2019 Pakistan Super League final

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2019 Pakistan Super League Final
Peshawar Zalmi Quetta Gladiators
Peshawar Zalmi team colors.png Quetta Gladiators team colors.png
138/8139/2
20 overs17.5 overs
Quetta Gladiators won by 8 wickets
Date17 March 2019
Venue National Stadium, Karachi
Player of the match Mohammad Hasnain (Quetta Gladiators)
Umpires Ranmore Martinesz
Ahsan Raza
Attendance34,228
2018
2020

The 2019 Pakistan Super League Final was a Twenty20 cricket match, played on 17 March 2019 at the National Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan to determine the winner of the 2019 Pakistan Super League. It ended as Quetta Gladiators defeated Peshawar Zalmi by 8 wickets to win their first title. Mohammad Hasnain was awarded man of the match award.

Contents

Some 20 percent of the tickets for the final were sold online on 20 February 2019. [1] [2] While the rest of the tickets were sold starting from 25 February 2019 at TCS Courier centers. [3]

Route to the Final

During the group stage of the 2019 Pakistan Super League each team played ten matches, two against each of the other sides contesting the competition. 26 matches were played in the United Arab Emirates while 7 matches were played in Karachi. The top four teams progressed to the playoff stage. Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiator finished the group stage with first and second position respectively by winning seven of their matches and losing three. Peshawar came on top because of the higher run rate. [4] [5]

League stage matches

15 February 2019 (D/N)
Peshawar Zalmi
155/4 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
161/4 (19.4 overs)
Quetta won by 6 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
4 March 2019 (D/N)
Peshawar Zalmi
165/4 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
166/2 (17.4 overs)
Quetta won by 8 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Playoff matches

Qualifier

13 March 2019 (D/N)
Quetta Gladiators
186/6 (20 overs)
v
Peshawar Zalmi
176/7 (20 overs)
Quetta won by 10 runs
National Stadium, Karachi

Eliminators

Eliminator 1
14 March 2019 (D/N)
Karachi Kings
161/9 (20 overs)
v
Islamabad United
164/6 (19.3 overs)
Islamabad won by 4 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Eliminator 2
15 March 2019 (D/N)
Peshawar Zalmi
214/5 (20 overs)
v
Islamabad United
166/9 (20 overs)
Peshawar won by 48 runs
National Stadium, Karachi

Match

The final match was played between Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi in a packed 32,000 capacity National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan. [6]

Report

Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field. In the first innings, Peshawar Zalmi's openers Imam-ul-Haq and Kamran Akmal were out early-on, for 3 runs off 4 balls at 1.3 overs and for 21 runs off 15 balls at the end of the fourth over, respectively. Following which Sohaib Maqsood, added 31 runs for the third wicket with Umar Amin before getting caught at long off scoring run-a-ball 20. Amin, the top scorer for his side, was caught out at deep mid-wicket after making 38 runs off 33 balls. Nabi Gul was caught out at 14.4 overs for 9 runs off 12 balls. Kieron Pollard was caught behind for seven off 12 balls. Later, Darren Sammy and Wahab Riaz added 28 runs for the seventh wicket. Zalmi scored 138-8 in 20 overs batting first with Quetta Gladiators' pacer Mohammad Hasnain finishing his four overs with the figures of 3-30 and Dwayne Bravo finishing with 2-24. [7] [8]

In the second innings, Quetta Gladiators' Ahmed Shehzad, who scored 58 runs not out off 51-balls and Ahsan Ali, who scored a 18-ball 25 added 47 for the second wicket after opener Shane Watson was run out for seven runs in the third over. [7] Shehzad's unbroken partnership of 73 runs for the third wicket with Rilee Rossouw who made 39 not out off 32 balls, helped Gladiators achieve the target in 17.5 overs. Rossouw took the winning single. Thus, Gladiators won their maiden PSL title by beating Zalmi by eight wickets. Hasnain was named the man-of-the-match. [7]

Scorecard

keys:

Toss: Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field. [9]

Peshawar Zalmi innings
PlayerStatusRunsBalls4s6sStrike rate
Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Nawaz211531140.00
Imam-ul-Haq c Shehzad b Mohammad Hasnain340075.00
Sohaib Maqsood c Rossouw b DJ Bravo202030100.00
Umar Amin c Tanvir b Mohammad Hasnain383332115.15
Nabi Gul c Shehzad b Fawad9120075.00
Kieron Pollard c †Sarfraz b Mohammad Husnain7121058.33
Darren Sammy c Mohammad Nawaz b DJ Bravo181620112.50
Wahab Riaz runout (Nawaz)12810150.00
Chris Jordan *00-
Hasan Ali
Tymal Mills
Extras (lb 8, w 2)
Total 138/8 (20 overs)
1336.9 RR

Fall of wickets: 4/1 (Imam-ul-Haq, 1.3 ov), 31/2 (Kamran Akmal, 3.6 ov), 62/3 (Sohaib Maqsood, 9.3 ov), 90/4 (Umar Amin, 13.1 ov), 96/5 (Nabi Gul, 14.4 ov), 110/6 (KA Pollard, 16.6 ov), 138/7 (Wahab Riaz, 19.5 ov), 138/8 (Daren Sammy, 20 ov)

Quetta Gladiators bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconWidesNBs
Sohail Tanvir402305.7520
Mohammad Hasnain403037.5000
Mohammad Nawaz403117.7500
DJ Bravo402426.0000
Fawad Ahmed402215.5000

Target: 139 runs from 20 overs at 6.95 RR

Quetta Gladiators innings
PlayerStatusRunsBalls4s6sStrike rate
Shane Watson run out (Umar Amin)7610116.66
Ahmed Shehzad *585161113.72
Ahsan Ali c Sammy b Wahab251831138.88
Rilee Rossouw *39325121.87
Umar Akmal
Sarfraz Ahmed
Dwayne Bravo
Mohammad Nawaz
Sohail Tanvir
Mohammad Hasnain
Fawad Ahmed
Extras (lb 5, w 5)
Total 139/2 (17.5 overs)
1527.79 RR

Fall of wickets: 19/1 (Watson, 2.4 ov), 64/2 (Ahsan Ali, 7.4 ov)

Peshawar Zalmi bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconWidesNBs
Hasan Ali402907.2500
Tymal Mills403107.7510
Chris Jordan3038012.6610
Wahab Riaz401914.7520
Sohaib Maqsood10808.0000
Kieron Pollard10505.0000
Nabi Gul0.50404.8000

Result: Quetta Gladiator won by 8 wickets.

Match Officials

RoleName
On field Umpire Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Ranmore Martinesz
On field Umpire Flag of Pakistan.svg Ahsan Raza
TV Umpire Flag of Pakistan.svg Shozab Raza
Reserve Umpire Flag of Pakistan.svg Rashid Riaz
Match Referee Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Roshan Mahanama

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