QUETTA: Quetta Gladiators finished on 184-5 in 20 overs, setting 185 runs target for Peshawar in an exhibition match that is being played in Akbar Bugti Stadium here on Sunday.
Quetta’s Iftikhar Ahmed in the last over of the innings hit double hat-trick, six 6s to Wahab Riaz and finished with unbeaten 94 from 50 balls. Earlier, Iftikhar Ahmed continued his rich vein of form and completed his fifty in 42 balls.
کوئٹہ گلیڈیٹرز بمقابلہ پشاور زلمئ۔۔۔بابر افتخار نے اخری اوور میں 6 چھکے لگائے۔۔۔ pic.twitter.com/stsIvaBwLg
— Syed Ali Shah (@alishahjourno) February 5, 2023
A total of 63 runs were scored in the last 16 balls, after which #IftiMania started trending on social media.
https://twitter.com/mdk_gul/status/1622156106058420226
Zalmi’s captain Babar Azam had won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Veteran pacer Wahab Riaz provided Zalmi with the perfect start by dismissing Ahsan Ali and Umar Akmal in the second over of the innings but Quetta fought back in the second half of the innings to post a competitive total on the board.
Ahmed smacked Riaz for six sixes in the final over of the innings to ensure that Quetta finished on a high. The right-hander remained unbeaten on 94 runs in 50 balls.
Middle-order batter Khushdil Shah scored 36 runs in 24 balls, meanwhile opener Abdul Wahid Bangalzai scored 28 in 19.
Quetta captain Sarfaraz Ahmed, who could only score four runs, was cleaned up by Aamir Jamal.
Riaz claimed three wickets but conceded 47 runs in his full quota of four overs.
Quetta Gladiators
Sarfaraz Ahmed (c), Ahsan Ali, Bismillah Khan, Umar Akmal, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Aimal Khan, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Umaid Asif, Abdul Wahid Bangalzai
Peshawar Zalmi
Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Haris, Saim Ayub, Haseebullah, Azam Khan, Aamir Jamal, Usama Mir, Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Salman Irshad
