
- Sarfraz Ahmed (Pakistan, Platinum)
- Anwar Ali (Pakistan, Diamond)
- Jason Holder (West Indies, Diamond)
- Luke Wright (England, Diamond)
- Zulfiqar Babar (Pakistan, Gold)
- Umar Gul (Pakistan, Gold)
- Elton Chigumbura (Zimbabwe, Gold)
- Bilal Asif (Pakistan, Silver)
- Asad Shafiq (Pakistan, Silver)
- Mohammad Nawaz (Pakistan, Silver)
- Saad Nasim (Pakistan, Silver)
- Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan, Silver)
- Akbar-ur-Rehman (Pakistan, Emerging)
- Bismillah Khan (Pakistan, Emerging)
- Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, Supplementary)
- Aizaz Cheema (Pakistan, Supplementary)
- Ramiz Raja Jr. (Pakistan, Supplementary
KARACHI KINGS Head coach – Mickey Arthur
- Shoaib Malik (Pakistan, Platinum)
- Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh, Platinum)
- Sohail Tanvir (Pakistan, Platinum)
- Immad Wasim (Pakistan, Diamond)
- Ravi Bopara (England, Diamond)
- Lendl Simmons (West Indies, Diamond)
- Mohammad Amir (Pakistan, Gold)
- Bilawal Bhatti (Pakistan, Gold)
- James Vince (England, Gold)
- Iftikhar Ahmed (Pakistan, Silver)
- Nauman Anwar (Pakistan, Silver)
- Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh, Silver)
- Usama Mir (Pakistan, Silver)
- Sohail Khan (Pakistan, Silver)
- Mir Hamza (Pakistan, Emerging)
- Saifullah Bangash (Pakistan, Emerging)
- Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka, Supplementary)
- Shahzaib Hasan (Pakistan, Supplementary)
- Fawad Alam (Pakistan, Supplementary)
