Quetta Is Two For Two After PSL Win Over Scratchy Lahore

LAHORE, Pakistan: Quetta Gladiators clinched a second win from two Pakistan Super League matches by defeating scrappy defending champion Lahore Qalandars by 5 wickets on Monday.

Unheralded Khawaja Nafay confirmed loads of confidence in opposition to the star-studded tempo assault of Lahore. Nafay defied the likes of Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf by hitting three sixes and 4 boundaries. He flicked Fakhar Zaman to the wonderful leg boundary for the profitable runs and an unbeaten 60 off 31 balls.

Quetta romped to 188-5 with 5 balls to spare after Lahore’s 187-7.

Lahore misplaced a second successive dwelling dwelling after dropping three catches.

Lahore opening batter Sahibzada Farhan, dropped on 44, made 62 off 43 balls however it was a breezy unbeaten 45 off 17 balls by Jahandad Khan, who was promoted at No. 5, which propelled them.

Jahandad claimed the momentum within the dying overs by hitting 4 sixes and three boundaries. Jahandad upped the ante when he smacked Abrar Ahmed for 3 sixes within the leg-spinner’s final over which went for 23.

Quetta made a brisk begin to its chase because of Jason Roy, 24 runs, and Saud Shakeel, 40. Roy was dropped twice as they mixed for 69, one other scintillating opening stand after their century partnership in opposition to Peshawar.

Both batters fell in successive overs after dominating the powerplay. Zaman Khan clean-bowled Shakeel with a yorker and Roy swiped wildly at spinner Raza’s brief ball that hit the center stump.

Lahore part-time wicketkeeper Farhan had one other lapse within the subject when he dropped former Quetta captain Sarfaraz Ahmed off the primary ball he confronted from Rauf.

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