Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators :Qalandars got their first victory of PSL 2020 in Lahore

The Lahore Qalandars won the first success by beating Quetta Gladiators by 37 runs thanks to the outstanding performance of the batsmen in the fifth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
In the 16th match of the event played at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium, the Gladiators started batting to achieve their biggest goal of the season so Jason Rowe could not secure wickets on Patel's ball after scoring 12 runs.

Ahsan Ali's wicket was limited to two runs, while captain Sarfraz Ahmed also gave Patel a wicket only 9 runs.

The Gladiators got a real blow when their form Shane Watson made an easy catch to the wicketkeeper after scoring 23 runs in an attempt to get the ball out of Dilbar Hussain.
Azam Khan also failed to do anything good, and the batsman's innings of 12 runs ended at the hands of Salman Irshad.
Mohammad Nawaz tried to show some resistance by playing for a 24-run stand, but Muhammad Faizan gave his team a sixth success.
Ben Cutting showed aggressive batting at a difficult time and also scored his half century, but Quetta Gladiators' seventh wicket fell by Anwar Ali, who scored 4 for 116.
After hitting a high-pitched sixth inning against Mohammed Faizan, Ben Cutting scored his half-century and, while attempting to bat at the same pace, completed his 53-run stand in the 18th over, scoring 159 runs. Was.

The Gladiators had brought the score to 165 runs, with Fawad Ahmed scoring 13 runs in the last over.
The entire team of Quetta Gladiators came out with 172 runs and lost the match by 37 runs.

Naseem Shah was the last batsman to strike out, who also hit a high six but managed to score 7 runs.

Lahore Qalandars, Salman Irshad took the maximum 4, with Patel, Dilbar Hussain and Mohammad Faizan taking 2 wickets.

Ben Dunk was named the best player of the match for an incredible 93-run knock.

Earlier, pride by Zaheer Zaman and Chris Lynn started the innings by the Lahore Qalandars at the invitation of the Gladiators to bat.



Both players gave the team a 36-run start, after which pride Zaman again failed and returned to the pavilion after scoring only 14 runs. The score was only 49 when Mohammad Hassanin came up with an important victory for the team and Chris Lynn from Australia came to an end, but Qalandars got the real blow when Mohammed Hafeez hit the first ball in the next over with Shane Watson's brilliant catch. As a result Pavilion was forced to return.
The score was only 49 when Mohammad Hassanin came up with an important victory for the team and Chris Lynn from Australia came to an end, but Qalandars got the real blow when Mohammed Hafeez hit the first ball in the next over with Shane Watson's brilliant catch. As a result Pavilion was forced to return.

After that, the duo of Ben Dink and Patel combined on a wicket, and both players completed the half-century for the fourth wicket partnership, setting up a half-century partnership.



Patel, including Dunk and Patel, showed impressive aggressive batting, taking all the Gladiators bowlers in half and setting up the second-largest partnership of the Pakistan Super League, scoring 155 runs for the fourth wicket.

In the last over of the innings, Patel made 71 off 40 balls with 2 sixes and 9 fours.

Ben Dink scored 93 runs with 10 sixes and 3 fours in 43 balls and caught the last ball of the innings.


Qalandars added a score of 209 for 5 wickets in the stipulated overs. 


Earlier, Quetta Gladiators captain Sarfraz Ahmed won the toss and decided to bowl first.

He said that there is little humidity in the beginning of the wicket which will try to take advantage of it and try to win the match by limiting it to at least runs.

Sarfraz said that a change has been made in the team and Fawad Ahmed has been included in the final XI instead of Sohail Khan.

Lahore Qalandars captain Sohail Akhtar said that the wicket looks favorable for the batting and will try to score fastest in 6 overs.

'We will try to score 160-170 runs on this wicket,' he said.

The Lahore Qalandars have made three changes to their squad and have replaced David Vieja, Maaz Khan and Dan Vilas as Skigo Prasanna, Mohammad Faizan and Ben Dink as part of the squad.

Both teams were comprised of these players for the match.

Lahore Qalandars: Sohail Akhtar (Captain), Chris Lin, Mohammad Hafeez, Fakhr Zaman, Ben Dunk, Mohammad Faizan, Patel, Skigo Prasanna, Salman Ershad, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Dilbar Hussain

Quetta Gladiators: Sarfraz Ahmed (Captain), Jason Rowe, Shane Watson, Ehsan Ali, Sarfraz Ahmed, Azam Khan, Ben Cutting, Anwar Ali, Mohd Nawaz, Fawad Ahmed, Mohammad Hassanin and Naseem Shah