Pakistan Super League #PSL Discussion Thread

[n0ne]

Islamabad is currently at 96 with 3 wickets down after 7 overs. They are scoring runs with a run rate of 13.4 while the required run rate is 6.55 at the moment. They got plenty of players left to bat yet, and they've played the perfect powerplay the team is in a very good position to win the game from here.

On the other side, it's a do-or-die situation for Quetta Gladiators today as it is a must-win match for them or they will be totally out of the race. But as it seems, they haven't been able to take the lead of the match so far, and if it continues this way, there will be no hope for them.

Islamabad United won the match and qualified for the next round , at one point match went in favour of Quetta Gladiators but Azam Khan changed the course of innings and his sixes changed the match.  
Attached the end fours by Faheem Ashraf confirmed the Islamabad United victory.

Quetta Gladiators lost today's match against the stronger opponent Islamabad United but believe me they really fought hard in this match.
Remember at one time Quetta Gladiators were 17 for 4 wickets down and it seems that they would lose the match by a big margin but then Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nawaz, and Umar Akmal played a brilliant knock to get to the to the score of 179 runs.

Still they lost the match but that is part of the game.

Islamabad United have progressed good and the win have made them reach the second position on points table. The team is very strong with the batting line-up. Looking the target it looked to be difficult for Islamabad United to reach the target. The team lost its first wicket even before making a run. The players continued scoring with the wickets falling at regular interval. Finally Faheem Ashraf with his hatrick four took the team reach the target losing 8 wickets. With time the heat of the matches keeps rising.

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[Cryptock]

Islamabad United have progressed good and the win have made them reach the second position on points table. The team is very strong with the batting line-up. Looking the target it looked to be difficult for Islamabad United to reach the target. The team lost its first wicket even before making a run. The players continued scoring with the wickets falling at regular interval. Finally Faheem Ashraf with his hatrick four took the team reach the target losing 8 wickets. With time the heat of the matches keeps rising.

Islamabad was in good form yesterday. They have managed the game well from start till end. They had high moral and they have managed the match very well.
Faheem Ashraf did perform well. But the early fall of first four wickets of quetta changed the course of the match.

[GigaBit]

Islamabad is currently at 96 with 3 wickets down after 7 overs. They are scoring runs with a run rate of 13.4 while the required run rate is 6.55 at the moment. They got plenty of players left to bat yet, and they've played the perfect powerplay the team is in a very good position to win the game from here.

On the other side, it's a do-or-die situation for Quetta Gladiators today as it is a must-win match for them or they will be totally out of the race. But as it seems, they haven't been able to take the lead of the match so far, and if it continues this way, there will be no hope for them.

Islamabad United won the match and qualified for the next round , at one point match went in favour of Quetta Gladiators but Azam Khan changed the course of innings and his sixes changed the match.  
Attached the end fours by Faheem Ashraf confirmed the Islamabad United victory.

Quetta Gladiators lost today's match against the stronger opponent Islamabad United but believe me they really fought hard in this match.
Remember at one time Quetta Gladiators were 17 for 4 wickets down and it seems that they would lose the match by a big margin but then Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nawaz, and Umar Akmal played a brilliant knock to get to the to the score of 179 runs.

Still they lost the match but that is part of the game.

This is nothing new for Quetta Gladiators. They have lost 6 matches on and on. It is not possible for them to come back this season. But they tried to play better than the previous matches. Opponents Islamabad United thwarted their efforts. Quetta Gladiators have lost all except one match and stay at the bottom of the points table. But by winning this match, Islamabad United took the second place in the points table. Where another big rival Multan Sultans has left  behind. The PSL tournament is almost over. Almost all the matches this time are going to be important for each team.

[ZAINmalik75]

Quetta were too unlucky because most of Thier forner player didn't perform in order to safe them from defeat. They are well balanced team but some how they make some mistakes which become cause of Thier defeat. Tonight they play well they almost crushed Islamabad in last over but unfortunately didn't manage to win the match. Now today it's deciding match for Quetta against karachi because if they lose it, they will be 100% out of the tournament because they just win only one game in his entire matches.

