Pakistan Super League 2024 (Feb 17- March 18)

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Game 30:

Quetta Gladiators (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Saud Shakeel, Rilee Rossouw(c), Khawaja Nafay, Laurie Evans(w), Mohammad Wasim Jr, Omair Yousuf, Akeal Hosein, Mohammad Amir, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq

Multan Sultans (Playing XI): Yasir Khan, Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Usman Khan, Johnson Charles, Iftikhar Ahmed, Chris Jordan, Tayyab Tahir, David Willey, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali

Quetta Gladiators have won the toss and have opted to field

 

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Hard to follow these PSL games especially the ones that have changed game times (last 2) due to Ramadan,

Its being broadcast into Australia at 12AM Perth time, 3AM on the East Coast.

 

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The remaining 4 games will be on at midnight (or 3am East Coast time) as well:

Qualifier: Multan v Zalmi on Friday night

Eliminator: Islamabad v Quetta on Saturday night

 

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Qualifier 1:

Peshawar Zalmi (Playing XI): Saim Ayub, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Haris(w), Haseebullah Khan, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Rovman Powell, Paul Walter, Aamer Jamal, Luke Wood, Mehran Mumtaz, Salman Irshad

Multan Sultans (Playing XI): Yasir Khan, Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Usman Khan, Johnson Charles, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Chris Jordan, David Willey, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali

Peshawar Zalmi have won the toss and have opted to bat

 

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The Eliminator:

Islamabad United (Playing XI): Alex Hales, Martin Guptill, Agha Salman, Shadab Khan(c), Azam Khan(w), Haider Ali, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Naseem Shah, Hunain Shah, Obed McCoy

Quetta Gladiators (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Saud Shakeel, Rilee Rossouw(c), Omair Yousuf, Laurie Evans(w), Khawaja Nafay, Akeal Hosein, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Mohammad Amir, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq

Islamabad United have won the toss and have opted to bat

Loser goes home

 

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Naseem Shah whacks the last ball for 6 and Islamabad post 174/9 in the Eliminator against Quetta.

 

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Rossouw has had a horror tournament. I dont know what international franchises see in him.

Quetta lose their 3rd wicket in the 3rd over in the eliminator.

 

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Winner goes to the Grand Final tomorrow:

Peshawar Zalmi (Playing XI): Saim Ayub, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Haris(w), Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Hussain Talat, Rovman Powell, Aamer Jamal, Luke Wood, Mehran Mumtaz, Arif Yaqoob, Khurram Shahzad

Islamabad United (Playing XI): Martin Guptill, Alex Hales, Agha Salman, Shadab Khan(c), Azam Khan(w), Faheem Ashraf, Haider Ali, Imad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Hunain Shah, Obed McCoy

Islamabad United have won the toss and have opted to field

 

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Shadab Khan is a poor T20 captain for me.

 

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Zalmi post 185/5 in their 20 overs against Islamabad Utd. And thats a pretty decent score given whats gone on last few games here.

 

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Hales has to go in the 1st over of Qualifier 2.

 

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Almost a team hattrick for Zalmi with Guptill next ball.

 

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Saim Ayub gets his 2nd wicket in his 2nd over , cleaning bowling Ali Agha.

 

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Islamabad are 21/3 in pursuit of 186 and this is a horror start.

 

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Clarke reckon Zalmi should have gone on to post over 200 in Qualifier 2. At the moment 185 seems ample.

 

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Havent looked at the stats but by jeez thats a fall from grace for Hales.

 

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Haider Ali with his first 6 of the night and that was clean as a whistle.

 

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And its a famous win for Islamabad United, they go to the grand Final tomorrow.

 

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Alot of emotion on the Islamabad United bench too.....players crying.

 

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The Grand Final;

Teams:

Islamabad United (Playing XI): Colin Munro, Martin Guptill, Agha Salman, Shadab Khan(c), Azam Khan(w), Haider Ali, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Naseem Shah, Hunain Shah, Obed McCoy

Multan Sultans (Playing XI): Yasir Khan, Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Usman Khan, Johnson Charles, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, David Willey, Chris Jordan, Usama Mir, Mohammad Ali, Abbas Afridi

Multan Sultans have won the toss and have opted to bat

 

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Some of the fielding in this league is absolute comedy

 

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Multan push their innings to 159/9 off 20 overs , and Islamabad Utd would have take that at the beginning of the innings.

 

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And Islamabad Utd win the title winning 3 games in the playoffs.

 

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And Islamabad Utd win the title winning 3 games in the playoffs.

good finish, hey?!