The Islamabad United batted first after winning the toss and posted 174 runs total with nine wickets down. At one stage they were cruising at 11.2 overs with 102 runs on the board just a wicket down. After that Islamabad United lost wickets on regular basis. Martin Guptill scored very well today as an opener. He scored 56 runs off 47 balls. Alex Hales added 23 runs to his team’s scorecard, Agha Salman contributed 31 runs. Shadab Khan quick 23 runs, Azam Khan † faced just six balls and scored 18 runs. Mohammad Amir bowled brilliantly with taking two wickets with giving 20 runs in his four overs. Akeal Hosein also dismissed two IU batsmen. Mohammad Wasim, Abrar Ahmed and Saud Shakeel took one wicket each.
The other team Quetta Gladiators almost lose the match in the first five overs. They lost their first wicket on 1, Second wicket lost at 1 again. third wicket lost on 10 runs on the board, Fourth wicket down at 16, again fifth wicket down at 16 in 4.3 overs. Omair Yousuf tried his best by scoring 50 runs off 37 balls. Akeal Hosein faced 18 balls and scored 31 runs, Mohammad Amir was the third most run-scorer from the QG team with 23 runs off 14 balls. Imad Wasim bowled four overs, took three early wickets, gave just 12 runs. Naseem Shah took two wickets. Obed McCoy, Hunain Shah and Faheem Ashraf took one wicket each.
Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators Highlights today. Pakistan Super League Eliminator 1, Friday 14-3-2024. National Stadium, Karachi.
Islamabad United chose to bat.
Islamabad United team: Alex Hales, Martin Guptill, Salman Ali Agha, Shadab Khan (c), Azam Khan (wk), Haider Ali, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Naseem Shah, Hunain Shah, Obed McCoy
Quetta Gladiators team: Jason Roy, Saud Shakeel, Khawaja Nafay, Rilee Rossouw (c), Omair Bin Yousuf, Laurie Evans (wk), Akeal Hosein, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Mohammad Amir, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq
Head to Head In T20’s: 18
Islamabad United Won: 9
Quetta Gladiators Won: 9
Form guide
(last five completed T20’s, most recent first)
Islamabad United WWLWA
Quetta Gladiators LWLLA
Match Timings: 04:00 PM GMT | 09:00 PM Local
Umpires – Ahsan Raza, Chris Gaffaney
TV Umpire – Asif Yaqoob
Match Referee – Muhammad Javed
Reserve Umpire – Rashid Riaz
Match number – PSL 2024 – Eliminator 1
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