PSL 2023 Cricket Highlights | Match 18 – Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators

Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators, Match 18  –  Cricket Match Highlights

Yesterday (March 2) Thursday, Lahore Qalandars and Quetta Gladiators faced off in the 18th match of the Pakistan Super League. Batting first in that match, Lahore Qalandars, who was at the top of the points table, folded before the allotted 20 overs with some sort of target.

Later, the Quetta Gladiators could not reach the target as the scheduled 20 overs ended. On the other hand, Lahore Qalandars won by 17 runs. Lahore Qalandars are at the top of the points table with 5 wins in the last six matches and Quetta Gladiators are at the bottom of the points table after winning 1 match in six matches. Apart from this, Sikandar Raza won the man of the match title due to his excellent batting.

Quetta Gladiators won the toss and chose to bowl first and sent Lahore Qalandars to bat. Their condition was very miserable when they came down to bat first. 4 wickets fell at the team’s 28 runs. Fakhar Zaman left the field first after scoring four runs off 3 balls. Shortly after that, Mirza Tahir Baig, who scored 2 runs, left for the dressing room. Sam Billings scored 2 runs and Hussain Talat scored 6 runs from 7 balls.

After two overs, they again started losing wickets at regular intervals. Their 7 wickets fell at the team’s 50 runs. Abdullah Shafique, who scored 15 runs off 14 balls with the help of 1 four and a six, left the field in the last ball of the 8th over. David Wiese and Shaheen Afridi left the field in the next 5 runs. Shaheen Afridi scored 16 runs off 16 balls and David Wiese scored 2 runs.

Then Sikandar Raza alone saved the team from that sunken boat. He scored 71 runs from 34 balls with the help of 8 fours and 3 sixes from 34 balls. With his help, the team managed to set a huge target. Besides, Rashid Khan scored 21 runs from 20 balls with the help of 1 four and 1 six. On the other hand, Haris Rauf and Zaman Khan both hit golden ducks. In the end, they scored 148 runs in 19.2 overs with 9 runs extra.

Naveen-ul-Haq and Mohammad Nawaz took 2 wickets each for Quetta Gladiators. Besides, Odean Smith, Umaid Asif, and Naseem Shah took 1 wicket each.

Chasing the target of 149 runs, they made a good start, but due to the end of the stipulated over, Quetta Gladiators could not reach the target. Their Will Smeed scored the most runs for them. He made 32 runs off 25 balls with the help of 6 fours. Their captain Sarfaraz Ahmed scored 27 runs off 28 balls with the help of 1 four. Martin Guptill scored 15 runs off 20 balls. Yasir Khan scored 14 runs off 15 balls.

Odean Smith scored 11 runs off 9 balls and Umaid Asif scored 11 runs off 6 balls. Besides Mohammad Hafeez 2, Iftikhar Ahmed 3, and Mohammad Nawaz scored 4 runs. In the end, their innings stopped at 131 runs in 20 overs with 12 extra runs.

Haris Rauf took 3 wickets for 22 runs in 4 overs for Lahore Qalandars. 2 wickets were taken by Rashid Khan and 1 wicket by David Wiese.

Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators Scoreboard

Lahore Qalandars – 148/10 (19.2)

Quetta Gladiators – 131/7 (20.0) 

Result – Lahore Qalandars won by 17 runs 

Player of the match – Sikandar Raza

Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators Playing XIs