[MusaPk]

Quetta were too unlucky because most of Thier forner player didn't perform in order to safe them from defeat. They are well balanced team but some how they make some mistakes which become cause of Thier defeat. Tonight they play well they almost crushed Islamabad in last over but unfortunately didn't manage to win the match. Now today it's deciding match for Quetta against karachi because if they lose it, they will be 100% out of the tournament because they just win only one game in his entire matches.

Things are not going good for QUETTA GLADIATORS as they have only won one game so far. To remain in competition they must win all remaining matches against Karachi, Peshawar and Multan. If QUETTA GLADIATORS won all remaining matches then they will get 8 points and this will put them ahead of Peshawar only if Peshawar lose all there remaining 4 matches. Its now very difficult for QUETTA GLADIATORS to progress to new round. 

[noormcs5]

Quetta were too unlucky because most of Thier forner player didn't perform in order to safe them from defeat. They are well balanced team but some how they make some mistakes which become cause of Thier defeat. Tonight they play well they almost crushed Islamabad in last over but unfortunately didn't manage to win the match. Now today it's deciding match for Quetta against karachi because if they lose it, they will be 100% out of the tournament because they just win only one game in his entire matches.

Things are not going good for QUETTA GLADIATORS as they have only won one game so far. To remain in competition they must win all remaining matches against Karachi, Peshawar and Multan. If QUETTA GLADIATORS won all remaining matches then they will get 8 points and this will put them ahead of Peshawar only if Peshawar lose all there remaining 4 matches. Its now very difficult for QUETTA GLADIATORS to progress to new round.  

It is almost impossible for Quetta gladiators and Karachi kings to progress further in the tournament. Both of these teams are playing today against each other. Although the result of this match for both the teams will not make much difference but obviously no team will want to finish the last in the group stages.

I hope to see a close finish match because both of these teams are almost equal in caliber and this means we may witness a close finish match today. That's the only reason to watch today's match.

[rojan]

Today Quetta Gladiators vs Karachi Kings two teams have come to the field to play. Now Karachi Kings are batting. They have scored 136 runs in 18 overs. Only 2 overs are left for Karachi Kings team batsmen to see how many runs they can score in these 2 overs. Karachi  If Kings team can't score above 150 runs in this match then it will be very difficult for them to win this match.

[Vaskiy]

Today Quetta Gladiators vs Karachi Kings two teams have come to the field to play. Now Karachi Kings are batting. They have scored 136 runs in 18 overs. Only 2 overs are left for Karachi Kings team batsmen to see how many runs they can score in these 2 overs. Karachi  If Kings team can't score above 150 runs in this match then it will be very difficult for them to win this match.

Karachi Kings ended the innings for 164/6 with Rossington being the high scorer. Both the teams take the last two positions on the points table. Win from Karachi Kings would move the team one position high, whereas the win from Quetta Gladiators won't make any changes to the points table.

Quetta Gladiators have lost two early wickets. Guptill and Iftikhar Ahmed on the crease would lead the team towards win. In 6 overs Quetta Gladiators have scored 43/2, which shows the required run rate is 8.71 rpo and the current rate is 7.17rpo, if there is no wicket fall the score will be reached easily.

[WatChe]

It is almost impossible for Quetta gladiators and Karachi kings to progress further in the tournament. Both of these teams are playing today against each other. Although the result of this match for both the teams will not make much difference but obviously no team will want to finish the last in the group stages.

I hope to see a close finish match because both of these teams are almost equal in caliber and this means we may witness a close finish match today. That's the only reason to watch today's match.

Quetta is once again in trouble, and all responsibility lies on the shoulder of Martin Guptill and Sarfraz Ahmed present on the crease. 79 runs to go in 7 overs, and this is the last recognised batting pair Quetta has left. Martin Guptill is top scorer from Quetta side scoring 37 runs on 35 balls. Other then that there is disappointing batting from all Quetta players. Both teams are now out from PSL 8.

[BobK71]

Today Quetta Gladiators vs Karachi Kings two teams have come to the field to play. Now Karachi Kings are batting. They have scored 136 runs in 18 overs. Only 2 overs are left for Karachi Kings team batsmen to see how many runs they can score in these 2 overs. Karachi  If Kings team can't score above 150 runs in this match then it will be very difficult for them to win this match.

