A record association between Ben Dunk and Samit Patel arranged Lahore Qalandars’ first HBL PSL 2020 win as they crushed Quetta Gladiators by 37 runs at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium.
Ben Dunk and Patel created an inconceivable association of 155 runs, the most elevated fourth-wicket stand and second most elevated generally in HBL PSL history, in 73 balls to help Qalandars to a mammoth 209 for five.
Ben Dunk, who batted at one-drop, crushed 10 sixes, the most in a HBL PSL innings, as he scored a rankling 93 at a strike-pace of more than 216.
The Australian wicketkeeper-batsman struck Mohammad Nawaz, the left-arm universal, four sixes in an over in his 43-ball thump, which additionally included three fours.
From the opposite end, Patel likewise scored at a lively rate which intensified the hardships for Gladiators, the shielding champions. The all-rounder scored 71 runs from 40 balls, crushing nine fours and two sixes.
The pair had met up with the Qalandars battling at 50 for three after Mohammad Hafeez’s first-ball duck in the eighth over. Their remarkable force hitting set land the group completely filled.
Both batsmen were rejected by Ben Cutting, who with two wickets for 36 runs in three overs was the best bowler for Sarfaraz Ahmed-drove Gladiators. Mohammad Nawaz, Fawad Ahmed and Mohammad Hasnain picked a wicket each.
Warriors vacillated directly from the beginning of their run-pursue as they lost three wickets in the Powerplay as Patel and Dilbar Hussain added two and one scalps to their count.
Combatants spent their outstanding innings hoping to modify their innings and a late flood by Ben Cutting (53 off 27, three fours and five sixes) gave a beam of expectation, yet Qalandars’ bowlers kept on striking on standard interims.
Salman Irshad, who came in as a swap for Haris Rauf, was the pick of the bowlers with four wickets for 29 runs. Patel, Dilbar and Mohammad Faizan were different bowlers to have wickets in their records as they got two scalps each.
Fighters were bowled out for 172 on the last bundle of their innings.
On Wednesday, Lahore Qalandars play Islamabad United at the Gaddafi Stadium.
Brief Score:
Lahore Qalandars 209-5, 20 overs (Ben Dunk 93, Samit Patel 71, Chris Lynn 27; Ben Cutting 2-36)
Quetta Gladiators 172 hard and fast, 20 overs (Ben Cutting 53, Mohammad Nawaz 24, Shane Watson 23; Salman Irshad 4-29, Dilbar Hussain 2-11, Mohammad Faizan 2-29, Samit Patel 2-31)
Lahore Qalandars won by 37 runs