Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators Highlights, PSL 2024 Eliminator 1: Match Summary


Road to final

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A comfortable win for Islamabad United as they eliminate Quetta Gladiators to set up a date with Peshawar Zalmi in the Eliminator 2 tomorrow at this very venue!
CLEAN BOWLED! Hunain Shah seals the win for Islamabad with the wicket of Abrar Ahmed!
Quetta 135 all out in 18.4 overs (Target 175)
Hunain Shah bowls the 19th over and starts with a dot to Abrar!

Usman Tariq is the last batter in for Quetta
Quetta Gladiators need 44 runs in 12 balls
CAUGHT AT DEEP! Omair Yousuf pulls it weak to a deep fielder for an easy catch right after reaching 50!

Abrar is adjudged not out as the impact is outside off-stumps
50 comes up for Yousuf with a single off his 36th ball. A DRS review is taken right after for lbw on Abrar Ahmed!

Naseem Shah (1/29) continues for his final over and starts with a wide again!
0,4,0,W,0,0 - McCoy takes pace off the ball to deliver all the dots for the new batters!
Quetta 126/8 in 17 overs Yousuf 49* Abrar 0* (Target 175)

Amir's cameo ends at 23. He is replaced at the crease by No. 10 Abrar Ahmed
Quetta Gladiators need 49 runs in 20 balls
CLEAN BOWLED! Amir is gone off a slower one as Amir goes with a swing and a miss!
Obed McCoy bowls the 17th over
Quetta Gladiators need 53 runs in 24 balls
1,1,4,1b, 1Wd,Wd,4,4 - Bit of a indisciplined bowling by Naseem following a lofted drive by Omair Yousuf to clear the long-on boundary. The batter ended the over with two improvised flicks to clear the fence behind the keeper! This match is suddenly alive!
Quetta 122/7 in 16 overs Yousuf 49* Amir 18* (Target 175)
Naseem Shah bowls the 16th over after the break
Quetta Gladiators need 71 runs in 30 balls
1,6,0,4,0,0 - Amir is having fun in the middle as he continues to take aerial route to gain boundaries and take Quetta's score past 100! Strategic timeout is taken at the end of the over
Quetta 104/7 in 15 overs Yousuf 36* Amir 18* (Target 175)
Shadab Khan bowls his final over of the night
Quetta Gladiators need 82 runs in 36 balls
Mohammad Amir looks to go out with a bang as the left-handed tailender slams Faheem for two boundaries!
Quetta 93/7 in 14 overs Yousuf 35* Amir 8* (Target 175)

The formalities of the match continue as Wasim Jr is back to the pavilion following a short stay. He is replaced at the crease by Mohammad Amir
PLAYED DOWN! Faheem Ashraf claims Wasim Jr, whose flick shot goes wrong! Quetta lose 7th wicket

8 runs come off that Shadab Khan over but no boundaries. Faheem bowls the next over
Shadab Khan returns for his third over
Quetta Gladiators need 96 runs in 48 balls

Imad Wasim gives away just three runs in his final over and ends his spell at 3/12
Quetta 76/6 in 11 overs Yousuf 32* Wasim Jr 3* (Target 175)

Imad Wasim (3/9) bowls the 12th over, also his last of the night
The match seems like a formality with Akeal gone as nine runs and a big wicket come off that over! Quetta have press self-destruct button
Quetta 76/6 in 11 overs Yousuf 30* Wasim Jr 2* (Target 175)

That run out sumps up the night for Quetta, who shot themselves on the foot when this pitch assisted chasing. It's time for the tailenders as Mohammad Wasim Jr is the new man in at No. 8
It's a do-or-die affair as Islamabad United find themselves in a familiar position once again in the playoffs. They have new playoff rivals this time around in Quetta Gladiators, who have finally overcome their troubles from the past five seasons.
Both the franchises finished third and fourth in the league stages respectively with Quetta worryingly dropping their form at the fag end. Quetta, otherwise, were among the top two for most of the PSL 2024.
Islamabad United began the campaign slowly but picked up steam after the group stage, winning four of their final five games. On the other hand, the Quetta Gladiators had a great start to the competition but had struggled in the second half of the group stage, dropping their last three games. But after a four-year wait, Quetta Gladiators have done enough to earn a position in the playoffs.
Colin Munro is Islamabad's top scorer with 309 runs in 9 innings. In the most recent game against Multan, he struck 84 off 40 balls to win the match. In nine innings, Agha Salman has amassed 264 runs at an average of 37.71, including two half-centuries. Shadab Khan, the captain of Islamabad, has performed admirably all around.
After the group stage, he had amassed 278 runs at a strike rate of 145.55, three fifties, and ten wickets. At 7.66 economy rate and ten wickets in eight innings, Naseem Shah is Islamabad's top wicket-taker.
Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators Squad
Islamabad United: Shadab Khan, Naseem Shah (both Platinum), Imad Wasim, Azam Khan (both Diamond), Faheem Ashraf (Brand Ambassador), Alex Hales, Colin Munro (all Gold), Rumman Raees (Silver), Tymal Mills, Matthew Forde, Salman Agha, Qasim Akram, Shahab Khan, Hunain Shah, Ubaid Shah, Shamyl Hussain, Tom Curran (injured), Jordan Cox, Haider Ali, Obed McCoy
Quetta Gladiators: Rilee Rossouw (c), Jason Roy, Omair Yousuf, Will Smeed, Saud Shakeel, Sajjad Ali, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Khawaja Nafay, Sherfane Rutherford, Mohammad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hasnain, Sohail Khan, Akeal Hosein, Usman Qadir, Abrar Ahmed, Adil Naz