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.

2019 Pakistan Super League Final
Peshawar Zalmi Quetta Gladiators
138/8 139/2
20 overs 17.5 overs
Quetta Gladiators won by 8 wickets
Date17 March 2019
VenueNational Stadium, Karachi
Player of the match Mohammad Hasnain (Quetta Gladiators)
Umpires Ranmore Martinesz
Ahsan Raza
Attendance40,000+
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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
15 February 2019 (D/N)
Peshawar Zalmi
155/4 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
161/4 (19.4 overs)
4 March 2019 (D/N)
Peshawar Zalmi
165/4 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
166/2 (17.4 overs)
Quetta won by 8 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Playoff matches

Qualifier
13 March 2019 (D/N)
Quetta Gladiators
186/6 (20 overs)
v
Peshawar Zalmi
176/7 (20 overs)
Quetta won by 10 runs
National Stadium, Karachi

Eliminators
Eliminator 1
14 March 2019 (D/N)
Karachi Kings
161/9 (20 overs)
v
Islamabad United
164/6 (19.3 overs)
Islamabad won by 4 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Eliminator 2
15 March 2019 (D/N)
Peshawar Zalmi
214/5 (20 overs)
v
Islamabad United
166/9 (20 overs)
Peshawar won by 48 runs
National Stadium, Karachi

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
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
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
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
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.

Notes
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References
  1. "PSL final tickets of Rs 500, 1000 sold out online in half an hour". The Nation. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. "PSL4 Karachi final tickets go for sale online". Business Recorder. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. "PSL 2019: Tickets for matches in Pakistan will go on sale from Monday". Daily Times. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  4. "Gladiators seal berth in PSL 2019 final with 10-run victory over Zalmi". Dawn. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  5. "Peshawar Zalmi rout Islamabad United to clash with Quetta Gladiators in final". The News. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  6. Dawn.com (2019-03-17). "'Historic day': Star-studded closing ceremony electrifies crowd before PSL finale". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  7. "PSL Final 2019: Quetta Gladiators clinch maiden PSL title". The News International. March 18, 2019.
  8. "Quetta Gladiators overwhelm Peshawar Zalmi to clinch maiden Pakistan Super League title". Dawn. March 17, 2019.
  9. "Quetta Gladiators vs Peshawar Zalmi / 2019 Pakistan Super League final". Retrieved 17 March 2019 – via ESPNCricinfo.
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