2025 Pakistan Super League final

2025 Pakistan Super League final

Event	2025 Pakistan Super League
Quetta Gladiators Lahore Qalandars 201/9 204/4 20 overs 19.5 overs
Lahore Qalandars won by 6 wickets [1]
Date	25 May 2025
Venue	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Player of the match	Kusal Perera (Lahore Qalandars)
Umpires	Rashid Riaz Asif Yaqoob
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The 2025 Pakistan Super League final was a Twenty20 cricket match played between Lahore Qalandars and Quetta Gladiators to decide the champion of the 2025 season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) on 25 May 2025 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. ^{[2] [3]}

Lahore Qalandars won the match by 6 wickets, to win their third PSL title. ^[4]

Route to the Final

League progression

Team	Group matches										Playoffs
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Q1/E	Q2	F
Quetta Gladiators	2	2	2	4	6	8	9	11	13	15	W		L
Lahore Qalandars	0	2	4	4	4	6	8	9	11	13	W	W	W

Win

Loss

No result

• Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
• Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

Group stage

Quetta Gladiators finished at the top of the 2025 Pakistan Super League group stage with 15 points, followed by Islamabad United and Karachi Kings, who each accumulated 12 points. Lahore Qalandars secured the fourth and final playoff position with 11 points. ^[5]

Playoffs

In the qualifier on 21 May 2025, Quetta Gladiators defeated Islamabad United by 30 runs to reach into their fourth PSL final. ^[6]

In the first eliminator on 22 May 2025, Lahore Qalandars beat Karachi Kings by 6 wickets and progressed into the second eliminator. ^[7]

In the second eliminator on 23 May 2025, Lahore Qalandars defeated Islamabad United by 95 runs to reach their fourth PSL final. These results led to a final matchup between Quetta Gladiators and Lahore Qalandars. ^[8]

Match officials

• On-field Umpires : Rashid Riaz and Asif Yaqoob
• TV umpire : Faisal Afridi
• Reserve umpire : Abdul Muqeet
• Match referee : Roshan Mahanama

Match

Match 34 25 May 2025 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Quetta Gladiators 201/9 (20 overs)	v	Lahore Qalandars 204/4 (19.5 overs)
Hassan Nawaz 76 (43) Shaheen Afridi 3/24 (4 overs)		Kusal Perera 62* (31) Abrar Ahmed 1/27 (4 overs)

Lahore Qalandars won by 6 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Rashid Riaz (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Kusal Perera (Lahore Qalandars)

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.
• By winning in the final, Lahore Qalandars became the most successful team alongside Islamabad United in PSL history. ^[9]

Scorecard

Toss: Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.

Quetta Gladiators batting
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Saud Shakeel	c †Perera b Afridi	4	6	0	0	66.66
Finn Allen	c Rauf b Mirza	12	11	2	0	109.09
Rilee Rossouw	c Afridi b Raza	22	11	4	1	200.00
Hassan Nawaz	c Raza b Afridi	76	43	8	4	176.74
Avishka Fernando	c Afridi b Hossain	29	22	5	0	131.81
Dinesh Chandimal	c sub (Azab) b Afridi	22	13	0	2	169.23
Faheem Ashraf	c Naeem b Mirza	28	8	2	3	350.00
Mohammad Amir	b Rauf	0	2	0	0	0.00
Abrar Ahmed	c Afridi b Rauf	0	1	0	0	0.00
Khurram Shahzad	not out	2	3	0	0	66.66
Usman Tariq	did not bat
Extras 6 (wd 6) Total 201/9 (20 overs)				21	10	10.05 RR

Fall of wickets: 1/17 (Shakeel, 2.4 ov), 2/21 (Allen, 3.1 ov), 3/58 (Rossouw, 6.2 ov), 4/125 (Fernando, 12.5 ov), 5/171 (Chandimal, 17.2 ov), 6/172 (H. Nawaz, 17.5 ov), 7/173 (Amir, 18.2 ov), 8/173 (Abrar, 18.3), 9/201 (Ashraf, 19.6 ov)

Lahore Qalandars bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ	Wides	NBs
Shaheen Afridi	4	0	24	3	6.00	2	0
Salman Mirza	4	0	51	2	12.75	0	0
Haris Rauf	4	0	41	2	10.25	2	0
Sikandar Raza	4	0	43	1	10.75	0	0
Rishad Hossain	4	0	42	1	10.50	0	0

Target: 202 runs from 20 overs at 10.10 RR

Lahore Qalandars batting
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Fakhar Zaman	lbw b Abrar	11	10	2	0	110.00
Mohammad Naeem	c Fernando b Ashraf	46	27	1	6	170.37
Abdullah Shafique	c Shahzad b Tariq	41	28	4	1	146.42
Kusal Perera	not out	62	31	5	4	200.00
Bhanuka Rajapaksa	c Fernando b Amir	14	16	1	1	87.50
Sikandar Raza	not out	22	7	2	2	314.28
Shaheen Afridi
Muhammad Akhlaq
Rishad Hossain
Haris Rauf
Salman Mirza
Extras 8 (lb3, wd 5) Total 202/4 (19.5 overs)				15	14	10.28 RR

Fall of wickets: 1/39 (Fakhar, 3.2 ov), 2/85 (Naeem, 8.4 ov), 3/115 (Shafique, 12.3 ov), 4/145 (Rajapaksa, 16.4 ov)

Quetta Gladiators bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ	Wides	NBs
Mohammad Amir	4	0	41	1	10.25	2	0
Khurram Shahzad	4	0	46	0	11.50	1	0
Faheem Ashraf	3.5	0	49	1	12.78	1	0
Abrar Ahmed	4	0	27	1	6.75	0	0
Usman Tariq	4	0	38	1	9.50	1	0

Result:Lahore Qalandars won by 6 wickets ^[10]

References

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