2019 Quetta Gladiators season

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Quetta Gladiators
2019 season
Coach Moin Khan
Captain Sarfraz Ahmed
PSL 2019 Champions [1] [2]
Most runs Shane Watson (430) [3]
Most wickets Sohail Tanvir (15) [4]
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The Quetta Gladiators is a franchise cricket team that represents Quetta in the Pakistan Super League. They were one of the six teams that competed in the 2019 season.

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The team was captained by Pakistani Skipper Sarfraz Ahmed, coached by Moin Khan and mentored by Viv Richards, while Abdul Razzaq served as Assistant Coach. They became the Champions for the first time ever, after being the Runners-up twice in 2016 and 2017 seasons. They became champions after defeating their arch-rivals Peshawar Zalmi in the final on 17 March at National Stadium. [1] [2] [5] They finished second after the completion of their group stage matches, winning seven matches from their ten matches. [6] They defeated Peshawar Zalmi in the Qualifier to reach the finals. [7]

Australian player Shane Watson was the team's and season's best batsman with 430 runs from 12 matches. [3] He won the Green Cap and Hanif Mohammad award for best batsman of the season, while Sohail Tanvir with 15 wickets from 12 matches was the leading wicket taker for the team and finished in top five bowlers of the season. [4]

Squad

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowlling styleYear signedNotes
Batsmen
04 Rilee Rossouw Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 9 October 1989 (aged 29)Left-handedRight-arm off break2019Overseas
05 Saud Shakeel Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 5 September 1995 (aged 23)Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox2019
19 Ahmed Shehzad Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 23 November 1991 (aged 27)Right-handedRight-arm leg break2018
23 Ahsan Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 10 December 1993 (aged 25)Right-handedRight-arm leg break2019
All-rounders
21 Mohammad Nawaz Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 21 March 1994 (aged 24)Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2018
033 Sohail Tanvir Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 12 December 1984 (aged 34)Left-handedLeft-arm medium fast2018
33 Shane Watson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 17 June 1981 (aged 37)Right-handedRight-arm fast medium2018Overseas
47 Dwayne Bravo WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 7 October 1983 (aged 35)Right-handedRight-arm medium fast2019Overseas
48 Anwar Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 25 November 1987 (aged 31)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2018
814 Dwayne Smith WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 12 April 1983 (aged 35)Right-handedRight-arm medium2019Overseas
18 Danish Aziz Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 20 November 1995 (aged 23)Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2019
74 Sunil Narine WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 26 May 1988 (aged 30)Left-handedRight-arm off-spin2019Overseas
Jalat Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 3 February 1986 (aged 33)Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2019
Wicket-keepers
45 Azam Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 10 August 1998 (aged 20)Left-handed—2019
54 Sarfaraz Ahmed Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 22 May 1987 (aged 31)Right-handed—2019 Captain
96 Umar Akmal Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 26 May 1990 (aged 28)Right-handedRight-arm off spin2019
Bowlers
010 Max Waller Flag of England.svg  England 3 March 1988 (aged 30)Right-handedRight-arm leg break2019Overseas
10 Ghulam Mudassar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 24 September 1999 (aged 19)Right-handedRight-arm off break2019
11 Harry Gurney Flag of England.svg  England 25 October 1986 (aged 32)Right-handedLeft-arm medium fast2019Overseas
17 Mohammad Asghar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 28 December 1998 (aged 20)Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2019
22 Mohammad Irfan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 15 May 1995 (aged 23)Right-handedRight-arm fast2019
20 Mohammad Hasnain Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 5 April 2000 (aged 18)Right-handedRight-arm fast2019
52 Fawad Ahmed Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5 February 1982 (aged 37)Right-handedRight-arm leg-break2019Overseas
16 Naseem Shah Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 15 February 2003 (aged 15)Right-handedRight-arm fast2019Injured, replaced by Mohammad Hasnain.

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Season standings

Points table

PosTeam
PldWLTNRPts NRR
1 Peshawar Zalmi (R)107300140.828
2 Quetta Gladiators (C)107300140.376
3 Islamabad United (3rd)105500100.127
4 Karachi Kings (4th)10550010−0.673
5 Multan Sultans 10370060.173
6 Lahore Qalandars 1037006−0.837
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Notes:

Season summary

Gladiators finished the group stage with second position by winning seven of their matches and losing three. [8] They then defeated Peshawar Zalmi in the qualifier by 10 runs to reach the final. [9]

In the final in Karachi, Gladiators won the toss and elected to field. Gladiators restricted Zalmi to 138-8 in 20 overs with pacer Mohammad Hasnain finishing his four overs with the figures of 3-30 and Dwayne Bravo finishing with 2-24. In the second innings, Ahmed Shehzad scored unbeaten 58 runs off 51-balls. Rilee Rossouw, who made 39 not out off 32 balls, took the winning single. Gladiators achieved the target in 17.5 overs defeating Peshawar Zalmi by 8 wickets to win their first title. Gladiators' Hasnain was awarded man of the match award. [1]

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