Quetta Overcomes Late Batting Collapse To Beat Islamabad For Third Straight Win In PSL – News18

LAHORE, Pakistan: Quetta Gladiators overcame a late batting collapse to beat Islamabad United by three wickets Thursday for his or her third straight win within the Pakistan Super League.

Quetta dismantled two-time champion Islamabad’s batting energy-home via spinners and restricted it to this season’s lowest whole of 138-9.

Islamabad pushed for an unlikely win when it grabbed three late wickets off eight balls. Naseem Shah (2-34) knocked again the off stump of Sherfane Rutherford (29), Akeal Hosein was run-out when he went for a unnecessary third run, and Mohammad Wasim (1) was clear bowled by Shadab Khan (2-24) whereas making an attempt a reckless swipe on the Islamabad skipper.

Mohammad Amir confirmed loads of braveness to smash two boundaries with captain Rilee Rossouw scoring an unbeaten 34 as Quetta reached 139-7 with 10 balls to spare.

Quetta joined Multan Sultans on the prime of leaderboard with six factors from three video games. Islamabad has misplaced again-to-again video games and has two factors.

Jason Roy had offered Quetta a brisk begin of 51 within the powerplay when the Englishman smashed 37 off 18 balls earlier than he performed quick bowler Hunain Shah’s PSL debut ball again onto his stumps. Hunain is among the three brothers picked by Islamabad this season together with Naseem and Ubaid.

Sarfaraz Ahmed, who was relieved from Quetta’s captaincy after main the franchise for eight seasons in a row, might make just one earlier than he was trapped leg earlier than wicket by Shadab earlier than Rutherford and Rossouw mixed in a 62-run stand.

Earlier, after being despatched in to bat, Islamabad faltered after cruising alongside at 69-1 within the first seven overs. Salman Ali Agha (33), who was dropped by Amir early in his knock, Alex Hales (21) and Colin Munro (20) all couldn’t convert good begins and threw away their wickets.

Abrar Ahmed (3-18) and Hosein (2-32) dismantled Islamabad’s batting energy-home on a sluggish and dry wicket whereas Wasim ran via the decrease order with 3-20 that included wickets of Faheem Ashraf and Rumman Raees off the final two balls of the innings.

Hales smashed Hosein for again-to-again sixes earlier than he went for a unnecessary third massive hit in opposition to the left-arm spinner and was caught at covers. Munro and Agha each miscued massive pictures and have been caught within the deep as Islamabad misplaced eight wickets for 69 runs within the final 13 overs.

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