2019 Pakistan Super League Final
The 2019 Pakistan Super League Final was a Twenty20 cricket match, played on 17 March 2019 at the National Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan to determine the winner of the 2019 Pakistan Super League. It ended as Quetta Gladiators defeated Peshawar Zalmi by 8 wickets to win their first title. Mohammad Hasnain was awarded man of the match award.
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Quetta Gladiators won by 8 wickets | |||||||||
Date | 17 March 2019 | ||||||||
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Venue | National Stadium, Karachi | ||||||||
Player of the match | Mohammad Hasnain (Quetta Gladiators) | ||||||||
Umpires | Ranmore Martinesz Ahsan Raza | ||||||||
Attendance | 40,000+ | ||||||||
← 2018 2020 → |
Some 20 percent of the tickets for the final were sold online on 20 February 2019.[1][2] While the rest of the tickets were sold starting from 25 February 2019 at TCS Courier centers.[3]
Route to the Final
During the group stage of the 2019 Pakistan Super League each team played ten matches, two against each of the other sides contesting the competition. 26 matches were played in the United Arab Emirates while 7 matches were played in Karachi. The top four teams progressed to the playoff stage. Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiator finished the group stage with first and second position respectively by winning seven of their matches and losing three. Peshawar came on top because of the higher run rate.[4][5]
League stage matches
Qualifier
Eliminator 1
Eliminator 2
Match
The final match was played between Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi in a packed 32,000 capacity National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan.[6]
Report
Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field. In the first innings, Peshawar Zalmi's openers Imam-ul-Haq and Kamran Akmal were out early-on, for 3 runs off 4 balls at 1.3 overs and for 21 runs off 15 balls at the end of the fourth over, respectively. Following which Sohaib Maqsood, added 31 runs for the third wicket with Umar Amin before getting caught at long off scoring run-a-ball 20. Amin, the top scorer for his side, was caught out at deep mid-wicket after making 38 runs off 33 balls. Nabi Gul was caught out at 14.4 overs for 9 runs off 12 balls. Kieron Pollard was caught behind for seven off 12 balls. Later, Darren Sammy and Wahab Riaz added 28 runs for the seventh wicket. Zalmi scored 138-8 in 20 overs batting first with Quetta Gladiators' pacer Mohammad Hasnain finishing his four overs with the figures of 3-30 and Dwayne Bravo finishing with 2-24.[7][8]
In the second innings, Quetta Gladiators' Ahmed Shehzad, who scored 58 runs not out off 51-balls and Ahsan Ali, who scored a 18-ball 25 added 47 for the second wicket after opener Shane Watson was run out for seven runs in the third over.[7] Shehzad's unbroken partnership of 73 runs for the third wicket with Rilee Rossouw who made 39 not out off 32 balls, helped Gladiators achieve the target in 17.5 overs. Rossouw took the winning single. Thus, Gladiators won their maiden PSL title by beating Zalmi by eight wickets. Hasnain was named the man-of-the-match.[7]
Scorecard
keys:
- indicates team captain
- * indicates not out
Toss: Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.[9]
Peshawar Zalmi innings | |||||||
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Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
Kamran Akmal | b Mohammad Nawaz | 21 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 140.00 | |
Imam-ul-Haq | c Shehzad b Mohammad Hasnain | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |
Sohaib Maqsood | c Rossouw b DJ Bravo | 20 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 100.00 | |
Umar Amin | c Tanvir b Mohammad Hasnain | 38 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 115.15 | |
Nabi Gul | c Shehzad b Fawad | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |
Kieron Pollard | c Sarfraz b Mohammad Husnain | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 58.33 | |
Darren Sammy | c Mohammad Nawaz b DJ Bravo | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 112.50 | |
Wahab Riaz | runout (Nawaz) | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 150.00 | |
Chris Jordan | * | 0 | 0 | - | |||
Hasan Ali | |||||||
Tymal Mills | |||||||
Extras (lb 8, w 2) Total 138/8 (20 overs) |
13 | 3 | 6.9 RR |
Fall of wickets: 4/1 (Imam-ul-Haq, 1.3 ov), 31/2 (Kamran Akmal, 3.6 ov), 62/3 (Sohaib Maqsood, 9.3 ov), 90/4 (Umar Amin, 13.1 ov), 96/5 (Nabi Gul, 14.4 ov), 110/6 (KA Pollard, 16.6 ov), 138/7 (Wahab Riaz, 19.5 ov), 138/8 (Daren Sammy, 20 ov)
Quetta Gladiators bowling | ||||||
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Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
Sohail Tanvir | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 | |
Mohammad Hasnain | 4 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 7.50 | |
Mohammad Nawaz | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 7.75 | |
DJ Bravo | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 6.00 | |
Fawad Ahmed | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 5.50 | |
Target: 139 runs from 20 overs at 6.95 RR
Quetta Gladiators innings | |||||||
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Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
Shane Watson | run out (Umar Amin) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 116.66 | |
Ahmed Shehzad | * | 58 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 113.72 | |
Ahsan Ali | c Sammy b Wahab | 25 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 138.88 | |
Rilee Rossouw | * | 39 | 32 | 5 | 121.87 | ||
Umar Akmal | |||||||
Sarfraz Ahmed | |||||||
Dwayne Bravo | |||||||
Mohammad Nawaz | |||||||
Sohail Tanvir | |||||||
Mohammad Hasnain | |||||||
Fawad Ahmed | |||||||
Extras (lb 5, w 5) Total 139/2 (17.5 overs) |
15 | 2 | 7.79 RR |
Fall of wickets: 19/1 (Watson, 2.4 ov), 64/2 (Ahsan Ali, 7.4 ov)
Peshawar Zalmi bowling | ||||||
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Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
Hasan Ali | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 7.25 | |
Tymal Mills | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7.75 | |
Chris Jordan | 3 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 12.66 | |
Wahab Riaz | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 4.75 | |
Sohaib Maqsood | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 | |
Kieron Pollard | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | |
Nabi Gul | 0.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.80 | |
Result: Quetta Gladiator won by 8 wickets.
References
- "PSL final tickets of Rs 500, 1000 sold out online in half an hour". The Nation. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- "PSL4 Karachi final tickets go for sale online". Business Recorder. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- "PSL 2019: Tickets for matches in Pakistan will go on sale from Monday". Daily Times. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "Gladiators seal berth in PSL 2019 final with 10-run victory over Zalmi". Dawn. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- "Peshawar Zalmi rout Islamabad United to clash with Quetta Gladiators in final". The News. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- Dawn.com (2019-03-17). "'Historic day': Star-studded closing ceremony electrifies crowd before PSL finale". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- "PSL Final 2019: Quetta Gladiators clinch maiden PSL title". The News International. March 18, 2019.
- "Quetta Gladiators overwhelm Peshawar Zalmi to clinch maiden Pakistan Super League title". Dawn. March 17, 2019.
- "Quetta Gladiators vs Peshawar Zalmi / 2019 Pakistan Super League final". Retrieved 17 March 2019 – via ESPNCricinfo.