Quetta Gladiators vs Karachi Kings, 22nd Match is getting very exciting. Quetta Gladiators managed to score 135 runs for 5 wickets in 17.3 overs against Karachi Kings' target of 164 runs. Now 31 runs needed from 16 balls to win. This can be a somewhat difficult though it is simple equation. If batsmen gets 2 boundaries then the match can easily turn into a win. But 4 balls is very important for both teams. However, it is normal that the batsmen will play a bit aggressively this time. So the pressure will be more on the bowlers.

[mm2543363580]

Today Quetta Gladiators vs Karachi Kings two teams have come to the field to play. Now Karachi Kings are batting. They have scored 136 runs in 18 overs. Only 2 overs are left for Karachi Kings team batsmen to see how many runs they can score in these 2 overs. Karachi  If Kings team can't score above 150 runs in this match then it will be very difficult for them to win this match.

Karachi Kings ended the innings for 164/6 with Rossington being the high scorer. Both the teams take the last two positions on the points table. Win from Karachi Kings would move the team one position high, whereas the win from Quetta Gladiators won't make any changes to the points table.

Quetta Gladiators have lost two early wickets. Guptill and Iftikhar Ahmed on the crease would lead the team towards win. In 6 overs Quetta Gladiators have scored 43/2, which shows the required run rate is 8.71 rpo and the current rate is 7.17rpo, if there is no wicket fall the score will be reached easily.

Quetta Gladiators have more chances to win as they need 8 runs in last over , Karachi Kings played good but they were unlucky in this psl .
These two teams are already out of psl .

[WatChe]

After losing 5 consecutive games Quetta Gladiators finally got a victory today. Special thanks to Martin Guptill for 86 runs innings on just 57 balls otherwise there is no chance of Gladiator victory today. Quetta both victories are against Karachi Kings, they failed to get victory against anyother team so far in this season. Sarfraz also has a good day with as he scored 29 runs on 25 balls. Its tough but not impossible for Quetta to reach semi final stage.

[noormcs5]

After losing 5 consecutive games Quetta Gladiators finally got a victory today. Special thanks to Martin Guptill for 86 runs innings on just 57 balls otherwise there is no chance of Gladiator victory today. Quetta both victories are against Karachi Kings, they failed to get victory against anyother team so far in this season. Sarfraz also has a good day with as he scored 29 runs on 25 balls. Its tough but not impossible for Quetta to reach semi final stage.

For Karachi kings it is impossible to reach the knockout stage after today's final. Karachi is a big city of Pakistan and the way they performed in this tournament was disappointing.

At the end of the match, I saw the expression of Waseem Akram as he was looking too sad. Muhammad Aamir was showing his frustration on the overall fielding performance of the team. Karachi king team needs to revamp themselves for the next year's PSL.

[ZAINmalik75]

After losing 5 consecutive games Quetta Gladiators finally got a victory today. Special thanks to Martin Guptill for 86 runs innings on just 57 balls otherwise there is no chance of Gladiator victory today. Quetta both victories are against Karachi Kings, they failed to get victory against anyother team so far in this season. Sarfraz also has a good day with as he scored 29 runs on 25 balls. Its tough but not impossible for Quetta to reach semi final stage.

long determination and hardwork pay off and  they finally become victorious after too much defeats. No doubt game were out of hands for Quetta but with the help of Martin Guptill and captain sarfaraz some how they manage to chase this target. Quetta win this match but it can't help them to move to the next round because it's too late they are almost out of the tournament but they can qualify if Peshawer Zalmi lose his all remaining matches which look impossible but anyway anything can happen lets focus on next upcoming match.

[KennyR]

After losing 5 consecutive games Quetta Gladiators finally got a victory today. Special thanks to Martin Guptill for 86 runs innings on just 57 balls otherwise there is no chance of Gladiator victory today. Quetta both victories are against Karachi Kings, they failed to get victory against anyother team so far in this season. Sarfraz also has a good day with as he scored 29 runs on 25 balls. Its tough but not impossible for Quetta to reach semi final stage.

For Karachi kings it is impossible to reach the knockout stage after today's final. Karachi is a big city of Pakistan and the way they performed in this tournament was disappointing.

At the end of the match, I saw the expression of Waseem Akram as he was looking too sad. Muhammad Aamir was showing his frustration on the overall fielding performance of the team. Karachi king team needs to revamp themselves for the next year's PSL.

