Islamabad United Vs Quetta Gladiators 21st Match 05 March 2023

21st T20 • Pindi Club Ground • Rawalpindi

Quetta Gladiators

179/6 (20)

Islamabad United

183/8 (19.3)

IU won by 2 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Fazalhaq Farooqi

3/25

Info

Quetta Gladiators

179/6 (20)

Batters

Yasir Khan

45.45

c S Khan b F Farooqi

Will Smeed

0.00

lbw b F Farooqi

Sarfaraz Ahmed

75.00

c Mubasir Khan b F Ashraf

Mohammad Nawaz

118.18

c Mubasir Khan b F Farooqi

Iftikhar Ahmed

25.00

c S Khan b F Ashraf

Najibullah Zadran

173.53

b Rumman Raees

Umar Akmal

307.14

Not out

Odean Smith

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 6)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.95)

179/6

Did not Bat

Umaid Asif, Naveen ul Haq, Naseem Shah

Bowlers

EXT

6.25

7.25

9.67

11.50

9.00

10.67

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Will Smeed

lbw b F Farooqi

1-3

0.6

Yasir Khan

c S Khan b F Farooqi

2-8

2.3

Sarfaraz Ahmed

c Mubasir Khan b F Ashraf

3-12

3.3

Iftikhar Ahmed

c S Khan b F Ashraf

4-17

5.3

Mohammad Nawaz

c Mubasir Khan b F Farooqi

5-121

16.1

Najibullah Zadran

b Rumman Raees

6-154

18.2

Islamabad United

183/8 (19.3)

Batters

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

0.00

lbw b N Shah

Alex Hales

133.33

c N Zadran b N Haq

Colin Munro

217.24

c N Shah b M Nawaz

Shadab Khan

200.00

c Y Khan b I Ahmed

Mubasir Khan

71.43

c I Ahmed b U Asif

Azam Khan

140.00

c Y Khan b U Asif

Asif Ali

66.67

b M Nawaz

Faheem Ashraf *

125.81

Not out

Hasan Ali

50.00

c O Smith b U Asif

Rumman Raees

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 5, NB: 1, W: 8)

TOTAL

(19.3 Ov, RR: 9.38)

183/8

Did not Bat

Fazalhaq Farooqi

Bowlers

EXT

Naseem Shah

7.00

Odean Smith

2.3

16.00

9.25

9.25

19.00

4.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

lbw b N Shah

1-0

0.2

Alex Hales

c N Zadran b N Haq

2-52

4.3

Shadab Khan

c Y Khan b I Ahmed

3-96

6.6

Colin Munro

c N Shah b M Nawaz

4-96

7.1

Mubasir Khan

c I Ahmed b U Asif

5-102

8.6

Asif Ali

b M Nawaz

6-111

11.1

Azam Khan

c Y Khan b U Asif

7-169

18.3

Hasan Ali

c O Smith b U Asif

8-171

18.6

Match Info

Date & Time

05 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi

Match

21st T20,

Pakistan Super League

Umpires

Martin Saggers (England), Rashid Riaz (Pakistan), Alex Wharf (England, TV)

Referee

Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)

Toss

Islamabad United elected to bowl

Player of the Match Fazalhaq Farooqi

3/25

Commentary

That's that from this game of the Pakistan Super League. Islamabad United almost made a hash of things but they came back strongly in the end to get over the line and are the second team to qualify for the playoffs. There's plenty of cricketing action still to come, keep tuning into Sportskeeda. On behalf of my partner Soumarya Dutta, this is, Pradeep signing off. Good night and take care!

Shadab Khan (Islamabad United captain): Both the teams were in for most part of it, we played better cricket and went over the line, we learnt a lot. The way started off the with the ball, we allowed them to get to 180. We collapsed with the bat too, that's the funny part of cricket, always learn from it. I wasn't responsible with the bat, played a rash shot and got out, I was the culprit with both bat and ball. At the end of the day, it you pick up two points that's enough, we have a lot to improve with the ball. There's no excuse with my injury, will recover by the time.

Fazalhaq Farooq is Player of the Match! Here's what he has to say: The plan was simple, always went for the wickets and got the support I wanted. The first and second over there was help from the surface, I made use of it. It's always fun with the United team, feel happy around.

Sarfaraz Ahmed (Quetta Gladiators captain): Actually we came back brilliantly, thanks to Nawaz, Najeeb and Umar, gave the momentum at the backend to us. Fielding is the crucial part of the T20 game, if we had taken our chances, we would've been on the right side of the result. Players have performance under crunch situation, would've been happier had they come in the winning side of things. From where we came back and ended, we needed to take wickets, the result could've been different. If had executed our plans with the ball at the end, we could've won the game but it just didn't work out. We will try and win the remaining games.

