Lahore Qalandars dished out a clinical performance against Quetta Gladiators to win by 79 runs in the Pakistan Super League 2025 match on Sunday, April 13 in Rawalpindi. (Match Blog | More Cricket News)
After being put into bat first, Qalandars flew on their mainstay Fakhar Zaman's half-century to get a brilliant start. Daryl Mitchell and Abdullah Shafique too scored brisk thirties. Sam Billings smashed a 19-ball 50 at the end of the innings to stretch Qalandars' score to 219/6 in 20 overs.
Chasing 220, Gladiators got off to a terrible start as their top three could only add two runs between them. Rilee Russouw played a counter-attacking innings but one he was dismissed for a 19-bal 44 Quetta's chances were over. Shaheen Shah Afridi took two wickets and so did Asif Afridi and Sikandar Raza. Rishad Hossain got three wickets.
Lahore Qalandars Playing XI: Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Naeem, Abdullah Shafique, Daryl Mitchell, Sam Billings(w), Sikandar Raza, Jahandad Khan, Rishad Hossain, Shaheen Afridi(c), Haris Rauf, Asif Afridi
Quetta Gladiators Playing XI: Saud Shakeel(c), Finn Allen, Hasan Nawaz, Kusal Mendis(w), Rilee Rossouw, Shoaib Malik, Faheem Ashraf, Akeal Hosein, Mohammad Amir, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq
The wins helps Qalandars take their first points of the season. They lost their first game while the Gladiators won their opener and have now lost their second.
