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PSL 2017: Gladiators set 201-run target for Zalmi in first playoff

By Web Desk
February 28, 2017

SHARJAH: Quetta Gladiators set 201 runs target for Peshawar Zalmi in the first playoff of the Pakistan Super League 2017 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium here Tuesday.

Invited to bat first, Quetta Gladiators scored 200 for 7 in 20 overs.

A second wicket partnership between skipper Ahmed Shehzad and Kevin Pietersen took Gladiators to 200. The pair added quick-fire 90 runs as the Zalmi bowlers seem helpless against the six-hitting spree of the duo.

Ahmed Shehzad hit 71 runs off 38 balls with the help of 7 boundaries and 4 sixers.          

For Zalmi, Wahab Riaz picked three wickets while Hasan Ali and Darren Sammy got one each.