Contemporary Fit File - Zalmi vs Gladiators second Fit 2023/24

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Quetta Gladiators 206 for five (Roy 75, Shakeel 74, Irshad 3-38) beat Peshawar Zalmi 190 for six (Babar 68, Ayub 42, Abrar 2-29) via 16 runs

Opening batters Jason Roy and Saud Shakeel shared a beefy 157-run stand as a reshuffled Quetta Gladiators made a triumphant get started within the Pakistan Tremendous League with a 16-run win over Peshawar Zalmi on Sunday.

Roy scored a breezy 75 off 48 balls and left-handed batter Shakeel, who waited for 33 video games to get his first alternative within the PSL, made an similarly positive 74 off 47 deliveries that lifted Quetta to 206 for five.

Babar Azam (68) and Saim Ayub (42) supplied Peshawar with a brisk get started of 90 off 51 balls earlier than Peshawar’s chase were given wobbled within the latter a part of the innings they usually had been ultimately held to 190-6.

New captain Rilee Rossouw of South Africa was once one of the crucial primary adjustments Quetta had made this season. Quetta relieved their long-time skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed after failing to qualify for the playoffs for 4 successive seasons.

Quetta has additionally introduced within the Australian duo of Shane Watson as their head trainer and Shaun Tait as bowling trainer whilst additionally choosing Mohammad Amir within the draft for the primary time after the left-arm tempo bowler performed the closing 8 seasons for Karachi Kings.

Amir (1-29) bowled brilliantly prematurely and was once duly rewarded with the past due wicket of Rovman Powell in his closing over.

Roy and Shakeel capitalized on Peshawar’s wayward tempo bowling with speedy bowler Aamer Jamal spraying the ball everywhere and Pakistan Below-19 participant, Mohammad Zeeshan, failing to hit the correct lengths all through the powerplay.

Jamal was once taken off after going for 29 runs off his two overs, however Peshawar ignored a consultant spinner within the heart overs to comprise Quetta’s free-scoring openers.

Captain Babar’s choice to check out out the offspin of Ayub additionally did not figure out smartly as Shakeel smashed him for 3 immediately sixes in a single over and raised a robust opening stand with Roy off 92 balls.

Peshawar hit again in brief on the dying via Salman Irshad (3-38) after Englishman Luke Picket broke the tall opening stand when Shakeel holed out to Babar. Roy was once wonderfully stuck low at midwicket when he could not transparent Irshad’s low complete toss as Quetta misplaced 4 wickets for 34 runs.

The pointless run-out of Ayub within the 9th over were given Peshawar off the hook and legspinner Abrar Ahmed (2-29) picked up the important thing wickets of Babar and Tom Kohler-Cadmore (18) in a single over to seal the sport for Quetta.

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