Peshawar Zalmi v Quetta Gladiators Highlights – PSL 9 Match 25
Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators faced off against each other in the 25th match on 8 March 2024. Both played this game in Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Quetta is going at full force, while Peshawar turned out to be an average team this year. What happened between these two teams this time?
Previously, they played the match on 18 February 2024. During this game, the Gladiators won the match by 16 runs. Right now, the Zalmis will look forward to winning this match so that they can get ahead of Karachi in the race of the knockout stages.
Let’s see what happens.
Match details
| RAWALPINDI CRICKET STADIUM | |
| Match | Quetta Gladiators vs Peshawar Zalmi |
| Match number | 25 |
| Date | 8 March 2024 |
| time | 7:00 PM |
| Umpires | Alex Wharf |
| Asif Yaqoob | |
| TV Umpire | Ahsan Raza |
| Reserve Umpire | Mohammad Asif |
| Match Referee | Roshan Mahanama |
Toss
Quetta won the toss and chose to field first.
Playing `11
| Peshawar Zalmi | Quetta Gladiators |
|---|---|
| Saim Ayub | Jason Roy |
| Babar Azam (c) | Saud Shakeel |
| Mohammad Haris (w) | Khawaja Nafay |
| Tom Kohler-Cadmore | Rilee Rossouw (c) |
| Haseebullah Khan | Omair Yousuf |
| Rovman Powell | Laurie Evans (w) |
| Aamer Jamal | Akeal Hosein |
| Luke Wood | Mohammad Hasnain |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | Mohammad Amir |
| Mehran Mumtaz | Abrar Ahmed |
| Khurram Shahzad | Sohail Khan |
First innings
| Peshawar Zalmi 196-8 (20 overs) | |
| BATTING | BOWLING |
| Babar Azam 53 (30) | Akeal Hosein 4-23 |
| Tom Kohler-Cadmore 33 (19) | Abrar Ahmed 1-34 |
| Saim Ayub 30 (12) | Mohammad Hasnain 1-54 |
| TARGET | 197 RUNS in 20 overs |
- Zalmi managed to put 196 points on the board.
- And they had the potential and chance to score a lot more than this for sure.
- Ayub and Babar got them off to a strong start, scoring 70 off the powerplay.
- After 12 overs, with 135 on the scorecard and seven wickets in hand, a score of 220-plus seemed possible.
- However, Quetta fought back, capped by a hat-trick from Akeal Hosein, as Zalmi fell to 157/8.
- Powell did great to bring them nearer to 200 from there.
- Overall, a good effort and fightback from the Gladiator bowlers.
Second Innings
| Quetta Gladiators 120-10 (17.5 overs) | |
| BATTING | BOWLING |
| Saud Shakeel 24 (12) | Khurram Shahzad 2-15 |
| Jason Roy 16 (16) | Mehran Mumtaz 2-22 |
| Akeal Hosein 14 (14) | Saim Ayub 2-20 |
| RESULT | Peshawar won by 76 runs |
- The gladiators still have an opportunity to qualify for the knockout stages, but they could have won this one.
- They were 46-0, and being bowled out for 120 would have stung Quetta badly.
- Mehran removed the dangerous-looking Shakeel, and the wickets just kept falling.
- Wood, Khurram Shahzad, Mehran, and Saim Ayub took 2 wickets each, reducing the QG to this mess.
- Roy never seemed at ease, Rossouw’s bat was quiet, and Nafay was removed after a pull played straight to deep midwicket.
- Nothing went smoothly for the Quetta team.
- With this victory, Zalmi has already secured a spot in the top four.
Man of the match
Saim Ayub won the award for his all-round performance. This young lad is turning out to be Hafeez 2.0!
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