The eighth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL 8 2023) is happening with whole excitement, with Match 18 between Quetta Gladiators versus Lahore Qalandars happening today at the Gadafi Stadium, Lahore. After stunning performance, Lahore Qalandars smashed the game as they won by 17 tuns.
Match Venue
| Date: | March 2, 2023 |
| Time: | 7:00 PM local time |
| Venue: | Gadafi Stadium, Lahore |
| The ongoing match number: | 18th match of PSL 8 |
1. Both Teams Players
Quetta Gladiators Playing XI:
| Jason Roy | Martin Guptill |
| Umar Akmal | Sarfaraz Ahmed(w/c) |
| Mohammad Hafeez | Iftikhar Ahmed |
| Mohammad Nawaz | Abdul Bangalzai |
| Naseem Shah | Mohammad Hasnain |
| Nuwan Thushara |
Lahore Qalandars Playing XI:
| Shaheen Afridi (c) | Fakhar Zaman |
| Shai Hope (wk) | Mirza Tahir Baig |
| Kamran Ghulam | Hussain Talat |
| Sikandar Raza | David Wiese |
| Liam Dawson | Haris Rauf |
| Zaman Khan |
2. Toss
Quetta Gladiators won the toss and decided to bowl first.
4. About Quetta Gladiators’ bowling
After Sarfaraz Ahmed called it good and sent Lahore Qalandars into bat, they were looking unsound three wickets in the underlying four overs.
They couldn’t recover from that start and were, in a while, reduced to 50-7.
Rashid Khan and Sikandar Raza then got together and delivered areas of strength to help Lahore Qalandars, showing up at a relentless completion on the board.
This association turned the qualification between the various sides as the Lahore Qalandars bowlers pushed ahead and completed goal protection (148).
3. About Lahore Qalandars’ Bowling
As they continued looking for 149, Quetta Gladiators were looking flying such a long way, with Will Smeed taking the authority.
Regardless, the dismissal of the two openers in a steady progression fixed them back in the pursuit. The runs vanished for them. and the run out of Mohammad Hafeez exacerbated the circumstance for them.
Iftikhar Ahmed and Martin Guptill followed him, and Quetta Gladiators were reduced to 80-5. Sarfaraz Ahmed and Odean Smith then steadied the boat, yet the last choice passed on in his excursion to remain mindful of the run rate.
Notwithstanding chief Sarfaraz Ahmed’s single impediment, the goal turned out of their degree, and they appeared second best tonight.
5. Final scoreboard of whole match
Lahore Qalandars made a culmination of 148 in 19.2 overs.
Quetta Gladiators couldn’t make it as they just made 131/7 with the finishing of 20 overs.
With this achievement, Lahore Qalandars built up their circumstance at the most elevated place on the point table with 10 points from 5 victories.
6. Man of the match
Sikandar Raza was named as man of the match for his splendid inning of 71 runs in just 34 balls with a strike rate of 208.82.
