The team of Quetta, captained by Sarfaraz Ahmed, has lost 4 matches in the tournament. It is at the sixth position at the bottom of the points table. Islamabad, on the other hand, has registered its third victory. They are at the third position with 6 points from 5 matches.
Islamabad United defeated Quetta Gladiators by 10 wickets on Friday (June 11) in the 18th match of the Pakistan Super League 2021. The team of Quetta, captained by Sarfaraz Ahmed, has lost 4 matches in the tournament. It is at the sixth position at the bottom of the points table. Islamabad, on the other hand, has registered its third victory. They are at the third position with 6 points from 5 matches.
After winning the toss in the match, Islamabad team decided to bowl first. Quetta opener Faf du Plessis was out in the third over. He could only score 5 runs. He was bowled by Mohammad Wasim Jr. Usman Khan was bowled by Shadab Khan after Duplessis. Usman could only score 14 runs. After some time captain Sarfaraz Ahmed also returned to the pavilion. He could only score 2 runs. Mohammad Musa got it caught by Rohail Nazir. After this, Jack Weatherald and Azam Khan took the innings forward. Both shared a 39-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Weatherald was dismissed for 43 runs off 35 balls. He hit three fours and two sixes.
Quetta’s team was expected to make a stormy innings from Andre Russell. But he could not do anything special. Russell was dismissed by Moses after scoring 13 runs off 6 balls with the help of two sixes. Mohammad Nawaz 4 runs, Wildermooth 9 runs, Khurram Shahzad 1 run and Zahid Mahmood got out without opening the account. Azam Khan, selected for the first time in the Pakistani team, scored 26 runs off 23 balls to take Quetta’s score to 133 runs in 10 overs in 20 overs. Hasan Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jr and Mohammad Musa took 2 wickets each. Aakif Javed and Shadab Khan got one success each.
