LAHORE – Quetta Gladiators will take on Islamabad United in 9th match of the Pakistan Super League 2026 (PSL 2026) at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, today.
The match will start at 2:30 pm with both sides aiming to secure the victory to improve standings on the points table.
Gladiators stand at fifth place with two points after it bagged one win in their two matches while Islamabad United at six place with one point they got after a match was abandoned due to rain. They suffered defeat in a match against Multan Sultans.
Squads
Quetta Gladiators: Saud Shakeel(c), Shamyl Hussain, Rilee Rossouw, Hasan Nawaz, Khawaja Nafay, Ben McDermott(w), Tom Curran, Ahmed Daniyal, Alzarri Joseph, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq, Bismillah Khan, Brett Hampton, Sam Harper, Bevon Jacobs, Wasim Akram, Jahanzaib Sultan, Ahsan Ali, Jahandad Khan, Khan Zaib, Saqib Khan
Islamabad United: Devon Conway, Sameer Minhas, Andries Gous(w), Mark Chapman, Shadab Khan(c), Haider Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Imad Wasim, Salman Mirza, Richard Gleeson, Salman Irshad, Mohammad Hasnain, Shamar Joseph, Chris Green, Dipendra Singh Airee, Sameen Gul, Mehran Mumtaz, Mohsin Riaz, Mohammad Faiq, Hamza Sajjad
On Wednesday, Sahibzada Farhan’s ninth T20 and second HBL Pakistan Super League century helped Multan Sultans scale the 226-run target, fifth-highest successful chase in the history of the tournament, with six wickets in hand and eight balls to spare against Hyderabad Kingsmen in the eighth.
Kingsmen have now lost three out of their three matches.
On the back of fourth-highest powerplay score in HBL PSL history – 83 – Multan Sultans romped to their second straight win in the tournament after beating Islamabad United in their first game.
Sahibzada remained unbeaten for 106 off 57 balls striking seven fours and eight sixes and provided Sultans with a blazing start putting on a 104-run opening stand with Steven Smith (46, 20b, 2x4s, 4x6s) in 8.1 overs.
