Quetta Gladiators (159/8) defeat Islamabad United (157/9) by 2 wickets in a nail-biting encounter in Match 23 of PSL X

[Ball Blazer]

Quetta Gladiators and Islamabad United are set to lock horns on May 3 at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium. The match will kick off at 8:00 PM PST.

Sitting at the top of the table, United have won five out of their six matches this season. On the flip side, Gladiators, having won four out of seven, are placed third.

SQUADS:

Islamabad United: Matthew Short, Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Azam Khan, Jason Holder, Ben Dwarshuis, Salman Irshad, Salman Ali Agha, Haider Ali, Andries Gous, Colin Munro, Muhammad Nawaz, Rumman Raees, Hunain Shah, Saad Masood, Riley Meredith, Rassie van der Dussen

Quetta Gladiators: Saud Shakeel (C), Faheem Ashraf, Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Amir, Rilee Rossouw, Akeal Hosein, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Haseebullah, Khawaja Nafay, Kyle Jamieson, Khurram Shahzad, Usman Tariq, Mohammad Zeeshan, Hasan Nawaz, Danish Aziz, Kusal Mendis, Sean Abbott, Shoaib Malik, Ali Majid


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[BouncerGuy]

Chance for Quetta to make their position better and chance for Islamabad to make a comeback after back-to-back defeats and seal their playoff spot....

It's a very crucial game for Quetta, though.

 

[cricfan432]

Khurram is in form, iu should give chance to either saad or shehzad instead of hunain who played last year season and didnt impress.

 

[Rana]

QG can’t afford to mess around with PZ hot on their heels.

IU messing around and should be punished.

 

[Ball Blazer]

Shadab Khan Injury Update

Shadab Khan will not be available for today’s match. He experienced discomfort in his groin while batting during last night’s game against Peshawar Zalmi. As a precaution, scans were conducted immediately after the match. We are currently awaiting the results and will provide further updates as soon as they are available.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Shadab's absence is not gonna hurt Islamabad that bad. They are fine.

 

[Barragan]

Are they going to use the same pitch as yesterday or new strip?

 

[mominsaigol]

Chance for Quetta to make their position better and chance for Islamabad to make a comeback after back-to-back defeats and seal their playoff spot....

It's a very crucial game for Quetta, though.

Why? QG, LQ and IU have more or less qualified.

Battle is between KK and PZ

 

[Barragan]

Are they going to use the same pitch as yesterday or new strip?

Same rubbish pitch

Another borefest on the way.....

 

[cricfan432]

Bhai haseebullah se acha tou nafay hai last psl proven performer. Ek match mein side kardiya nafay ko

 

[Ball Blazer]

IU vs QG playing XI:

Islamabad United

1. Salman Ali Agha (C)
2. Kyle Mayers
3. Sahibzada Farhan
4. Colin Munro
5. Andries Gous (wk)
6. Haider Ali
7. Jason Holder
8. Muhammad Nawaz
9. Muhammad Shahzad
10. Naseem Shah
11. Salman Irshad

Quetta Gladiators

1. Saud Shakeel (C)
2. Abrar Ahmed
3. Hassan Nawaz
4. Haseebullah Khan (wk)
5. Mark Chapman
6. Rilee Rossouw
7. Kyle Jamieson
8. Mohammad Wasim Jnr
9. Faheem Ashraf
10. Khurram Shahzad
11. Finn Allen

 

[Sarmad]

Shadab's absence is not gonna hurt Islamabad that bad. They are fine.

I really don't think so he is good for nothing. His performance across psl x is not consistent.

 

[Sarmad]

Infant Shadab has been taking wkts on poor balls just like Faheem who has been lucky on wkts side

 

[Sarmad]

Faheem is taking wkts only bcoz shehzad wasim are bowling tight lengths. Batters go for the weaker and eventually end gifting him the wkts

 

[Sarmad]

@aqibcric my captain is salman Agha.

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

IU vs QG playing XI:

Islamabad United

1. Salman Ali Agha (C)
2. Kyle Mayers
3. Sahibzada Farhan
4. Colin Munro
5. Andries Gous (wk)
6. Haider Ali
7. Jason Holder
8. Muhammad Nawaz
9. Muhammad Shahzad
10. Naseem Shah
11. Salman Irshad

Quetta Gladiators

1. Saud Shakeel (C)
2. Abrar Ahmed
3. Hassan Nawaz
4. Haseebullah Khan (wk)
5. Mark Chapman
6. Rilee Rossouw
7. Kyle Jamieson
8. Mohammad Wasim Jnr
9. Faheem Ashraf
10. Khurram Shahzad
11. Finn Allen

Azam Khan dropped. Finally

 

[Sarmad]

I retained salman from yesterday's game

 

[cricfan432]

Farhan in beast mode today. Better outing than last game where he played run a ball

 

[Sarmad]

Islamabad has been very unfair with fantasy players.
Constantly making changes and and enforcing to change our plans

 

[Sarmad]

*enforcing us

 

[Sarmad]

I had Dwarshuis and Imad from the yesterday. And I was forced to make changes today though I was hoping to retain them and save mods

 

[Nasty Naz]

Nice to see Azam Khan being dropped. It was beyond deserved. He's been horrific the entire last year from the international tours to CPL, UAE league, domestic and now PSL.

Hope Muhammad Shehzad is finally given a proper chance too. IU is literally the worst place for any young emerging player to go to.

 

[cricfan432]

I had Dwarshuis and Imad from the yesterday. And I was forced to make changes today though I was hoping to retain them and save mods

You need 700 posts to win money

 

[Nasty Naz]

55m six... come on.

