Both teams secured 14 points each on the table but Peshawar Zalmi has an edge of run rate over Quetta Gladiators
KARACHI- (Pakistan Point News- 13th March, 2019) Quetta Gladiators have set a target of 187 runs for Peshawar Zalmi in the first qualifier of Pakistan Super League season four (PSL-4) being played at Karachi’s National Cricket Stadium.
Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and opted to ball first against the Gladiators. SR Watson and Ahmed Shehzad opened the inning but the QG met an early blow when Mills dismissed Ahmed Shehzad at one score off 4 balls in just the 2nd over.
Ahsan Ali and Shan Watson took the charge and made a partnership of 117 runs. Wahab Riaz dismissed Watson at score of 71 while Ahsan Ali got LBW at score of 46. RP Rossouw made 11 runs, Umar Akmal 22 and Captain Sarfaraz Ahmed 12. Muhammad Nawaz and DJ Bravo went not out on scores of two and 12.
Hassan Ali, Sameen Gul, TS Mills and KA Pollar got one wicket each while Wahab Riaz dismissed two players of QG.
The winner will qualify the final while the loser will play against the winner team of the match between Islamabad United and Karachi Kings.
The match will start at 7 pm amid tight security arrangements. A large number of cricket lovers are watching the game. Both teams secured 14 points each on the table but Peshawar Zalmi has an edge with a better net run rate against Quetta Gladiators. Both have won seven and lost three in a total of ten matches.
Squads
Peshawar Zalmi: Darren Sammy (captain), Kamran Akmal (wk), Imam-ul-Haq, Kieron Pollard, Misbah-ul-Haq, Liam Dawson, Umar Amin, Sohaib Maqsood, Wahab Riaz, Hasan Ali, Umaid Asif, Sameen Gul, Ibtisam Sheikh, Dawid Malan, Chris Jordan.
Quetta Gladiators: Sarfraz Ahmed (captain & wk), Shane Watson, Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal, Rilee Rossouw, Dwayne Smith, Ahsan Ali, Sohail Tanvir, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Ghulam Mudassar, Mohammad Irfan, Fawad Ahmed, Mohammad Asghar, Saud Shakeel.
