Quetta Gladiators vanquished double cross victors Islamabad United by five wickets after an entrancing conflict at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium during the progressing Habib Bank Limited (HBL) Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Pursuing an objective of 188 runs, Quetta returned home with two balls to save kindness Jason Roy’s 50 years, at the highest point of the request, and late appearance from Ben Cutting — 42 off 17 balls.
Captain Sarfaraz Ahmed included a brisk 20-ball 33 to keep Quetta in the chase during the run pursue. In the mean time, Mohammad Nawaz stayed unbeaten on 25 runs off 20 balls.
For Islamabad, all-rounder Faheem Ashraf and slow left-arm spinner Ahmed Safi Abdullah guaranteed two wickets each.
Prior, Islamabad posted 187/7 in their allocated 20 overs obligingness an energetic 50 years from South African batsman Colin Ingram, who stayed unbeaten on 63 runs off 41 balls, which included six fours and two sixes.
Opener Colin Munro and chief Shadab Khan contributed with blustery commitments of 31 and 39 runs individually.
Notwithstanding losing three wickets, Luke Ronchi, Dawid Malan and Munro, inside the first powerplay, Islamabad kept the scoring rate high and took the assault to the Gladiators’ bowlers which helped them post a serious aggregate on the board.
For the meeting side, pacer Naseem Shah was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 2/23 out of four overs of snappy quick bowling. Individual pacer Tymal Mills additionally asserted two wickets while quick bowlers Mohammad Hasnain and Ben Cutting packed away one wicket each.