Peshawar Zalmi Bags Victory Against Quetta Gladiators

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Peshawar Zalmi bags victory against Quetta Gladiators

Having lost first wicket in 12th over, Zalmis look determined to chase the target against Gladiators in National Stadium Karachi.

KARACHI: (Urdu Point/Pakistan Point News-Feb 22nd, 2020) Peshawar Zalmi won the match by six wickets agianst Quetta Gladiators at Karachi National Stadium here on Saturday.

Zalmis achieved the target against 4 wickets in the 19th over after amazing performance of Kamran Akmal. They won the toss but decided to bowl in the fourth match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) V, 2020. Kamran Akmal made first century of the tournament, leading his team to victory. Haider Ali—the partner of furious Akmal made 21 off 22 in the 12th over. Tom Banton—the captain—departed early back to pavilion—when Zalmis were on 44. He made just 3 runs.

The bowling attack of Zalmi was amazing as Wahab Riaz took two wickets for 21 for Zalmis. Darren Sammy bowled Quetta Gladiators Skipper Sarfraz Ahmad for 41 runs. Azam Khan was also taken by Azam Khan who made just nine runs. Mohammad Nawaz fell victim to Rahat Ali for only two runs. Sarfraz made 41 runs and Jason Roy did 73 for Gladiators. Mohammad Mohsin, however, replaced Mohammad Amir Khan in Zalmi’s squad while Tymal replaced Ben Cutting and Ahsan Ali came for Abdul Nasir in the squad of gladiators.

Squads

Quetta Gladiators: Jason Roy, Ahmed Shehzad, Shane Watson, Ahsan Ali, Sarfaraz Ahmed (captain), Azam Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Hasnain, Fawad Ahmed, Tymal Mills

Peshawar Zalmi: Kamran Akmal, Tom Banton, Haider Ali, Shoaib Malik, LS Livingstone, Darren Sammy (captain), Liam Dawson, Wahab Riaz, Hasan Ali, Rahat Ali, Mohammad Amir Khan.

Fida Hussnain

Fida Hussnain is a lahore based journalist. He writes on politics, religion, social issues and climate change. He is also a research fellow at University of Gujrat.