Quetta Gladiators (206/5) beat Peshawar Zalmi (190/6) by 16 runs in Match 2 of PSL 9

[BouncerGuy]

Peshawar Zalmi will face off against Quetta Gladiators in the second game of the 9th edition of the Pakistan Super League. The match will take place today at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium, which also hosted the season’s opening match.

Peshawar’s star batsman, Babar Azam, will lead the team, and Rilee Rossouw will captain Quetta Gladiators, all eyes are on the Gaddafi Stadium for what promises to be an entertaining contest.

Both teams intend to start the tournament on a positive note after failing to climb the ladder last year. The match is expected to be an evenly-contested affair with the unfamiliarity of both teams to the Lahore conditions barring the few international regulars.

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Squads:

Peshawar Zalmi Squad: Saim Ayub, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Haris, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Asif Ali, Haseebullah Khan(w), Luke Wood, Salman Irshad, Aamer Jamal, Arshad Iqbal, Mohammad Zeeshan, Khurram Shahzad, Mehran Mumtaz, Aimal Khan, Shamar Joseph, Arif Yaqoob, Umair Afridi, Paul Walter

Quetta Gladiators Squad: Jason Roy, Omair Yousuf, Rilee Rossouw(c), Will Smeed, Saud Shakeel, Sarfaraz Ahmed(w), Sherfane Rutherford, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Amir, Sohail Khan, Usman Qadir, Bismillah Khan, Mohammad Hasnain, Khawaja Nafay, Sajjad Ali, Adil Naz, Laurie Evans, Akeal Hosein

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[BouncerGuy]

Who is going to win this one?

I guess it will be Zalmi.

 

[Ali Active]

zalmi are strong
Haris
and saim followed by babar

 

[jattafridi]

Full support King Babar

Hopefully easy win

 

[BouncerGuy]

TOSS UPDATE:

Peshawar Zalmi has won the toss and opted to field first.

Teams:

Quetta Gladiators (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Saud Shakeel, Khawaja Nafay, Rilee Rossouw(c), Sarfaraz Ahmed(w), Sherfane Rutherford, Akeal Hosein, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Amir, Abrar Ahmed

Peshawar Zalmi (Playing XI): Saim Ayub, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Haris(w), Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Rovman Powell, Asif Ali, Dan Mousley, Aamer Jamal, Luke Wood, Mohammad Zeeshan, Salman Irshad

 

[followed]

Lol I m so happy to see sarfraz not captaining. That disgraceful guy should have been kicked out.

 

[followed]

Saud shakeel and that sarfraz in a T20. Awful selections from team management.

 

[Ali Active]

babar will be opening lol

 

[OldWarHorse]

This fascination with Gold has spilled over from IPL over to the PSL kits it seems. Too much of it on display

 

[Rana]

Saud Conway

 

[Rana]

frustrating dots

 

[Rana]

no spinner for Zalmi?

 

[Ali Active]

this goes to prove any accumaltor can play at opening position in t20s even shan masood can take advantage of powerplay
this goes to show how fraud babar and rizwan are

 

[Rana]

Sana Mir with her anti sarfaraz+pro Rizwan agenda

 

[Rana]

Come on Roy

Cut loose here boy!

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Opening is an easiest place in t20s

 

[Rana]

Why Zalmi have no spinner?

 

[Rana]

Opening is an easiest place in t20s

its the easiest if you dont want to show serious intent. Not if you want to go hard.

 

[Rana]

Dont trust these speed guns

no way is Zeeshan a 140kmh bowler

 

[OldWarHorse]

Amateurish stuff, what sort of fielding is that lol

 

[Rana]

Zeeshan better start to his career than Ubaid

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Dont trust these speed guns

no way is Zeeshan a 140kmh bowler

Yesterday shaheen was bowling at 143kph, who in Australia New Zealand barely touched 135kph

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Zeeshan better start to his career than Ubaid

Ubaid had lack of support from shadab

 

[BouncerGuy]

Saud opening and doing good so far..

 

[Rana]

"Zalmi dont have good spinners on the bench"

what a lie by Waqar! They have Waqar Salamkhiel. He is very good

 

[Rana]

Wayward bowling

Quetta havent cashed in well here

 

[Rana]

Again Sana taking digs at Sarfaraz because she loves Rizwan

 

[BouncerGuy]

Jamal bowling like a club cricketer. Here and there kind of stuff.

 

[Rana]

Khwaja Nafay has a jaw like Shaheen and eyes like junaid safdar

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Babar should bat at 3. Let us enjoy the batting of saim and Harris.

 

[BouncerGuy]

18 came of his over. quetta is off to a blistering start. Thanks to Jamal here

 

[Rana]

typical Zalmi

PSL bowling machines

 

[BouncerGuy]

Khwaja Nafay has a jaw like Shaheen and eyes like junaid safdar

he is a brilliant player. One to watch out for.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Saudddd..... you cannot do that... beauty of a shot for 6.

 

[Rana]

Saudddd..... you cannot do that... beauty of a shot for 6.

Saud Conway

 

[Energy]

Refreshing to see Saud bat like the way he is now. 'Khul kay khel' has been taken seriously by him.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Saud Shakeel is playing very stylish shots.

 

[Rana]

TBF Zeeshan has bowled alright here

 

[BouncerGuy]

Haris seems to be injured.