Azam Khan: There were lot of twists, the way Munro started, we thought we had the game we lost couple of wickets and had to take it deep, Faheem played well too. I am always as a floater, even in the last game I came in at number 5 and today at 6, different kind of role and really thankful for the franchise and it's helping for me. We're really happy that we're qualified for the playoffs and you know the way Nawaz and Najeeb played, from 19-4 and finished at 180, we wanted to restrict them but couldn't, we had the deep batting line-up and were good. Was a crunch match, we knew if we win, we would finish on the top two.

Islamabad United 183/8 in 19.3 overs
Colin Munro 63(29) | Umaid Asif 3/37
Faheem Ashraf 39*(31) | Mohammad Nawaz 2/17

What an unbelievable thriller we've had and it's Faheem Ashraf who held his nerve and clinched the game for Islamabad United. They got off to a fantastic start in the powerplay as they raced off to 75 on the back of Colin Munro's blistering hitting. He got off to 50 in no time, but once he was gone, they lost a clutch of wickets leading them into some trouble. However, it was their batting depth that came to their rescue as Azam Khan and Faheem Ashraf put on a crucial partnership. There was a minor hiccup in the end, but Ashraf finished things off in style with three boundaries on the trot.

The Quetta bowlers looked lack luster in the first half but they came back strongly after the powerplay as Mohammad Nawaz led from the front. Naseem Shah was brilliant too as he was extremely economical for his 4 over spell. Umaid Asif had a tough day but he did finish off with three wickets in the end, and ensured that the game was a nail biter.

Overall, another tough day for Quetta and it's once again, 'so close but yet so far for them' . Their playoff chances are over now and they can only play for pride from here on. The Islamabad United will be really happy with their effort though and with this win, they keep climbing up in the table and they're looking in good form heading into the play offs.

Islamabad United win by 2 wickets!

19.3 Odean Smith to Faheem Ashraf, FOUR! THAT'S IT! Faheem needed just three balls to seal the game. Back of a length on the off-stump. Faheem heaves that one over mid-wicket, runs away and finds the ropes.

19.2 Odean Smith to Faheem Ashraf, FOUR MORE! Slower delivery outside the off-stump. Faheem waits and thrashes it through extra-cover, fielder running around the ropes, slides but cannot stop that one, another boundary.

19.1 Odean Smith to Faheem Ashraf, FOUR! SHOT! Short and wide of off-stump, poor delivery from Smith. Faheem reaches and cuts it over the top of short third, runs away and finds the ropes.

Rumman Raees, RHB, comes to the crease.

Odean Smith [2.0-0-28-0] comes back into the attack.

Umaid Asif has been expensive today but he has delivered the killer punch in the penultimate over! He has taken two wickets in one over and this game is hanging by a knife's edge here.

overs

171 /8 score

runs

Hasan Ali *

1 (2)

Faheem Ashraf

27 (28)

Umaid Asif

3 /37

18.6 Umaid Asif to Hasan Ali, OUT! MILES UP INTO THE NIGHT SKY AND TAKEN! Gladiators just hanging in by a thread here. Short and into the pitch. Hasan looking to clear long-on but gets too much elevation and not enough distance, Smith takes a simple catch as Hasan departs!

Hasan Ali c Odean Smith b Umaid Asif 1(2b 0x4 0x6)

18.5 Umaid Asif to Faheem Ashraf, back of a length on the off-stump. Faheem with an angled bat, dabs it to backward point for another quick single.

18.4 Umaid Asif to Hasan Ali, back of a length on the off-stump. Hasan taps it into the off-side and hares across to the other end, brings Faheem back on strike!

Hasan Ali, RHB, comes to the crease.

What a comeback from Asif! The short ball has done the trick for him and the dangerous Azam Khan is gone now. This game is still wide open.

18.3 Umaid Asif to Azam Khan, OUT! PICKS OUT DEEP SQUARE-LEG AND GONE! Azam Khan was in a hurry, he wanted to finish this in a canter but he's holed out. Short on the fourth stump. Azam pulled it to deep square-leg, fielder running to his left near the ropes takes a blinder.

Azam Khan c Yasir Khan b Umaid Asif 35(25b 2x4 2x6)

18.2 Umaid Asif to Azam Khan, SIX! BOOM! Stupendous hit from the in-form Azam Khan. Length delivery but was a slower one on the stumps. Azam clears his front foot and DISPATCHED it flat over the fielder's head at long-on for a maximum.

18.1 Umaid Asif to Faheem Ashraf, back of a length on the off-stump. Faheem hangs back and taps it into the off-side for a quick single.