LAHORE – A dominant Peshawar Zalmi engineered Quetta’s ouster from the Pakistan Super League PSL 2018 with a one-run win at Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday.
The do-or-die match for both the teams was one of the best cricket thrillers the world has ever seen.
Zalmi have now qualified to play the second qualifier match against Karachi Kings after defeating Gladiators.
In a dramatic turn of event, Gladiator’s fast bowler Anwar Ali smashed three sixes and one boundary to alter the 158-run chase to three runs off one ball with only one wicket remaining, but the run-out on the last delivery knocked-out Quetta from the tournament.
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Second innings
Gladiators needed 25 off the last 6…They got 23!
What an UNBELIEVABLE FINISH.#YellowStorm prevails in Lahore and just by 1 run.
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Umaid unleashed on the Gladiators!
Zalmi favourites now?#PZvQG #DilSeJaanLagaDe https://t.co/HuCrmzwEGT— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 20, 2018
100 comes up for Quetta Gladiators!
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Quetta in trouble after losing back-to-back wickets of Muhammad Nawaz and Sarfaraz Ahmad.
OUT! 9.5 Sameen Gul to Sarfraz Ahmed
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50 comes up for Quetta Gladiators!
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OUT! 0.1 Hasan Ali to Asad Shafiq
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First Innings
OUT! 17.5 Rahat Ali to Liam Dawson
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Liam Dawson’s brisk batting ended Quetta Gladiators’ dominance in the middle of the first innings.
SIX! 14.2 Hasan Khan to Liam Dawson
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OUT! 12.4 Hasan Khan to Saad Nasim
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SIX! 9.6 Mahmudullah to Liam Dawson
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OUT! 8.4 Mohammad Nawaz to Tamim Iqbal
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OUT! 7.3 Mahmudullah to Mohammad Hafeez
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50 comes up for Peshawar Zalmi!
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Breakthrough for Quetta as Kamran and Andre Fletcher depart.
OUT! 2.2 Mir Hamza to Andre Fletcher
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Massive, Massive wicket for @TeamQuetta
Kamran Akmal the architect of the Zalmi resurgence is cleaned up by Rahat Ali#PurpleForce at Lahore!#DilSeJaanLagaDe pic.twitter.com/yygwI5ko8l— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 20, 2018
Covers are being removed, play to resume shortly.
Covers are coming off. Play to resume shortly ?#HBLPSL #DilSeJaanLagaDe #PZvQG pic.twitter.com/PP6eDtzhqQ
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Opener Tamim Iqbal smashed two fours, taking Peshawar to 8-0 off the first four balls of the match before rain stopped play and forced the teams off the field.
We are into only fourth ball of the innings and umpires have called for the covers. It’s raining here at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore ?️#HBLPSL #DilSeJaanLagaDe #PZvQG pic.twitter.com/PSx4ge9pLE
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 20, 2018
The winner of the match will go on to play against Karachi Kings in the second eliminator on tomorrow (Wednesday) at the same venue while the loser will be knocked out from the tournament.
The match, which started at 7:00pm tonight, being broadcast live on PTV Sports, Ten Sports and Geo Sports in Pakistan and UAE.
You can also download Goonj application for Live Streaming. Cricket fans can also view the match online on the PSL-T20 Official website. For the live score, updates, and analysis, you can follow dailypakistan.com.pk.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
All-time meetings in PSL 2018: Peshawar Zalmi W1, Quetta Gladiators W1
Karachi Kings, who finished at second place in the round-robin stage, suffered an eight-wicket loss at the hands of Islamabad United in the qualifier.
Islamabad United qualified for the final of this year’s edition to be played on March 25 at Karachi’s National Cricket Stadium. All the tickets for the mega event’s final have been sold out.
Strict security measures have been taken to ensure no untoward incident during the match. Contingents of law enforcement agencies and security teams have been deployed inside and outside the stadium.
Lahore’s National Hockey Stadium has been turned into a 20,000-bed hospital.
TEAMS
Quetta XI: T Kohler-Cadmore, Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed, Mahmudullah, R Rossouw, T Perera, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Khan, Rahat Ali, Mir Hamza
Peshawar XI: Kamran Akmal, Tamim Iqbal, A Fletcher, Mohammad Hafeez, Saad Nasim, L Dawson, D Sammy, Hasan Ali, Wahab Riaz, Umaid Asif, Sameen Gul
Match Prediction
Peshawar 60%
Quetta 40%
Weather Report
Mostly cloudy. Light rain at night is expected.
