Sikandar Raza shines as Lahore Qalandars defeat Quetta Gladiators to register fourth consecutive win

March 2, 2023

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Lahore Qalandars received their fourth sport in a row as they beat Quetta Gladiators by 17 runs on the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The defending champions crossed swords with Sarfaraz Ahmed’s Quetta Gladiators in Match 18 of the continuing Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL).

Upon profitable the toss, Sarfaraz determined to discipline first in an effort to give a tough time to the house facet. Lahore Qalandars suffered a top-order collapse as they misplaced almost half the facet in underneath 50 runs. Nonetheless, Zimbabwe’s star all-rounder Sikandar Raza’s spectacular knock revived the innings.

Raza smashed 71* off simply 34 balls which included three sixes and eight fours and remained unbeaten to information the facet to realize 148 runs in 19.2 overs earlier than the crew was skittled out. In the meantime, Mohammad Nawaz and Naveen-ul-Haq claimed two wickets every whereas Umaid Asif, Odean Smith, and younger Naseem Shah scalped one wicket every to wrap up the innings.

Gladiators squander sturdy head begin in run chase

The ball appeared to be in Quetta’s courtroom contemplating the respectable efficiency the facet displayed within the first innings. Along with this, the openers handed a terrific head begin to additional prolong their dominance within the contest. Openers Yasir Khan and Will Smeed put up a 53-run partnership earlier than the previous was dismissed by ace pacer Haris Rauf. Following his dismissal, issues went south for the Gladiators as they swiftly misplaced 5 wickets in lower than 14 overs into the chase.

Rashid Khan and veteran pacer David Wiese labored in tandem to get the important scalps and switch the tables. Skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed, who got here down the middle-order needed to carve out a captain’s knock in an effort to get the derailed facet again on monitor.

Nonetheless, with the fixed strain put forth by the Qalandars skipper and his bowling unit, Quetta gave the impression to be in a tricky spot. Sarfaraz too was unable to crack the code and get the large scores in an effort to plan an instrumental turnaround.

With 25 required from the ultimate over, Quetta may solely handle to get solely eight runs thereby handing a 17-run victory to the defending champions. Haris Rauf returned with a three-wicket haul with bowling figures of three/22 in his 4 overs.

Right here is how Twitter reacted-

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11:03 PM · Mar 02, 2023