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

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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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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.
 
Khurram is in form, iu should give chance to either saad or shehzad instead of hunain who played last year season and didnt impress.
 
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.
 
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
 
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
 
Faheem is taking wkts only bcoz shehzad wasim are bowling tight lengths. Batters go for the weaker and eventually end gifting him the wkts
 
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
 
Islamabad has been very unfair with fantasy players.
Constantly making changes and and enforcing to change our plans
 
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
 
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.
 
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
 
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.
 
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
 
I thought Hasan would crack under pressure but he is doing well so far, taking it deep.
 
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.
 
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