In the group match of the eighth edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL), thanks to Martin Guptill’s brilliant century, Quetta Gladiators defeated Karachi Kings by 6 runs after a sensational match and achieved their first victory in the event.
Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim won the toss and invited Quetta Gladiators to bat first in the sixth match of the eighth edition of the Pakistan Super League played at the National Bank Cricket Arena in Karachi.
The start of Quetta’s innings was no less than a nightmare and in the first over, captain Imad Wasim dismissed Jason Roy as well as Abdul Bengalzai.
Umar Akmal was promoted to bat at the upper numbers but he could not capitalize on the opportunity and was bowled on the very next ball after hitting Imad for a boundary.
Skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed also seemed to struggle during his stay at the wicket and when Aamir Yameen got the wicket, the Quetta Gladiators team had lost four wickets for 23 runs in 6.1 overs.
At this stage, Iftikhar Ahmed came to support Gehtal and the two put on a responsible batting partnership of 59 runs, but before the partnership could prove dangerous, Amir ended the partnership with Iftikhar, who scored 32 runs. Got it running.
Martin Guptill completed his fifty from the other end and got a new lease of life when the fielder at point failed to catch Andrew Tye.
The Kiwi batsman took full advantage of this opportunity and completed his next fifty in just 18 balls while showing aggressive batting and achieved the honor of scoring the first century of the eighth edition of the Pakistan Super League.
Guptill took all the bowlers of Karachi Kings with bare hands and scored 30 runs by hitting three sixes in one over of Andrew Tye.
He became the wicket of Aamir Yameen on the last ball of the innings but before that he had scored 117 runs off 67 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 12 fours.
Quetta Gladiators scored 168 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted overs.
On behalf of Karachi Kings, Imad Wasim bowled best and took 3 wickets for 16 runs while Amir Yameen also took three wickets.
In pursuit of the target, Karachi Kings did not get off to a good start and Sharjeel Khan and Haider Ali returned to the pavilion without scoring any runs.
James Vince played an innings of 22 runs but when he was bowled by Naseem Shah, the host team had lost three wickets for 35 runs.
At this point, Matthew Wade came in to support Shoaib Malik and the two took the score to 70 together and this partnership was proving to be dangerous for the Gladiators, but at this stage Mohammad Hasnain ended the Australian batsman’s 15-run innings. In addition to eliminating Kings captain Imad Wasim in the same over.
After half of the team was dismissed for 75 runs, young Irfan Niazi came to support Shoaib and both of them undertook to take their team to the target.
Irfan played well with Shoaib Malik who used his experience to score a half-century.
At one stage, looking at the aggressive batting of both the players, it seemed that the Karachi Kings team would be able to achieve the target, but Naseem Shah and Hasnain bowled in the 18th and 19th overs respectively to help the Kings achieve the target. seriously damaged the effort.
The host team needed 24 runs in the last over to win but they could only score 17 runs in the over bowled by Odin Smith and thus the Gladiators won the match by six runs and got their first win in the tournament. Named.
On behalf of Karachi Kings, Shoaib Malik scored 71 runs off 49 balls and Irfan Niazi played 37 runs off 26 balls.
On behalf of Quetta Gladiators, Muhammad Hasnain was the most successful bowler by taking two wickets while Naseem Shah, Muhammad Nawaz, Qais Ahmed took one wicket each.
Martin Guptill was adjudged Man of the Match for his brilliant century.
Both the teams for the match consisted of these players.
Karachi Kings: Imad Wasim (captain), James Vince, Sharjeel Khan, Haider Ali, Shoaib Malik, Matthew Wade, Irfan Niazi, Aamir Yameen, Andrew Tye, Imran Tahir and Mohammad Amir.
Quetta Gladiators: Sarfraz Ahmed (captain), Jason Roy, Martin Guptill, Abdul Bengalzai, Umar Akmal, Iftikhar Ahmed, Muhammad Nawaz, Odin Smith, Muhammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah and Qais Ahmed.
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2024-07-30 08:44:03
