PSL 2017: Quetta Gladiators beat Lahore Qalandars by 8 runs
Batting first, Quetta Gladiators were able to put a defendable total of 136 on the board
WEB DESK (Dunya News) - Quetta Gladiators beat Lahore Qalandars by 8 runs on the second day of Pakistan Super League 2017, reported Dunya News.
Batting first, Quetta Gladiators were able to put a defendable total of 136 on the board by the loss of 9 wickets. Rossouw was the major contributor in the innings as he scored 60 runs.
In response, Lahore Qalandars’ effort didn’t prove fruitful as the whole team got out in 18.4 overs after scoring 128 runs. Quetta s Hasan Khan was declared man of the match.
Earlier, Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field first in second match of Pakistan Super League against Quetta Gladiators on Friday.
Qalandars led by Brendon McCullum opted to field first against the Quetta Gladiators being led by Sarfraz Ahmad.
Squads
Lahore Qalandars
BB McCullum*, JJ Roy, Fakhar Zaman, Umar Akmal, Mohammad Rizwan†, GD Elliott, SP Narine, Sohail Tanvir, Bilawal Bhatti, Yasir Shah, Mohammad Irfan
Quetta Gladiators
Asad Shafiq, Ahmed Shehzad, KP Pietersen, RR Rossouw, Sarfraz Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, NLTC Perera, Anwar Ali, Hasan Khan, TS Mills, Zulfiqar Babar
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Lahore Qalandars Innings
Over 20 I Score 104/6 I Yasir Shah 1, Muhammad Irfan 3*
As the match entered into a nail-biting phase in the last five overs, all eyes were fixed on the match as the number of balls and runs required were chasing each others at every moment. It was Muhammad Nawaz who bowled Elliot in the 17th over after the batsman contributed 26 runs in the total. On the last ball of the same over, Narine hit a massive six while causing huge frustration in Quetta’s ranks. The new-comer Bilawal Bhatti also got run out in the 18th over. Soon, Narine was also sent to the pavilion as Mills was able to produce a beauty out of nowhere while trapping him plumb in front of the stump. Tymal Mills turn the tables for Quetta Gladiators in the 18th over as two wickets fall immediately in his over. Hasan Khan was able to grab the last wicket of Yasir Shah in the penultimate over.
Video: Watch Qalandars fall of wicketsOver 15 I Score 104/6 I Grant Elliott 22*, Sunil Narine 12*
Ahmad Shahzad missed a crucial chance as he wasn’t been able to grab Elliott’s catch while the batsman was driving to long-on. On the first ball of thirteenth over, Sohail Tanvir couldm t read the spin and was bowled around his leg of the bowling of Muhammad Nawaz. Elliot in an effort to accelerate the run rate started slogging around the wicket. The Qalandars were pinning their hopes in Elliott after most of their strikers were back in the pavilion. Narine was able to send the ball over the fence on the last ball of 15th over.
Over 10 I Score 68/5 I Grant Elliott 5*, Sohail Tanvir 0*
A huge blow to Qalandars came in the sixth over when Umar Akmal was caught in an effort to clear the mid-off fielder of the bowling of Anwar Ali. On the very first ball of the eight over, Hasan Khan removed Rizwan as he trapped the batsman plumb in front of the stumps. The joy of Sir Viv Richards was the eye-popping moment of the match. It seemed like Qalandars was trapped under the weird spin attack of Quetta Gladiators as runs were difficult to get of the attack. Fakhar Zaman’s run out in the tenth over added further to the miseries of Lahore Qalandars. At half-way along the path, half of the Qalandars were back in the pavilion.
Video: The classical style of Sir Viv celebration
Over 5 I Score 49/2 I Fakhar Zaman 2*, Umar Akmal, 0*
The impressive Jason Roy’s style of hitting initiated in the first two overs of the innings as Quetta managed to score 23 runs of the first twelve deliveries. However, his accelerating innings was halted by Zulfiqar Babar who cleaned him up with a flat delivery at leg stump. On the very first ball of the next over, McCullum hammered Mills for four more. It was in Zulfiqar’s third over that the mighty McCullum was caught at mid-on by Perera as he tried to send the ball over the fence for the second time in the over.
Video: Zulfiqar managed to trap McCullum through his magical spin
Quetta Gladiators Innings
Over 20 I Score 136/9 I Anwar Ali 3*, Zulfiqar Babar 0*
Rilee Rossouw hit a massive six of the bowling of Elliott in the fourteenth over as he decided to accelerate Quetta’s innings. A total of 14 runs were scored of the fifteenth over from Elliott. The eicket of Parera fell in the 15th over after scoring 12 runs as he was caught at long-off by Bilawal Bhatti of the bowling of impressive leggie Yasir Shah. Meanwhile, Rossouw was able to score a half century that included two hammering sixes and departed after scoring 60 runs on the third ball of the last over from Mohammad Irfan. The Gladiators were able to put up a total of 136 runs in the allotted 20 overs.
Video: Watch Gladiators fall of wicketsOver 13 I Score 65/5 I Rilee Rossouw 16*, Thisara Perera 5*
The opening batsman Asad Shafiq moved on with his conventional style of scoring runs as he scored 29 runs of 28 balls however was cleaned up by Narine in the tenth over of the innings. In the last ball of the same over, skipper Sarfraz’s unsuccessful attempt to cut the ball cost Gladiators their fourth wicket. Muhammad Nawaz’s run out turned out to a huge blow to the Gladiators as half of their team was in the pavilion without making that much impact in the game.
Video: Sunil Narine takes Sarfraz, Shafique in one overOver 8 I Score 42/2 I Rilee Rossouw 8*, Asad Shafiq 23*
Kevin Peterson and Shehzad were not been been able to provide the kind of start that Quetta Gladiators were most eagerly looking for. Ahmed Shehzad got out in the third over after scoring just 5 runs. He was caught behind the wicket by Mohammad Rizwan of the bowling of Sohail Tanvir. Soon, the dangerous one-down batsman from Gladiators, the master blaster Kevin Pietersen was bowled out by Muhammad Irfan as he scored just 3 runs.
Video: Ahmed Shehzad, Kevin Peterson hand wicketsVideo: Rossouw s bat breaks
