Islamabad United (189/2) pull off a comfortable 8-wicket win against Quetta Gladiators (183/5) in match 9 of PSL 11

[BouncerGuy]

The Pakistan Super League 2026 continues today with Quetta Gladiators taking on Islamabad United in Match 9 at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. The game starts at 2:30 PM local time.

Quetta have played two matches so far, winning one and losing one, with a net run rate of +0.50. Islamabad is still searching for its first win, struggling with both batting and bowling.

Quetta come in with confidence after a 40-run victory over Hyderabad Kingsmen, while Islamabad are under pressure following a 5-wicket loss to Multan Sultans and a washed-out game against Peshawar Zalmi.

Squads:

Quetta Gladiators Squad: Saud Shakeel(c), Shamyl Hussain, Rilee Rossouw, Hasan Nawaz, Khawaja Nafay, Ben McDermott(w), Tom Curran, Ahmed Daniyal, Alzarri Joseph, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq, Bismillah Khan, Brett Hampton, Sam Harper, Bevon Jacobs, Wasim Akram, Jahanzaib Sultan, Ahsan Ali, Jahandad Khan, Khan Zaib, Saqib Khan

Islamabad United Squad: Devon Conway, Sameer Minhas, Andries Gous(w), Mark Chapman, Shadab Khan(c), Haider Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Imad Wasim, Salman Mirza, Richard Gleeson, Salman Irshad, Mohammad Hasnain, Shamar Joseph, Chris Green, Dipendra Singh Airee, Sameen Gul, Mehran Mumtaz, Mohsin Riaz, Mohammad Faiq, Hamza Sajjad

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[Rana]

Sorry to say this but an opening combo of Conway and Sameer inspires no confidence in me.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Quetta Gladiators win the toss and opt to bat first against Islamabad United in match 9 of PSL 11

 

[Kianig89]

QG are batting , NAfay needs to come good he is falling behind in pecking order

 

[BouncerGuy]

QG are batting , NAfay needs to come good he is falling behind in pecking order

He really should open with Shamyl...

 

[BouncerGuy]

Beautiful SHamyl but gone now... Salman gets his revenge

 

[BouncerGuy]

Beautiful SHamyl but gone now... Salman gets his revenge

Review... and looked not out tbh

poor decision on field... reversed.

 

[Rana]

What a crap decision by the umpire!

 

[Rana]

What’s the Umpires agenda here? They would give these kinds of decisions against Babar and Rizwan??

 

[Rana]

Saud just boring the living daylights out of us

 

[Rana]

There you go

Give us some of that Saud Class!!

 

[Rana]

Moo main nahi deni Shamyl ko!

Always pumps it straight down

 

[Omer2002]

240 Pitch again

 

[BouncerGuy]

shamyl showing his class atm... easy looking...

 

[RidiculousMan]

Again in the fake background crowd noise you hear a child's cry every few seconds. Poor stuff

 

[Rana]

This is where you have to be ruthless on these decks..

12 run over by Faheem

Should have been a 20+ over

 

[Rana]

6 off the first ball of the over

Now 7 all together and a wicket

poor powerplay batting!

 

[BouncerGuy]

Shamyl gone... Gave his wicket away

 

[RyanRyan10]

Shamyl gone... Gave his wicket away

You were praying for this

 

[Omer2002]

nafay is here need to do something has let me down

 

[Rana]

Imad needs a hairband

Looks like Priyanka Chopra out there

 

[Rana]

There was at least 2 singles on in the previous over which Saud turned down


Could have avoided that wicket

 

[Rana]

Below par powerplay

At least 20 runs short

 

[GudduBadmash]

Rizwan and Babar get abuse but Saud is literally batting a 1,2,3 batsman at number 6

Mc Dermott must be regretting coming here

 

[BouncerGuy]

GUYS, PLEASE TALK ABOUT THE GAME ONLY

 

[Rana]

Average innings on this deck

 

[Rana]

So so many dots

 

[BouncerGuy]

Nafay has got the range, he just needs to work hard on his temperament.

 

[Omer2002]

minimum 200 needed on this track even though Quetta have abrar and tariq

 

[Omer2002]

Nafay has got the range, he just needs to work hard on his temperament.

absolutely i think he should be keeping and opening for pak t20

 

[IAJ]

Just tried to watch the match but could not watch more than 1 over. No spectators, same rubbish strategy seeing off 1st over like in 90s. Anyways enjoy and GL to everyone.

 

[Rana]

What is Nawaz doing man?

He doesn’t look to score at all in his first 5-10 deliveries

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Nafay has got the range, he just needs to work hard on his temperament.

Tbh he hasn't gotten many chances for Pak. Not sure why we can't give him a proper run over that hack Usman

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Nafay has got some class. Great player to watch when he's on-song

 

[BouncerGuy]

Tbh he hasn't gotten many chances for Pak. Not sure why we can't give him a proper run over that hack Usman

Surely... Nafay should be around t20 side.. He just needs to do a better-than-average job in PSL.. Cannot be a hack-type batter. Better than usman? I think Usman has been a domestic bully so he automatically makes a case strong. nafay needs to do same.

 

[Rana]

Tuk tuk first 5-6 deliveries

Hoick on the 7th

Get lucky or get out!

Who’s coaching this guy??

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Tuk tuk first 5-6 deliveries

Hoick on the 7th

Get lucky or get out!

Who’s coaching this guy??

nafay got out, not Nawaz

these idiots are screwing up the scoring. can't even run a broadcast

 

[BouncerGuy]

Surely... Nafay should be around t20 side.. He just needs to do a better-than-average job in PSL.. Cannot be a hack-type batter. Better than usman? I think Usman has been a domestic bully so he automatically makes a case strong. nafay needs to do same.

