The 18th match of the Pakistan Super League 2021 played yesterday between Islamabad United and Quetta Gladiators at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. In which Islamabad United won the match by 10 wickets.
Islamabad United won the toss and invited Quetta Gladiators to bat first, Quetta Gladiators batted first, the entire team all out after scoring 133 runs in 20 over. Quetta Gladiators started not very well, Jake Weatherald played a brilliant inning of 43 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 3 boundaries in just 35 balls, Azam Khan scored 26 runs in 23 balls, Usman Khan 14 runs in 19 balls, Andre Russell 13 runs in 6 balls, apart from this no batsman could touch figure out of 10, wickets keep falling one after another, Jack Wildermuth 9 runs in 12 balls, Faf du Plessis 5 runs in 8 balls, Mohammad Nawaz 4 runs in 7 balls, Sarfaraz Ahmed 2 runs in 3 balls, Khurram Shahzad 1 run, Zahid Mahmood dismissed without scoring, and Mohammad Hasnain remains unbeaten without scoring. In this way, Quetta Gladiators batted first after losing the toss, the entire team all out after scoring just 133 runs in 20 over. and set a target of 134 runs in front of Islamabad United.
Islamabad United bowlers performed brilliantly, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jr, and Muhammad Musa took 2-2 wickets, Akif Javed, and Shadab Khan got 1-1 wicket.
Islamabad United chasing 134 runs in the second, they achieved the target very easily without losing any wicket in just 10 overs and won the match by 10 wickets. Islamabad United started very very brilliantly, Usman Khawaja and Colin Munro came to start the inning and took the match to the victory without losing any wicket, Colin Munro played a brilliant unbeaten quick half-century inning of 90 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 12 boundaries in just 36 balls, and Usman Khawaja also played a brilliant quick unbeaten inning of 41 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaries in just 27 balls. In this way, Islamabad United chasing 134 runs in the second inning, they achieved the target very easily without losing any wicket in just 10 overs and won the match very easily by 10 wickets.
Islamabad United batsman Colin Munro selected as the best player of the match, he played a brilliant unbeaten quick half-century inning of 90 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 12 boundaries in just 36 balls and took the match to victory with Usman Khawaja.
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Nice to see 2 International players finishing the match without losing a wicket for Islamabad United.
Low scoring matches will be trickier ones most of the times, but the way Khawaja and Munro played, it's a reality check for Quetta Gladiators.