Summary Qalandar won by 63 runs with 3.4 overs to spare
DUBAI (Dunya News) - Lahore Qalandars beat Quetta Gladiators with 63 runs in the seventh match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) T20, reported Dunya News.
According to the details, the seventh match of PSL T20 was played between Lahore Qalandars and Quetta Gladiators in Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Lahore Qalandars was led by Azhar Ali and Quetta Gladiators by Sarfraz Ahmed. Sarfraz Ahmed won the toss and chose to field first.
Lahore Qalandars made a careful start by avoiding any quick wicket loss. Qalandars took charge off Gladiators bowlers after the departure of skipper Azhar Ali. Cameron Delport and Umer Akmal thrashed the opponent bowlers with both making fifties. Akmal made 93 runs off 40 balls. Qalandars made massive 193 runs with a loss of 2 wickets.
Quetta Gladiators lost three early wickets in quick succession but they were rescued by the skipper Sarfraz Ahmad and Muhammad Nawaz. Sarfraz was stumped by Zohaib at the score of 111. After that Quetta Gladiators wickets fell like leaves. Qalandars won by 63 runs with 3.4 overs to spare.
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Quetta Gladiators Innings
Overs 16.2: Out!! Umer Akmal takes the catch at boundary. Qalandars win by 63 runs.
Overs 16: Wide ball and stumped. Akber-ur-Rehman came charging in but beaten by spin. Rizwan made no mistake in taking stumps off. Gladiators 130/9.
Overs 16: Qalandars on top, Gladiators wickets falling like leaves. Another gone! Gladiators 129/8.
Overs 15.2: Qalandars on fire, another one geos. Galdiators now losing wichets in intervals. Gladiators in deep trouble. Gladiators at 125/7.
Overs 14.3: Gohar to Nabi caught by Umer Akmal. Gladiators at 122/6.
Overs 13.5: Ajantha Mendis takes the wicket. Beats Muhammad Nawaz off his spin and gets him stumped. Qalandars now on top. Gladiators at 118/5.
Overs 12.3: OUT!!! Sarfraz went for a big one but got beaten and Rizwan makes no mistake behind the wicket and stumps him. Zohaib brings the much needed breakthrough. Gladiators at 111/4.
Overs 12: Great match going on, Nawaz and Sarfraz thrashing Qalandar bowlers in response to huge target set by Qalandars. Gladiators at 108/3.
Overs 10: Muhammad Nawaz thrashes Hammad Azam with four boundaries in an over. Gladiators make strong comeback. Gladiators at 87/3.
Overs 9: Skipper Sarfraz Ahmed and Muhammad Nawaz comes to rescue for Gladiators. Gladiator movinig steadily towards target. Gladiators at 69/3.
Overs 5.4: Kevin Pietersen goes!! Pietersen went for a pull on a slower short ball and failed to reach the distance. Caught at deep backward square. Qalandars on top as Gladiators are in deep trouble. Gladiators 37/3.
Overs 3.2: Luke Wright goes for a big one but caught at mid-wicket. Gladiators in trouble. Gladiators at 26/2.
Overs 2.5: Shahzad BOWLED!!! Kevon Cooper rips apart Shahzad s stumps. Qalandars on top. Gladiators at 20/1.
Lahore Qalandars Innings
Overs 20: It was raining sixed in Dubai International stadium. Lahore Qalandars make massive 194 total with only 2 wickets to loss.
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Overs 19.5: Umer Akmal s massive innnigs of 93 runs off 40 balls ends here. Went for making a century by clearing the field but instead caught at boundary. Qalandars at 193/3
Overs 19: Umer Akmal thrashes Umar Gul in 19th over of the innings with two sixes and one four. Qalandars at 185/2.
Overs 18.4: Going, going, gone!!! Umer Akmal hits another massive six. Qalandars all in control. Qalandars 174/2.
Overs 17: OUT!! Delport went for a reverse sweep and got beaten by the spin. Baber takes the much needed wicket for Gladiators. Qalandars 157/2.
Overs 16: Umar Akmal s thrashing fifty takes Qalandar on the steering wheel. Qalandars at 150/1.
Overs 13: Delport and Umar Akmal charge towards Gladiators bowlers. Qalandars racing towards building a huge total. Qalandars at 99/1.
Overs 10: Skipper Azhar Ali OUT, caught by Akber-ur Rehman. Umer Gul finally gets the much needed breakthrough. Qalandars at 62/1.
Overs 6: Azhar Ali and Cameron Delport taking Qalandars carefully towards a big total. 34/0.
Overs 3: Lahore Qalandars 19 for no runs. This finally seems a stable start from the Qalandars.
Team Squads
LAHORE QALANDARSHead coach - Paddy Upton
- Chris Gayle (West Indies, Platinum)
- Umar Akmal (Pakistan, Platinum)
- Dwayne Bravo (West Indies, Platinum)
- Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan, Diamond)
- Yasir Shah (Pakistan, Diamond)
- Sohaib Maqsood (Pakistan, Diamond)
- Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh, Gold)
- Kevon Cooper (West Indies, Gold)
- Cameron Delport (South Africa, Gold)
- Zafar Gohar (Pakistan, Silver)
- Hammad Azam (Pakistan, Silver)
- Zia-ul-Haq (Pakistan, Silver)
- Azhar Ali (Pakistan, Silver)
- Naved Yasin (Pakistan, Emerging)
- Adnan Rasool (Pakistan, Emerging)
- Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan, Supplementary)
- Mukhtar Ahmed (Pakistan, Supplementary)
- Ehsan Adil (Pakistan, Supplementary)
- Imran Butt (Pakistan, Supplementary)
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
