PSL 2020: Quetta beat Islamabad by 5 wickets

RAWALPINDI (92 News) – Quetta Gladiators on Thursday beat the Islamabad United by five wickets in the 9th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Jason Roy helped Quetta Gladiators for giving a good start. They defeated the Islamabad United by playing a splendid innings. Ben Cutting was instrumental in helping the Gladiators see the match through as he made a swashbuckling 42 runs from 17 balls, his innings featuring four huge sixes. Cutting hit the winning six to ensure Quetta won the match for his team. Jason Roy helped Quetta Gladiators for giving a good start. They defeated the Islamabad United by playing a splendid innings. Earlier, Jason Roy gave an excellent start to the Gladiators, scoring 50 runs from 38 balls. He hit two sixes and six 4s Ahmed Safi Abdullah dismissed him. Ben Cutting was instrumental in helping the Gladiators see the match through as he made a swashbuckling 42 runs from 17 balls, his innings featuring four huge sixes. Cutting hit the winning six to ensure Quetta won the match for his team. The Gladiators looked in trouble at one point in time when Shane Watson fell cheaply for 9 runs from 8 balls, hitting only two boundaries. Ahmed Shahzad continued his poor form and dismissed by a Shadab Khan delivery when he was only on 12 runs. Azam Khan failed to live up to expectations as he got out on 10 runs from 11 balls. In walked skipper Sarfaraz and changed the dynamics of the game, scoring 33 runs from 20 balls to lead a Quetta resurgence. Nawaz gave him much-needed support from the other end, scoring 25 off 20 balls. Cutting and Nawaz saw the Gladiators through to another victory, with the former finishing the match in style with a huge six. Munro steered United to their 187-run total at the end of the innings by scoring an unbeaten 63 runs from 40 balls. He hit two sixes and six 4s during his innings. Shadab Khan once again pitched in with the bat, making an impressive 39 runs from 25 balls, hitting two sixes and three 4s before he was caught by Nawaz off a Cutting delivery. Tymal Mills brought Gladiators back into the game with two quick wickets, dismissing Amad Butt and Asif Ali cheaply. Right-arm pacer Naseem Shah picked up two early wickets and Mohammad Hasnain chipped in with one to put Islamabad United on the back foot on Thursday, as United lost three early wickets a little after five years were bowled in the game. Luke Ronchi looked dangerous before he was clean bowled by a blistering delivery from teenage sensation Naseem Shah. The Islamabad United opening batsman made 11 runs from four balls before he was sent to the pavilion.

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Watch Naseem Shah RIP out Ronchi's stumps with an, absolute beast of a delivery! #IUvQG #HBLPSLV pic.twitter.com/TZD5BBtXMu — PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 27, 2020

A few overs later, Shah took another scalp when he made short work of Malan, dismissing him in similar fashion as he did Ronchi, shattering the stumps by beating him with pace. Malan departed after scoring 10 runs from 9 balls. Squads Islamabad United: Shadab Khan (captain), Faheem Ashraf, Asif Ali, Luke Ronchi, Hussain Talat, Amad Butt, Musa Khan, Dale Steyn, Colin Ingram, Colin Munro, Rumman Raees, Rizwan Hussain, Phil Salt, Zafar Gohar, Akif Javed, Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Saif Badar, Dawid Malan Quetta Gladiators: Sarfaraz Ahmed (captain), Mohammad Nawaz, Shane Watson, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hasnain, Ahsan Ali, Naseem Shah, Jason Roy, Ben Cutting, Fawad Ahmed, Sohail Khan, Tymal Mills, Abdul Nasir, Arish Ali Khan, Azam Khan, Keemo Paul, Khurram Manzoor, Zahid Mehmood