 

[CerebralPatriot]

Saud playing an innings Rizwan or Babar could never

 

[PakEngFan]

He always said saud should open in limited overs. Another slap to clown sarfraz for benching him for 3 years.

 

[kingusama92]

Saud is playing surprisingly well. Quite a few creative shots too.

 

[Rana]

Saud playing an innings Rizwan or Babar could never

The guy has a cricket brain unlike the other two

 

[Rana]

Saud is playing surprisingly well. Quite a few creative shots too.

not surprisingly well.

Anyone who watches cricket regularly could tell he would be a good opener. Not extremely dynamic but very good like Devon Conway

 

[BouncerGuy]

Haris seems to be injured.

Nay.... all good....

 

[BouncerGuy]

Don't jump to the conclusion about saud. Let him play the whole season first to see how consistent he can be.

 

[Rana]

3 overs for 30 on a road for a 18 year old debutant in the powerplay is very good if you ask me

 

[PakEngFan]

Amir Jamal should only play tests at the moment. He's a spray gun in shorter formats.

 

[Rana]

Don't jump to the conclusion about saud. Let him play the whole season first to see how consistent he can be.

Hes going to be one of the leading run scorers

 

[FearlessRoar]

Saud Shakeel is playing very stylish shots.

You won't believe he's been benched for 33 consecutive matches.

 

[Rana]

If PSL wickets are going to be this rubbish for bowling, you have to then target 80 in the powerplay

 

[FearlessRoar]

Match is between Quetta and Peshawar, and match happening in Lahore. Why not in Quetta or Peshawar? This is weird

 

[PakEngFan]

You won't believe he's been benched for 33 consecutive matches.

Np one than a joke of a player sarfraz.

 

[Rana]

You won't believe he's been benched for 33 consecutive matches.

Had he played earlier, he wouldnt have realised what is needed to play modern cricket. He was essentially an acumalator . Hes sat out, realised what he needs to do to play the level of cricket you need to play and has come good

 

[Rana]

45 minutes for 7 overs

 

[FearlessRoar]

Mohammad Zeeshan is using short deliveries to disturb Jason Roy.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Had he played earlier, he wouldnt have realised what is needed to play modern cricket. He was essentially an acumalator . Hes sat out, realised what he needs to do to play the level of cricket you need to play and has come good

He is playing shots with full control and confidence. To be honest he has better shot selection than Babar Azam

 

[Suleiman]

Saud Shakeel after system update.

 

[Rana]

7 wickets in 47 overs in lahore

Pathetic

 

[FearlessRoar]

Aamir Jamal looks expensive, but his pace is better today.

 

[Suleiman]

You won't believe he's been benched for 33 consecutive matches.

That’s on him sadly. He was always a trailblazer in domestics, but severely tanked his own brand in internationals by playing like a snail.

Yes it’s in tests, but even tests aren’t played at 30 SR these days.

It was bad enough that he hurt his brand in the neighboring formats.

But hopefully he has woken up.

Shafique woke up in LOIs last year, now it’s his turn.

 

[Rana]

He is playing shots with full control and confidence. To be honest he has better shot selection than Babar Azam

He has better off side than no off side Rizwan too

 

[Rana]

Absolute tripe bowling

they will lose evert game which they do not chase in

 

[FearlessRoar]

The pitches are for batting, there is nothing for the bowlers???

 

[Ali Active]

haris mocking rizwan ?by pretending to be injured

 

[Rana]

The pitches are for batting, there is nothing for the bowlers???

ridicolous

and they will be exposed overseas and in ICC tournaments

 

[OldWarHorse]

This is not great viewing tbh, even the crowd is nowhere near full

 

[FearlessRoar]

But I'm thinking, can Saud Shakeel play these shots on a damp pitch?

 

[Ali Active]

hopefully pitches in other parts will be better

 

[Asad T]

This is not great viewing tbh, even the crowd is nowhere near full

They should have made it a night match, then it would have been.

 

[Hyder]

Azam would ve never saved that wide. There s a reason fitnness and agility is required

 

[Hyder]

Jamal doesnt deserve a place in loi teams with this control

 

[Rana]

This is where he lacks, middle overs

no power game to kick on and maximise for sixes. Just looking to play the field due to a lack of power

watch Roy, he will not look to manipulate the field. He will bosh it if its there. Thats the difference between a Proper T20 opener and a make shift accumalator

 

[OldWarHorse]

They should have made it a night match, then it would have been.

Yeah they should have, the game yesterday had much better atmosphere and tempo to the game

 

[Rana]

IMO the game hasnt gotten away from PZ at the moment.

 

[Asad T]

Jamal doesnt deserve a place in loi teams with this control

I agree, but I think he will improve in this regard as time goes on (maybe i'm hoping too much)

 

[RidiculousMan]

Peshawar playing 2 full time bowlers (Salman and Wood) and 1 youngster bowler Zeeshan.

Apart from that there's nothing in their bowling line up

 

[Asad T]

IMO the game hasnt gotten away from PZ at the moment.

because it's a day game, dew will not be a factor in the 2nd innings like it was yesterday. so it will not be easy for PZ if they need to chase 190ish

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Babar looks clueless after Quetta hammered 100 in 10 without losing a wicket.

 

[Rana]

Saim getting away with a 6 run over

pathetic when you have two set batters