After the first close encounter of the tournament, it’s time to turn our attention to one the biggest match of the day between Sarfraz Ahmed’s Quetta Gladiators and Shahid Afridi’s Peshawar Zalmi.
Both teams are coming with consecutive victories on their back. Quetta Gladiators defeated both Islamabad United and Karachi Kings by eight wickets in the previous matches.
On the other hand, Peshawar Zalmi won their first match against Islamabad United by 24 runs and defeated Lahore Qalandars by nine wickets.
Teams
Quetta Gladiators: A Shehzad, L Wright, K Pietersen, E Chigumbura, M Nabi, *+S Ahmed, Akbar-ur-Rehman, M Nawaz, Z Babar, U Gul, and A Ali.
Peshawar Zalmi: M Hafeez, T Iqbal, D Malan, +K Akmal, S Yousuf, *S Afridi, D Sammy, W Riaz, J Khan, M Asghar, and S Tait.
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PES 67-5 (14 overs)
Only five runs off the over.
Umar Gul runs in for his third over.
PES 62-5 (13 overs)
Zulfiqar Babar gives only three runs in the over.
PES 59-5 (12 overs)
This is how you send a batsman back after he hits you for a six.
OUT! Shahid Afridi is caught efficiently by Zulfiqar Babar on the boundary. He takes the long walk back with a duck to his name. Umar bags a brace and Peshawar are in big trouble. Darren Sammy joins Yousuf.
OUT! Umar Gul strikes for Quetta. Malan is caught behind. A brilliant diving catch by captain Sarfraz. And with that Shahid Afridi is in.
SIX! Short and flat-batted towards midwicket by Malan.
The Gul-dozer is back with his yorkers.
PES 50-3 (11 overs)
Only three runs off it. Peshawar needs a big innings from one of the batsmen to salvage the chance of a victory.
Akbar Rehman with his right-arm medium fast deliveries. Interestingly, he is using the run-up of a spinner.
PES 47-3 (10 overs)
Three runs off the over only.
Muhammad Nabi is on now. Sarfraz switching between his spinners smartly.
PES 44-3 (9 overs)
OUT! Edged and caught in covers. Kamran Akmal departs. Quetta strike again. Shahid Yousuf joins Malan.
Zulfiqar Babar now.
PES 42-2 (8 overs)
Just five runs off the over.
Muhammad Nabi is back.
PES 37-2 (7 overs)
FOUR! Cheeky shot. Just nudged-sweeped to fine leg by Malan.
Muhammad Nawaz is back for his second over.
PES 29-2 (6 overs)
Just five runs off the over. Pressure on the new Peshawar batsmen, Kamran and Malan.
Immediately Umar Gul has been brought in to find a few more wickets!
PES 24-2 (5 overs)
OUT! Hafeez goes for a sweep and is caught at short square leg. Quetta taking the offensive to Peshawar, two in-form batsmen dismissed.Kamran Akmal is the new batsman in!
KP changed the field before the ball and it worked for Quetta. Experience coming into play in the PSL. Dawid Malan is in!
OUT! Tamim Iqbal goes for a big slash and finds the midwicket fielder Muhammad Nabi.
Another left-arm spinner Muhammad Nawaz comes into action.
PES 21-0 (4 overs)
Hafeez doing what he does best, running wildly!
Left-arm spin now. Zulfiqar Babar is on!
PES 16-0 (3 overs)
FOUR! Hit beautifully past point by Tamim.
Anwar Ali in for his second over.
PES 12-0 (2 overs)
Five runs off the over. No boundaries in the first two overs. Quetta start on a strong note against in-form Tamim and Hafeez.
Spin from the other end. Muhammad Nabi has been brought on by Sarfraz.
PES 7-0 (1 over)
Hafeez just survives!
Anwar is pumped up. Sends some words to the batsman with a steaming delivery.
Tamim Iqbal and Muhammad Hafeez are opening the batting for Peshawar. Anwar Ali is going to bowl the first over for Quetta.
Toss: Quetta wins the toss and elects to bowl first
Sarfraz Ahmed: “Given the pitch is the same, we have decide to bowl first. We will try to bowl out opponents as soon as possible.”
Shahid Afridi: “We have both bowled and batted in the first innings in our previous matches. We are fine with batting first.”
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