Small mistakes made at some instance have made the team loss the match. Much expected team disappoints and the same hurts the important persons associated with the team. We can't say the team hadn't performed well, because from the very first match it had played good cricket but they weren't able to make it a winning match for them. Some changes need to be done and the same could help in making a comeback.

[LDL]

For Karachi kings it is impossible to reach the knockout stage after today's final. Karachi is a big city of Pakistan and the way they performed in this tournament was disappointing.

Karachi Kings Vs Lahore Qalandars

There is no other way for Karachi Kings, they are eliminated from the Knock out phase. They have only one more match left, with Lahore Qalandars winning the match would be of no use. The other team Quetta Gladiators is almost on the way out of the knockout stage, they have two more matches left, if they win these two matches they will have 8 points. If Peshawar Zalmi doesn't win a match next time then they have chances but such statistics are unrealistic.

[Sithara007]

One thing that I have noticed so far in the PSL is that at least in the batting department, overseas players are dominating the show. Yesterday during the match between Karachi Kings and Quetta Gladiators, the top scorers for both the teams were Adam Rossington and Martin Guptill respectively. Out of the 10 top run scorers this season, 5 are overseas players. And Colin Munro and Sikandar Raza are the two players with the best strike rate. Bowling is more dominated by the locals, with Ihsanullah, Abbas Afridi and Shaheen Shah Afridi being the top wicket takers. 

[wiss19]

Quetta were too unlucky because most of Thier forner player didn't perform in order to safe them from defeat. They are well balanced team but some how they make some mistakes which become cause of Thier defeat. Tonight they play well they almost crushed Islamabad in last over but unfortunately didn't manage to win the match. Now today it's deciding match for Quetta against karachi because if they lose it, they will be 100% out of the tournament because they just win only one game in his entire matches.

Yeah, there were more the balanced but unlucky in this season and not able to perform as they have quality players which is surely sad news for them and their fans many times in this season we have good performance from them but sadly as unit they were completely failed to take advantage of this situation and lost matches which was surely due to bad luck even their few players were good, and their performance was also impressive now hopefully they will do some positive changes in next season and try to have better performance because Sarfraz Ahmad is good captain and have still time to perform better in PSL9.

Their win in last match against Karachi is surely good news even they are already eliminated from the play-offs for this season, but their attitude is positive and with this hopefully they will be better.

[Litzki1990]

One thing that I have noticed so far in the PSL is that at least in the batting department, overseas players are dominating the show. Yesterday during the match between Karachi Kings and Quetta Gladiators, the top scorers for both the teams were Adam Rossington and Martin Guptill respectively. Out of the 10 top run scorers this season, 5 are overseas players. And Colin Munro and Sikandar Raza are the two players with the best strike rate. Bowling is more dominated by the locals, with Ihsanullah, Abbas Afridi and Shaheen Shah Afridi being the top wicket takers. 

Martin Guptill single handedly won the match for Quetta Gladiators with 86(56)* in psl yesterday match. Karachi kings batted first and managed to accumulate 164 runs for 6 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs. English batsman Adam Rossington played an extraordinary innings of 69 (45) runs.  When Quetta Gladiators came down to bat with a target of 165 runs, no one except Martin Guptill could shine like that. Basically, Martin Guptill's responsible batting led Quetta Gladiators to win against Karachi kings. If Quetta Gladiators win this match, they are at the bottom of the points table.

[Sithara007]

Martin Guptill single handedly won the match for Quetta Gladiators with 86(56)* in psl yesterday match. Karachi kings batted first and managed to accumulate 164 runs for 6 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs. English batsman Adam Rossington played an extraordinary innings of 69 (45) runs.  When Quetta Gladiators came down to bat with a target of 165 runs, no one except Martin Guptill could shine like that. Basically, Martin Guptill's responsible batting led Quetta Gladiators to win against Karachi kings. If Quetta Gladiators win this match, they are at the bottom of the points table.

Quetta has been the disappointment of this season. Before yesterday's win against Karachi Kings, they had just 2 points from 7 matches (i.e one win). Karachi Kings are in a similar situation. So far they had just two wins from nine matches. The good news for Quetta is that Martin Guptill is finally back in form. Before the match against Kings, he had made a total of 166 runs in 6 matches. Take away the 117 he made against Kings, and his batting average would be in single digits. Now he has a decent average (252 runs from 7 matches).