RAWALPINDI: Quetta Gladiators has beaten defending champions Islamabad United by 109 runs here Wed (7th May, 2025) in the PSL’s 10th Edition’s 26th match to qualify for playoffs.
Islamabad United, after winning the toss, invited Quetta Gladiators to bat first, that grasped at the opportunity and went on to score 263 runs. Chasing the target defending champions managed to muster 154 runs 19.3 overs.
Interestingly, despite 7th May attack by India, PCB had decided to continue the PSL: “HBL Pakistan Super League X will continue as planned with Islamabad United set to take on Quetta Gladiators later today at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium”.
Scoreboard
Quetta Gladiators:
Saud Shakeel c Haider b Naseem 23
Finn Allen run out (Haider) 5
Rilee Rossouw c Holder b Imad 104
Hasan Nawaz not out 100
Mark Chapman not out 13
Extras: (B-3, LB-5, NB-1, W-9) 18
Total: (for three wickets, 20 overs) 263
Did not bat: Kusal Mendis, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Wasim, Abrar Ahmed, Khurram Shahzad
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Allen), 2-60 (Saud), 3-194 (Rossouw)
Bowling: Imad 4-0-42-1 (1w), Naseem 4-0-55-1 (1nb), Dwarshuis 4-0-50-0 (1w), Holder 4-0-52-0 (2w), Salman 2-0-21-0, Nawaz 1-0-21-0, Shahzad 1-0-14-0
Islamabad United
Sahibzada Farhan c Khurram b Amir 1
Kyle Mayers lbw b Amir 0
Mohammad Shahzad c Chapman b Wasim 24
Salman Ali Agha c Wasim b Amir 6
Mohammad Nawaz c Wasim b Khurram 10
Azam Khan c Wasim b Faheem 6
Haider Ali c Mendis b Abrar 6
Jason Holder c Faheem b Abrar 3
Imad Wasim not out 10
Ben Dwarshuis c sub (Khawaja) b Saud 31
Naseem Shah not out 5
Extras: (LB-2, W-4) 6
Total: (all out, 19.3 overs) 154
Fall of Wickets: 1-1 (Mayers), 2-2 (Farhan), 3-19 (Salman), 4-33 (Shahzad), 5-43 (Nawaz), 6-53 (Haider), 7-58 (Azam), 8-68 (Holder), 9-123 (Dwarshuis)
Bowling: Amir 2-0-6-3 (1w), Khurram 4-0-41-1 (1w), Wasim 3.3-0-28-2 (1w), Abrar 4-0-17-2 (1w), Faheem 4-0-40-1, Hasan 1-0-11-0, Saud 1-0-9-1
Result: Quetta Gladiators won by 109 runs.
Player-of-the-match: Rilee Rossouw
Squads:
Quetta Gladiators: Saud Shakeel (Skipper), Abrar Ahmed, Hassan Nawaz, Mohammad Amir, Mark Chapman, Rilee Rossouw, Kusal Mendis (Wicketkeeper), Mohammad Wasim Jr, Faheem Ashraf, Khurram Shahzad, Fin Allen
Islamabad United: Salman Ali Agha (Skipper), Kyle Mayers, Sahibzada Farhan, Haider Ali, Azam Khan (Wicketkeeper), Muhammad Nawaz, Jason Holder, Ben Dwarshuis, Imad Wasim, Muhammad Shahzad, Naseem Shah
Schedule:
Match 26 – 7 May, 20:00
Rawalpindi: Islamabad United (H) vs Quetta Gladiators
Match 27 – 8 May, 20:00
Rawalpindi: Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings
Match 28 – 9 May, 20:00
Rawalpindi: Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars
Match 29 – 10 May, 15:30
Multan: Multan Sultans (H) vs Quetta Gladiators
Match 30 – 10 May, 20:00
Rawalpindi: Islamabad United (H) vs Karachi Kings
Playoffs
Qualifier – 13 May, 20:00
Rawalpindi: 1st Placed Team vs 2nd Placed Team
Eliminator 1 – 14 May, 20:00
Lahore: 3rd Placed Team vs 4th Placed Team
Eliminator 2 – 16 May, 20:00
Lahore: Loser of Qualifier vs Winner of Eliminator 1
Final – 18 May, 20:00
Lahore: Winner of Qualifier vs Winner of Eliminator 2
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