LOL.. that is exactly what I was talking about... He proved himself as another hack here.

1 2 good shots and then out...

 

[Rana]

Pretty sure Nawaz has a 4

They are showing 3 off 7 for him

All over the place today

 

[RyanRyan10]

Beautiful SHamyl but gone now... Salman gets his revenge

You had predicted it way before

Well done

 

[BouncerGuy]

This guy McDermott is so useless... Never seen him performing.

 

[Rana]

QG losing this game

Rubbish batting tbf

 

[RidiculousMan]

Pretty sure Nawaz has a 4

They are showing 3 off 7 for him

All over the place today

Yes. They added the 4 runs for Nafay

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Did these idiot broadcasters eat up a boundary from Nawaz? im fairly certain he had an edge off Mirza's last ball

 

[RidiculousMan]

This guy McDermott is so useless... Never seen him performing.

All Australian batters barring Smith are mediocre vs spinning deliveries.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Bevon also goes.... Quetta the pathetic side

 

[RidiculousMan]

All Australian batters barring Smith are mediocre vs spinning deliveries.

Add Bevon Jacobs (Kiwi) to the list too

 

[BouncerGuy]

Shadab full tosser getting wickets... International side mein 2 saal jaga pakki

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Quetta look cooked. Hassan Nawaz will have to save them again

 

[Rana]

Hassan Nawaz loves the pressure he himself invites on the team these days

 

[Rana]

I don’t get it

You won the toss to bat first in the heat

Why are the batters feeling the heat??

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

If Nawaz can get Quetta to 170-180, I think they are in the game because Abrar and Usman will enjoy bowling on this surface too

 

[RyanRyan10]

Shadab Khan the next T20 Captain of Pakistan

 

[Rana]

If Nawaz can get Quetta to 170-180, I think they are in the game because Abrar and Usman will enjoy bowling on this surface too

There is nothing in the surface

It’s pure crap batting

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

There is nothing in the surface

It’s pure crap batting

The ball is definitely sticking in surface a bit as evident by the Jacobs dismissal. The McDermott delivery turned considerably too

 

[RidiculousMan]

Quetta needs to play Brett Hampton in top 3

 

[Devadwal]

Shabad is bowling like warne in such low level league but getting thrashed at international level.

 

[Kianig89]

Games like these makes us question the standard of PSL ,

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Height of incompetence. Can't even get the accurate scoreboard on TV.

 

[Rana]

Games like these makes us question the standard of PSL ,

Yes,

And games like Poondiz and Zoolmiz don’t

 

[RidiculousMan]

Lol Tom Curran says wait and then runs any way.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

At some point you have to start accelerating. Can only knock the ball around for so long

 

[RyanRyan10]

Games like these makes us question the standard of PSL ,

@RizwanT20Champ look what he is saying

 

[BouncerGuy]

Look at the scoring... they have just messed up the whole thing...

 

[Rana]

Hassan Nawaz has just turned into an absolute shame with the bat!

He was one of the rare few who could get off the blocks from the get go with aggressive stroke play!

What is this version? You can bring in flipping Saad Ali or Saad Nasim to play this kind of cricket!

 

[DeadlyVenom]

I really think we need to give Salman Irshad a run in the NT.

 

[Rana]

I really think we need to give Salman Irshad a run in the NT.

Judging against who? These low level Pak batters?

He will go for 30s against top tier international batters

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Hassan Nawaz is a talented player but sometimes its so obvious that he is low on confidence that he can't hide it with his body language. It's a really bad look. He needs to believe in himself more and come out with the same level of confidence everytime, regardless of match situation

 

[Kianig89]

QG have been complacent here , Shadab gifted wickets , that's very bad

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Judging against who? These low level Pak batters?

He will go for 30s against top tier international batters

That's the only way we can judge players. He did ok in CPL and BPL too in the past

Need to try him and Zaman Khan in the national side during some bilaterals at least.

We need some bowlers who can bowl Yorkers and death bowling spells.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Anjali is leaking runs big time

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

lol Imad getting destroyed. All the pressure released

 

[Rana]

What a crap last over by Imad

Oh jaa yaar bibiya phassa tu! Cricket mukk gayi eh teri!

 

[Rana]

Get Mehran Mumtaz in fgs! What’s the point of 8 teams if he can’t even make one of the starting XIs??

 

[RidiculousMan]

Salman Irshad misfield's of Salman Mirza's bowling at fine leg and Salman Mirza misfield's of Salman Irshad's bowling at fine leg.

A match made in heaven

 

[G0rmintAunty]

Hassan Nawaz is a talented player but sometimes its so obvious that he is low on confidence that he can't hide it with his body language. It's a really bad look. He needs to believe in himself more and come out with the same level of confidence everytime, regardless of match situation

He usually is in situations where he is running out of partners and has to play a lone hand, in the recently conculded NT20 and even the last PSL he has single handedly won a few games. Needs some stability to gain confidence. He has repeatedly gone through a baptism of fire, hopefully that builds character.

 

[Kianig89]

TTFs like Imad should have been booted , but franchise also work on networking and referrals

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Why are there 2 games on a weekday

 

[Kianig89]

PindiZ will be in action later today

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

He usually is in situations where he is running out of partners and has to play a lone hand, in the recently conculded NT20 and even the last PSL he has single handedly won a few games. Needs some stability to gain confidence. He has repeatedly gone through a baptism of fire, hopefully that builds character.

Feels like he is trying to be a more reliable player but losing his strengths in the process