PSL 2022: Sarfaraz Ahmed, Jason Roy lift Quetta Gladiators beat Islamabad United

Set an imposing 200-run target, the Quetta Gladiators got off to a blazing start as Jason Roy and Ahsan Ali provided an 88-run start with Roy falling on the last ball of the eighth over of the chase.

Quetta Gladiators delivered a second successive 200-plus chase as they defeated Islamabad United by five wickets in a last-over thriller at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore in the 18th fixture of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2022 on Saturday (February 12) night. The Gladiators captain Sarfaraz Ahmed (player of the match) took his side home with an unbeaten 50.

Set an imposing 200-run target, the Gladiators got off to a blazing start as Jason Roy and Ahsan Ali provided an 88-run start with Roy falling on the last ball of the eighth over of the chase. Roy was dropped at 25 by Wasim Jnr, the right-hander didn’t take a backward step and continued the onslaught in his sensational 54 off 27 balls (10 fours, one six) before he was bowled by Shadab.

Ahsan followed in the next over with Dawson pinning him lbw for 30 off 23 balls (three fours, one six). James Vince (29 off 22) kept Gladiators in the hunt against the mounting required rate as Shadab, the leading wicket-taker of the ongoing season, produced another outstanding spell.