Peshawar Zalmi 202 for 7 (Haider 50, Rutherford 36*) beat Quetta Gladiators 198 for 7 (Sarfaraz 81, Azam 47) by 3 wickets
Having lost their first two games, Quetta Gladiators looked set to end their streak of defeats on Friday night, but a late charge from Sherfane Rutherford and Wahab Riaz took the game away from them and handed Peshawar Zalmi their second win in three matches.
Zalmi’s chase of 199 was the highest of the season and it was the eighth-straight game in PSL 2021 where the chasing side won. The result takes the Zalmi to second on the points table while the Gladiators remain rock bottom.
After being asked to bat, Gladiators posted 198 for 7 on the back of a 105-run partnership between Sarfaraz Ahmed and Azam Khan. Sarfaraz, the Gladiators captain, hit 81 at a strike-rate of over 200 and Azam hit 47 in 26 balls. For most of the second innings, the target seemed too tough to achieve, but some wayward bowling in the death overs from Mohammad Hasnain and Dale Steyn changed the…