SHARJAH – Quetta Gladiators won nail-biting encounter against Peshawar Zalmi by one run in the first playoff of the Pakistan Super League 2017 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
What a nail-biting end to this playoff! Gladiators winning it & making it to the semi-final! #PZvQG #HBLPSL #AbKhelJamayGa pic.twitter.com/f9WwaY0pim
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 28, 2017
Sent into bat first, Shahzad scored 71 off 38 with the help of 4 sixes and 7 fours in partnership with Kevin Pietersen, who made 22-ball 40 to guide Gladiators to 200-7 in 20 overs game. Wahab Riaz took 3 wickets for 39 runs.
.@TeamQuetta pull off a stunning one run win in an incredible repeat of the #HBLPSL 2016 play-off what a stunning game #HBLPSL #PZvQG pic.twitter.com/d6VdU7sk6O
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 28, 2017
18.3 SIX! Anwar Ali to Shahid Afridi
watch https://t.co/fVtVzf1Qzn#PZvQG #HBLPSL #AbKhelJamayGa pic.twitter.com/oEDPS0UyAI— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 28, 2017
Earlier, Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Quetta Gladiators have posted a massive total of 200 at the end of their innings. Zalmi need some big shots from the word go #HBLPSL #PZvQG pic.twitter.com/O7PdfOyUkP
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 28, 2017
The match started at 09:00 PM Pakistan time, which corresponds to 08:30 PM Indian time, 05:00 GMT and 08:00 PM according to UAE time.
The winner of this game will be through to the final of the tournament, scheduled to be held at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on March 5. The losing team will get another opportunity to secure a place in the final by facing the winner of the second playoff (Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings) on March 3.
The second playoff will be played between Islamabad United and Karachi Kings on tomorrow (Wednesday) at the same venue.
Where to watch: All matches will air on PTV Sports, Ten Sports and Geo sports. Similarly, cricket enthusiasts of the world can catch live action on MENA – OSN, Africa – Startimes, Bangladesh – Gazi TV, UK – A plus, channel 44, Prime TV, Geo TV, Caribbean – Flow TV, USA – A Plus, Afghanistan – Moby.
Peshawar Zalmi: Darren Sammy (captain), Shahid Afridi, Sohaib Maqsood, Eoin Morgan, Wahab Riaz, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mohammad Hafeez, Chris Jordan, Samit Patel, Kamran Akmal, Iftikhar Ahmed, Harris Sohail, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Asghar, Marlon Samuels, Andre Fletcher, Khushdil Shah, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Imran Khan (jr), Junaid Khan, M. Irfan Khan.
Quetta Gladiators: Sarfraz Ahmed (captain), Umar Gul, Asad Shafiq, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Nawaz, Kevin Pietersen, Luke Wright, Rilee Rossouw, Mahmudullah Riyad, Anwar Ali, Tymal Mills, Hassan Khan, Nathan McCullum, Thisara Perera, Bismillah Khan, Mir Hamza, Zulfiqar Babar, Saad Nasim, Umar Amin, Noor Wali.
