2019 Quetta Gladiators season
| 2019 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach |  Moin Khan | ||
| Captain | Sarfraz Ahmed | ||
| PSL 2019 | Champions[1][2] | ||
| Most runs |  Shane Watson (430)[3] | ||
| Most wickets | Sohail Tanvir (15)[4] | ||
| |||
The Quetta Gladiators is a franchise cricket team that represents Quetta in the Pakistan Super League. They were one of the six teams that had a competition in the 2019 season.
The team was captained by Pakistani Skipper Sarfraz Ahmed, coached by Moin Khan and mentored by Viv Richards, while Abdul Razzaq served as Assistant Coach. They became the Champions for the first time ever, after being the Runners-up twice in 2016 and 2017 seasons. They became champions after defeating their arch-rivals Peshawar Zalmi in the final on 17 March at National Stadium.[1][2][5] They finished second after the completion of their group stage matches, winning seven matches from their ten matches.[6] They defeated Peshawar Zalmi in the Qualifier to reach the finals. [7]
Australian player Shane Watson was team's and season's best batsman with 430 runs from 12 matches.[3] He won the Green Cap and Hanif Mohammad award for best batsman of the season, while Sohail Tanvir with 15 wickets from 12 matches was the leading wicket taker for the team and finished in top five bowlers of the season. [4]
Squad
2019 Pakistan Super League squads
Season standings
Points table
| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peshawar Zalmi | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +0.828 | ||||
| Quetta Gladiators | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +0.376 | ||||
| Islamabad United | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +0.127 | ||||
| Karachi Kings | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | –0.673 | ||||
| Multan Sultans | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.173 | ||||
| Lahore Qalandars | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | –0.837 | ||||
- The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
- Advanced to Qualifier
- Advanced to Eliminator 1
Season summary
Gladiators finished the group stage with second position by winning seven of their matches and losing three.[8] They then defeated Peshawar Zalmi in the qualifier by 10 runs to reach the final.[9]
In the final in Karachi, Gladiators won the toss and elected to field. Gladiators restricted Zalmi to 138-8 in 20 overs with pacer Mohammad Hasnain finishing his four overs with the figures of 3-30 and Dwayne Bravo finishing with 2-24. In the second innings, Ahmed Shehzad scored unbeaten 58 runs off 51-balls. Rilee Rossouw, who made 39 not out off 32 balls, took the winning single. Gladiators achieved the target in 17.5 overs defeating Peshawar Zalmi by 8 wickets to win their first title. Gladiators' Hasnain was awarded man of the match award.[1]
Reference
- ^ a b c "PSL Final 2019: Quetta Gladiators clinch maiden PSL title". The News International. 18 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Quetta Gladiators overwhelm Peshawar Zalmi to clinch the maiden PSL Title". Dawn. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Records / Most Runs / 2019 Season / Quetta Gladiators". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Records / Most Wickets / 2019 Season / Quetta Gladiators". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ "Quetta Gladiators defeat Peshawar Zalmi, clinch PSL-4 trophy". Dunya News. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Points Table –Pakistan Super League 2019". Retrieved 17 March 2019 – via ESPNCricinfo.
- ^ "Shane Watson stars with bat and ball to put Quetta Gladiators in the finals". Dunya News. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ "Gladiators seal berth in PSL 2019 final with 10-run victory over Zalmi". Dawn. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Quetta Gladiators into PSL 2019 final after beating Peshawar Zalmi". Samaa.