PSL 10: Quetta Gladiators beat Peshawar Zalmi by 80 runs

In the second match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) 10, Quetta Gladiators defeated Peshawar Zalmi by 80 runs in a one-sided contest.I

n the match being played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi, Peshawar Zalmi captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bowl first.Quetta Gladiators’ batsmen proved Babar Azam’s decision wrong and posted a score of 216 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

Gladiators captain Saud Shakeel played a brilliant innings of 59 runs, Finn Allen was dismissed for 53 and Hassan Nawaz for 41 runs, while Riley Rossouw remained not out with 21 runs and Kosal Mendis with 35 runs.

Ali Raza, Alzari Joseph and Sufyan Muqeem took one wicket each for Peshawar Zalmi.In pursuit of the target, the Peshawar Zalmi team could not perform well and the entire team was all out for 136 runs in the 16th over.Saim Ayub was the top scorer with 50 runs.

Hussain Talat played an innings of 35, Mitchell Owen played an innings of 31 runs and Muhammad Haris scored 13 runs, while no other player could even enter double figures.

Quetta Gladiators’ Abrar Ahmed took 4 wickets, Usman Tariq and Mohammad Amir took two wickets each, while Kyle Jamieson took one wicket.It should be noted that in the opening match of the PSL yesterday, defending champions Islamabad United easily defeated Lahore Qalandars by 8 wickets.