 

[aqibcric]

Share your todays captain

 

[Ball Blazer]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1918689028909461758

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Unfortunately PSL has lost its impact

 

[Ball Blazer]

Farhan departs on 39 off 24.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1918696056247795798

 

[aqibcric]

Unfortunately PSL has lost its impact

Charm nhi nazar arha

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Charm nhi nazar arha

Woh zamana kahaan gaya

 

[aqibcric]

Pitches kha gye

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Where and how did Mayers come in?

Did they bring him in for Short?

 

[Hellion]

Sir Faheem smashing haters like @BouncerGuy to the cleaners

 

[aqibcric]

Great bowling faheem ashraf

 

[cricfan432]

Saud bhai bache ka catch tou chorh dete

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Islamabad owners clapping when they're losing wickets

 

[cricfan432]

what type of pitch is this, uneven bounce. Koi batsman nahi chal rha except maaz sadaqat

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

Woh zamana kahaan gaya

Aisa lag raha hai jaisay kisi ki nazr lag gai ho psl ko. Na crowd hai, na interesting cricket ho rahi hai, har match aik hi pattern par chal raha hai. Ab tau PP k threads bhi 2 pages tak nahi ja rahay.

 

[Rana]

Islamabad might get knocked out at this rate

 

[topspin]

Islamabad might get knocked out at this rate

Good to see Farhan do well.

 

[cricfan432]

Aisa lag raha hai jaisay kisi ki nazr lag gai ho psl ko. Na crowd hai, na interesting cricket ho rahi hai, har match aik hi pattern par chal raha hai. Ab tau PP k threads bhi 2 pages tak nahi ja rahay.

Was it better in last years for psl?

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

Was it better in last years for psl?

I didn't follow the 2024 PSL.

But if you subtract that one, PSL has been generally quiet entertaining. Please note, I am not saying that cricket in PSL was or is high quality but it provided fans with a lot of entertaining moments. The crowds were filling stadiums in most of the matches, not all, but most. Multan I think has the highest capacity in terms of fans in Pak & even that was totally full.

I mean just look at this match from Multan & the crowd plus hype. Click Here

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Aisa lag raha hai jaisay kisi ki nazr lag gai ho psl ko. Na crowd hai, na interesting cricket ho rahi hai, har match aik hi pattern par chal raha hai. Ab tau PP k threads bhi 2 pages tak nahi ja rahay.

True that!

 

[Greenstorm]

Is Shadab injured ?

 

[The Bald Eagle]

The lower order batted fine for IU....game still on

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Is Shadab injured ?

Yes

Shadab Khan Injury Update

Shadab Khan will not be available for today’s match. He experienced discomfort in his groin while batting during last night’s game against Peshawar Zalmi. As a precaution, scans were conducted immediately after the match. We are currently awaiting the results and will provide further updates as soon as they are available.

 

[cricfan432]

I didn't follow the 2024 PSL.

But if you subtract that one, PSL has been generally quiet entertaining. Please note, I am not saying that cricket in PSL was or is high quality but it provided fans with a lot of entertaining moments. The crowds were filling stadiums in most of the matches, not all, but most. Multan I think has the highest capacity in terms of fans in Pak & even that was totally full.

I mean just look at this match from Multan & the crowd plus hype. Click Here

No i meant pp pages

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

No i meant pp pages

From memory, yes.

 

[Barragan]

Brilliant from Rilee

 

[cricfan432]

Hassan nawaz vs maaz sadaqat, same situation almost. Lets see the calibre of hasan nawaz today

 

[cricfan432]

Nawaz can pull, idk why some people are after him.

 

[cricfan432]

Hasan nawaz got all the shots, only thing is he cant play swing/seam but i guess very few in Pakistan can.

 

[cricfan432]

These foreigners are poor against spin, idk why our spinners cant get them out in international games

 

[Justcrazy]

Gladiators need 64 runs in 48 balls.

Nawaz needs to bat through

 

[Justcrazy]

S I X

Nawaz hammers that.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Hasan Nawaz batting sensibly so far.

 

[Justcrazy]

Gladiators need 54 runs in 40 balls.

Wicket , this match can go down the over.

 

[cricfan432]

Faheem as usual comfortable against pace

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Faheem Stocks in his element today

 

[The Bald Eagle]

A big Test for Hasan too here...batted responsibly so far

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[Justcrazy]

Important phase in the game here , both sides are in with a chance

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

Faheem Sobers Ashraf fails

 

[Justcrazy]

45 runs from 30 balls.

 

[Hellion]

Haseebullah is just useless

 

[The Bald Eagle]

IU game to lose now

 

[cricfan432]

If Nawaz wins match from here, he gets 100 marks in temperament area

 

[Justcrazy]

Gladiators need 31 runs in 18 balls.

Close games.

 

[amvbfm]

I thought Hasan would crack under pressure but he is doing well so far, taking it deep.

 

[cricfan432]

Hasan nawaz clear the boundary like you did in Nz, whats with single and doubles

 

[Justcrazy]

Gladiators need 21 runs in 12 balls.

 

[amvbfm]

I thought Hasan would crack under pressure but he is doing well so far, taking it deep.

Next over Wasim should go for it.

 

[Justcrazy]

Four

Good start to the over

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Could be the game changer...

 

[Deewana Mastana]

What a joke

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Half empty grounds no thrills nothing

 

[cricfan432]

Nawaz should have finished the game long ago instead of taking it to last over. But i guess with no one left he didnt eant to take chance.

 

[Marooned]

Great climax.

Hasan nawaz to get 15 vs part timer. So far he has batted extremely maturely but if he doesn't win it, means nothing.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Half empty grounds no thrills nothing

But quite an interesting match

 

[Marooned]

Shahzad???

Poor captaincy.

Then poor batting then poor fielding

 

[Barragan]

Shehazad is dumb